These are all images of Kingsland, Texas. It’s near where I work and I shot these the other day on my lunch break. I took these pictures during this last week of December, since the weather has been so mild and nice lately.
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Category Archives: Race Cars
2011 Marble Falls Drag Boat Races
Wow, do these boats move! And I mean fast! This is LakeFest at Marble Falls, Texas.
I’d never had the chance to shoot something like this before, and I wanted to take full advantage of this unique opportunity. I had press credentials from the paper I work for to get a closer view than the rest of the crowd and was able to get right on the edge of the water.
This is just like drag racing on an asphalt track (which I have never been to either), but instead is on an open body of water. This event marked the 20th year for the races to fall upon the city of Marble Falls in central Texas. The boats are put in separate classes and race each other accordingly with the “Top Fuel” class leading the excitement with speeds above 250 mph.
A world record was set while I was there shooting and I got a few nice shots of it happening. The boat “Problem Child” driven by Daryl Ehrlich set the record of going 1,000 feet in 3.39 seconds at a speed of 261mph. Damn.
Here are the images:
Not only does everyone have an interest in fast boats at this event, everyone drives a truck. This is Texas after all.
This is the boat and driver that beat the previous record to make the world record in Top Hydro Fuel category. Daryl Erlich driving “Problem Child.”
We’re on the move
Transportation and logistics have always intrigued me. This is a sampling of some of the unique autos and ways to get around that I’ve found in the past nine months since moving to Austin.
Indianapolis Motor Speedway: How about that
A million people all around. Funny hats, extremely loud noise, and beer cans, both full and crushed completely absorb any ground that might be underneath. This is the scene of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in late May 2010. I hadn’t been to the track since I was a youngster with my dad maybe fifteen years ago, and this year, somehow, I managed to go twice.
The first of my visits was a reunion between my pop, the track and myself, and the second being with my pal Evan Himelick. My dad and I went down two weeks before the race (which is actually happening as I type), and watched some of the cars practice and get tuned up to what hopefully would put them in the front of the pack come race day.
The second visit came by chance as I got two free VIP Carb Day passes. These were courtesy of another really good friend, Matt Krieble. This also included me being able to witness ZZ Top playing live. Pretty cool.
Both of these days were great for taking good shots, and getting to hang out with my dad was also one of the huge highlights. We don’t get to spend time like that together to often anymore, and I enjoy the time that we do.
Moving on to the pictures: Here are some of the images from the two days.
