Every year I keep saying I am not gonna do the race at Fontana yet every year I end up caving in and covering the action on the two mile oval of Auto Club Speedway. Don’t get me wrong, the track is top notch and the media are treated great by the tracks staff but [...]
Oct 16, 2009 | Categories: California, Me, NASCAR, Racing, Sports | Tags: accident, attendance, Audrina Patridge, Auto Club Speedway, back stretch, big one, Brad Keselowski, burnout, California, California Speedway, celebration, Chad Knaus, champagne, Champion, Chase for the Cup, Chase race, confetti, Crash, crowd, Dale earnhardt jr, damage, David Gilliland, Denny Hamlin, destroyed, driver change, fans, Fontana, garage, Greg Biffle, impact, Jason Leffler, jeff gordon, Jennifer Stewart, jimmie johnson, Joey Logano, John Borneman III, John C. Reilly, Juan Pablo Montoya, Kasey Kahne, kyle busch, Marcos Ambrose, Mark Martin, motor sports, motorsports, MTV, NASCAR, NASCAR official, nascar photography, Nationwide, Palm Trees, photographer, pileup, pit road, pit stop, playoff, practice, qualifying, relief driver, Robby Gordon, spin, Sports, sports photography, Sprint Cup, The Hills, victory lane, winner | 5 Comments »
Once again for no good reason I spent a weekend shooting NASCAR in Fontana, CA. Now don’t get me wrong, its a nice track, with a great staff and plenty of good shooting positions but plain and simple, its a boring track. Trust me I am not the only one who feels this way, just [...]
Feb 24, 2009 | Categories: California, Me, NASCAR, Racing, Scenic, Sports | Tags: ACS, Angie Harmon, Auto Club Speedway, Billy Ray Cyrus, Brad Keselowski, Brian Scott, burn, burnout, California Speedway, Camping World, Carl Edwards, catchfence, celebration, Clint Bowyer, corvette, Crash, damage, delay, Dinosaur, driver introductions, explosion, fans, finish, Fire, Fontana, grass, Greg Biffle, incident, Jason Sehorn, jeff gordon, jet dryer, jimmie johnson, Johnny Benson, kyle busch, life sized, lose, Matt Kenseth, Michael McDowell, mountains, NASCAR, Nationwide Series, palm tree, Pee Wees Big Adventure, pit road, pit stop, practice, qualifying, Rain, red carpet, Reed Sorenson, reflection, Samantha Sarcinella, sign, small crowd, snow, snow capped mountain, spin, Sprint Cup, start, statue, sun, Tony Stewart, track dryer, tri oval, truck series, victory lane, wall, wet, win, winner | 6 Comments »
Nikon D3, 24-70mm, 2000iso, f2.8, 1/800th
After a late night shooting NFL the previous day it was a 45 minute flight over to Ontario, CA to shoot my first nascar race in nearly two months. While this race is typically one of the most boring races of the year I continue to go because of the [...]
Sep 02, 2008 | Categories: NASCAR, Racing, Sports | Tags: amp energy drink, Auto Club Speedway, beauty, boring, burnout, CA, California, California Speedway, caution, celebration, checkered flag, colorful, Crash, Dale earnhardt jr, dale jr, david ragan, dupont, dustin snipes, fans, finish, fireworks, Fontana, gatorade, jared fogle, jeff gordon, jimmie johnson, jimmie johnson foundation, kurt busch, kyle busch, low attendance, lowes, m&ms, Mark J. Rebilas, motorsports, NASCAR, national guard, Nationwide Series, night, Racing, safety crew, sam hornish jr, small crowd, spin, Sprint Cup Series, stock cars, stop sign, subway, subway guy, sunset, Tony Stewart, victory lane, will lester | 12 Comments »
