Supermoto & Rally Car Racing

[EveryMilesAMemory]

Just covered was Supermoto Race which also had Rally Car races inbetween the heats of the supermoto

The magazine I shoot for was sponsoring one of the pro racers which helped because I had a main subject to follow around the track. It's sort of hard to shoot an event when there are 50 racers on the track at the same time and you've got to decide where and what to shoot.


The rally cars had to be street legal versions, so they couldnt get too crazy. But it was great fun to watch





There was one section of the track that once the racing got down to the final few heats, the cars had pushed it up a few notches and were catching air



For the supermoto races, these pro riders would come into these 90 degree turns doing 100 MPH! They'd lay their bikes down on the side and slide all the way into the turn For those in the know, it's called Backing It In.



As the sun set, a big full moon came up behind the stands and I positioned myself so they'd be jumping right into it



There was one big sweeper turn where the racers would be flying around doing close to 90mph and once it got dark, you could see the sparks from their boots bouncing along behind them



Good fun, and our Pro took 5th, incase anyone was wondering

[RichardC27]

#5 and #7 are awesome, proper supermoto mentalism at its best.

[EveryMilesAMemory]

Thanks Richard!

Whatching them back it in to that turn was just amazing and the sparks coming off the boots was just icing on the cake

[RadAL]

a civic rally car? lol

[Shaggy]

Originally Posted by RadAL

a civic rally car? lol

ha, thats what i was thinking, love the s-moto shots!

[CarlEOgden]

Loving the Supermoto shots!

We've got a big Supermoto Race in Manchester on Saturday 27th using the car park and a man made dirt section in Manchester City Football Clubs Car Park - Sports City.

Cheers,
Carl.

[EveryMilesAMemory]

I'll go look through the shots, I know that driver of the Civic had all 4 tires in the air at one time

In one of the heats, the Civic beat a WRX STI which amazed everyone in the stands. Us photogs were all laughing to each other saying that the WRX driver should be beaten in the pits for allowing that to happen!!