The Power Of The Pie - The Australian MotoGP - Wheeler Goes Down Under

maczippy · October 19, 2007

Fun, fun fun!

It was a hectic week to say the least. The first few days were spent running around the Australian bush a few hundred miles south of Sydney as part of an assignment with Kawasaki USA/AUS, in a chase car with 8 other riders. I have included a shot at the end of this post from that little junket.

Amazing scenery and some good times.

Then it was onto Melbourne where our man Ken, picked up supefly guy Wheeler and drove him down to PI. About mid way down, I lost the plot and fell asleep. Then it was three days of cooold and super windy weather at the track. Fortunately Sunday the sun came out in the afternoon and it was lovely. Again, aside from the wind...!

Ken also had to cope with me cooking for a few days, whcih I know was hard for the poor guy (right Ken... :rofl), but in all seriousness we had a blast, right mate?

Love the Island.

Here ya go peeps.......

..and of course a little post wouldn't be complete without the "man of the moment"

...and here are a couple of "bushwhackers"

I'll let you know when the site is updated...

TTFN - Andrew

STP03Bluesi · October 19, 2007

WOW very nice!

gus · October 19, 2007

Love the last one andrew. The weather down there at Phillip Island can be unpredictable on a good day as its so close to the Bass Straight. I spent a lot of time down there training when i was in the military.

maczippy · October 19, 2007

gus wrote:

Love the last one andrew. The weather down there at Phillip Island can be unpredictable on a good day as its so close to the Bass Straight. I spent a lot of time down there training when i was in the military.

Oh I know, I guess you could say I'm a veteran of that place and have witnessed the funky weather in all of it's incarnations! I just love everything about the Island.

Andrew

TassieD · October 19, 2007

Great work Andrew, I was at a local race track down here in Tas on race day of the MotoGP. Wind was like a knife, cut right through you.

DucCat · October 19, 2007

Andrew-

Fantastic shots! My favorite Rossi of course, the shot of Vermeulen in the tuck is amazing. Looking forward to Valencia

Kenny · October 19, 2007

maczippy wrote:

Fun, fun fun!

...

Amazing scenery and some good times.

Then it was onto Melbourne where our man Ken, picked up supefly guy Wheeler and drove him down to PI. About mid way down, I lost the plot and fell asleep. Then it was three days of cooold and super windy weather at the track. Fortunately Sunday the sun came out in the afternoon and it was lovely. Again, aside from the wind...!

Ken also had to cope with me cooking for a few days, whcih I know was hard for the poor guy (right Ken... ), but in all seriousness we had a blast, right mate?

Love the Island.

Here ya go peeps.......

TTFN - Andrew

Hey there Andrew...

I still think this shot is fantastic. Must be that Canon gear you're using, hey?

I have to say I had a ball again this year... and yeah, the food was a little hard to put up with

. Man I ate well!

... Good food, good wine and great company. Oh yeah, and some 'tography in there too!

The weather certainly was a little unpredictable, but as they say, you can have all four seasons in a single day down on the Island! I got wet and cold over the first couple of days, but then it wasn't too bad. It was great to see such big crowds there this year to cheer on our new World Champion!
So, let's see... only 351 days to go until next years big race

Cheers,
Ken

ian408 · October 19, 2007

Ah 'zippy. You kill me everytime. Cool shots, great action and as I learned from
a previous post, great way to show off the track.

§imone · October 19, 2007

I had to contend with watchin the race on telly

while the other half kept ringing me & sayin "listen to this" as they went flying past.

Awesome pic of Stoner. I'm loving it. Awesome shots all round

wxwax · October 20, 2007

Dang. This one and the Stoner one rock!

Awais Yaqub · October 20, 2007

Wow great photography

Mitchell · October 22, 2007

maczippy wrote:

..and of course a little post wouldn't be complete without the "man of the moment"

I know absolutely nothing about motorcycles. I've never even been on a motorcycle! But I do know that these are two awesome photographs!!

I've been staring at them now for the past 10 minutes!

Thanks for posting these.

maczippy · October 24, 2007

Mitchell wrote:

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I know absolutely nothing about motorcycles. I've never even been on a motorcycle! But I do know that these are two awesome photographs!! I've been staring at them now for the past 10 minutes!

Thanks for posting these.

Actually your comments are very welcomed, as I do try to get across to folks who may not even have an interest in this sport that it really is a true spectacle, dirt or road, and even if you don't ride it is a wonderful way to watch good clean competition done by extremely talented folks.

That said, riding a bike is really liberating IMO.

Andrew

maczippy · October 24, 2007

I knew I posted for a reason...

There's a smattering of imagery from PI now online!

Andrew

MikeMcA² · October 24, 2007

As a rider, racer, photographer, attendee of MotoGP and WSB events, and a guy who's lucky enough to have been published in the past with his own hamfisted attempts at GP photography, I really appreciate the quality of your images. Not that it matters, but just wanted to say thanks.

These were the kings of my era lol

Kenny · October 24, 2007

maczippy wrote:

I knew I posted for a reason...

There's a smattering of imagery from PI now online!

Andrew

Hey Andrew... great shot and nice to see Kurtis Roberts in front of someone instead of behind... although I suspect NH is about to overtake him!

(Poor Kurtis seemed to be "tail end charlie" all weekend at PI!)

BTW... the camera mounted on the back of Nicky's bike looks like a knife handle with the blade firmly embedded in his back!!

Cook shot.

Cheers,
Ken

Raphy · October 25, 2007

Wow - you photos are amazing! Great inspiration for someone like me just starting out... I went through your gallery and my jaw dropped.
...like this...
:jawdrop

HarveyMushman · October 25, 2007

Is the pit-wall blur shot a new maczippy standard?

Beautiful work, Andrew!

maczippy · October 27, 2007

HarveyMushman wrote:

Is the pit-wall blur shot a new maczippy standard? Beautiful work, Andrew!

The funny thing with shooting GP's is the fact that with the lack of bikes vs say the AMA when you plan on shoting "personality" stuff in the garage etc, the bikes all tend to go out together, thus, you're left pretty much waiting for someone to come in...there's definately no wandering around the garages (or as a comparison the AMA workshop tents) shooting arty shots of suspension setups!

So it's a question of mentaly timing when they appear, disappear, and then appear to get it.

Andrew

Arvan · October 30, 2007

wxwax wrote:

Dang. This one and the Stoner one rock!

Darn this is THE best mc pics ive ever seen!....top notch!

maczippy · November 5, 2007

Mike..and Arvan,

Thank you. Comments appreciated.

Some images from Valencia shortly.

Andrew