For most people the July 4th weekend is spent with family, friends and fireworks. Not for me, the July 4th weekend means one thing to me. Daytona. While the summer time temperature in Florida is ridiculously hot the action on the track is usually hotter. Lets get on with it.
Jul 09, 2010 | Categories: Daytona, Florida, NASCAR, Racing, Scenic, Sports, Sports Illustrated | Tags: #3, A.J. Allmendinger, accident, auto, autographs, big one, Bobby Labonte, Brad Keselowski, clouds, Crash, Dale earnhardt jr, dale earnhardt sr, Daytona, Daytona Beach, Denny Hamlin, DIS, Elliott Sadler, fans, Fire, flames, Florida, garage, grass, Greg Biffle, helmet, jeff gordon, jimmie johnson, Joey Logano, Juan Pablo Montoya, Ken Schrader, Kevin Harvick, kurt busch, Marcos Ambrose, Mark Martin, Michael Annett, motorsports, NASCAR, Nationwide, number three, Parker Kligerman, Paul Menard, pile up, pit road, plate race, practice, qualifying, race, Racing, Rain, Reed Sorenson, Regan Smith, restrictor plate, Richard Childress, Robby Gordon, Ryan Newman, sam hornish jr, smoke, Sprint Cup, stock car, sunset, Tony Stewart, tri oval, turn four, victory lane, weather | 1 Comment »
As most of you guys know I shoot several NASCAR races every year. 34 of the 36 races races take place on various oval tracks but two occur on road courses where the drivers have to make left and right turns. Thats where things get fun. On top of seeing top level drivers look like [...]
Jun 24, 2010 | Categories: California, Me, NASCAR, Racing, San Francisco, Sports | Tags: A.J. Allmendinger, accident, airborne, bay, Bobby Labonte, Camry, Carl Edwards, champagne, city, Crash, crowd, curb, Dale earnhardt jr, David Gillialnd, Denny Hamlin, downtown, fans, Ferris wheel, Golden Gate Bridge, heatwaves, hill, Infineon, Jamie McMurray, Jeff Burton, jeff gordon, jimmie johnson, Joey Logano, Juan Pablo Montoya, jump, Kasey Kahne, Kevin Harvick, kurt busch, Marcos Ambrose, Mattias Ekstrom, mountain, NASCAR, Paul Menard, practice, qualifying, Raceway, road course, Robby Gordon, Ryan Newman, sam hornish jr, San Francisco, Scott Speed, Sears Point, skyline, Sonoma, spectator, stock car, Tony Stewart, Toyota, Travis Kvapil, turn right, two wheels, victory lane | 1 Comment »
After a wild and crazy weekend of NHRA in Phoenix it was on to Vegas for NASCAR. Driving up to the shoot I thought to myself it was going to be very tough for Vegas to top Phoenix. Boy was I right. Try not to fall asleep during this blog!
Mar 08, 2010 | Categories: Las Vegas, Me, NASCAR, Racing, Sports | Tags: A.J. Allmendinger, Air Force, artsy, autograph, Brian Vickers, burnout, Carrot Top, celebration, Chad Knaus, champagne, clouds, Crash, crew chief, crowd, Dale earnhardt jr, dale jr, Danica Patrick, David Gilliland, exhaust, fans, Fire, flames, garage, grandstands, Greg Biffle, James Buescher, Jeff Burton, jeff gordon, Juan Pablo Montoya, Kevin Conway, Kevin Harvick, Kim Kardashian, kurt busch, kyle busch, Las Vegas, Las Vegas Motor Speedway, light pocket, light shaft, LVMS, Mark Martin, Matt Kenseth, Michael McDowell, Mike Bliss, motorsports, NASCAR, Nationwide, neon garage, Nevada, night, NV, pink car, pit road, practice, qualifying, Racing, Rain, sam hornish jr, Series, smoke, sparks, spectators, spin, Sprint Cup, sun, Thunderbirds, Tony Eury Jr, Tony Eury Sr, Tony Stewart, tunnel, USAF, victory lane | 9 Comments »
With the opening week of Daytona out of the way all eyes would be on the biggest race of the year, the Daytona 500. Oh and Danicas first Nationwide start. Both races would live up to the hype and then some.
