WRC Rally Ireland

[jim9449]

Had no luck with pics, was at Lough Gill on Friday where M. GRÖNHOLM crashed only seen 6 cars go through before they closed the stage, second time through seen 10 cars then a crash, stage closed again. to big a crowd, to many restrictions, give me a small rally any time

#1 Loeb on the second run

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#2

http://jim9449.smugmug.com/photos/222422779-O.jpg

#3

http://jim9449.smugmug.com/photos/222422829-O.jpg

#4

http://jim9449.smugmug.com/photos/222422877-O.jpg

#5 Darren Gass limps down the stage with a rearranged back end

http://jim9449.smugmug.com/photos/222422682-O.jpg

#6 Philip Morrow with some damage

http://jim9449.smugmug.com/photos/222422656-O.jpg

#7

http://jim9449.smugmug.com/photos/222709013-O.jpg

#8

http://jim9449.smugmug.com/photos/222709412-O.jpg

[Junior's G7]

Nice pics! I love how you can see the drivers' and co-s' expressions - all kinda blank, with their wrecked cars...

I miss WRC coverage here in the states... replaced by canned drag racing shows and "Pimp my ride" BS... really a shame, it's a great circuit.

Thanks for the pics!

[gkwood]

Nice shots the damage looks expensive

[TTk]

Nice set of shots..

[darren h]

Nice shots Jim despite the shortage of cars :cry:

Darren Gass out in a Subaru, they don't sound as good as his C2 S1600 :D Did Gass retire? the back end looks in a right mess

[jim9449]

Nice pics! I love how you can see the drivers' and co-s' expressions - all kinda blank, with their wrecked cars...

I miss WRC coverage here in the states... replaced by canned drag racing shows and "Pimp my ride" BS... really a shame, it's a great circuit.

Thanks for the pics!
Thanks for your comment Junior, yes the WRC is a great event

Nice shots the damage looks expensive
Thanks Gary, those gusys with the damaged cars finished the rally

Nice set of shots..
Cheers TTK

Nice shots Jim despite the shortage of cars :cry:

Darren Gass out in a Subaru, they don't sound as good as his C2 S1600 :D Did Gass retire? the back end looks in a right mess

Thanks Darren, Gass finished the rally in 43rd place and morrow got a creditable 23rd

[gsgary]

Nice shots Jim, bit of a bummer with all the crashes

[scooby nutt]

Just got back from Ireland and i have to agree with u about a small rally, couldn't get anywhere near the road, Brick walls and hedges as well as climbing 3ft high barbed wire fences and knee high deep in bogs (mud). Not my idea of fun for access for spectators but a well run event for safety. Post some pic's soon.

Cheers

Phil

[scooby nutt]

Sorry, Bye the way nice series of pic's showing all the damage and the expressions on the driver's faces.

Phil

[orophin]

Nice shots, what lenses you used?

[andrewc]

my comments would be to ask why use 1/1250 as a shutter speed. It freezes the wheels so its hard to judge if the car is in motion, or if its just parked there. Try some radial blur in photoshop on the wheels and see what that does.


Otherwise nice...

[dessie]

Did you get your hair wet Jim :lol::lol:

[Big Ant]

Nice shots Jim:)

It's hard to play with settings when you only get a few cars through on each run

[jim9449]

Nice shots Jim, bit of a bummer with all the crashes
Cheers Gary, traveled for 3 hours to get there, was a bit pissed off.

Just got back from Ireland and i have to agree with u about a small rally, couldn't get anywhere near the road, Brick walls and hedges as well as climbing 3ft high barbed wire fences and knee high deep in bogs (mud). Not my idea of fun for access for spectators but a well run event for safety. Post some pic's soon.

Cheers

Phil

Sorry, Bye the way nice series of pic's showing all the damage and the expressions on the driver's faces.

Phil

Thanks Phil. the weather was good until last week, agree about the walls,hedges,berbed wire and muck.

Nice shots, what lenses you used?

Thanks orophin, Canon 300 f4 L and Sigma 17 - 70 f2.8 -4.5

my comments would be to ask why use 1/1250 as a shutter speed. It freezes the wheels so its hard to judge if the car is in motion, or if its just parked there. Try some radial blur in photoshop on the wheels and see what that does.


Otherwise nice...

