Grand Prix of Denver Pics + Drift Cars

[Tikigod]

I'm too excited to hold off posting these too long ... I'll have much more ready by tomorrow .. but 3 very long days in a row have slowed me down ALOT, I keep dozing off at the computer while working.

All in all I want to do this sorta work for a living from now on ... I've never had so much fun before

but enough blab ... if theres any questions or requests - Feel free to post em up and I'll do what I can

Paul Tracy .... before wrecking while he had a 10sec lead
http://chrispittman.net/Delete/champ/tracy01-re.jpg

For KB and the other Aussies .... an Aussie Wine car - Driven by Alex Tagliani
http://chrispittman.net/Delete/champ/tagliani01-re.jpg

[Tikigod]

The winner of the event -- Bourdais
http://chrispittman.net/Delete/champ/bourdais07-re.jpg


http://chrispittman.net/Delete/champ/cart01-re.jpg

Bruno Junqueira
http://chrispittman.net/Delete/champ/junqueira01-re.jpg

http://chrispittman.net/Delete/champ/bourdais09-re.jpg

[Tikigod]

after he won ... I got lucky and he did the donuts in the turn I was shooting at
http://chrispittman.net/Delete/champ/bourdais04-re.jpg



and the drift cars --- they did an expo very late in the day on friday and satruday ... I took better pics on saturday's session because I worked a kink out .... but those pics are resized yet ... i'll keep updating this thread though

http://www.chrispittman.net/Delete/drift01-re.jpg

http://www.chrispittman.net/Delete/champ/driftb02-re.jpg

[topper]

nice shots man, what camera are you using?

[Joann]

VERY nice shots. Looks like you had a great time.

[Rob.M]

Haha, glad you had a great time Chris!. In case anyone hasnt figured it out from the watermarks, Chris is one of the Down Shift Photographers and covers all the goings ons in the Denver Metro area. These pics are right on par with the awesome ones he grabbed of the AMA series motocross @ Pikes Peak a few months back. Certainly on his way to becoming one of the preimenent photographers of Denver...all that and the boy still finds time to be a grad student in architecture!

[Mars_302]

Looks like you got a good close spot. That head on drift shot is nice, those are hard to get at times.

[XtremeSaturn]

Great spot for the shots! Looks like you're on your way to have 2-3 camera bodies and some nice L lenses (going pro) lol

[Tikigod]

Great spot for the shots! Looks like you're on your way to have 2-3 camera bodies and some nice L lenses (going pro) lol

I would've killed to have an extra body this weekend .. constantly switching from the 70-200 w/ 1.4 to the 17-40 got rather annoying after a while. I started to envy the hard card guys w/ 2-3 bodies and the gaint 400 mm f/2.8 L lenses

[Tikigod]

Looks like you got a good close spot. That head on drift shot is nice, those are hard to get at times.

luckily (or unluckily however you see it) most of the other photogs left by the time the drifters got a chance at teh track ... it was really only me and maybe 2-3 other guys there in the corners they'd do the most drifting

[Regina]

These are amazing shots. Good work!

[SorsSalutis]

awesome pics....1st one is very professional

[Tikigod]

a few more of my faves

http://www.chrispittman.net/cpg132/albums/Champ/bourdais15-re.jpg

http://www.chrispittman.net/cpg132/albums/Champ/bourdais16-re.jpg

http://www.chrispittman.net/cpg132/albums/Champ/bourdais11-re.jpg

http://www.chrispittman.net/cpg132/albums/Champ/bourdais10-re.jpg

[Tikigod]

http://www.chrispittman.net/cpg132/albums/Champ/driftb10-b.jpg

http://www.chrispittman.net/cpg132/albums/Champ/fire03-re.jpg

http://www.chrispittman.net/cpg132/albums/Champ/fire01-re.jpg

[midorigreen]

Nice, I really like the Jaq shots

[~JT~]

Wow beautiful shots.

I am in awe of some of the racing photos I have seen here in Tampaforums.

For people who have never tried to take action pictures, especially at high speed, they have no idea how hard it is to get a shots like these.

I also admire the professionalisim and knoledge of comments in this forum.

[kickslop]

^^^ Ditto. Good work.

[marksaccord95]

fun race eh? i went to the long beach grand prix and it was the same stuff, with drifting expo as well. i think more people were watching the drifting then the champ car race
best sound ever is the BANG between gears.

http://www.accordclub.com/LBGP/pass.JPG

http://www.accordclub.com/LBGP/P1010270.JPG

http://www.accordclub.com/LBGP/P1010326.JPG

http://www.accordclub.com/LBGP/P1010147.JPG

[RoadRacer]

Nice shots.... I thought downshift was a sponsor on Sabastiens car as the watermark is aligned on the side pod. :lol: BTW, Sebastien has a house in New Tampa.

[Rob.M]

Nice shots.... I thought downshift was a sponsor on Sabastiens car as the watermark is aligned on the side pod. :lol:

What I would do for that type of budget.

[JERSEYGURL]

Wow those are awsome shots.... looks like u had a great time