Archive for August, 2009

When the Virginia Beach Sportplex first opened, its playing surface was a grass surface that was state of the art for its time. Technology in athletic playing surfaces has come a long way from those days, and when Hometown Sports Management proposed a rebirth of the Virginia Beach Sportsplex, a key component of that change would be a total upgrade from grass to professional quality turf.

Converting to a better playing surface makes the Sportsplex and all-day and all-year stadium and a truly multi-sport home.

The new turf was developed by “Sportex” is called “PowerBlade HP” and is a state of the art playing surface used by teams like the Baltimore Ravens, the New Orleans Saints and many other top-level college and professional teams. The playing surface for the Sportsplex qualifies as FIFA 1-Star surface.

The PowerBlade HP synthetic turf system is an amazingly soft and resilient playing surface with the durability you expect in a professional stadium and it will maintain its natural look, amazing softness and high-performance year after year.

With this fantastic playing surface, along with numerous partnerships with multi-sport athletic clubs and teams, from the High School football game of the week to soccer tournaments, the Virginia Beach Sportsplex is poised to be the premier multi-sport facility in Hampton Roads.

The Sportsplex is now a year-round athletic venue hosting soccer, football, rugby and is also available as a training facility. With the help of its strategic partners and sponsors, the Sportsplex will fulfill the vision made a decade ago of being the center of athletic competition for the region.

We have created a video and time lapse movie of the weekend of July 24-25, 2009 at the NATIONALGUARD.com U.S. Drags II at Virginia Motorsports Park in Dinwiddie, Virginia. We are a proud sponsor of the 41 Willis for OTGracing.com out of Powhatan Va.

The American Drag Racing League (website: www.adrl.us ) is the nation’s premier sanctioning body for the sport of eighth-mile drag racing.

Now in its fifth year, the National Guard ADRL plays host to the country’s top professional drag racers as they compete for one of auto racing’s most prized rewards – the Minuteman – which is handed out to each event’s class winner.

Richmond Time Lapse became a sponsor of the 41 Willis at OTG Racing out of Powhatan Va. We were on site filming at the American Drag Racing League on July 26, 2009 for the NATIONALGUARD.com U.S. Drags II at Virginia Motorsports Park in Dinwiddie, Virginia. Below are some of the photo for the two day event.

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