I’m learning about a couple of new features to help record memories of your race — and help your friends and family keep track of you while you’re on the course.

Our Digital Developer, Charles Dillon, created the first option.  We’re calling it “Your Hit the Bricks Image”.  You can find your image in a video file, create a freeze frame picture of yourself crossing the legendary “Yard of Bricks” at the Speedway, and then share that image on Facebook and Twitter.

The 500 Festival created the other option.  Friends and family can enter your name in a Mini-Marathon web site.  Then, they can get updates on your progress by text message, Twitter and e-mail.  Here’s a link to that site.

I’m still learning how our new photo program works.  Charles will join me, live, during 24 Hour News 8 at 5:30 to explain it.