"Martin Truex Jr., driver of the #56 NAPA Auto Parts Toyota, sits in his car during the practice for the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Toyota/Save Mart 350 at Infineon Raceway on June 24, 2011 in Sonoma, California."
"Tony Stewart, driver of the #14 Office Depot/Mobil 1 Chevrolet, practices for the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Toyota/Save Mart 350 at Infineon Raceway on June 24, 2011 in Sonoma, California."
"Clint Bowyer, driver of the #33 Cheerios/Hamburger Helper Chevrolet, practices for the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Toyota/Save Mart 350 at Infineon Raceway on June 24, 2011 in Sonoma, California."
"Mike Skinner, driver of the #60 Big Red Toyota, makes a turn with two wheels off the ground during practice for the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Toyota/Save Mart 350 at Infineon Raceway on June 24, 2011 in Sonoma, California."
"Kurt Busch, driver of the #22 Shell/Pennzoil Dodge, races during the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Toyota/Save Mart 350 at Infineon Raceway on June 26, 2011 in Sonoma, California."
"Kurt Busch, driver of the #22 Shell/Pennzoil Dodge, celebrates in victory lane after winning the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Toyota/Save Mart 350 at Infineon Raceway on June 26, 2011 in Sonoma, California."
I don't know how but I managed to get put on one of the most enjoyable race weekends of the year. When your editor calls and asks if you want to go to San Francisco it's not something that turn it down.
The weather was cool, dry, the food was great and shooting a road course was a pleasure. There was great shooting positions...for practice. I made most of my favorite images during the practice sessions. For the Sprint Cup race I was the low man on the totem so I was relegated to important, yet less popular shooting positions.
We needed an image of turn 11 so I hiked a good quarter of a mile up the hill and into a parking lot outside of the track to get a scene setting picture with the northern California countryside in the background.
Other than the last two images above, I wasn't able to make much more than the standard race photos that you can see here.
-JCE
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