Photos of the Week for June 28th to July 4th

Once again I was back at Lime Rock Park for another weekend of racing. This time around the NASCAR K&N Pro Series East series and the Whelen Modifieds were in town. The K&N Series is a staple of Lime Rock whereas the Whelen Modifieds where running the 1.5 mile road course for the first time. We got there early afternoon on Friday during practice and ended up covering the qualifying heats. Not much action there, so I worked at getting some stock shots of individual cars. Worked out well as I also worked on my panning technique. Really hoping by the end of the year I can get to the sub 1/100th level comfortably. A few times I shot at 1/100th but it was a little blurry for my taste. Felt around 1/160th was going to work best for me and it did.

2 July 2010: Doug Coby (46) during qualifying for the Lime Rock 100 at Lime Rock Park in Lakeville, Connecticut. Mandatory Credit: Geoff Bolte / Southcreek Global

As you can see this is probably my best image around 1/100th, later on the light got pretty nice as well and I made this shot in the same location. Love it when the sun drops low enough to cast some nice shadows.

2 July 2010: Andrew Ranger (35) during qualifying for the K&N 100 at Lime Rock Park in Lakeville, Connecticut. Ranger qualified in the pole position with a time of 55.253 seconds. Mandatory Credit: Geoff Bolte / Southcreek Global

This was pretty much what I was making for images on the day of qualifying, the next day the action would come to me!!



03 July 2010: Todd Szegedy (2) leads while exiting the west bend during the Lime Rock 100 at Lime Rock Park in Lakeville, Connecticut. Mandatory Credit: Geoff Bolte / Southcreek Global

Szegedy led the Modified race for most of the day then lost it with 3 laps to go from Dale Quarterley who went on to win the race.

03 July 2010:  Eric Goodale (58) looses a front tire and is passed by Todd Szegedy (2) during the Lime Rock 100 at Lime Rock Park in Lakeville, Connecticut. Mandatory Credit: Geoff Bolte / Southcreek Global

03 July 2010: Gary McDonald (26) loses control in the west bend and runs over the grass during the Lime Rock 100 at Lime Rock Park in Lakeville, Connecticut. He would later crash into the tire barrier and be towed off the course. Mandatory Credit: Geoff Bolte / Southcreek Global

03 July 2010: Bobby Santos (4) blows his engine while rounding the west bend during the Lime Rock 100 at Lime Rock Park in Lakeville, Connecticut. Mandatory Credit: Geoff Bolte / Southcreek Global

The modified race was more eventful for me than the K&N series, but I still made a few decent images. I really with the races started a little later in the day as the sun is a little harsh around noon time to 3 pm. If the races could start around 5pm and lead into around 8pm it would be great, or early in the morning but I know that probably wouldn’t work either. Unfortunately I am guessing there is a noise curfew of 6pm as Lime Rock is required to stop at that time. Anyways onto the K&N Series photos.

03 July 2010: The pace car leads Andrew Ranger (35) and Matt Kobyluck (40) into the esses on the final warmup lap during the K&N 100 at Lime Rock Park in Lakeville, Connecticut. Mandatory Credit: Geoff Bolte / Southcreek Global

03 July 2010: Cars pass under the Lime Rock bridge into the diving turn during the K&N 100 at Lime Rock Park in Lakeville, Connecticut. Mandatory Credit: Geoff Bolte / Southcreek Global

03 July 2010: Andrew Ranger (35) carries the checkered flag after winning the K&N 100 at Lime Rock Park in Lakeville, Connecticut. This was Ranger’s first K&N East series win.Mandatory Credit: Geoff Bolte / Southcreek Global

It’s beginning to slow a little bit, but I am still finding things to shoot, will have a good set of images from the weekend while I travel up to Toronto to cover the Red Sox and Jays series. Hoping to make some good images while up there covering my first MLB games!! Also hoping to have a few good stories for you as well!!

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