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Off Road racing Kamloops Bc Canada Whispering Pines Track
It’s early, the cold morning air has covered everything with a thick dew. As I through my camera gear into the car and do the double check. I start thinking of the day’s event. With coffee in hand it’s off to the track. Located 25km north, the long drive up the Thompson river is beautiful and showing off its fall colors, still my mind wonders off to thoughts of how to show the event in the abstract style I like to shoot. and the different locations this can be done from around the track. Before long, the track comes into view, with a quick scan I see it’s a huge turnout, the field is full of buggy’s, crawlers, pro trucks, and mini’s . This should be a great day.
Donning the safety vest, and gear I head over to the gate, the smell of
fresh coffee and egger’s pierces the thick morning mist, to tempting to
walk by. At the gate my friends sign me in after a quick chat as this
will be the last race this year. Over our conversation, I can hear the
sound of metal hitting metal coming from the pit’s as if choreographed ,
then all at a sudden a loud BRAPPPPPP , BRAPP, BRAP and more banging
metal, this carries on for hours as the pilots and mechanics tune their
machines, before the deadline, drivers meeting and hot laps.
After saying hello to all the drivers and handing out the cards, I can
start to turn my thoughts to the races ahead, and make my way out to
first location and get the camera tuned in during the hot laps with a
bunch of test shots, check the sun light, adjust the F/Stop, select a
shutter speed, ISO, add finally set the compensation.
Imagine six full size pro trucks pushing 500 hp speeding down a track
not much bigger than a motocross track. Pushing big air over three table
tops while trying to pass each other though hair pin corners and
straight aways. And me, right in the middle of the action, trucks
whizzing four meters off my shoulder at 100 to 120 km spraying dirt and
mud everywhere as they fly by. Then with a ninety degree right turn the
pack getting 2 meters or more of air, another quick right turn gets them
in a hard climbing left turn surrounded by flying mud.
After being satisfied everyone has a great shot, I move to corner two
and I reality my most dangerous location. While affording great photo
opp’s , This location is in a run out lane following the most dangerous
table on the track, it’s a double. Drivers that are unsure or don’t
commit will end up rolling or off the track and heading my way. This is
where all the action is in the final or main event.
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With the final race done. I pull a hand full of camera cards from my pocket and think to myself how long it’s going to take to process three thousand or so images, Well still what an awesome day.
Jeff Allen
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