AMA Suzuki Superbike - Day 2

Another great day! My friend on the same forum, who also won the same tickets, arrived last night. We get up early and head out to the race track around 8.30am. We ran into some ticket problems at the door, again, but all was well once Mike, the CEO of sportbikes.com, started to straight things out.

I again had full media pass with the official "CAS PHOTO" orange vest. Let me tell you, that vest gets you a lot of respect, admiration, and pretty much anything on the track. We again had Tara, our lovely spokeswoman, to continue to interview racers and spectators all over the place. I ended up taking over 4300 pictures, which accumulates to about 12GB worth of data. Good thing I have my laptop with me at the track to offload some pics.

I went through a small portion of the pics today, but I hand picked the best one's I randomly came across.

AMA Suzuki Superbike - Day 1

I won VIP passes to the AMA Suzuki Superbike Challenge motorcycle races located in Fontana, California. The races took place at the California Speedway and won the passes through an online contast at www.sportbikes.com. I found about it the Monday of this week and started to plan on how I could get out there so last minute. I ended up flying in Thursday night to go to the friday practice day and the two weekend races.

Because of this opportunity, I invested money in a nice 70-200 telephoto lens for the Canon EOS Rebel XTi that I use. I also purchased two more 2GB CF cards, the 430EX speedlite, and a few other stuff for the trip at the last minute. When I finally get there and meet the owners of sportsbikes.com, I find out that the VIP passes were still restrictive, but I talked my way into getting a full access media pass. This means I can go directly on the track and take pictures!

I took over 2600 pictures Friday afternoon and it was a blast. Here's a few to enjoy.

Hooters Bike Contest

Couldn't resist to take a few pics with the camera.

Money and Stethoscope

This is a few pics of macro shots of 100 dollar bills, a few pennies, and a gold plated stethoscope.