“Short Track Short Cuts” Video Rules

Share the fun of a day or night at your local short track by submitting a “Short Cut” video to a racing community site — www.unitedshorttracksofamerica.com. Note: Posted videos automatically show up on the “UnitedShortTracksOfAmerica” Facebook page and will also show up on the United Short Tracks of America interactive map.

POSTING OPTIONS:

Option 1. Post a video to YouTube, Vimeo, or some other site that generates an embedding code (see Video Guidelines below). Paste the embed code into an email message and send it to outsidegroovenovel@gmail.com. Somewhere in your email message, or in the video itself, identify (1) the racetrack and (2) the track’s city/town and state.

Option 2. Post a video directly to the “UnitedShortTracksOfAmerica” Facebook page (see Video Guidelines below).

Option 3. Send a video file up to 25MB in size to outsidegroove@gmail.com, and we’ll post the video for you (see Video Guidelines below).

Option 4. If the video is larger than 25MB, consider inserting the file in a Google Drive account, and send us the link: outsidegroove@gmail.com(see Video Guidelines below). We’ll post the video for you. Info on Google Drive attachments: https://support.google.com/mail/answer/6584?hl=en

VIDEO GUIDELINES:

* Videos can be captured on any device, but it’s more in the spirit of this site to capture footage on a mobile phone.

* Videos must run no less than 60 seconds and no more than 3 minutes and 30 seconds.

* Videos must include information on the following: the name of the track where the video was shot, the city/town and state of the track, and the date on which the video was shot.

* Videos must be shot and edited with sensitivity to the privacy rights of anyone who appears in the video. Be respectful and lawful about how you capture video — always.

* The administrators of www.unitedshorttracksofamerica.com reserve the right not to post videos for any reason. The site is a moderated blog site.

Questions? Contact us: outsidegroovenovel@gmail.com