Feb 20, 2010 | Categories: Daytona, Florida, Me, NASCAR, Racing, Sports | Tags: #3, A.J. Allmendinger, accident, airborne, Austin Dillon, big one, bird, Brad Keselowski, burnout, Camping World, celebration, Clint Bowyer, clouds, Colin Braun, concert, Crash, crashed car, crowd, Dale earnhardt jr, damage, Danica Patrick, Danicamania, David Gilliland, david ragan, Daytona, DIS, doughnuts, Elliott Sadler, F-15, f-5, F5, fans, finishline, flip, fly over, flying, garage, grass, hans device, helmet, infield, Jamie McMurray, jeff gordon, jimmie johnson, John Borneman III, Josh Wise, Kasey Kahne, Kevin Harvick, Larry the Cable Guy, Mario Gosselin, Mark Martin, media, Michael Waltrip, NASCAR, Nationwide, photo finish, photographers, pileup, pit road, pit stop, plate race, practice, pretty, qualifying, race, Regan Smith, restrictor plate, Ricky Carmichael, Robby Gordon, roll, Ron Hornaday, sam hornish jr, seagull, sky, softwall, Speedway, spin, Sprint Cup, spun, stupid, sunset, Terry Cook, Tim McGraw, Timothy Peters, Tony Stewart, Trevor Bayne, tri oval, truck series, victory lane, winner | 2 Comments »
So on the first day of 2010 I present my final Best of 2009 blog. So without further adieu here are my best crash and burn images of 2009. Enjoy!
Jan 01, 2010 | Categories: NASCAR, NHRA, Racing, Sports | Tags: A.J. Allmendinger, accident, ARCA, big one, Bobby Labonte, Brian Vickers, Budwesier Shootout, Carl Edwards, collision, Cory McClenathan, Crash, crashes, Dale earnhardt jr, Dan Horan, David Stremme, Daytona, Denny Hamlin, dragster, Elliott Sadler, explosion, Fire, flip, funny car, gravel pit, Greg Biffle, IMS, Indianapolis, IRL, J.R. Fitzpatrick, James Generalao, Jamie McMurray, jeff gordon, jimmie johnson, Joey Logano, John Haas, Juan Pablo Montoya, Justin Lamb, Kasey Kahne, Ken Webster, Kevin Harvick, kurt busch, kyle busch, Lake Elsinore, Las Vegas, Leroy Loerwald, LOORRS, Marcos Ambrose, Mark Martin, Martin Plowman, Matthew Carter, Michael McDowell, Mike Chrisman, Mike McLennan, motor speedway, NASCAR, Nationwide, NHRA, nostalgia, Off Road Racing, Pete Adams, pileup, Remote Camera, Robby Gordon, Robert Hight, rollover, Ryan Fischer, safer barrier, sam hornish jr, Scott Riggs, Scott Speed, Scotty Lumbert, soft wall, sparksm LVMS, SPrint, Tom Padilla, Tony Stewart, Watkins Glen | 5 Comments »
After several weeks in the past few months on the road covering NASCAR it was great to have a weekend at home as NASCAR made their second stop of the year to the Phoenix International Raceway for the second to last race on the year. While PIR isn’t known for exciting races it is absolutely [...]
Nov 17, 2009 | Categories: Me, NASCAR, P.I.R., Racing, Sports | Tags: A.J. Allmendinger, arizona, autograph, Bobby Labonte, bridge, burnout, Camping World, Carl Edwards, celebration, Chad Knaus, Champion, chase, checkered flag, Clint Bowyer, clouds, Colin Braun, Crash, Dale earnhardt jr, David Reutimann, Denny Hamlin, garage, grass, hat dance, helmet, Jamie McMurray, jeff gordon, jimmie johnson, Joey Logano, John McCain, Juan Pablo Montoya, Kasey Kahne, Kate Downey, Kevin Harvick, kurt busch, kyle busch, light pocket, Mark Martin, Matt Kenseth, Michael Waltrip, Mike Helton, NASCAR, P.I.R., pan blur, pit road, pit stop, practice, pregnant, qualifying, race, reflection, Ron Hornaday, senator, sky, slow shutter speed, smoke, spin, Sprint Cup, Stacy Compton, sun, sunset, Super Mario, Tony Raines, trophy, truck series, victory lane, wife, winner | 5 Comments »
It has been several years since I have gone to the Texas Motor Speedway in Ft. Worth. With the AZ Cardinals on the road this weekend and nothing else to shoot I traveled over to Texas for what I hoped would be an exciting weekend of action with a triple header of the top three [...]
