Loretta Lynn Qualifier - Sunset Ridge Photo Report

Went out to Sunset Ridge today to check out the last round of the Loretta Lynns qualifiers.  Lots of great racing today with some really full gates.  Check out some of the photos from the day!

Byron MX May 13th - Photo Report

Open A at the starting line

Vaughn Mays 1st place 250A

Sam Long 1st place Open A

Cory Catalini taking the hole shot

Daniel Sanders

Kyle White

Matt Dziubinski 1st 250C

Open C 1st Moto

Dziubinski goes down in the second moto of Open C

Justin Kelly

Karson Kokotan 3rd 85 Sr.

Beau Hayes

Maxx Malati

Sam Long

THE DIRT IS FLYING AGAIN: JMX 4.7.12

Trent Poska first place 250C

April 7^th marked the season opener of the Arsenal Series at Joliet MX.  The day had started out sunny with some great weather, only to turn to clouds and rain looming in the distance.  This of course did not slow down any of the action, which we had plenty of this evening. The racing was fierce, even the heat races had some great battles keeping everyone’s attention!

The first race of the evening brought 250 C up to the line with 12 riders ready to get the season started. Matt Gregory charged hard to get out front with the hole shot, Trent Poska on the number 2 Yamaha holding onto second and Cody Johnson in third.   Gregory and Poska continued to battle back and forth through-out the rest of the race. On the last lap Gregory had a bobble which allowed Poska to pass and come across the line for the win.  Gregory held on for second place while Cody Johnson on the Honda came across third.  The 378 of Andrew Friebele made a good showing through the race battling for third position ultimately taking fourth place, with Alec Leasure rounding out fifth.

85 open was next up to keep the pace of the night going, and the action coming strong.  Excited riders pinning it off the gates makes for some crowd pleasing action off the line, and Troy Mead comes out ahead with the hole shot.   Gage Pace was holding on strong in second place with Karson Kokotan, close in third.  The battle for third place was huge with the entire pack bunched together, while Mead and Pace were creating a pretty big gap.  Coming over the large table top Mead had a mechanical issue allowing Pace and Kokotan to pass him. After the dust settled Pace took first place, with Kokotan in second, Mead in third, Bret Dannis in fourth, and Nicky Shelton taking fifth place.  

Greg Pace 1st place 85 open

The 250 A and B race made for some great action getting the crowd into the racing as the lights came on and sun went down.  Jon Williams on his Suzuki is back in 250 A for his first race since his hard crash last year breaking his elbow.  He lined up with the 7 other participants in the 250 B class, being the only 250 A rider of the evening. He was looking really fast out there, and seems to have lost nothing with being injured all winter.  August Miksys came out with the holeshot with Harvey Bushby right next to him and Brian Krohn breathing down their necks in third.  Bushby was having a great race battling with Miksys and was able to pass him in the air to take over first. Coming over the finish Bushby took the win while Miksys held onto a second place with Krohn in third, Kyle Poska came in fourth with David Davis holding on for fifth place.

Open A, B, and C shaped up for great racing with those looming rain clouds finally making their presence known.  Open A and Open B staggered off the line with two riders in Open A and three in Open B.  Open A had Jeremy Smith out in front for the hole shot with Rick Ivey close behind him.  The two of them rode hard keeping right next each other the entire race with Smith holding on to first and Ivey grabbing second.  Right behind them was open B with Mark Seeforth coming out in front, Aj Miksys in second place and Brandon Domark sitting in third.  After battling hard Miksys was able to get around Seeforth grabbing an inside line and coming across the line for the win.  Seeforth held on to second place with Domark taking third.

Jon Williams first place Open A

Open C started out with a massive pile-up right at the first turn. This allowed Curt Horrigan to get out in front with Nick Waszak on his Yamaha in second and Tim Evans in third.  After a few laps Horrigan and Waszak were starting to check out from the rest of the pack when literally out of nowhere Skyler Harkless on his Yamaha 450 came right up on them. Harkless sinks in tight to the inside and flys past Waszak. Then on the last lap Horrigan got pushed to the outside while Harkless passes him taking the lead, Waszak is able to capitalize on the moment and get into second place.  The rain started coming down hard and Harkless creates a large gap to take the win with Waszak in second and Horrigan in Third. I spoke with Nick Waszak after the race to get his thoughts on Skyler Harkless and his very fast ride to the front, and here’s what he has to say.

Me: “So you were battling hard with Horrigan for first place the entire race then out of nowhere the number 265 Yamaha flew around you guys what were you thinking?” 

Waszak: “I remember looking behind me when I was going over the finish line table after the first lap to see if there was anyone close to me and the closest guy was a good quarter of the way behind me. When he passed me I was so confused, then he about took out the guy that I was battling for first with which got me back up to second.”

Nick Waszak second place Open C

125 2-stroke came up to the line with everyone ready to get their first night of racing under their belt.  Brian Krohn on his KTM is able to stick the hole shot with Kyle Moore coming around the outside of everyone to settle into second, and Kyle Poska taking grabbing third.  In the middle of the race Poska was coming in hot and had a bobble dropping him back to the end of the pack, pushing Eric Mack into third place. This left Krohn still in the lead and Moore in second.  On the last lap Mack was able to get around Moore taking the fast outside line through the sweeper to take second place and Poska got around his brother Trent Poska to move into fourth.  The checkered dropped with Krohn taking first, Mack in second, Moore in third, Kyle Poska in fourth and Trent Poska in fifth.

