I posted up a thread in the Photography section, but I figured the rest of the OT community might like these too. I just got back last night from the Rolex 24hr Grand-Am race in Daytona. It was an awesome time. Here are some of the pics.

Dan Wheldon:
http://www.hotfirestudios.com/pictures2/DavesStuff/Daytona/dan_wheldon.jpg

Dario Franchiti:
http://www.hotfirestudios.com/pictures2/DavesStuff/Daytona/dario_franchiti.jpg

Helio Castroneves:
http://www.hotfirestudios.com/pictures2/DavesStuff/Daytona/helio_castroneves.jpg

Juan Pablo Montoya:
http://www.hotfirestudios.com/pictures2/DavesStuff/Daytona/juan_pablo_montoya.jpg

A few shots from in and around the pits/paddock:
http://www.hotfirestudios.com/pictures2/DavesStuff/Daytona/ferrari_front.jpg

http://www.hotfirestudios.com/pictures2/DavesStuff/Daytona/flat_black_rx8.jpg

http://www.hotfirestudios.com/pictures2/DavesStuff/Daytona/vette_garage.jpg

http://www.hotfirestudios.com/pictures2/DavesStuff/Daytona/m6_taillight.jpg

Some on-track action:
http://www.hotfirestudios.com/pictures2/DavesStuff/Daytona/turner_95_pan.jpg

http://www.hotfirestudios.com/pictures2/DavesStuff/Daytona/white_porsche_pan.jpg

http://www.hotfirestudios.com/pictures2/DavesStuff/Daytona/white_z4_pan.jpg

Jeff Segal's M3 after his hood flew off half way through the race. He finished the race without it and took 4th after starting 43rd.
http://www.hotfirestudios.com/pictures2/DavesStuff/Daytona/segal_no_hood_pan.jpg

Bill Auberlen on the grid before the start:
http://www.hotfirestudios.com/pictures2/DavesStuff/Daytona/Batch%202/auberlen_pits.jpg

Derek Bell signing a fan's poster before the start:
http://www.hotfirestudios.com/pictures2/DavesStuff/Daytona/Batch%202/derek_bell_autograph.jpg

The 01 Target DP car which finished first overall being pushed to the grid:
http://www.hotfirestudios.com/pictures2/DavesStuff/Daytona/Batch%202/target_01_gridding.jpg

Some night time racing action:
http://www.hotfirestudios.com/pictures2/DavesStuff/Daytona/Batch%202/black_orange_dp_night.jpg

http://www.hotfirestudios.com/pictures2/DavesStuff/Daytona/Batch%202/white_34_porsche_night.jpg

More DP cars at night(Oops! in the background):
http://www.hotfirestudios.com/pictures2/DavesStuff/Daytona/Batch%202/green_dp_back_crash.jpg

Sunday Morning:

For some reason I got a lot of shots of this car:
http://www.hotfirestudios.com/pictures2/DavesStuff/Daytona/Batch%203/black_orange_DP_corner.jpg

http://www.hotfirestudios.com/pictures2/DavesStuff/Daytona/Batch%203/black_orange_DP_solo.jpg

Ferrari again:
http://www.hotfirestudios.com/pictures2/DavesStuff/Daytona/Batch%203/ferrari_corner.jpg

Juan Pablo Montoya piloting the 01 car on the last few laps:
http://www.hotfirestudios.com/pictures2/DavesStuff/Daytona/Batch%203/target_01_pan.jpg

Some other interesting stuff:

Nice looking turbo:
http://www.hotfirestudios.com/pictures2/DavesStuff/Daytona/Batch%203/yellow_turbo_rear.jpg

Polizei M5:
http://www.hotfirestudios.com/pictures2/DavesStuff/Daytona/Batch%203/polizei_m5.jpg

Super serious hat:
http://www.hotfirestudios.com/pictures2/DavesStuff/Daytona/Batch%203/funny_hat.jpg





If you guys want more I'll edit some and post them. Let me know.

Cool man. Thanks. I didn't know Montoya was racing. I watched a little on TV. I bet it was an excellent time.

Awesome pictures.


Thanks for sharing.http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e13/Lendo80/star.gif

Awesome pics. I go to the Rolex Porsche 250 at Barber every year and I love it. Best 3 days of my year. Do you have the full resolution pics posted anywhere? A few of those Id love to have on my background. :)

thanks for the pics.

still on my bucket list: be @ daytona for the 24hours

side note: on some of your daytime pics, how do you get the background to B&W while keeping the center of the shot color?

