I know this is somewhat off topic but here is an article about the race this weekend. At the end they list a site that shows the following info
Satellite Feeds
On Saturday, March 13, DARPA will provide same-day coverage via satellite of the Grand Challenge start and highlights at the following times:
Live coverage of the start: 6:30 - 8:30 Pacific/9:30 - 11:30 a.m. Eastern
Video news release: 11:00 - 11:30 a.m. Pacific/2:00 - 2:30 p.m. Eastern
Coordinates for both feeds:
Satellite: AMC 9, Ku, Transponder 03
Space is: 36 MHz
Downlink Frequency: 11760.000
Downlink Polarity: Vertical
the article is here:
http://www.darpa.mil/grandchallenge/media_feeds.htm
Any chance that a BeyondTV Sat user could record it?