I agree with your comments, but it will be 2009 before I see WRC again and I was not going to loose the shot through blurr if I did not get it right, may be not perfect but I have a record of the top cars :(

Did you get your hair wet Jim :lol::lol:

I got wet right down to the shuch of my you know what :D

Nice shots Jim:)

It's hard to play with settings when you only get a few cars through on each run

Thanks Ant, as I said above only the one chance to see those guys till 2009 :lol:

[stratos]

pics are good, and landscape on the first $ ones are good, but imo pics lack in action =(

anyway since u had so many limitations its a good set

[itsmedeka]

pics are decent i loveee wrc !

[jim9449]

pics are good, and landscape on the first $ ones are good, but imo pics lack in action =(

anyway since u had so many limitations its a good set
Thanks stratos, I agree they are not the best actions:(

pics are decent i loveee wrc !

Cheers itsmedeka, would have been nice to see the wrc cars in their full livery without all the mud on them :cry:

[kenwood33]

very nice shots, wish i can have a chance to shoot these type of event.

[Anke]

Nice set, Jim. Looks like you got yourself a great view of the action, perhaps too close for me :D

[jim9449]

very nice shots, wish i can have a chance to shoot these type of event.

Thanks kenwood, great drivers at these events

Nice set, Jim. Looks like you got yourself a great view of the action, perhaps too close for me :D

Cheers Anke I was on top of a ditch about 8 feet above the road behind a telegraph pole ;)

[mscsphoto]

I would love to watch these guys that work on the cars at the service stops.......they are awesome .............

[JDMist3hFastar]

Woah, a WRC bugeye Subaru?! Are these old pictures or is Subaru using the old(my favorite) body style?

[I Like It Sideways]

Awesome shots, the "rearranged" backend is a good one.
Hey, do you mind if I share these on a dedicated subaru rally board I'm a part of?

[jim9449]

Awesome shots, the "rearranged" backend is a good one.
Hey, do you mind if I share these on a dedicated subaru rally board I'm a part of?


Thanks I like it sideways, yea use away, link to the crash
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oJwp42yB6iM

[I Like It Sideways]

Awesome!!! Thanks for posting up the video too!!!!!!

[MinnGreenGT]

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[adam LC]

Where's the GB rally in 2008??

[GSH]

Where's the GB rally in 2008??

Same place as it's been since the good old days of the RAC ended...confined to Wales.

[adam LC]

Same place as it's been since the good old days of the RAC ended...confined to Wales.
:o That's what I thought:o

I got the wrong end of the stick when Jim said last chance until 2009... I thought "crap, I wanted to go next year!?!"

I said I was slow!

[GSH]

:o That's what I thought:o

I got the wrong end of the stick when Jim said last chance until 2009... I thought "crap, I wanted to go next year!?!"

I said I was slow!


I assume he's referring to the fact that there is no Rally Ireland in 2008, which is a shame because from all accounts they put on a better show than we get over here :)

[jim9449]

I assume he's referring to the fact that there is no Rally Ireland in 2008, which is a shame because from all accounts they put on a better show than we get over here :)

Yes Geoff I was refering to Rally Ireland 2008:(

[Samdiver74]

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Thanks Minn, I used to get my footage from Enormously sideways etc. but they arenot being hosted anymore, probably high bandwidth problems, and server issues.
I am so mad at Speed TV for not covering this class sport, Still not the same as going to see them live but since I moved to Florida, I miss my old rallying.

Nascar sucks but that is a whole different story.

Great shots Jim considering the conditions.

[Junior's G7]

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Thanks for that!

[MinnGreenGT]

No problem guys ~ I'm just glad to be able to share that with others... and the site is pretty well kept up (most rallies are posted in their entirety within 48 hours of completion). And I see that they've already got Rally GB Day one up!

[willy b]

You got some good shots there, even if there was a shortage of cars!

[jim9449]

You got some good shots there, even if there was a shortage of cars!

Thanks Willy

Thanks Minn, I used to get my footage from Enormously sideways etc. but they arenot being hosted anymore, probably high bandwidth problems, and server issues.
I am so mad at Speed TV for not covering this class sport, Still not the same as going to see them live but since I moved to Florida, I miss my old rallying.

Nascar sucks but that is a whole different story.

Great shots Jim considering the conditions.

Cheers Samdiver