Awesome pics. I go to the Rolex Porsche 250 at Barber every year and I love it. Best 3 days of my year. Do you have the full resolution pics posted anywhere? A few of those Id love to have on my background. :)

Which ones do you want? I don't have any high-res on my site yet, but I'd be happy to host them and send you the URL. Just tell me which shots and what size you want them.


thanks for the pics.

still on my bucket list: be @ daytona for the 24hours

side note: on some of your daytime pics, how do you get the background to B&W while keeping the center of the shot color?

I just use the De-saturation Brush tool in Photoshop. I use a large feathered brush size to keep it smooth. If I really feel like doing it right, I'll select the subject with the Polygonal Lasso, invert the selection, and then de-saturate it. I hope that helps!

I'd been there a few times and missed this year. Great Motorsports, photo-journalistic pics! Send more if you please so more of us can enjoy

Jim

http://www.hotfirestudios.com/pictures2/DavesStuff/Daytona/Batch%203/ferrari_corner.jpg

Id love the high res of that.

Id love the high res of that.

Sure! What size do you need?

Any resolution that would look good on a widescreen. If you can do that. I run 1440x900 resolution.

First In class 9th overall woooot!
My girlfriends brother is the crew chief for this car. They had an awesome race.

Can I get a high res version please.

Any resolution that would look good on a widescreen. If you can do that. I run 1440x900 resolution.

As requested:

http://www.hotfirestudios.com/pictures2/DavesStuff/Daytona/IMG_1666_edit_1440.jpg

First In class 9th overall woooot!
My girlfriends brother is the crew chief for this car. They had an awesome race.

Can I get a high res version please.

What size?

First and foremost, I love the photography work. Looks like you have an eye for this hobby and take fantastic photos with some good editing on them too!

Cheers for our #89 Koni GS Porsche! Its the white with orange accent 911 couple pics down from the top. The car finished 13th in the race while the #88 sister car blew the clutch early on.

As requested:

http://www.hotfirestudios.com/pictures2/DavesStuff/Daytona/IMG_1666_edit_1440.jpg

Thanks man.

What size?

800x1200 would be great.

First and foremost, I love the photography work. Looks like you have an eye for this hobby and take fantastic photos with some good editing on them too!

Cheers for our #89 Koni GS Porsche! Its the white with orange accent 911 couple pics down from the top. The car finished 13th in the race while the #88 sister car blew the clutch early on.

Thanks for the compliments. Here is another shot of the #89 car:

http://www.hotfirestudios.com/pictures2/DavesStuff/Daytona/white_89_porsche_600mm.jpg


800x1200 would be great.

Here ya go:

http://www.hotfirestudios.com/pictures2/DavesStuff/Daytona/IMG_0797_edit_1200.jpg

Thanks much. I am sure the mazda guys will like this. My girlfiends brother is the crew chief for Sylvain's #70 car.

Thanks much. I am sure the mazda guys will like this. My girlfiends brother is the crew chief for Sylvain's #70 car.

That's awesome. Let me see if I have shots of that.

Polizei M5:
http://www.hotfirestudios.com/pictures2/DavesStuff/Daytona/Batch%203/polizei_m5.jpg

If you guys want more I'll edit some and post them. Let me know.

I believe this guy has the record for the fastest travel time across the US in a car. It was published in Automobile magazine.

Hes was a regular on the Gumball rally

i hate i missed it this year !

That's awesome. Let me see if I have shots of that.

The car in that pic is the #70 car. But if you have more pics that would be great.

These guys had an awesome race.

Any more pics of the M6? I think that's what that taillight/carbon fiber shot belongs to.

any pics of the Playboy Koni M3's?

http://www.hotfirestudios.com/pictures2/DavesStuff/Daytona/turner_95_pan.jpg

NICE! That's a nice shot of the car! Any more of those from earlier in the race?

Is it just me, or is my name on the side of that Polizei M5?

Oh, and GO MATT BELL! The only Bell that matters. :stickoutt

The Rolex was a blast!! An all night party with nothing but car enthusiasts...and some were very drunk hotties! Even had one of our crew get lucky in an RV. :alright

What more can you ask for.

