Speed Addiction

I love it. The smell of race gas, burning rubber, the excitement as everyone is getting ready. It's race day! Cars, motorcycles, whatever. It doesn't matter. While I would love to be out on the track, it just wasn't in the cards for me this year and I just don't have enough track time to do it competitively. That's just fine.

Instead, I got to hang out at one of two spots where I could take some descent photos as my brother rode his practice laps. My only regret? I forgot my extension tube for my 70-200mm f2.8 lens that would effectively doubled my range to 400mm. I made the most of it and you can see the entire gallery here.

The wind picked up big time and they were only able to race two groups, neither of which my brother was in. The wind was so bad that when the last riders came off the track and stopped, a scary amount of sand came out from the motorcycle. Race officials decided it was just to risky and shut things down for the day. A good call if you ask me.