[ratpack] Re: WERA Races at Miller

  • From: John Christensen <johncgg@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: ratpack@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Mon, 24 May 2010 05:50:45 -0500

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
>

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