Season Opener - Harley Drag Racing, Gainesville

[MikeMcA²]

Some shots from the 2008 season opener in Gainesville, FL.

http://MikeMcA2.smugmug.com/photos/267305114_Amhu6-L.jpg

http://MikeMcA2.smugmug.com/photos/266313152_7nn7U-L.jpg

http://MikeMcA2.smugmug.com/photos/266410316_kA49B-L.jpg

[MikeMcA²]

and one more..."airborne!" :wink

http://MikeMcA2.smugmug.com/photos/267315171_xWt4R-L.jpg

[gagodfather]

wow very nice pics

[dbaker1221]

sensational series:ivar :barb

[MikeMcA²]

Thanks! Great fun to shoot.

[sle39lvr]

What was the lens on the first pic? Really nice bokeh.

[MikeMcA²]

What was the lens on the first pic? Really nice bokeh.

That is becoming my favorite lens to work with, the Nikkor 200mm f/2 VR.

[kini62]

Great shots.

Yea that 200VR would be the main reason for me to go to Nikon (if I were rich):D

Do you shoot other races at Gainsville?

Gene

[gus]

Fantastic stuff...:thumb I love the flame-up & the air jump. You have some rare shots there.

[Awais Yaqub]

These are fantastic ! very cool

[MikeMcA²]

Thanks again everyone!

Gene, I've never shot other races there. I'm a racer with the All Harley Drag Racing Association (AHDRA), and so far just shoot their events. Gainesville is our season opener each year.

The regular photographer for these events is having health issues, and the sanction and HD Corporate asked me to do more work than I normally do so I spent the whole event shooting and not racing (safer and pays better lol). As luck would have it, I'm in Phoenix next weekend for my regular job, so will be able to shoot the AHDRA, AZ Bike Week races in Phoenix also. So I've shot at Gainesville, Rockingham, NC, Las Vegas, and Cecil County, MD.

I used to shoot road course racing in Europe and would love to get back into that here in the US, but AHDRA events are the only venues to which I have full media access currently.

[draggin]

I like the explosive action in pic 2 and in pic 4 the fact that the bike is airbourne, very nice set

Tim