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Mar 25, 2019 09:51:07 #
I had the pleasure of being able to take some photograph's yesterday at CMS from just behind the wall on pit road.
Mar 26, 2019 09:03:40 #
Tom DePuy wrote:
I had the pleasure of being able to take some photograph's yesterday at CMS from just behind the wall on pit road.
Really nice shots Tom. I am a big Race fan. My dad grew up in Kannapolis NC. Home of the Earnharts. Not easy to shoot the fast moving vehicles. Thanks
Tom
Mar 26, 2019 11:02:36 #
tshift wrote:
Really nice shots Tom. I am a big Race fan. My dad grew up in Kannapolis NC. Home of the Earnharts. Not easy to shoot the fast moving vehicles. Thanks
Tom
Tom
Thanks for the comment tshift…
I actually was at the last race that Sr. drove at CMS, also at that race my son and I had taken a pre-race pit tour and I was lucky enough to have gotten a quick photo of Dale Sr. as he was going over things with his pit crew. Unfortunately I no longer have that photo.
Mar 26, 2019 12:03:55 #
Tom DePuy wrote:
Thanks for the comment tshift…
I actually was at the last race that Sr. drove at CMS, also at that race my son and I had taken a pre-race pit tour and I was lucky enough to have gotten a quick photo of Dale Sr. as he was going over things with his pit crew. Unfortunately I no longer have that photo.
I actually was at the last race that Sr. drove at CMS, also at that race my son and I had taken a pre-race pit tour and I was lucky enough to have gotten a quick photo of Dale Sr. as he was going over things with his pit crew. Unfortunately I no longer have that photo.
I will be 68 in July. My day moved from Kannapolis with my mom to find job in Florida. We went to races every Friday and Saturday. St. Petersburg on Friday nights and Tampa Saturday nights. I grew up a Ford fan. I didn't like Dale Sr. much at all he was always bumping my guys out of the way and beating my Fords. When that day came and he hit the wall I thought yea he is out of the way. And when they announced he had died I was no way he didn't hit that hard he couldn't be dead. You know what I cried my eyes out for two days. And every time I thought about him I teared up a little. I finally realized that it wasn't him I hated it was the Chevrolet he drove. I then really loved him for what he was and what he accomplished. It wasn't long after that I took Jr. as my favorite driver not just because of dad but what he could do and what a good man he was. Post more if you have them I love it. Thanks
Tom
Mar 26, 2019 12:16:37 #
tshift wrote:
I will be 68 in July. My day moved from Kannapolis... (show quote)
Yes I can still vividly remember seeing him hit that wall, it is hard to believe that it killed him as it certainly did not look to be that bad of a hit, as I have and I'm sure you have seen many have looked to be much more horrific.
Mar 26, 2019 12:18:23 #
Tom DePuy wrote:
I had the pleasure of being able to take some photograph's yesterday at CMS from just behind the wall on pit road.
Tom:
I am going to shoot drag races here in Las Vegas April 6th. Any suggestions would be helpful.
Mar 26, 2019 18:08:57 #
Mar 27, 2019 10:24:24 #
Jules Karney wrote:
Tom:
I am going to shoot drag races here in Las Vegas April 6th. Any suggestions would be helpful.
I am going to shoot drag races here in Las Vegas April 6th. Any suggestions would be helpful.
Jules sure wish I could help you with that. I have never done any drag races, most certainly one thing I want to shoot tho. These photos I took here I was on pit road but the cars were on the track maybe about one hundred yards away...used my Sigma 70-200 mm lens
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