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I was in my favorite spot, at the entrance to pit road, which lets me get shots like this sequence. Michael Waltrip spun coming off Turn 3, saved the car from backing into the wall, but ran through the grass on the inside of the track, tearing up the front valance of the car.
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He caught some air running back up onto the pavement.
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Great set Moose, they all look great
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and here i thought you were talking radials. [/dissapointment]
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What are these strange vehicles? How do they move without wings?
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That Michael Waltrip sequence is fantastic John!!! Great shots!!!
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and here i thought you were talking radials. [/dissapointment]
Sorry, Matt...maybe these will help you feel a little better:
http://moose135.smugmug.com/photos/6...35_EsBPm-L.jpg
http://moose135.smugmug.com/photos/6...90_zzCCS-L.jpg
And I heard a rumor we may see an AH-64 Apache on Sunday. They did announce the fly over will be done by a KC-135! Can't wait for that! :borat:
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Saturday we had much better weather - sunny, around 80F, so I found my old favorite spot and got ready for Cup practice this morning. Just like in June, qualifying was rained out on Friday...just like in June, Tony Stewart was awarded the pole as the series point leader...just like in June, Stewart wrecked his primary car in Saturday morning practice, and will have to start the race at the back of the field in a back-up car...
http://moose135.smugmug.com/photos/6...71_uJj5s-L.jpg
Given all that, I now expect him to win on Sunday, just like in June... ;)
How about a couple of Junior for my little friend in FL?
http://moose135.smugmug.com/photos/6...69_7S5vT-L.jpg
Tried something different here, this was the only one of a dozen that worked...
http://moose135.smugmug.com/photos/6...89_QF6L7-L.jpg
Checking tires
http://moose135.smugmug.com/photos/6...31_t7bxb-L.jpg
http://moose135.smugmug.com/photos/6...80_Q9EMs-L.jpg
http://moose135.smugmug.com/photos/6...12_CdrGo-L.jpg
http://moose135.smugmug.com/photos/6...63_8EoYW-L.jpg
Forecast is for thunderstorms on Sunday, hope we get the race in, would hate to sit around all day, then have to come back on Monday - and I would hate to miss that KC-135!
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Great Coverage Moose! :borat: I'll be watching the race tomorrow.
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Sweet sequence John!! Unreal!
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Awesome John - your little friend in FL says THANK YOU SOOO MUCH! He loves them!
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Rained a good part of the day, and finally they canceled the race around 4:30, although I knew about 2 hours before that that there wasn't much of a chance of seeing any racing today. Around 2pm, they did the normal pre-race ceremonies, at their regular scheduled time, in case the track got dried, and they could start the race quickly. I was out in the car, listening on the radio, and with the low clouds I figured "...not a chance we get the fly over..." Silly Moose!
http://moose135.smugmug.com/photos/6...68_F9bXn-L.jpg
Unfortunately, since I wasn't really expecting it, I wasn't in a good position to shoot it - there were a number of trucks parked between me and the grandstand, blocking the best shots:
http://moose135.smugmug.com/photos/6...82_2DGoJ-L.jpg
He was right down low over the grandstand, it would have made a killer shot, if I had time to move 40 feet past the trucks :cry:
It's off to the track again Monday, weather is forecast to be sunny and 75F!
And Matt, there was an Apache, but it was parked over in the vendor/display area, with so much National Guard stuff around it, it wasn't worth shooting.
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And Matt, there was an Apache, but it was parked over in the vendor/display area, with so much National Guard stuff around it, it wasn't worth shooting.
s'ok, the -135 makes up for it!! so, so pretty....
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We were watching the pre-race - I thought the same as you - clouds too low - no flyover - then I saw the -135 and said to the family - I bet John is loving seeing that!
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Great weather today for the re-scheduled race. Lots of action on track, and lots to see. Got to the track around 9am, just in time to see them preparing the AH-64 for departure. I thought I was in the perfect spot to shoot the takeoff, then they towed it a couple hundred yards further away, directly into the sun. They did make their turn out almost directly over my head.
http://moose135.smugmug.com/photos/6...59_Hdrmn-L.jpg
http://moose135.smugmug.com/photos/6...91_Hz8Eo-L.jpg
I think Michael Waltrip is glad to be done with Pocono for the season!
http://moose135.smugmug.com/photos/6...30_7k9Ex-L.jpg
http://moose135.smugmug.com/photos/6...35_VgSTs-L.jpg
Smoking out of the pits
http://moose135.smugmug.com/photos/6...71_7TbxE-L.jpg
Some fine adjustments with a 10 pound sledge :shock:
http://moose135.smugmug.com/photos/6...32_XmCJM-L.jpg
It was uncharacteristically rough on track today!
http://moose135.smugmug.com/photos/6...72_87anw-L.jpg
Denny Hamlin survived the carnage to take his first win of the season.
http://moose135.smugmug.com/photos/6...14_Sjozh-L.jpg
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Moose, please keep them comin if you have them. Great stuff!
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Panning is hard.
I remember my dad and I at Nazareth trying to catch the Nascar trucks zip by, and again during our visits to the F1 in Montreal.
Very nice shots.
The KC-135 is always nice to see.
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