Indy Car has the Indianapolis 500, NASCAR has the Daytona 500, but when it comes to NHRA the grand daddy of them all is the U.S. Nationals. With all the different sports I shoot it has gotten harder and harder for me to be able to fit NHRA in my schedule but when the race [...]
Sep 09, 2010 | Categories: Drag Racing, Me, NHRA, Pocket Wizard, Portraits, Racing, Sports | Tags: 600mm, Allen Johnson, Angie Smith, Antron Brown, assistant, bike, blocks, Bob Glidden, Bob Tasca, Brandon Bernstein, Bruce Litton, burnout, camera, centerline, Champion, cockpit, Cory McClenathan, Dave Rieff, David Grubnic, Doug Kalitta, Drag Racing, drags, dragster, dragstrip, driver introductions, eliminations, Erica Enders, ESPN, finish line, Fire, flames, flash, foam, funny car, Gary Nastase, Greg Anderson, Greg Stanfield, head on, heatwaves, helmet, Indianapolis, Indy, IRP, Jeff Arend, John Force, Justin Humphreys, Justin Schriefer, Justin Tooley, Kenny Bernstein, Kevin Lawrence, L.E. Tonglet, Larry Dixon, launch, LE Tonglet, Matt Hagan, Mike Edwards, motorcycle, motorsports, NHRA, O'Reilly Raceway Park, parachute, parachutes, Pocket Wizard, pocketwizard, portrait, Portraits, pre race, pro mod, pro stock, qualifying, remote, Richie Stevens, Robert Hight, Rod Fuller, Roger Burgess, roll cage, Shawn Gann, Shawn Langdon, shutdown area, smoke, softbox, staging lanes, starting line, Steve Johnson, strobe, studio light, T.J. Zizzo, Terry Haddock, Terry McMillen, Tim Wilkerson, TJ Zizzo, Tony Pedregon, Tony Schumacher, top end, trophy, vagabond, victory lane, wally, winner, winners circle | 4 Comments »
It has been a while since I last shot the 300mph cars of the NHRA so I decided that I had to hit up their annual visit to the wine country of Sonoma, CA. Flights and rental cars were rather expensive for the weekend so I decided to make it a road trip and drive [...]
Jul 22, 2010 | Categories: California, Drag Racing, NHRA, Racing, San Francisco, Sports | Tags: airborne, Angie Smith, Antron Brown, Bob Tasca, Bob Vandergriff, Brandon Bernstein, Brandon Huhtala, burnout, California, comp eliminator, Cory McClenathan, Crash, Cruz Pedregon, David Grubnic, Dean Carter, destroyed body, Drag Racing, dragster, explosion, finish line, Fire, flip, funny car, Gary Densham, Greg Anderson, Hector Arana, Infineon Raceway, Jack Beckman, Jeg Coughlin, John Force, Larry Dixon, Melanie Troxel, Michael Phillips, Mike Strasburg, motorcycle, NHRA, parachute, pro stock, Racing, Robert Hight, Ron Capps, Sears Point, shutdown area, Sonoma, staging lanes, starting line, Tim Wilkerson, Tony Pedregon, Tony Schumacher, Troy Buff, Warren Johnson, water box | 5 Comments »
After a year off from shooting the two races in Dover, DE I decided to cover the spring race this year at the “Monster Mile”….by the end of the weekend I promised myself I would never cover this track again!
May 26, 2010 | Categories: Dover, NASCAR, Racing, Sports | Tags: Aric Almirola, Austin Dillon, big one, bridge, burnout, Camping World Truck Series, Carl Edwards, Casey Mears, celebration, Clint Bowyer, concrete, confetti, Crash, crossover, Delaware, Dover, Dover 200, Dover Downs, fans, first career win, flagman, front stretch, garage, grandstands, Green flag, in car, jack, jeff gordon, jimmie johnson, Joey Logano, Kasey Kahne, kyle busch, Mark Martin, Miles the Monster, monster mile, motorsports, multi car crash, NASCAR, oval, Paul Menard, pit stop, port-a-potty, practice, qualifying, race, Racing, Ricky Carmichael, Rodney Wise, Ron Hornaday, sam hornish jr, stock car, Terry Jones, Tony Stewart, track, Trevor Bayne, victory lane | 1 Comment »
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 »
After a nearly two month break from covering NASCAR it was finally time to get back to the track as the series made their first of two visits to my hometown of Phoenix. I am way behind on work so I almost didn’t post this blog so with that in mind there won’t be near [...]
Apr 19, 2010 | Categories: Me, NASCAR, P.I.R., Racing, Sports | Tags: backstretch, burnout, Casey Mears, celebrate, cloud, Crash, crowd, Dale earnhardt jr, David Gilliland, Denny Hamlin, Ella Sofia Gordon, fans, frontstretch, grandstands, Jeff Burton, jeff gordon, jimmie johnson, Juan Pablo Montoya, kurt busch, kyle busch, Marcos Ambrose, Mark Martin, Matt Kenseth, Michael Annett, midway, NASCAR, official, one mile, oval, P.I.R., phoenix, pit road, rays, Ryan Newman, smoke, spectator, spin, Star Filter, sunset, Terry Cook, Tony Stewart, victory lane, winner | 5 Comments »
For the past several years I have always marked the March Meet onto my schedule. While its not a mainstream race where I have much chance of making back the money I put out in expenses it is just such a fun race that its more than worth the financial dent it puts into my [...]
