"Dario Franchitti of Scotland, driver of the #10 Downy Target Chip Ganassi Racing Dallara Honda, looks over his car before the start of the IndyCar Series Kentucky Indy 300 at Kentucky Speedway on October 2, 2011 in Sparta, Kentucky."
"Dario Franchitti of Scotland, driver of the #10 Downy Target Chip Ganassi Racing Dallara Honda, leads the field down the backstretch during the IndyCar Series Kentucky Indy 300 at Kentucky Speedway on October 2, 2011 in Sparta, Kentucky."
"The moon sets over the grandstands during the Kentucky 225 at Kentucky Speedway on October 1, 2011 in Sparta, Kentucky."
"Ron Hornaday, driver of the #2 Hollywood Casino Chevrolet, and Brian Ickler, driver of the #18 Toyota Toyota, lead the field during the Kentucky 225 at Kentucky Speedway on October 1, 2011 in Sparta, Kentucky."
"Pit boards are illuminated as drivers make their way into turn one during the Kentucky 225 at Kentucky Speedway on October 1, 2011 in Sparta, Kentucky."
Covering motor sports is something that I've grown to enjoy. The graphic nature of the sport lends itself well to my own personal style. My partner in crime for the weekend, Jon, said it best, "at football you're taking pictures, at motor sports you're making pictures."
That being said, last weekend in Northeast Kentucky was a whole different world. First off, we were coving Indy Car which is much different to the NASCAR circuit that I've been around all summer. The cars look different, sound different and drive different. The culture surrounding the IRL was somewhat different as well.
The Getty team consisted to just Jon and myself which is drastically different to the seven shooters and a editor that we have at most Sprint Cup race weekends. I had plenty to shoot, long distances to walk and handled all my own editing and captioning. On the flip side, that also gave me much more freedom which was great.
This particular weekend the NASCAR trucks series was traveling with the IRL so we covered that as well. The ice cold weather for the night race proved to be the biggest challenge. The weather report said nothing about sub freezing temperatures when I looked the day before I left but for some reason I drove back around the block to grab a thicker jacket before heading to the airport. The night of the race I was sure glad I did because I could see my breath. My hands didn't fare quite as well because really, who thinks to bring gloves to Kentucky in early October?
Lesson learned.
More images from the weekend.
No comments:
Post a Comment