Rolex 24 At Daytona 2011
Shooting the Rolex 24 was fun. I didn’t expect it to be. Horror stories abound concerning the Daytona security and staff. Maybe I was lucky, but everyone I had to deal with, from the lady who gave me my credentials, to the guy at Gate 40 who waved goodbye as we left on Sunday, was [...]
Rolex 24 2011 Qualification and Night Practice
Did Turner Motorsport bribe the ferris wheel owners to equip with their colors this year? I think they might have, but I will let you decide. I suppose you noticed that I led with a night image when the title clearly states: Quali 1st, Nighttime 2nd. Sorry, I like the Turner picture better than any [...]
Rolex 24 Field Group Photo Day
We seem to be at Daytona Beach. Weird after living so close to it for the last 12 years that we have never made it down here. Wednesday is a day of very little activity, the haulers bring the cars in and later the entrants have a group shot out on the Pit-In section of [...]
Best Vintage Car Racing Photo of 2010 Contest
If you want to go straight to the voting and be done with it, you just need to follow THIS LINK or click the Lotus to the left and make a comment about how amazingly great you think the image by Darren Pierson of Bob Leitzinger in his Lotus Elan is. Its the fourth one [...]
NASA-SE Santa’s Toy Run Enduro 2010
When its still in the dark of the AM, its quite cold out and I am driving to Road Atlanta, it must be time for Santa’s Toy Run. The weekend starts off with an 8 Hour enduro on Friday morning. Last year, the were not as many participants, so I was very pleased to see [...]
SVRA 2010 Season Finale at Road Atlanta
I usually enjoy shooting Historic Races. For some reason, I was having trouble getting into the groove. N ot sure why, the day was warm and sunny, there were a good amount of fans, not to many photographers crowding into one area, fairly optimal. Maybe it was the low car count. Maybe I was burnt [...]
Petit Le Mans 2010 – Not so Petit this year
Road Atlanta is our home track, we live all of 40 miles from it. Consequently, I spend quite a bit of time shooting there. I take this as a challenge though and try to perfect the staples such as Sunset in the Esses all the while looking for new angles and shots. Petit is somewhat [...]
Grand Prix of Mosport 2010 – ALMS
Continuing our wanderings from Road America, we traveled North and tooled around Michigan for a few days and then entered Canada at Sault St. Marie. We took a very long route around the Great Lakes and several days later dropped into Mosport from Killarney. If you have not been to that part of the world, [...]
Road America lights up tomorrow
Kick Ass! I have never been to this park, so I am quite excited to get out there tomorrow and shoot. Its always a blast to attack a new track. I have no idea where or why to shoot tomorrow, I get to spend the entire day thinking outside the box. Hopefully I won’t come [...]
Mid…..connection lost…Mid-O…..16hours 12min 36sec remaining…..Mid-Oh..#@$!@&!
Mid-Ohio, the land of the photographer trailer/media center with no internet connectivity. Are they mad at us? Was it something we said? Why can I not upload any of my files? The Thursday photo meeting in the trailer was the usual excitement. Well, not really, it was scheduled for under the Goodyear Tower and then [...]
Listening to the rain near Mid-O
We are sitting in a campground near Mid Ohio listening to the rain drumming on the roof. Why does it seem to rain everywhere we go this summer? It even rained in the desert when we were in Utah. Whatever, shooting in the rain makes for more dramatic photography. Also, I brought my camera’s rain [...]
Larry H. Miller 2010 Utah Grand Prix ALMS
I thought I would try something different this race. Thought I might post about it while the sounds of the cars were still in my mind. We are currently hiding in a parking lot of an RV park. Not a place we would normally stay as we like trees and distant neighbors, but it does [...]
Busman’s Holiday to the Utah Grand Prix
I am posting this from the Grand Canyon while we are having morning coffee. Technology can be a groovy thing, can’t it? Rather than flying out like I did last year, we decided to bring the entire family and make a holiday out of it. We have traveled through, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas, Oklahoma, [...]
The Mitty Challenge at Road Atlanta 2010
For me, the Mitty arrives at a precarious time. Its at the beginning of the graduation season, which is a large source of income and a bigger drain of time for me. I’m busy and geared up for a completely different form of photography. I’m tired and cranky from non-stop hurry up and wait shooting. [...]
Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach 2010 IZOD IndyCar
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 [...]
Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach 2010 – ALMS
Long Beach. Long flight back. Not so bad going out, where did your day go coming home. Its a street course, something I used to like; now I am not so certain, narrow lanes affording little passing. Then there is the whole issue of the “main” series, the parade and posturing. I grew up in [...]
Mobil 1 12 Hours of Sebring 2010
To me, Sebring is the start of the racing season. Certainly we follow the Dakar and watch every televised minute of the 24 Hours of Daytona, but somehow they feel more like warmups. Sebring is where it starts. Last year, our spot was too close to the zoo and we ended up surrounded by people [...]
NASA-SE Winter Meltdown Weekend at CMP
Last weekend, the good folks at NASA-SE held their annual Winter Meltdown at Carolina Motorsports Park in Kershaw, South Carolina. Its the beginning of their season and is always well attended. This year a few people from a bit further North didn’t make it down due to all of their snow, but when we arrived [...]
NASA-SE Santa’s Toy Run Weekend
The southeast region of the National Auto Sport Association (NASA) has an annual event at Road Atlanta called Santa’s Toy Run. Aside from three days of racing, they collect toys for Toys For Tots. If you bring a toy to the track for donation, admission is free. A very good deal in my book. [...]
The 2009 SVRA Atlanta Vintage Grand Prix
I think I can get into this vintage racing thing. The cars are loud and fun. What exactly is a Ginetta G4 you ask? The drivers are interesting and accessible. I have my run of the place and nobody is hitting me in the head with a 500mm in a T3 photo hole. Its a photographic [...]
The Most Petit Le Mans Of Them All (partie trois)
Saturday September 26, 2009 5:30AM EST-Race Day-Pounding rain on the roof of the RV. I jumped out of bed and went outside to gather up our chairs and tables and make sure everything was under the awning and dry. Back into bed, I contemplated my slightly damp state and wondered if I could get any [...]
2009 Honda Indy 200 at Mid Ohio
I have shot open cockpit cars may times. Most of the P1 and P2 cars in ALMS are open. Formula BMW and Star Mazda are open. Hell, even the IMSA Lites are open cockpit. Why was I having trouble keeping the stupid mirror out of the driver’s face? Its a mystery. Seriously, it, like everything [...]
2009 Acura Sports Car Challenge at Mid Ohio
The drive is about 10 hours from Athens to Lexington. Eleven if you go through Virginia to avoid 5pm traffic in on 285 in Atlanta. We were again camping, but this time the RV was in use, so we had to pull out our tent and sleeping bags. Tent camping with camera gear and other [...]
2009 Northeast Grand Prix at Lime Rock Park
We decided to make the drive up to Connecticut and back into a quick Northeastern Tour. Camping the 1st night partway into Virginia in the Shenandoah National Park and then on the 2nd night in the Catskills at North-South Lake Campground. Day three found us pulling into Lime Rock Park around 7pm. The people with [...]
