Ever since the beginning of the year when NASCAR officials made the now famous quote, “Boys have at it” in regards to relaxed rules with bump drafting and drivers self policing the garage everyone has been waiting for the drivers to get on track at the biggest and baddest track on the circuit. Talladega. The [...]
May 01, 2010 | Categories: Me, NASCAR, Racing, Sports, Talladega | Tags: accident, Alex Kennedy, ambulance, ARCA, big one, Bill Baird, Bobby Gerhart, Bobby Labonte, Brad Keselowski, Brendan Gaughan, Brian Vickers, burnout, Carl Edwards, catch fence, catchfence, celebration, Clint Bowyer, collision, Crash, Dakoda Armstrong, Dale earnhardt jr, dale earnhardt sr, David Stremme, Dennis Setzer, Denny Hamlin, drafting, drunk, Elliott Sadler, explosion, F-15, fan, fighter jet, Fire, fireball, flame, fly over, flyover, grass, green flag pit stop, Greg Biffle, helicopter, incident, Jamie McMurray, Jeff Burton, jeff gordon, jimmie johnson, Joey Logano, Johnny Sauter, Justin Allgaier, Kasey Kahne, Kevin Harvick, kurt busch, kyle busch, last lap crash, Matk Thompson, Matt Kenseth, Mike Bliss, Morgan Shepherd, NASCAR, national anthem, Nationwide Series, Paul Menard, photo finish, pile up, pit stop, plate track, restrictor plate, Ricky Carmichael, Rob Jones, Roof, Ryan Newman, Scott Lagasse Jr, sequence, skid marks, spectator, spoiler, Sprint Cup Series, Steve Arpin, stock car, Talladega, tattoo, three wide, tow truck, TSS, victory lane, winner | 6 Comments »
Just a few months ago the NASCAR season ended in Miami, fast forward three months and about 250 miles north on I-95 and it was time for the 2010 season to kick off with high speed action in Daytona Beach.
Feb 09, 2010 | Categories: Daytona, Florida, Me, NASCAR, Racing, Sports | Tags: accident, ARCA, banked turn, big one, Bill Baird, Bobby Gerhart, Bud Shootout, Budweiser Shootout, burnout, catch fence, celebration, Crash, Dakoda Armstrong, Dale earnhardt jr, dale jr, Danica, Danica Patrick, Danicamania, Daytona, Denny Hamlin, DIS, driver introductions, fans, first race, flagstand, flip, garage, grass, Green flag, Greg Biffle, helmet, impact, infield, jeff gordon, Jesse Smith, Jill George, jimmie johnson, Jr, Justin Marks, Ken Schrader, Kevin Harvick, kurt busch, kyle busch, Mark Martin, Nelson Piquet, pileup, pit road, pit stop, practice, qualifying, race, restrictor plate, roll, Russ Dugger, soft wall, spectator, Steve Blackburn, stock car, sunset, Tim George Jr, Tony Stewart, tri oval, turn four, upside down, winner | 6 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 »
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 »
In the many motorsport events I cover every year I typically witness several crashes. While most are simple spins into the wall, sometime it is hard impacts and explosions and sometimes even flips. Continue on to see some of the dramatic moments I witnessed in 2008.
Jan 04, 2009 | Categories: Dover, Drag Racing, Indy Cars, Iowa, Kansas, NASCAR, Racing, Sports, Talladega, boat racing | Tags: ARCA, Arizona photographer, big one, blowover, capsule, car accident, Car crash, Carl Edwards, David Reutimann, Daytona, Daytona 500, Dover, drag boat, dragster, Elliott Sadler, explosion, Fire, flip, front engine dragster, Greg Biffle, how to, hydroplane, IHBA, impact, indianapolis 500, Iowa, James Ray, Kevin Lepage, Landon Cassill, Las Vegas, March Meet, Matt Kenseth, Michael Waltrip, motorsports photographer, nascar crash, nascar fire, nascar spin, Nationwide Series, NHRA, nostalgia dragster, professional photographer, racing accident, racing crash, restrictor plate, sam hornish jr, Sarah Fisher, slingshot dragster, sports photography, Sprint Cup, Steve Wallace, stock car crashes, Talladega, Tony Kanaan, Tony Schumacher, Tony Stewart, top fuel hydro | 8 Comments »
The Friday ARCA race in Talladega isn’t a race I am required to shoot but as someone who likes to shoot wild action its a race you couldn’t pay me to miss (seriously). Once again the race proved why I love it so much as it was total carnage at every point on the track.
Oct 04, 2008 | Categories: NASCAR, Racing, Remote Camera, Sports, Talladega | Tags: airborne, ARCA, big one, Crash, Fire, flip, motorsports photographer, multi car accident, NASCAR, pile up, sports photographer, sports photography, Talladega | 2 Comments »
Today was my travel day from Phoenix to Talladega for this weekends big race. While normally I don’t go to the track on a Thursday I decided to swing by the track to show first time visitor Guy Rhodes around the facility. I wasn’t expecting to take any photos. Of course that went out the [...]
Oct 03, 2008 | Categories: Me, NASCAR, Racing, Sports, Talladega, Travel | Tags: Alabama, ARCA, Bobby Labonte, boring, car hauler, clouds, d3, grandstands, Guy Rhodes, James Buescher, Joey Logano, kurt busch, NASCAR, Nikon, off camera flash, pit road, qualifying, Racing, Ricky Bobby, Ricky Stenhouse Jr, sb800, sky, sunset, Talladega Nights, Talladega Superspeedway, Tim Mitchell, tractor trailer, turn four tunnel, vice presidential debate, victory lane | 6 Comments »
