[elky] Re: The dance of the sugar plum sports car fairies

for 1/2 a mile away that's a pretty darn good pic.

glad to hear you're having fun and making a little cash, too.

excellent!

mary



I covered a race event that lasted 4.5 days last week and I'd be on
the salt flats if it wasn't for this little rain issue they've had
there.  A decision was to be made at 10:00 am today...and they made
one.  They decided that a decision would be made at 10 am
tomorrow.  (Sits here, twiddling his thumbs...and editing
photos.)  If they decide to push things back by one day, then I'll be
there Wednesday, Thursday and half of Friday.  I'll come back to
shoot qualifying for the Grand-Am race at Miller's and stay to shoot
the race on Saturday.  Then I'll go back to the salt for a week.  If
the event is cancelled, I'll spend 2.5 days at Miller's and then see
if the Streamliner Shootout will take place.  Weather: the ultimate
powerlessness.

As for the sugar plum fairies, in the final race of the NASA
Championships last weekend, it seems that a Corvette (I believe it's
the brand-new Pfadt car...a local race car builder) and a Viper were
discussing 2nd place; the Viper had it and the Corvette driver wanted
it.  On the last lap the Viper slid wide in turn 3 and got a couple
of wheels in the dirt, forcing him to lift off the throttle for a
moment.  The Corvette driver used that opportunity to go by on the
left.  But the driver of the Viper wasn't about to put up with that
so he attempted to get back on the track as soon as possible.  When
he did his car made contact with the Corvette (and I believe he hurt
something underneath his car) and the Vette went flying and the Viper spinning. 

I bleeve they both came back on rollbacks.  I know the Viper did.  I
don't think either driver was too happy with the whole deal.

I've just attached one photo and it's cropped from a shot made from
turn 1 all the way across the track....about half a mile.  I've got
several more of the whole thing but a lot of it is obscured by dust.

It was an interesting few days....sometimes it was hours of boredom
(Spec Miata and 944 Spec classes tend to be slow and boring)
punctuated by moments of cynical excitement as someone would spin and
hopefully be caught on digital film.

I shot a whole lotta photos (around 9500) and made a decent amount of
money by selling prints and CDs with photos on 'em...which will be
mailed out in October.  Most people were happy to pay in advance,
since I'd throw a print or two in with the deal and let 'em have
something in their hand for the money.  I also adopted a new mental
attitude toward selling that seemed to help...a lot.

Now...to wait and see if I'm heading for the salt tomorrow or not.  I
spose I'll do some more photo work.
Ray 




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