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Originally Posted by Todd Benne  Ok, this one is for the house photographers. To what lengths will you go to get that perfect shot? How close to the action will you stick your neck out?
Now, I am not a pro shooter. But i did stay at a Holiday Inn Express once or twice. Hell, I don't even have a digital SLR camera. So I point and shoot with my Sony digital thingie. But, I have been pretty damn close to the action.
There was one time at St. Pete that The Master and I were shooting in a photo hole at the exit of a left hand turn on the backside of the convention center. Turn 7 or 9 maybe? Head out the hole less than two feet from the cars.
Anyway, heres come Pruett throttle down on the exit...decibels just freaking screaming at us...he tracks out to drivers' right and pushes the jersey barrier into JT and I. We both just look at each and giggle, "dude!" It was neat.
Standing in the hairpin at Long Beach, isolated out there, is a thrill too.
So, gimme your best shot. |
Yikes... we did that?
LOL - Kind of like the difference between a
good friend and a true
friend. A good friend will come down in the middle of the night and bail you out of jail. But a true friend will be sitting next to you saying ...."Dude... that was freaking awesome!" LOL
Anyway... I got knocked of the wall in Cleveland during the old Trans Am days.. I'm pretty sure it was DeMatta... came hauling onto the front straight... I was leaned in trying to get the angle off the corner. He sideswiped the wall about 25 feet past me... oh my. Got my attention for sure.
These days, though, I'm on the other side of the safety deal. Don't need an open casket with four Audi rings embossed into my forehead.
Sure, it gets close... but I'm always considering where I'm going if I have to go in a hurry. To be honest, the big fear these days is losing your footing around the course. We almost lost Jimmy walking out to turn one at Road America this fall. If he'd have barrel rolled another half turn is fall would have extended by at least another 200 feet.. off an extremely steep incline.
JT