Fortunately the weather this year was good and we didn't see quite as much of them as last year, when a Goober-v-AMA Official vehicular manslaughter event was only narrowly avoided.
One can only enjoy broadsliding water trucks for so long however, before it's time to walk the padddock. Refreshingly, although some have a larger footprint than others, professional flat track racing still only requires a cargo van and an E-Z UP canopy.
An XR-750 footrest helps too, naturally.
The trucks and paddock set-ups might be modest but they support some hardcore racers and eventually it's time to head out on track. Which means it's time for one of the truly best things about flat track racing: the golden light of dusk. Despite the clouds and schedule delays conspiring to block the sun at the precise moments it was trying to show off the most--it really was uncanny!--I managed to get a few decent frames.
If dusk is for photogs, nighttime is for flat track racing.
Congrats to Joe Kopp. Winner.
2 comments:
Beautiful stuff, especially the racing/night photos. The saturation is incredible, reminds me of one of my all time favorite films, Kodachrome 64.
Kodachrome 64?! That's enough to give a nighttime shooter nightmares!
Thanks, though.
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