Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach 2010 IZOD IndyCar
#3, Helio Castroneves, Team Penske
I am not sure what I think of these combined race weekends. I don’t like how everything is compacted and I don’t know how to deal with some of the attitudes. Some of the new drivers seem like the real deal, perhaps they will inject a bit of life into the series. I will confess that by Sunday, I had had enough of lugging my gear around the waterfront and chose to watch the IndyCar race as a fan with my wife.
The 1st time the IndyCars took to the track, there were only 2 cars running around, then Milka joined in making it three. For 15 minutes or so, it felt like I was shooting a Historics race. Car, car…………..car……………waiting……waiting…………….car, car…………………….car.
#9, Scott Dixon, Target Chip Ganassi Racing
The rest of the teams hit the track and woke me up a bit. I didn’t really have an outlet for any of the IZOD images, so after making sure I had all of the cars in solid standard shots, I spent the rest of my time looking for new angles and vantage points, striving for a different look.
Most of the other photographers were concentrating in the hairpin area so I stayed up by the fountain and parking deck. Its kind of liberating to be shooting for no reason other than to see what you can come up with. I quite enjoyed it and think I came up with a few good grabs.
#78, Simona De Silvestro, HVM Racing
The race itself was a bit of a snooze. We watched from near pit in and each time Milka was about to be lapped, her team called her in. We thought that this was an interesting strategy but she broke before we could see how it played out. The crowd in the grandstands would roar each time Der Danika drove by but all in all, the fans were much better informed and behaved than the last combined race we attended at Mid Ohio. It was a fun but tiring weekend and we will be back. Oh hey, I almost forgot we were able to meet @pinkgineer in person.
@pinkgineer meets @imbutafool and @thepicman at the Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach
My entire downloadable image gallery from the Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach IZOD IndyCar is available at DPerceptions MotorSports Photography. Thanks for reading and looking!
