Great shots. Those guys are nuts. Real Adrenaline junkie's. JC On Sun, May 23, 2010 at 6:36 PM, Michael Wells <mcwellsphoto@xxxxxxxxx>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 > > -- > Michael Wells > MCWells Photography > mcwellsphoto@xxxxxxxxx > 801-850-7279 >