Alabama Shutterbugs

[flickr class="floatleft"]photo:2714731697[/flickr]

Hello Shutterbugs,
On Saturday July 19 Jay and I attended the Barber Porsche 250. This consisted of the the Suntrust MOTO-ST, Ford Racing Mustang Challenge, Skip Barber National, and the Rolex Sports Car Series with Daytona Prototypes and GT cars.

Thankfully were were able to acquire press passes, and upon arrival we headed straight to the press booth. Our day started here with the mandatory photographers meeting, where they they laid down the rules, but it seemed to be over sooner than it started. We were all given lovely green vests to wear and on our way to the track, anxious to see what the day would bring.

We started out by going through the first 6 turns photographing the MOTO-ST practice runs. It was very exciting and a lot of work at first; framing up the bikes as they raced at high speed. It wasn’t long before the extremely high temperatures started to hit us and the day had only begun, it was that hot! Before we knew it the MOTO-ST bikes were done and the roar of the cars began, Jay immediately opted for the safety of his earplugs. At the time, the racing seemed very intense, but little did we know what they had in store for the final race.

By now we had realized the need for cold water. Our friend Greg let us in on a little secret, “The corner workers have the coldest water”, so after taking a little pit-stop, we were back to photographing the cars for the rest of the day.

After the the final race of the day, we were armed and ready to make our first attempt photographing the winners circle. A challenge that we had been wanting to attempt for a long time.

At the end of the day, as we headed back to Jacksonville we were extremely tired but still very excited about the possibilities the next day would bring.