Nov 11, 2009 | Categories: Me, NASCAR, Racing, Sports, Texas | Tags: A.J. Allmendinger, accident, backstretch, burnout, Camping World Truck Series, Carl Edwards, celebration, champagne, Chase race, checkered flag, Chinook, concert, condo, cowboy hat, Crash, crowd, damage, Eva Busch, fans, fisheye, Fort Hood, four wide, garage, Green flag, helicopter, infield, James Buescher, jeff gordon, Jeremy Clements, jimmie johnson, Juan Pablo Montoya, Justin Allgaier, Kasey Kahne, keys in trunk, kurt busch, kyle busch, locked, locksmith, Mario Gosselin, Michael Annett, Michael McDowell, Mike Wallace, moon, moonrise, Morgan Shepherd, NASCAR, Nationwide Series, out of gas, Parking Lot, pit road, points leader, prerace, quad oval, reflection, rental car, repairs, restart, reverse victory lap, Roof, shooting, spin, Sprint Cup, Steve Wallace, suites, sunset, Texas Motor Speedway, TMS, traffic jam, trophy, tunnel, victory lane, WinStar World Casino 350, ZZ Top | 7 Comments »
With how busy I have been covering NASCAR during this years Chase for the Cup I gotta admit I was starting to get bored with the repetition of covering several races. I haven’t shot an NFL game in well over a month and really miss shooting it, however a weekend in Talladega was more than [...]
Nov 03, 2009 | Categories: Me, NASCAR, Pocket Wizard, Racing, Remote Camera, Sports, Talladega | Tags: 20 mile remote, A.J. Allmendinger, airborne, Alabama, ambulance, Amp Energy 500, backstretch, big one, bump draft, burnout, campers, campfire, Carl Edwards, catch fence, celebration, Chase for the Cup, clouds, cockpit, Colin Braun, costume, Crash, Dale earnhardt jr, drafting, drunk, F-15, fans, fisheye, flip, fly over, fog, garage, Goodyear blimp, grandstands, Hallodega, Hallow dega, Halloween, how to, infield, Jamie McMurray, jared fogle, jeff gordon, jimmie johnson, Kasey Kahne, Kevin Harvick, kurt busch, kyle busch, Lance McGrew, last lap, magic arm, Mario Gosselin, Mark J. Rebilas, Mark Martin, Martin Truex Jr, Matt Kenseth, moon, motorsports, Mountain Dew 250, multi car crash, NASCAR, photographer, pile up, pit road, pit stop, plate track, Pocket Wizard, pocketwizard, puddle, Rain, Remote Camera, remotes, restrictor plate, Rick Crawford, Robby Gordon, Robert Benson, roof flaps, RV, Ryan Newman, safety cable, Scott Speed, sequence, set up, single file, smoke, sparks, spin, Sports, subway, sunset, super clamp, super speedway, Talladega, Talladega Boulevard, Tayler Malsam, tent, Todd Bodine, Traffic, tri oval, upside down, wall, water | 6 Comments »
After a few years of not shooting NASCAR at Charlotte I decided I wanted to cover the fall chase race at the Lowes Motor Speedway. It is a great track to shoot at and usually is an action packed race. The one thing I wasn’t expecting though was the low temperatures (40s) or the high [...]
Oct 22, 2009 | Categories: Me, NASCAR, Racing, Sports | Tags: A.J. Allmendinger, accident, betting, big one, Bill Elliott Kyle Busch, blown engine, Bobby Labonte, bottom out, breast cancer, burnout, Carl Edwards, celebration, Charlotte, Clint Bowyer, CMS, cold, Concord, Count Chocula, Crash, Dale earnhardt jr, Dave Blaney, David Gilliland, david ragan, Dollar General 300, Elliott Sadler, Erik Darnell, fans, fisheye, garage, Green flag, Greg Biffle, infield, jacket, Jamie McMurray, jeff gordon, jimmie johnson, John Wes Townley, JPM, Juan Pablo Montoya, Kasey Kahne, Kevin Hamlin, LMS, Lowes Motor Speedway, Mark Martin, Martin Truex Jr, Matt Kenseth, Michael Waltrip, Mike Bliss, NASCAR, NASCAR Banking 500, Nationwide Series, pace lap, paint scheme, pile up, pink, pit crew, pit road, pit stop, quad oval, qualifying, Reed Sorenson, Ricky Stenhouse Jr, Ryan Newman, sam hornish jr, SMI, smoke, sparks, special paint job, spin, Sprint Cup, Steve Wallace, Tony Stewart, transformers, tri oval, wide angle | 6 Comments »
It had been three years since my last venture to New York to shoot NASCAR at the historic Watkins Glen International, and after the fun I had shooting the previous road race in Sonoma I figured why the hell not. Â Watkins Glen is in the middle of nowhere New York in the picturesque Finger Lakes [...]
