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BTCC @ Croft - Saturday.

 
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Jun 02, 2008 16:54 |  #1

I think it's fair to say that Saturday was a perfect example of the Croft weather at its best...and Sunday was very definitely an example of the worst. I hardly bothered with the camera on Sunday due to the Monsoon-like rain.

Anyway, here's some of Saturday's efforts from free practice & qualifying.

1. Tom Onslow-Cole fresh from his double win at Thruxton.

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2. Adam Jones in his "Old" Petrol engined Seat Leon showed the factory diesels the way to go..
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3. Mike Jordan in his ever-lovely Integra.
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4. Mat Jackson was undoubtedly the star performer on Sunday. He overtook 17 cars to finish in second place.
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5. Stephen Jelly & Rob Collard doing a bit of BMW formation flying at the hairpin
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6. Jason Plato was just beaten to 2nd place on the grid by a last-minute flying lap from Gordon Shedden. Unfortunately Jason's race day started with a trip to the Clervaux gravel during a very wet warm-up and got worse from there on..
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7. Fabrizio Giovannardi took another win in race 3 to further extend his lead in the championship.
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8. I was wandering around the pits when i spotted Tom Chilton taking some time out between sessions to sign a young fans hat.
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Gear info for anyone interested - #3 was the Sigma 120-300 and 1.4x, #8 was the 24-105L on Manual with a bit of Flash. All the rest were with the Sigma 500 f4.5 EX. Body as always was the 1DMK2N.

Thanks for having a look. Chatter away at your leisure.

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Jun 03, 2008 04:17 |  #2

Glad you got some good shots out of the weekend :)

I like shot 7, where were you standing for that one?




  
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Jun 03, 2008 06:14 |  #3

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Glad you got some good shots out of the weekend :)

I like shot 7, where were you standing for that one?

On the infield just behind where they put the Portaloo's :D


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Jun 03, 2008 14:36 |  #4

Great shots, the one with Plato, you can see him looking sharply to the right, great capture.


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Jun 03, 2008 15:05 as a reply to  @ danny87's post |  #5

Great pictures there......and the weather was on your side

Your shot 7 is where i tried on sunday to shoot from later in the day but there were too many people climbing all over the fence.....gave it up as a bad job in the end.


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Jun 03, 2008 15:13 |  #6

Good selection of shots Geoff, I really must try that shot from the infield sometime and I would imagine the shot in number 5 would be good on race day with this lot.


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Jun 04, 2008 16:13 |  #7

danny87 wrote in post #5651607 (external link)
Great shots, the one with Plato, you can see him looking sharply to the right, great capture.

I didn't actually spot him looking in the mirror until i went through the images when i got home. One of those lucky shots :)

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Your shot 7 is where i tried on sunday to shoot from later in the day but there were too many people climbing all over the fence.....gave it up as a bad job in the end.

That angle is pretty much impossible on a busy day, for the reasons you mentioned. I first tried it at the 2007 F3 / British GT meeting (see this thread https://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthre​ad.php?t=375779 ) and it turned out quite nicely. As suggested by Simon a framed print of that shot now resides on the wall at home.

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Good selection of shots Geoff, I really must try that shot from the infield sometime and I would imagine the shot in number 5 would be good on race day with this lot.

It would definitely be worth a go for you Ian. It's impossible on race day for me due to the crowds but there's a TV camera point marked on the Armco which should be just right from trackside. as for #5 i was shooting from there on race day last year...the shot ended up (doctored somewhat) in MSV's Brands F3/Gt programme advertising the BTCC meet last year. I wasn't that happy with the original shot to be honest.. https://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthre​ad.php?t=348176

Thanks for the comments everyone :)


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