Madweasel
5th of April 2010 (Mon), 17:08
Hi all, with the start of the new season I was itching to give my 100-400 its first go at circuit motorsports. I'm only 50 miles from Thruxton and the weather forecast was good, so I popped over to have a look. I enjoyed it very much and was very pleased with some of the shots I managed.
In the first race I was at the complex. Mat Jackson ran Tom Onslow-Cole off the track and as he came back on he caught poor Andrew Jordan and sent him flying:
1.
http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i192/garlicpickle/Canon/lr1small-1179.jpg
2.
http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i192/garlicpickle/Canon/lr1small-1180.jpg
3.
http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i192/garlicpickle/Canon/lr1small-1189.jpg
For the second race I was up near the chicane. I was amused by the "march of the dolly birds", who came out to mark the drivers' starting grid positions:
4.
http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i192/garlicpickle/Canon/lr1small-1505.jpg
At the chicane in that second race Jason Plato and Matt Neal aimed for the same spot of tarmac:
5.
http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i192/garlicpickle/Canon/lr1small-1614.jpg
6.
http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i192/garlicpickle/Canon/lr1small-1618.jpg
7.
http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i192/garlicpickle/Canon/lr1small-1627.jpg
In the third race I was back at the complex, where I saw Matt Hamilton take a little too much kerb on a couple of laps:
8.
http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i192/garlicpickle/Canon/lr1small-2041.jpg
In the first race I was at the complex. Mat Jackson ran Tom Onslow-Cole off the track and as he came back on he caught poor Andrew Jordan and sent him flying:
1.
http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i192/garlicpickle/Canon/lr1small-1179.jpg
2.
http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i192/garlicpickle/Canon/lr1small-1180.jpg
3.
http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i192/garlicpickle/Canon/lr1small-1189.jpg
For the second race I was up near the chicane. I was amused by the "march of the dolly birds", who came out to mark the drivers' starting grid positions:
4.
http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i192/garlicpickle/Canon/lr1small-1505.jpg
At the chicane in that second race Jason Plato and Matt Neal aimed for the same spot of tarmac:
5.
http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i192/garlicpickle/Canon/lr1small-1614.jpg
6.
http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i192/garlicpickle/Canon/lr1small-1618.jpg
7.
http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i192/garlicpickle/Canon/lr1small-1627.jpg
In the third race I was back at the complex, where I saw Matt Hamilton take a little too much kerb on a couple of laps:
8.
http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i192/garlicpickle/Canon/lr1small-2041.jpg