Aug 14, 2009 | Categories: Lightning, Me, NASCAR, New York, Racing, Sports | Tags: A.J. Allmendinger, Bobby Labonte, Boris Said, burnout, cancelled, Carl Edwards, clouds, Crash, crazy fan, Dale earnhardt jr, Denny Hamlin, double fire restart, Elliott Sadler, esses, fans, Fire, flowers, gas cans, gravel trap, guard rail, inner loop, interview, Jeff Burton, jet drier, jimmie johnson, Joey Logano, Juan Pablo Montoya, Kasey Kahne, kurt busch, kyle busch, Lightning, Marcos Ambrose, Mark Martin, Martin Truex Jr, Matthew Carter, Max Papis, media, Michael Annett, monday, NASCAR, New York, P.J. Jones, Patrick Carpentier, pit stop, practice, prototype, qualifying, Racing, Rain, rain out, rain tires, road course, Robby Gordon, Rolex Series, spin, sports car racing, stock car, sun, sunset, tattoo, tire barrier, Tony Raines, Tony Stewart, tunnel, victory lane, Watkins Glen | 9 Comments »
When you go to a restrictor plate race the chances of seeing some spectacular racing is typically very good. Thats why the races are so popular with the fans and its also why I have gone to the past 11 restrictor plate races and will continue to go to every one for many more years. [...]
Jul 08, 2009 | Categories: Daytona, Me, NASCAR, Racing, Sports | Tags: 200 wins, A.J. Allmendinger, accident, backstretch, big one, Brian Vickers, Buckcherry, Burger King, burnout, carnage, caution, celebration, Chase Austin, checkered flag, Clint Bowyer, clouds, Coke Zero 400, concert, Crash, Dale earnhardt jr, dale jr, David Gilliland, david ragan, David Reutimann, David Stremme, Daytona, DIS, Eric McClure, exciting finish, F-15, fans, fighter jet, fireworks, fisheye, fly over, garage, Jamie McMurray, Jeff Burton, jeff gordon, Joey Logano, Kasey Kahne, Kerry Earnhardt, Kertus Davis, kurt busch, kyle busch, last lap crash, Mark Martin, Michael Waltrip, Mike Bliss, moon, Morgan Shepherd, Nationwide, pit road, pit stop, plate race, practice, qualifying, Rain, Reed Sorenson, restrictor plate, Richard Petty, Robert Richardson Jr, roof flap, Ryan Newman, sam hornish jr, Scott Speed, Sprint Cup, stock car, storm, sun, sunset, The King, Tony Stewart, turn four, umbrella, victory lane, water, white flag | 11 Comments »
It has been three years since I made the trip to the rolling hills of the wine country to cover NASCAR as they raced around the winding turns of Infineon Raceway. NASCAR has 38 races a year and only two of them occur on tracks with left and right turns. This is the first road [...]
Jun 27, 2009 | Categories: California, Me, NASCAR, Racing, San Francisco, Scenic, Sports | Tags: A.J. Allmendinger, Budweiser, burnout, Carl Edwards, catch fence, celebration, checkered flag, clouds, confetti, David Reutimann, David Stremme, Denny Hamlin, fans, flames, garage, Greg Biffle, hauler, hills, Infineon Raceway, jeff gordon, jimmie johnson, Juan Pablo Montoya, Kasey Kahne, Kevin Harvick, kyle busch, Martin Truex Jr, Matt Kenseth, motorsports, mountains, Napa Valley, NASCAR, Old Spice, Patrick Carpentier, Paul Menard, plane, Richard Petty, ringer, road course, Robby Gordon, Ryan Newman, San Francisco, Sears Point, Sonoma, Sprint Cup, The King, tire barrier, tires, Tony Stewart, two wheels, victory lane, wine country, winner | 9 Comments »
After 5 days of attempting to get over screwing up and missing the Carl Edwards crash in Talladega it was time to put it behind me as I made the trip up to Richmond, Virginia for a nice weekend of NASCAR on the 3/4 mile short track of Richmond International Raceway.
