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2007 Petit LeMans : The 10th Anniversary ALMS Petit LeMans was held Oct. 6 at the 12 turn 2.54 mile Road Atlanta course. The 1000 mile test of man and machine resulted in the closest finish in series history, a mere 9/10th's of one second between winning Audi diesel LMP1 prototype and the gas powered Penske Porsche LMP2 prototype. An estimated 100,000 race fans were treated to an exciting day of racing under a sunny Georgia sky. What more can you ask for?

2007 Petit LeMans

2006 Rolex 24 at Daytona : The Rolex/GrandAm 24 hour race at Daytona International Speedway is the longest closed course race in America in both time and miles traveled. A truly international event featuring drivers from around the globe; from diverse venues such as NASCAR, Indy Car, Champ Car, IMSA and several European racing series. This gallery represents a corner worker's eye view of the event as it unfolded under ideal weather conditions. For best viewing, please select the slideshow option and enjoy.

2006 Rolex 24 at Daytona

The "Mitty" 2005 : Anyone remember Walter Mitty? Classic Motorsports Magazine and Historic Sportscar Racing, Ltd combined to bring over 400 vintage race cars to Road Atlanta this past spring. Weekends like this bring out the Walter Mitty in all of us!

The "Mitty" 2005

12 hours of Sebring : Dave Despain of Speed Channel's "Wind Tunnel" called the 12 hours of Sebring "the Woodstock of motor racing". The question may be; do more people attend to watch the racing or to party? Those who find a balance between both truly enjoy this incredible event.

12 hours of Sebring

2005 IMSA Petit LeMans at Road Atlanta : These images represent various views from turn #5 during the 2005 IMSA Petit LeMans at Road Atlanta. They were taken durning a one hour dinner break from working at flag station #9 in the hour around dusk.

2005 IMSA Petit LeMans at Road Atlanta

2005 IMSA Petit LeMans Paddock at Road Atlanta : Final preparations being made by ALMS teams on the eve of the 2005 IMSA Petit LeMans at Road Atlanta. Used a 2.8 15mm fisheye on several of the shots during the Friday evening session.

2005 IMSA Petit LeMans Paddock at Road Atlanta

Petit LeMans '05 Support Races : The open-wheel Star Mazda series delivers exciting competition between rising stars while the Mazda Miatas represent the professional level of SCCA sport racers. The Panoz racing school offers participants the chance to live the dream of driving at some of the most challenging road courses in America.

Petit LeMans '05 Support Races

F&C : Only the drivers get closer to the action! This gallery captures moments in the lives of Flagging & Communications workers at VIR and Road Atlanta. From club and historic racing in the first set of images, to the final Panoz driving school race, to moments from the Petit LeMans, these dedicated people help keep road racer's safe on track.
If you would like to participate at this level of motor racing pay a visit to the Sports Car Club of America's website to locate the nearest chapter. Sign up and come to the track where experienced F&C professionals will provide your on the job training. Nobody has more fun on racing weekends! Set your browser to: www.scca.com and come join us!

VDCA at VIR : The Vintage Drivers Club of America emphasizes "Period Authentic" racing. They also encourage no-contact motor sports. These race cars are kept as close to original racing specifications as possible. Some people collect antiques, these people race them!

HSR at VIR : Historic Sportscar Racing, Ltd members do not just parade around the circuit in their historic automobiles, they race hard around the track with the right foot pressed hard against the floor. Time machines in motion!

SVRA at VIR : The Sportscar Vintage Racing Association came to Virginia International Raceway at the end of September 2006 with nearly 200 historic racing machines, including several former Formula One competitors. Dedicated to racing cars that otherwise would be gathering dust in museums, the SVRA enjoyed comfortable fall weather that helped bring out several thousand vintage racing enthusiasts who watched from the rolling hills and grandstands.

VDCA at Roebling Road : The Vintage Drivers Club of America final 2005 event was held at Roebling Road, a nine turn 2.02 mile track located 20 mile west of Savannah, GA. The historic track, built in 1959 hosted the VDCA classics including a 1919 Ford, several pre-WWII open-wheel racers plus a variety of sport cars dating from the 1950's and 1960's.

VDCA at Roebling Road

Ferrari : The Ferrari Challenge series was joined by several vintage race cars from decades past in a speed filled weekend on the 3.25 mile full course at Virginia International Raceway. Hopefully these images capture some of the color (mostly red) of the event filled weekend. Some of the vintage cars are worth millions of dollars yet they raced as hard as when titles were on the line.

NASCAR Busch Series at RIR : This unedited photo file documents the 2002 fall NASCAR Busch series race at Richmond International Raceway. Dale Earnhardt Jr dominate the evening that spotlighted the memory of 9-11. It is intended to provide the viewer with an insight into the behind the scenes activity on race day.

NASCAR Busch Series at RIR

NASCAR Truck Series at RIR : Driving the #33, Tony Stewart would win his first NASCAR Craftsman Truck series race. This unedited photo file captures some of the pit road activity durning that historic evening.

NASCAR Truck Series at RIR

NASCAR Cup Series at RIR : Very few red-blooded American race fans would turn down the opportunity to rub elbows with NASCAR's top drivers. This unedited photo file contains images taken along pit road and in the garage area at RIR in Sept. 2002

NASCAR Cup Series at RIR

LLOAR Daytona Beach Parade : On the Tuesday before the Daytona 500 members of the Living Legends of Auto Racing gather on the sand to celebrate Daytona's racing heritage. The annual beach parade ends with a symbolic running of the measured mile on the hard-pack sand where wold speed records were once set.

LLOAR Daytona Beach Parade

IRL at RIR 2003 : Third visit by the Indy Racing League to RIR, the first for Andretti-Green Racing.
This gallery is comprised of unedited scanned photographs taken with a Nikon N70 using Kodak 800 film. These photos are presented simply to allow the viewer to get a feel for what it is like along pit road and in the garage area before the big race. Enjoy!

IRL at RIR 2003

IRL at RIR 2002 : This was the second year that the Indy Racing League visited Richmond's .75 mile tri-oval. The speeds were incredible!
This gallery is an undedited photo file of images taken along pit road and in the garage area during practice and qualifying.

IRL at RIR 2002

Racing Art : Tools such as Photoshop, Paint Shop and Corel Painter invite the photographer to explore creative forms of expression. Sometimes it's just fun to tinker with the images!

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