Mar 13, 2010 | Categories: California, Drag Racing, Me, Pocket Wizard, Racing, Remote Camera, Sports | Tags: accident, Adam Sorokin, airplane, altered, Art Chrisman, Auto Club Famoso Raceway, Bakersfield, bird, Brendan Murry, burnout, cherry picker, crane, Crash, Cruz Pedregon, Dan Horan, Denver Shutz, dragster, elevated, explosion, Famoso, finish line, Fire, flip, fly over, funny car, hawk, how to, jeep funny car, Josh Crawford, launch, Leah Pruett-LeDuc, Lee Paul Jennings, lift, magic arm, March Meet, Mike Boyd, Mike Chrisman, Mike McLennan, nostalgia, parachute, Paul Romine, Pocket Wizard, pocketwizard, remote, Remote Camera, Rick White, Ron Capps, Ronald Martinez, Sean Dale, smoke, spark plug, sparkplug, super clamp, tire, Todd Losenko, Twig Ziegler, Will Martin, Winged Express, wireless | 7 Comments »
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 »
Back in the day when I was growing up rarely would I ever miss the Arizona Nationals in Chandler, AZ. The track was only 12 miles from where I lived so it was always a must attend. As I have gotten older and been busier with work the years began to go by that I [...]
Feb 26, 2010 | Categories: Drag Racing, Firebird International Raceway, NHRA, Pocket Wizard, Racing, Remote Camera, Sports | Tags: accident, ambulance, Antron Brown, Ashley Force Hood, asphalt, bridge, burnout, celebration, christmas tree, clouds, cone, Cory McClenathan, Crash, crashes, crowd, David Grubnic, death, Del Worsham, delay, Doug Kalitta, Drag Racing, dragracing, dragster, eliminations, exhaust, explosion, fans, fatal, Fire, Firebird, Firebird International Raceway, Firebird Raceway, flames, flash, flip, funny car, Gordie Rivera, grandstands, header flames, heat waves, helmet, in car, Jack Beckman, John Force, Larry Dixon, launch, magic arm, Mark Gilmore, Matt Hagan, Morgan Lucas, NHRA, parachute, Paul Lee, Pocket Wizard, pocketwizard, pro stock, qualifying, Rain, rear wheel, Remote Camera, Ron Capps, sequence, Shawn Langdon, slick, sparks, spectacular, spectators, spin, Steve Torrence, sunset, super clamp, super street, timing blocks, tire, Tony Pedregon, Tony Schumacher, track conditions, tragic, trophy, Troy Buff, victory lane, Vinnie Deceglie, wally | 20 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 »
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 »
NASCAR is one of my favorite sports to shoot. In 2009 I found myself covering several more races than I initially planned at the start of the season. Thats a good thing though because it allowed me to get some pretty cool shots which makes for a better year in NASCAR photos! Enjoy.
Dec 28, 2009 | Categories: California, Daytona, Florida, Kansas, Las Vegas, NASCAR, New York, Racing, San Francisco, Sports | Tags: airplane, airport, backstretch, Best of 2009, bird, Boris Said, Brad Keselowski, burnout, Camping World, Carl Edwards, celebrations, Champion, Charlotte, clouds, confetti, crashed car, crew member, Dale earnhardt jr, David Reutimann, Daytona, DIS, egret, fans, finish, fisheye lens, garage, Greg Biffle, Homestead, infield, Jason White, jeff gordon, jimmie johnson, Joey Logano, Juan Pablo Montoya, Justin Allgaier, Kansas, Kasey Kahne, kyle busch, Las Vegas, Line, LMS, LVMS, Marcos Ambrose, Mark Martin, Matt Kenseth, Miami, motor speedway, motorspeedway, mountains, NASCAR, Nationwide, night racing, P.I.R., Palm Trees, Paul Menard, phoenix, pictures of the year, pit road, portrait, practice, qualifying, reflection, Richmond, road course, Sears Point, sky, snow, Sonoma, spectators, Speedway, Sprint Cup, Star Filter, start, sunset, Texas, TMS, Tony Stewart, tri oval, truck, tunnel, turn four, victory lane, Watkins Glen, winner | 5 Comments »
Next up in my recap of 2009 is my Best of Drag Racing photos. As most of you probably know I basically grew up at drag strips as I followed my father, Gil Rebilas, to tracks around the country shooting drag racing. Perhaps thats why its my favorite sport to cover. Regardless, I present to [...]
