VIR photography

[s a x m a n]

So I don't know what happens for professional photography at these events, but I have gotten my bosses Nikon D1x digital camera

I have a wide angle lense and a telephoto lense.

Erin (my girlfriend) and my buddy Neal will be taking picture all weekend long.

Since i don't know most of you, please take the time to introduce yourself, and show them your bike so that they know who to look for.

All the picture will end up online in full resolution for you to do with what you please.


Just letting everyone know if they are interested

[Manny]

[a13x]

[HBerry]

EDIT: All photos uploaded here:

Day one

Day Three

Day Four

Day Five

[nefarious]

hope ya have a lens longer than 300mm like 500 or 600. unlike NHIS its very tough to get close to any of the corners at VIR. And I was charged 75 or so a day for a badge/vest to get out on the track ( which really didnt help much )

[HBerry]

First day of pictures updated. See link above!

[daviid]

http://gallery.daviid.net/trackdays

http://gallery.daviid.net/03242006-DOWNTOVIR

[HBerry]

I added some more of those there picture thingys.

[McBiggity]

what happened to Pete's EX? see it propped up against the wall in those pics.

[Paul_E_D]

Let me guess... it overheated. Blown head gasket.

Or maybe he just parked it there for convenience

[McBiggity]

just talked to David-
it overheated, but I guess it's running now with no problems.

[Paul_E_D]

No, I doubt that very much. I hope he's ready to do a head gasket as soon as he gets back. They all need it... especially after overheating once.

[s a x m a n]

Originally posted by Paul_E_D
No, I doubt that very much. I hope he's ready to do a head gasket as soon as he gets back. They all need it... especially after overheating once.

its been lossing coolent like crazy ... tony said headgasket as well

hopefully he'll take a look at it

[McBiggity]

ugh, that sucks.
hope he has the time to get it fixed up by april race weekend.

[Paul_E_D]

It's not that big a job. Get a cometic gasket, remove head, Place head on a flat glass with some lapping compound and make some figure 8s with it to flatten the mating surface, fit new gasket, replace head, adjust valves, go racing.

Of course, removing the head means removing the cam, which is easy, but photos of the orientation of the cam should be taken to ease re-fitting.

[OreoGaborio]

The temp did NOT get out of the normal operating range, but it was spitting some water out the ass on the starting grid for the mock race. They spotted it & pulled me from the grid where I proped it up against the wall.... after the race started I jumped back over to move it behind the wall, at which point Lee, the grid marshal told me to fire it up & go out & race. I ended up turning some pretty respectable laps & didn't get lapped till the last lap by some kid on a gsxr 1000.

The next day I did some troubleshooting & it's lookin like a leaky water pump gasket... She was spittin water out of the pump case & would have to drink about 1/2 of the overflow resevoir per session. When the overflow resevoir ran dry it would get to the very top of the normal operating range & spit out the ass end... The oil looks alright, doesn't look like chocolate milk, but i'm gonna give it a full go-through before the first race weekend.

[s a x m a n]

Started the upload of 1500+ photos (4GB) from the North Course

They are all sorted out by rider (low down racing is in one folder)

if you think about complaining about the lack of pictures, or the quality ... buy the professional stuff ... and i'll just remove yours from the site and my HD

the full res. is in the gallery incase you want to print any of them (shutterfly).


Here is the link ... but I wouldn't even bother checking until morning.

http://gallery.saxmanwebs.com/v/album44/album_009/

First two days will be sorted later this week.

Enjoy

[OreoGaborio]

Originally posted by s a x m a n
if you think about complaining about the lack of pictures, or the quality ... buy the professional stuff ... and i'll just remove yours from the site and my HD

Go to bed, ya grumpy bastid

Thank Neil and Erin for workin the grill & snappin all those pics for us and of course thank you for goin through em all (I know I sure as fuck wouldn't ) But I think I speak for us all when i say thanks, bro.

[Awesome]

didn't get much for pictures

http://s7.photobucket.com/albums/y26...od/VIR%202006/

[s a x m a n]

40% done ... lol

[a13x]

Niiice you guys got some good shit!
Bunch of pics from the Oxx, Tony, Alex, Ken gravy train, that was fuun stuff. Plus a few of me following Pete on his EX. Pete can see his two bikes in action at once now.

Thank you now and thank you again Neil, Erin, and Jamie.

[HBerry]

I will be uploading all of my photos tonight/tomorrow.

[OreoGaborio]

Originally posted by a13x
Plus a few of me following Pete on his EX. Pete can see his two bikes in action at once now.

ohhhhh, siiiiick

[Jaynnus]

Here's Alex 'bout to pass my slow ass......

[OreoGaborio]

sweeeet. Ken, Jamie, Alex, Oxx... cool pic