Here are some more pics...

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2416/2227501958_6be7908d85_b.jpg

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2204/2226715029_821e33302d_b.jpg

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2388/2227502326_1778bd12d8_o.jpg

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2267/2226718119_fca79538c9_b.jpg

Any good high res pics of the Dinan DP car. I was there and have loads of pics but your camera is alot better than mine, heh.

Still sorting through several thousand pics but here are a few so far:

http://www.get-fast.net/gallery/08rolex24/

And while we're at it, here's my gallery in progress from today's ALMS testing at Sebring:

http://www.get-fast.net/gallery/08almstd/

Both those links will be a lot better looking in the next few days so please check back, hahaha...

Jon

Great looking photos Jon, thanks for sharing!
-Ted

vury niice

Do you have any pics of the TRG Koni cars?

I love the shots of the #89 Ranger Sports Racing (Hop-A-Jet) 997. I work for them and its cool to see that someone posted some pics of us.

Thanks!

Here's a shot of some car that looked kewl:
http://users.rcn.com/jjvincent/pics/Daytona%20Qual%201.jpg

very nice

DW:

As always, your shots are top notch even before you PS them. Keep up the great work and we'll see you 'round the track soon.

Cheers,
Ricky

Do you have any pics of the TRG Koni cars?

we must have been standing right by each other then. Our pit was just next to TRG.

DW:

As always, your shots are top notch even before you PS them. Keep up the great work and we'll see you 'round the track soon.

Cheers,
Ricky


Thanks. I'll see you at the banquet if you're going to be there.

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2416/2227501958_6be7908d85_b.jpg




The lower right hand corner of this picture proves a point: no matter how technically advanced and finely tuned a racecar is, a BFH (Big F'in Hammer) is still a very useful tool!


Any more garage shots? I saw enough of the cars on track during the race.

Thats just a small deadblow. :)

we must have been standing right by each other then. Our pit was just next to TRG.

So did you see that fiasco with the RX8? :lol: We were hired to pit them and nobody figured to check if our dry break would fit their car. It didn't! It was like a football trying to f@#K a monkey.

What team were you with?

So did you see that fiasco with the RX8? :lol: We were hired to pit them and nobody figured to check if our dry break would fit their car. It didn't! It was like a football trying to f@#K a monkey.

What team were you with?
:rofl :rofl :rofl

I didn't realize we had so many GAC...errr Koni crew members here.

:rofl :rofl :rofl

I didn't realize we had so many GAC...errr Koni crew members here.

Doesn't get any more glamorous!


http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y245/stevephillips/3198_9.jpg

So did you see that fiasco with the RX8? :lol: We were hired to pit them and nobody figured to check if our dry break would fit their car. It didn't! It was like a football trying to f@#K a monkey.

What team were you with?

classic bmw, ST Z4's.

I believe this guy has the record for the fastest travel time across the US in a car. It was published in Automobile magazine.

Hes was a regular on the Gumball rally


alex roy - I am reading his book right now.

Yep, that's him. And here he is on Letterman last month:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=caYZpzC0Vw0

How's the book? It's on my list of things to get next time I'm near a Barnes & Noble.

Anyway he was at the Rolex with Dave Maher (his co-driver) and Cory Welles (director of the upcoming movie http://www.32hours7minutes.com )... I talked to 'em for a few minutes outside the paddock... very cool, friendly, humble people. That's when I took this pic:

http://www.get-fast.net/gallery/08rolex24/243415.jpg

(That's the lovely Ms. Welles waving back at me.)

Good stuff,

Jon

the book is fun, not a masterpiece by any means but I still recommend it to car enthusiasts.

I decided to do the non-piston engined category in GT (I'm the guy in the glasses):
http://www.speedsourceinc.com/client_images/albums/3412_33.jpg

Plus I own/run that little white sedan in my pic.

http://www.speedsourceinc.com/index.cfm?template=pa&form_pa_id=3412&form_photo_num=15&section=ss

the book is fun, not a masterpiece by any means but I still recommend it to car enthusiasts.

I like the book, Cory seems to exude hotness as well...and she will sit in the back seat as you go 180+ for hours on end, what more would you want?

B

The little white BMW 4 door in KONI Challenge? Never heard of it, or, cars without pistons, ha, you must be nuts, ptthh, cars without pistons.......Congrats Jon!!!