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All-star race week/Coca-Cola 600 LMS Charlotte - Discussion & pictures from race
Adventuredaz:
(bear with me I will get some writing in here)
I learned a few things about photography
- first I want a newer and better camera these are with a Kodak DX3600 2.2 mpxl (about 6 years 0ld)
- sporting events are not as easy as you thing (movement and lighting is very tricky)
- sometimes editing makes it worse LOL - so I left most alone
- damn those rechargeable batteries when they get old
Also learned somethings about going to the races
- you can never leave to early to the race
- there is no known description of the sound you will experience -just put the ear plugs in and hang on. - you
can hear loadspeakers enough through the plugs
- the race gets difficult to follow without a race scanner or some other means once they start to lap cars.
- you may not see what caused the caution - but you feel it before you see the yellow lights - when the cars let
up on the horse power.
- it is a fairly amazing experience to go to.
This was our overall view of the track from our location in turn 4. As well we could see all turn 3 activity really good . I feel they were pretty good seats but I would have like to see more of the pit activity.
This is the prerace activities
They bring all the drivers around the track on a truck for introductions - I think this is Truex Jr. in the red truck and Dale Jr. in the white truck.
I was unware they broke the field into groups at the start of the race on the first lap so here is the two groups.
As they went to Green this is the cars after the pace car dropped off headed towards the start line - thinks start to crank up at this point and the really take off. They get moving pretty fast - it is amazing to see 43 cars go from pace speed to 198 in a few seconds.
Just a few corner 4 pictures: Sadler, Hamlin, Truex,
Vickers, Edwards, Earnhardt Jr.
First round of green flag pitstops coming in.
Racing hard into 3 and 4 Big Busch up front Dale Jr. holding off Little Busch
Montoya takes a spin through the grass.
Vickers loses his wheel in turn 2 - Sun is starting to set.
Pace truck leading the entire field
This was supposed to be Jr. but timing was off Jr. is barely visible. Instead it is a shot of the winner Kasey Kane
End of the race the cares headed into the Garage area.
Kasey Kane doing polish victory lap.
Happy:
Thanks for sharing the photos. Sounds like you had fun.
CoralHibiscus:
--- Quote from: Adventuredaz on May 26, 2008, 10:38 PM ---Also learned somethings about going to the races
- you can never leave to early to the race
- there is no known description of the sound you will experience -just put the ear plugs in and hang on. - you
can hear loadspeakers enough through the plugs
- the race gets difficult to follow without a race scanner or some other means once they start to lap cars.
- you may not see what caused the caution - but you feel it before you see the yellow lights - when the cars let
up on the horse power.
- it is a fairly amazing experience to go to.
--- End quote ---
hehe I just have to add my commentary to what you put here ;)
- yup my dad and I woke up at 6AM for the Nationwide race at Atlanta. we left the house at 6:30- 7 ish drove south for 2 hours got there at 9ish and got blasted by snow.. but that's a different story.
- Cup cars are sooo much louder than the Nationwide cars! I took out my earplug for one lap while the Cup cars were practicing!
- yup. 1 year my dad and I tried the nextel fan vision thing and it was horrible so we switched back to the regular scanners.
- yup it gets so quiet wh nthey're under caution.. (I remember the year Ryan Newman ran in the Nation wide race at Atlanta and the wreck happened right in front of us an he bowed and then pointed at his tire. :laugh2: )
- I love going to the Nationwide race in Atlanta. I wish I ahd the money to get to a Cup race at some point.
oh and I don't think I've ever seen a tire bounce that much as Brian Vickers' tire did on Sunday! I'm glad that nobody got hurt from that tire.
Antjewel:
Wonderful shots Add! It makes me want to go again so bad. Don't you love it?
So true what you said about going early (we got up at 4am for Daytona) and the sounds. There is nothing like it. Even with ear plugs, it shakes your entire body. It looks like you were pretty tightly seated like we were at Daytona, but the fans are great. And you did have excellent seats btw. Ours at Daytona were a little low on the track for me and I learned to buy seats a little higher. When we go to Infineon, we have great seats at turn 3.
And yes, you can follow the race much better at home on the TV, but the experience is way different.
Did you get to go near the garage at all, or the pits? That is fun to do as well. We have snuck into the garage area a few times at Infineon and it was worth the risk. Hehe. Could never do it now though, security is much higher since 9/11.
Adventuredaz:
Because I went with my parents I would say the experience was a little different then if it had been on my own or with friends.
We got there with little extra time and it was a long race so no time to really explore - My Mom was having a fit about how far we had to park and was sure she would never make it to the gate. I would have loved to get down to the garage and if we had an extra hour or two and my Brother had made it we might have at least gone to the infield - although we were told you could not go in without infield passes I suspect it would have been workable.
It was amazing and as I said there is no experience like it. Glad you will make it to Infineon. Woot (more pictures) :rofl3:
The Tickets are definately not cheap so I doubt I could have swung it at this time on my own. But I will surely be looking for another opportunity. There is no way my daughter could have handled the sound.
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