Dec 15, 2009 | Categories: California, Drag Racing, Firebird International Raceway, Las Vegas, NHRA, Pocket Wizard, Racing, Remote Camera, San Francisco, Sports | Tags: 2 car crash, airborne, alcohol, Alexis De Joria, Antron Brown, Ashley Force, Ashley Force Hood, Bakersfield, bike, body, Brandon Bernstein, burnout, Chip King, collision, comp, Cory McClenathan, Crash, Cruz Pedregon, Dan Horan, Dan Wilkerson, Drag Racing, dragracing, dragster, eliminator, explosion, Famoso, finish line, Fire, Firebird, Firebird International Raceway, flames, front engine, funny car, Gil Rebilas, header, header flames, heat waves, heatwaves, helmet, Infineon Raceway, Jack Wyatt, James Generalao, John Force, Justin Lamb, Ken Webster, Larry Dixon, Las Vegas, LVMS, March Meet, Mike Chrisman, Mike McLennan, Mike Neff, Morgan Lucas, motorcycle, motorsports photographer, NHRA, nitro, nostalgia, parachute, Peter Adams, pit, practice, pro mod, pro stock, qualifying, reflection, Robert Hight, Ron Capps, Sears Point, smoke, Sonoma, staging lanes, starting line, stuck throttle, sunset, test n tune, The Strip, Tom Padilla, Tony Schumacher, top end, Topeka, two car crash, Warren Johnson | 10 Comments »
As with the previous four years of covering NASCAR the final race of the 2009 season would once again be all about Jimmie Johnson. This time he was closing in on a historic (and unprecedented) fourth straight championship.
Nov 28, 2009 | Categories: Florida, Me, NASCAR, Racing, Sports | Tags: 200, 300, 400, autograph, Bobby Labonte, Brad Keselowski, Brad Sweet, Brian France, burnout, Carl Edwards, catch fence, celebration, Chad Knaus, Champion, championship, checkered flag, clouds, crowd, Denny Hamlin, dirty jobs, fans, finishline, fire truck, fireworks, Ford, four time, garage, gecko, Greg Biffle, hauler, historic, Homestead Miami Speedway, jeff gordon, jimmie johnson, Juan Pablo Montoya, Justin Allgaier, kiss, kurt busch, kyle busch, last race, Mark Martin, Matt Kenseth, Mike Rowe, Mike Skinner, motorsports, NASCAR, official, palm tree, Paul Menard, pit road, pitstop, practice, qualifying, Racing, Ricky Carmichael, Ron Hornaday, Scott Speed, smoke, soft wall, stock car, sunset, Tony Stewart, trophy, truck race, victory lane, winner | 4 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 »
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 »
With the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series in their playoffs, also known as the Chase, it is now time for me to shoot less football and now focus on lots and lots of NASCAR. My first of seven playoff races I will be covering was at the 1.5 mile Kansas Speedway. While it is not one [...]
Oct 07, 2009 | Categories: Kansas, NASCAR, Racing, Sports | Tags: accident, Bill Elliott, Brad Keselowski, Brian Vickers, burnout, Carl Edwards, catch fence, celebration, chase, Chase for the Cup, Crash, crowd, Dale earnhardt jr, dale jr, damage, destoryed, doughnut, fans, first career start, garage, Greg Biffle, hat dance, Jack Roush, jeff gordon, jimmie johnson, Joey Logano, John Andretti, Kansas, Kansas Speedway, Kevin Conway, kyle busch, Mark Martin, Matt Martin, NASCAR, Parker Kligerman, Patrick Sheltra, Paul Menard, pit crew, pit road, Playoffs, pole sitter, press conference, qualifying, Racing, Rick Hendrick, Rookie, salute, Scott Speed, smoke, soldier, spin, spotters, stock car, tech inspection, track, tunnel, turn two, US Army, victory lane, Wendy Venturini, winner | 8 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. 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 »
I have really been trying to make an effort to cover more NHRA this year so with nothing going on for the weekend I decided to make the trek up to Sonoma for the Fram Autolite Nationals at Infineon Raceway. I have been to this track several times to cover NASCAR but never for NHRA. [...]
Jul 30, 2009 | Categories: California, Drag Racing, Me, NHRA, Racing, San Francisco, Sports, Travel | Tags: 1/4 mile, 1000ft, Andrew Hines, Angie McBride, Antron Brown, Ashley Force, Bob Tasca III, Brandon Bernstein, burnout, camera, celebration, cleanup, clouds, cold, Cory McClenathan, crowd, Cruz Pedregon, Del Worsham, Douglas Horne, Drag Racing, dragster, ESPN, explosion, fans, finish line, Fire, flames, fog, funny car, Golden Gate Bridge, Gordie Rivera, Greg Anderson, Greg Stanfield, heatwaves, Hood, Infineon Raceway, interview, J.R. Todd, Jason Line, Jeg Coughlin, Jerry Toliver, John Force, Larry Dixon, Larry Morgan, launch, Matt Smith, Mike Edwards, motorcycle, NHRA, nitro, oil dry, parachute, pro stock, Rickie Jones, Robert Hight, Rodger Brogdon, Ryan Schnitz, safety safari, San Fransico, scooter, Sears Point, Sheriff, shutdown area, smoke, Sonoma, sparks, staging lanes, starting line, Steve Johnson, sunset, Tim Wilkerson, Tony Pedregon, Tony Schumacher, Toyota, trophy, V. Gaines, victory lane, wally, Warren Johnson, winners circle | 14 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 »
