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NBC Sports brings Nascar viewers closer to the action with DPA Microphones

When NBC Sports’ Director of Remote Technical Operations for Motorsports, Matt Hogencamp, walks onto a Nascar track, he’s not thinking about lap times or leaderboard standings, he’s thinking about how to make viewers feel the race. In his role, Hogencamp oversees the productions that bring Nascar into living rooms across the country. He chose DPA Microphones for the task.

The NBC Sports team mounted DPA’s 4062 Omnidirectional Miniature Lavalier mics in unconventional places - on front bumpers, rear quarter panels and directly inside the drivers’ helmets without disrupting cameras or slowing pit lane setups. “In Nascar, grams matter and racecars generate brutal wind speeds, punishing vibration, extreme temperature shifts and showers of track debris”, Hogencamp explains. “We needed mics that were small enough to hide, light enough to avoid affecting aerodynamics and strong enough to survive extreme conditions lap after lap. The 4062 checked every box. Now, fans can hear the gritty scrape of a car skidding along the wall without crashing, or the vacuum of ‘dirty air’ when one car tucks in behind another, the sound vanishing into eerie silence.”

“We’ve always had new camera angles and visuals, but sound is equally important”, he continues. “When we put a mic under the hood, our viewers can hear the engine in a way that changes how they experience the race. It’s like they are in the car themselves. Even more revealing, viewers can now catch a driver’s unfiltered thoughts mid-race - the adrenaline-laced monologue they usually have on their own, as they hurtle toward a 200-mile-per-hour turn.”

Hogencamp’s NBC Sports Motorsports responsibilities aren’t limited to just Nascar, the broadcast professional also oversees all technical aspects for other popular racing series. His role includes logistics, planning and problem-solving in real-time for large-scale productions with hundreds of crew members, dozens of cameras and miles of cable to ensure coverage is uninterrupted. He also acts as a liaison between production teams, engineers, and vendors, like DPA, to test and implement new tools.

The relationship with DPA has proven as dynamic as the races, he says. Hogencamp praises the company’s willingness to experiment, whether sending multiple shotgun mics for trackside tests or developing new windscreens to battle high-speed turbulence. “They don’t just ship out gear”, he adds. “They brainstorm with you, send extras to try and push the limits alongside us. That’s a true partnership.”

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