SPEED.com will provide extensive multi-platform coverage from the 40th Annual Barrett-Jackson Collector Car Event. Included are live streaming from multiple camera angles, the popular Hagerty Fantasy Bid Game and original video content as part of SPEED’s 40 hours of live event coverage.

The broadcast begins today at 7 p.m. ET/4 p.m. PT, while the Hagerty Fantasy Bid Game starts on Thursday at the same time. Live chat will take place during the entire broadcast and I will be a frequent guest during the 40 hours we’re chatting. Go to speedtv.com/feature/chat for details. Continue reading...

During the auction, three live steaming cameras are using an optimized feed for Apple iPad, iPhone, iTouch and Android 2.0 applications, covering all the action in and around the Westworld auction tent. Reporter Steve Magnante is hosting web-exclusive ‘Magnante Minutes’ video blogs, while SPEED.com Automotive Editor Bob Golfen is collecting the latest news, notes, reactions and personality storylines that are shaping the collector car marketplace in Scottsdale throughout the week. 

Extensive photo galleries, collector car trivia, ‘Ask the Broadcast Booth’ and a new SPEED Facebook Barrett-Jackson content application capturing the entire interactive experience are also on tap.

Beginning with SPEED’s live coverage on Thursday, Jan. 18, collector car experts Rick DeBruhl and Justin Bell are featuring 30 cars during this year’s interactive Hagerty Fantasy Bid Game. Once introduced, fantasy bidders can guess the final ‘gaveled’ price of each vehicle through multiple points of entry (log onto speedfantasybid.com or the SPEED.com Barrett-Jackson landing page for more details).

Fantasy bidding closes once each car rolls onto the main auction block with per car, daily and overall prizes being awarded throughout the game to the closest guesstimated price not exceeding the final auction number. Incremental points are also assigned upon the aforementioned rules baseline.

The grand prize for winning the Hagerty Fantasy Bid Game, the player that accumulates the most points throughout four days, is a 46-inch Samsung, 3D, LED, LCD, high-definition television with a Samsung 3D, Blu-Ray DVD player.

The game’s runner-up wins an Xbox 360 gaming console with interactive Kinect technology, while the third-place player grabs a Sony Cyber-shot digital camera. For those accumulating the most points on a daily basis, a 32-inch Sony LCD high-definition television is awarded, while those whom guess the closest gaveled price on each car win a 16-gigabyte iPad.

Barrett-Jackson Live Collector Car Auction
2011 Scottsdale (Ariz.) Coverage Schedule
 (All Times Eastern; Schedule Subject To Change)

Tuesday, Jan. 18
Barrett-Jackson Collector Car Event        7 p.m. - Midnight
SPEED.com Live Streaming                  7 - Midnight

Wednesday, Jan. 19
Barrett-Jackson Collector Car Event        7 - Midnight
SPEED.com Live Streaming                  7 - Midnight    

Thursday, Jan. 20
Barrett-Jackson Collector Car Event        7 - Midnight    
Hagerty Fantasy Bid Game                   7 - Midnight
SPEED.com Live Streaming                  7 - Midnight

Friday, Jan. 21
Barrett-Jackson Collector Car Event        2 p.m. – Midnight
Hagerty Fantasy Bid Game                   2 – Midnight
SPEED.com Live Streaming                  2 – Midnight

Saturday, Jan. 22
Barrett-Jackson Collector Car Event        2 p.m.– 1 a.m.
Hagerty Fantasy Bid Game                   2 p.m. – 1 a.m.    
SPEED.com Live Streaming                  2 p.m. – 1 am.        
    
Sunday, Jan. 23
Barrett-Jackson Collector Car Event        2 – 6 p.m.          
Hagerty Fantasy Bid Game                   2 – 6
SPEED.com Live Streaming                  2 – 6