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Had a couple of sunny days watching the Bob Smith Spring cup meeting at Olivers Mount overlooking Scarborough. The 30mph public roads are closed for the occasion and odd bits of safery barriers erected here and there. The 2.43 mile circuit winds its way up and down the hill side and the fastest riders are reaching speeds of up to 160mph whilst averaging over 75mph in spite of three hairpins. Whilst I would normally want to remove as much of the track "furniture" as possible from normal circuits I felt by leaving it in you would get better idea of this circuit, how near you are to the track, what the riders are facing and why road racing is different.View attachment 382173View attachment 382177View attachment 382174View attachment 382175View attachment 382176View attachment 382179View attachment 382181View attachment 382178View attachment 382183View attachment 382180View attachment 382182
you have a gnarly set again.
For me- the bike in the green, then the blackandwhite classic afterwards.
 
you have a gnarly set again.
Thanks for the nice comment, Jonathan.
It really is a matter of repetition, luck, guesswork and repetition. And in this case, manual focus.
I agree ..... although the downsides, for me, are a high shutter count and a lot of culling before editing. I would be interested to hear if anyone had an alternative methodology.
 
Having read a review recently of the new Canon R3, there is actually a mode in there which assists with this, but using eshutter and manual. The hit rate has apparently increased by the usage of this. Frickin' magic on the inside and as if the extra tracking features were not enough. ;)
 
OM-1 + 300mm f4.0 MXGB a few weeks ago
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I agree ..... although the downsides, for me, are a high shutter count and a lot of culling before editing. I would be interested to hear if anyone had an alternative methodology.

Found the answer on Saturday, get a comfy chair and sit and watch the racing :LOL:

Truthfully, I was at the BRSCC on Saturday and while the racing was good, I just found that finding a good place to sit and watching the world go by worked wonders. Think my shutter count was less than half what I have done :)


Forgot to add cracking shots at Oliver's Mount and, yes, it is on the bucket list (y)
 
Drizzly and cold with the odd downpour was not ideal for the BTCC at Donington, especially having to queue an hour and a half to get it (because the fields were water logged?) but still enjoyed the day. Only lightweight weather sealed kit I have is my travel zoom which is too short for where we were, but at least BTCC provides some close racing.
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and a couple from the Porsche support races.
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Oulton Park again and this time it was British Super Bikes. Went on the Practise day and saw @kae1 👋.
Like all BSB it was busy.
Here are a couple.

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Oulton Park again and this time it was British Super Bikes. Went on the Practise day and saw @kae1 👋.
Like all BSB it was busy.
Was good to catch up with @Knikki and appreciated a few equipment tips (y) .
Weather got a bit wet in the afternoon and as it was only practice the riders didn't have to go out to test (although it did help Storm Stacey on Sunday). Consequently only a handful of riders on track and so was a bit disappointing. A few images to supplement Nick's post from the meeting.
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Sure seems like a long time from last season to this. Had a good day and a decent start Friday night. Love those smells and sounds!

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This truck posted 190-199 MPH in the 1/8 mile all night.
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Snowmobiles too! These guys run about 150 MPH in a 1/8 mile.
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The "Run What Ya' Brung" class has some outrageous cars!
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This Top Alcohol Dragster was Insane!
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A little over a hundred shots in the Album right now, I still have to process the after dark images.
 
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“Sure seems like a long time from last season to this. Had a good day and a decent start Friday night. Love those smells and sounds!”

Definately - the closed season has really dragged for me this time around - even allowing for the usual closed season down time - I have missed out on a couple of early season events - MXGP world Motocross has moved from March to end of season in the U.K. and an event I was really looking forward to - ‘Bantasia 3‘ Grasstrack racing with an international rider list and full press access ! was cancelled at short notice due to the weather - not to be rescheduled due to various logistics etc - very disappointed with that one especially as it is only a short travelling distance once off of the ferry from the IW
I know what you mean about the sights and sounds - it’s not just about the photography - it’s about being there and away from the everyday !
I just have to shoot images when I’m there though - wouldn’t be the same for me to just spectate nowadays - despite ‘merely’ spectating being a real buzz when I was younger and first got into Motorsports especially motorcycle racing
Nothing will ever beat the excitement of watching Freddie Spencer and other Grand Prix riders at U.K. tracks in those early days when the hairs would stand up on the back of my neck and the days of Ayrton Senna et al
at F1 races - irreplaceable experiences and emotions
 
Embarrassed to say I had a choice of "local-ish" events this weekend so went to Harewood Hillclimb on Saturday. I love the mix of cars at hillclimbs from unmodified road cars to out and out racers from all years and at this meeting the regulars were supplemented by the British Championship contenders getting some practice in for their Sunday runs. Here's a selection from the event ....
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... and the first time I've seen grass overtake a car
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On Sunday I visited Croft for a round of TCR UK ( a more affordable? version of the BTCC). I've visited other rounds in previous years but there was only a handful of cars and I was in two minds about going. However, this year there are over 20 cars on the grid and the day started with a grid walk followed by two close races. Some close support races also made for an enjoyable day out.
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and the aftermath of an horrendous looking crash in the Fiesta Junior race with thankfully no one hurt.
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I was fortunate to be invited to shoot ARCA racing at Flat Rock Speedway from the infield. Some of the head-on and right-side views are from the pit wall during qualifying.

First time trying this, it was quite an experience. My panning skills learning curve looked like a ski slope! I tried a lot of different shutter speeds and was surprised how low they had to be go to get decent motion blur. Respect to you guys who do this often and are so good at it.

There are about 60 images in the folder, this is one class, 'Outlaw Super Late Models'. I still have to wade through the Stock and Figure 8 shots.

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