Track driving at Watkins Glen

aj986saj986s Registered Users Posts: 1,100 Major grins
edited July 3, 2008 in Sports
My wife, son & I made our first foray to historic Watkins Glen NY, to participate in a Porsche Club of America track driving event. Here's a couple of pictures from our weekend.

#1 - A couple of 911's on the front straight
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#2 - A rare, original 944 Turbo factory Cup Racer. One of the drivers was in my run group, and this car was surprisingly quick.
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#3 - This is my wife in her Boxster
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#4 - This is my son driving our 944S2. He and I co-drove this car.
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#5 - The infamous "climbing esses"
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#6 - A corner worker keeping us safe
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#7 - The inevitable repairs...
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#8 - A view on the lake at sunrise
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#9 - A Watkins Glen ice cream landmark
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The weekend was marred by a couple of accidents, but only sheet metal was hurt. If anyone is interested, the entire gallery of way too many pictures is available at: http://tonyp.smugmug.com/gallery/5301177_Xi57W
Tony P.
Canon 50D, 30D and Digital Rebel (plus some old friends - FTB and AE1)
Long-time amateur.....wishing for more time to play
Autocross and Track junkie
tonyp.smugmug.com

Comments

  • gusgus Registered Users Posts: 16,209 Major grins
    edited July 3, 2008
    aj...we cant see anything. Turn on 'external links' in smugmug.
  • mercphotomercphoto Registered Users Posts: 4,550 Major grins
    edited July 3, 2008
    gus wrote:
    aj...we cant see anything. Turn on 'external links' in smugmug.
    I can't see anything either. But I did go to your gallery. Over 1,000 photos? Sorry, couldn't look through many of them. But I'd like to highly suggest that you go through images better and cull the good from the bad. Lots of blurry cars, scenes of people/crowds where nobody is looking at the camera or looking at anything of interest. In other words, always and only put your best foot forward.
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  • MitchellMitchell Registered Users Posts: 3,503 Major grins
    edited July 3, 2008
    I want to see these photos, but that gallery was torture!
    Mitch
    http://clearwaterphotography.smugmug.com/
  • aj986saj986s Registered Users Posts: 1,100 Major grins
    edited July 3, 2008
    Thank you for the feedback. I didn't realize that some defaults had changed when using the "upload to smugmug" app; previously, external links was on. The settings should now be correct.

    As far as the too many & not so great pics, I completely agree. However, I end up sharing these reduced resolution pics with the members of our club, and allow them to download as they please. Some people don't care that their car may be a bit blurry. Believe it or not, this set has already been culled to some degree. And although I'm using Lightroom, I just don't have enough time to put in a lot of PP. Occassionally someone approaches me about a good pic they'd like to buy, and I'll spend some time on that one. If I were to try and make a living at this at some point, I would definitely become much more selective.

    Sorry for the torture...:uhoh
    Tony P.
    Canon 50D, 30D and Digital Rebel (plus some old friends - FTB and AE1)
    Long-time amateur.....wishing for more time to play
    Autocross and Track junkie
    tonyp.smugmug.com
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