Youth sports in our area pretty much fizzle out at the end of the school year so we are lucky to have dirt track racing to fill the void and keep a little revenue coming in over the summer.

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4. The mandatory pan shot......

5. The highly unpopular (among photographers) static safety shot.

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8. Almost flipped it.

9. Clearly distracted by the flash

10. I hope he wasn't distracted by the flash........I ain't payin' for that!

11. The standard driver's meeting pose. Who's pictures would I rather mess up......this guy's or Bridezilla's I'll take my chances with this guy

12. No matter where or what I'm shooting my favorite shots are the candid grille shots.

Some good angles. Looks like your about to get plowed in a few of them. I like 6 allot

Nice series...never seen anything like this before. #2 is awesome!

I like #2 also. No use shooting flash when it gets that dusty.

Thanks guys. I wasn't sure how #2 would go over. It's a little different than what I usually shoot but I kinda like it.

Thanks again!

Marty

I really like # 2. Its great IMO as its not your standard shot. D700 or D3?

I wish we still had more dirt track racing in AZ. We have lost 2 tracks the past year or so. Manzanita was sold and we also lost a great track in Casa Grande called Central Arizona Raceway. Right now all the drivers are split between 2 tracks about 170 miles apart. 1 is IMCA and the other is UMP. Sucks for us dirt track racing fans...

Thanks ultragraffics,

These were shot with a D-700.

I know what you mean about tracks closing down. Some of our tracks are running limited schedules where they only open for the big touring series.

One track that I cover has had three promoters in the last three years and appears to be hanging by a thread again this season.

Hopefully some of the tracks in your area will reopen soon. If so send us some race photos

What lens combo are you using to get the "close encounters" with

Is this a part of cropping?? or just how close are you?

Hey onesickpuppy

These were shot with a 28-70 for the most part with some minor cropping. If you look closely at photo # 1 you can see a short concrete wall with a wire fence on top of it. The shots came from inside that wall. I found a gap between the concrete and the wire for this shot