May 07, 2009 | Categories: Me, NASCAR, Portraits, Racing, Sports | Tags: A.J. Allmendinger, Benny Gordon, Bobby Labonte, Brian Vickers, burnout, Carl Edwards, catch fence, caution, celebration, checkered flag, Clint Bowyer, confetti, Crash, crowd, Dale earnhardt jr, damage, David Poole, David Reutimann, David Stemme, Denny Hamlin, Eric McClure, fans, garage, helmet, Jeff Burton, jeff gordon, jimmie johnson, Justin Allgaier, Kasey Kahne, Kenny Wallace, Kevin Harvick, kurt busch, kyle busch, Mark Martin, Martin Truex Jr, Matt Kenseth, motorsports photographer, NASCAR, Nationwide Series, pit crew, pit stop, pole, Reed Sorenson, reflection, Richmond International Raceway, RIR, Rowdy Busch, Ryan Newman, Scott Lagasse Jr, Scott Speed, short track, Shrub, smoke, spin, sports photography, Sprint Cup, Star Filter, Steve Wallace, Tony Stewart, victory lane, Virginia, winner | 9 Comments »
Every once in awhile a crash occurs that has the sports world talking for days. Carl Edwards experienced one of those crashes when he went airborne on the last lap of the Aarons 499 at the Talladega Superspeedway. With its location in the tri-oval plus occuring on the last lap it would be one of [...]
Apr 30, 2009 | Categories: Me, NASCAR, Pocket Wizard, Racing, Sports, Talladega | Tags: 20 mile remote, A.J. Allmendinger, airborne, american flag, ARCA, big one, blown engine, Bobby Labonte, Brad Keselowski, Brian Vickers, broken jaw, BTLS, Bubba the Love Sponge, bump draft, burnout, Carl Edwards, catch fence, caution, Champion, checkered flag, Crash, Dale earnhardt jr, david ragan, debris, drafting, empty seats, fan, finish, finish line, Fire, flip, garage, grand marshall, Greg Biffle, hospital, injury, instructions, Jamie McMurray, jeff gordon, Jeremy Mayfield, jimmie johnson, Juan Pablo Montoya, Justin Lofton, Kasey Kahne, Ken Weaver, Kevin Harvick, kyle busch, last lap, long range remote, magic arm, Marcos Ambrose, Mark Martin, Mark Rebilas, massive, Matt Kenseth, Michael Waltrip, motorsports, NASCAR, national anthem, Nationwide Series, pace lap, pieces, pileup, pit road, plate track, Pocket Wizard, pocketwizard, qualifying, red neck, Remote Camera, restrictor plate, Richard Petty, Robert Benson, roof flap, Ryan Newman, Scott Riggs, sparks, spectator, sports photographer, Sprint Cup, step by step, stretcher, super clamp, Talladega, tech, The King, Tony Stewart, tri oval, upside down, wild, yellow line | 11 Comments »
Just three months ago NASCAR closed out their 2008 season down in Miami. At that time I was close to burned out after a pretty rough schedule of races and was glad to see it end. As it always works, after a few weeks off, I was ready for it to come back. The 2009 [...]
Feb 10, 2009 | Categories: Daytona, NASCAR, Racing, Sports | Tags: A.J. Allmendinger, accident, airborne, Alli Owens, ARCA, big one, Bill Baird, bird, Bobby Gerhart, Brett Butler, Bryan Silas, Bud Shootout, Budweiser Shootout, caution, checkered flag, crashes, crew member, crowd, Dale earnhardt jr, david ragan, David Reutimann, David Stremme, Daytona, Daytona 500, Denny Hamlin, DIS, egret, fans, Frank Kimmel, garage, grass, Green flag, Greg Biffle, hospital, hot pass, infield, injury, J.R. Fitzpatrick, James Buescher, James Hylton, jaws of life, jeff gordon, jimmie johnson, Jimmy Elledge, Joey Logano, Kasey Kahne, Kevin Harvick, kurt busch, kyle busch, Larry Hollenbeck, Michael Phelps, moon, NASCAR, Nur Ali, Patrick Sheltra, Paul Menard, pile up, pit road, Racing, red flag, restrictor plate, Robby Gordon, Ryan Fischer, Scott Speed, smoke, sparks, spin, stock car, super speedway, superbowl of nascar, Tony Stewart, tri oval, victory lane, yellow flag | 12 Comments »
