I know Zimms put some up on our (who's going to Petit ?) thread, but I figured I'd start a whole new picture thread. Please anybody else who took some shots add em.
I met up with Jake a couple of times, Rick from Orlando, Peter from CA, Bob of Papa Smurf Fame (thanks for the parts) and a few others.
T.C.
Lets start with 914 pics
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Full Version: Pictures from Petit Lemans
This one's got a Jake motor
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Couple of taildraggers
Brumos Edition
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WTF?
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Couple of taildraggers
Brumos Edition
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WTF?
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I think my Son Jordan had a good time
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RS Spyder Teams minus Helio who was in Court in Miami
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Friday Practice Shots in the order I took them
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Friday Practice Shots in the order I took them
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I was having problems with my camera on Friday, so I tossed most of my shots
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This is the team I was with, Unfortunately Geraldo crashed the car on Saturday warm-up and we were the only car not to start 
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More Friday Qualifing
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More Friday Qualifing
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Great ics and what a great race!!!
It was nice to meet the teeners that were in attendance.. But overall 914 attendance was way down over past years...
And their was only a single 356 on hand... Lots of plastic Porsches though :-)
This is my only vacation of the year, and its so close to home!
It was nice to meet the teeners that were in attendance.. But overall 914 attendance was way down over past years...
And their was only a single 356 on hand... Lots of plastic Porsches though :-)
This is my only vacation of the year, and its so close to home!
This is the Winning Car. Allan McNish crashed it on his warm-up out lap and they started 2 laps down
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Mechanics running behind it to go to work to fix it
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Mechanics running behind it to go to work to fix it
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It just wouldn't be a good ALMS race without the Patron Girls 
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Dario Franchetti
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Gil DeFerran
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Dario Franchetti
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Gil DeFerran
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Marco Andretti. Funny story, my son hates Marco (well Marco is a little duecebag). My son called me everytime the IRL raced this year, saying Marco the Prick wreaked Another car. Anyway on Friday my son & I are riding through the paddock and I point out "hey there's your buddy Marco", my son shouts out " Hey Marco, you Metro-sexual, you suck," Marco replies "Fuch-You", I thought my son was going to kick the living shit out of him 
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The Race. Coming to the Green Flag
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About an hour after the start
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What an effort on the part of McNish's team!! Starting two laps down with a crashed car and then winning the race!!
That Peugeot is a bad ass, very fast car.. I hate to give the French that type of compliment, but I have to admit I was worried that the Audis would not be able to hold them off... At least till that last caution :-)
That Peugeot is a bad ass, very fast car.. I hate to give the French that type of compliment, but I have to admit I was worried that the Audis would not be able to hold them off... At least till that last caution :-)
Last ones.
Me, the Mazda Girls and the old Mazda LMP2
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My Son, Jordan holding up 1 of my driving suits in front of my old teams transporter which happened to be in a storage area at the track
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Hope you enjoyed my pics, time for some of the other guys to add some.
T.C.
Me, the Mazda Girls and the old Mazda LMP2
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My Son, Jordan holding up 1 of my driving suits in front of my old teams transporter which happened to be in a storage area at the track
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Hope you enjoyed my pics, time for some of the other guys to add some.
T.C.
TC, it was great to meet you, Jake and the others. What a great track! I walked around it a couple of times that day (trying to find a shady spot). I can't believe how fast those cars are.
Nice to meet you as well.. If you were looking for shade, you could have borrowed some from us :-)
It was a great event and nice to meet up with everyone. With any luck next year I'll drive the 914/6 conversion.
Thanks for the pictures guys. For now this is a close as I get to an ALMS race. It was a bummer when they stopped coming to Portland.
Wow-eee great pics fellers. I love these action shots. Just awsome. Thanks for posting 'em. It looked like a great event, as usual.
QUOTE(SGB @ Oct 5 2008, 11:29 PM) 
Wow-eee great pics fellers. I love these action shots. Just awsome. Thanks for posting 'em. It looked like a great event, as usual.
Great show and tell! Thanks! Looks like some really good times. 
Not to get off of topic but what camera did you use Zimms they look great it looks like you were playing with the shutter on the night pics..
It looks like it was alot of fun..
It looks like it was alot of fun..
Zimms,
what is your tecnique to get clear shots at night:
I don't see artifact that would give away a high ISI. Whats the secret?
what is your tecnique to get clear shots at night:
I don't see artifact that would give away a high ISI. Whats the secret?
I use a Canon 20D with a few lenses. Mostly a 300mm F4 prime lens with image stabilization. The static night shots with the light streaks were done using a tripod, remote trigger, 50mm lense, 2-6 second exposure, and the aperature to match.
I used the 300mm with a 2x extender to get the night shots in motion. I was probably 2/3 from turn 8 towards the Mazda bridge. The auto focus will not focus with the 300 and the extender, so I pick a point where I want to get the shot, and focus on it. I shot hand held, and did use the image stabilization on the lens. Then I took a butt load of shots as they came at me. For every 6 shots, I typically got one. @600mm and f8, ISO bumped to 400. The depth of field is almost 0.
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I used the 300mm with a 2x extender to get the night shots in motion. I was probably 2/3 from turn 8 towards the Mazda bridge. The auto focus will not focus with the 300 and the extender, so I pick a point where I want to get the shot, and focus on it. I shot hand held, and did use the image stabilization on the lens. Then I took a butt load of shots as they came at me. For every 6 shots, I typically got one. @600mm and f8, ISO bumped to 400. The depth of field is almost 0.
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Ferrari @ the same exposure.
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I forget it I had the monopod on the camera. I usually try to use it for anything slower than 1/200 because it increases the amount of good shots I get.
I have had and used the extender since 2005. I am finally getting the hang of it since Sebring of this year.
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I forget it I had the monopod on the camera. I usually try to use it for anything slower than 1/200 because it increases the amount of good shots I get.
I have had and used the extender since 2005. I am finally getting the hang of it since Sebring of this year.
Great shots Zimms, someday I need to get back into a real camera. My Nikkormat was stolen @ Sebring in 03, and I've been using small digitals ever since. My Nikon Coolpix takes nice pictures for something I can stick in my pocket and not give a crap about, but I long to take pics like you and your equipment.
T.C.
T.C.
I was wondering if you were using a monopod or tripod. At that level of zoom, everything can cause shake.
Zach
Zach
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