[ratpack] Re: WERA Races at Miller
- From: Ray Buck <rbuck@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: ratpack@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 24 May 2010 15:10:24 -0600
Great photos, man. I really enjoyed 'em!
r
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On 5/23/2010 5:36 PM, Michael Wells wrote:
Rat Packers,
Since my wife worked all day on Saturday I decided to take a chance
with the weather and head out to the track, and I'm glad I did, even
though it looked like we would get dumped on, the rain took an
easterly turn at the lake so we had a dry track all day. The WERA
organization, which is the minor league for the guys that will be
racing at Miller on the Memorial Day weekend, had plans for many
different types of races for the weekend, Saturday happened to be a 6
hour endurance race that would require several pit stops for the
teams. From what I could gather each rider would ride about 45
minutes, each team had from two to four riders and some teams had
multiple bikes. I love to have a media vest because they allow those
with vests full access to all the activities on pit lane. So I
wondered around the track for most of the day and ended up on pit lane
to get pics of pit stops and all that happens around the teams. Of all
of the vehicles I've seen at Miller these guys were by far the
fastest, they were racing on the outer track so they had the full use
of the front straight, I asked one of the WERA officials what kind of
speeds they were reaching and he told me that by the time they grabbed
the brakes they were hitting 180+, some were even flirting with 200
MPH. I also experimented with some vertical shots and liked some of
the results. So take a look at the two wheeled mad men and let me know
what you think, this is just a taste of the 5000 shots I took yesterday.
http://www.pbase.com/twistedlight/wera_2010
Dr Zamboni
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Michael Wells
MCWells Photography
mcwellsphoto@xxxxxxxxx <mailto:mcwellsphoto@xxxxxxxxx>
801-850-7279
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