Brian Krohn 1st place 125 2-stroke

SuperMini was up next with Chad Saultz looking to get his outdoor season started after a great Areanacross season. In Arenacross this year he placed first in points for supermini senior, and 85cc 12-15 with a second place points finish in supermini junior. In the main 85 class he took third in points for 85cc 9-15 in the north and central division.  When the gates dropped Saultz came out with the hole shot with Brian Krohn in second and Gage Pace in third.  Saultz and Krohn created a gap from the pack putting down some really fast laps. On the third lap Saultz bobbled a bit, but didn’t go down, Krohn got right up on him, but was unable to pass.  However the last lap of the race Saultz ran into a lapper giving Krohn the opportunity he was fighting for, passing him for the win. Gage was holding onto third the entire race, and Saultz finished in second.

Chad Saultz 2nd place SuperMini

14*24 was a very eventful race, with the 40+ class out there and the Womens class racing as well.  Jon Williams came out fast to take the hole shot for 14*24 with Harvey Bushby in second and Mark Seeforth in third place. Aj Miksys was hard on their trail when Skyler Harkless came into the first turn hot and took himself and Miksys down allowing Pete Hinich to take over in fourth place.  Lary Bank came out in Front on the 40+ start with Arek Kruk in second and Mike Madden in third. Gina Madden being the only registered rider in the womens class comes out with a great showing, has a little trouble in the first turn, but is able to finish the race strong.   In 14*24 Bushby was running a fast race, but came down from a jump and landed right on Banks back fender which sent him hard into the dirt.  He was laying there for a second, but was able to get up and walk it off. He ended up breaking his handlebars and was unable to continue.  This allowed Seeforth to take second place behind Williams in first and Hinich coming in third, with Miksys and Harkless coming in fourth and fifth.  In 40+ the order stayed the same with Banks coming in first, Kruk in second and Madden in third.

Lary Banks 1st place 40+

30+A and 30+B also had a staggered start tonight with Billy Loy taking the holeshot in 30+A with Alex Kruk in second and Larry Bank in third.  In 30+B Greg Pollak came out with the hole shot with Brian Carey in second and Ryan Speirer in third place.  30+A had some fighting for position throughout the race with the results ending the way they started; Loy taking first, Kruk in second and Bank in third.  In 30+B Pollak and Carey carried themselves out front for a pretty substantial lead.  Towards the end of the race Speirer went down putting him to the back of the pack. This allowed Curt Horrigan to grab the third spot, while catching up with Carey giving him a good fight trying to take second.  Ultimately the race ended with Pollak taking the win, Carey in second and Horrigan in third.

Curt Horrigan third place open C

Curt Horrigan third place open C

85 jr blasted off the line with Christopher Gallaher grabbing the hole shot with Joey Gura in second and Nolan Dickinson in a battle for third. After the first turn Nicky Shelton came from fourth place and passed everyone all the way to first place. Coming over the table top things were completely shaken up. Shelton was in the lead starting to pull away with Dickinson trying to catch up, and Ben Ibianskas following their lead to keep third place. After the big sweeper Dickinson went off the track just enough to allow Ibianskas past him to attempt chasing down Shelton who was building a nice lead.  Ibianskas charged hard and got close but was un-able to make the pass leaving Shelton to cross the line in first, with Ibianskas taking second and Dickinson holding onto third place.

85 Sr brings back Chad Saultz to come out in front once again with the hole shot, Troy mead behind him in second and Gage Pace fending off the pack in third.  In the third lap Mead and Gage both get passed by Karson Kokotan who was pushing hard to get up to the front.  When the final lap comes around Gage had been working on Kokotan and finally gets around him to cross the line in second. Saultz was able to hold the lead the entire race, and Kokotan took third.

In 65 open we had Christopher Gallaher taking the hole shot again, he was getting great starts all night.  Right away in the first turn Nolan Dickinson gets around him for first and Timothy Lowe holds on third.  The three of them keep out in front without a change in the order Dickinson comes in first, Gallaher in second, and Lowe in third.

The season opener for Joliet was a great night of racing and everyone had a great time! With 177 riders registering there was plenty of competition out there. The rain was never a huge issue and track was looking amazing all night.  With 3 races this month Joliet MX will be the place to be for sure, Make sure to check out their website www.Jolietmx.com for the race schedule this season, they have a great motocross track in the back that will be getting some use at the end of the season as well so look out for that!

Aj Miksys 2nd place 250B

Results:
125 2-stroke: 1.Brian Krohn 2.Eric Mack 3.Kyle Moore 4.Kyle Poska 5.Trent Poska
14*24: 1.Jon Williams 2.Mark Seeforth 3.Pete Hinich 4.August Miksys 5.Skyler Harkless
25+ A: 1.Charles Buffun 2.Austin Brack 3.Jeremy Smith 4.Rick Ivey
25+ B: 1.Billy McCauley 2.Timoth Armstrong
250A: 1.Jon Williams
250 B: 1.Harvey Bushby 2.August Miksys 3.Brian Krohn 4.Kyle Poska 5.David Davis
250 C: 1.Trent Poska 2.Matt Gregory 3.Cody Johnson 4.Andrew Friebele 5.Alec Leasure
30+ A: 1.Billy Loy 2.Arek Kruk 3.Larry Bank
30+ B: 1.Greg Pollak 2.Brian Carey 3.Curt Horrigan
40+: 1.Larry Bank 2.Arek Kruk 3.Mike Madden 4.Justin Martino
4-wheel A: 1. James Herbet
4-wheel C: 1. Kelton Zeman
50 Jr: 1.Krystian Janik 2.Ian Murphy 3.Will Swango 4.Mac Cullen 5.Johnathan Pacholski
50 Sr: 1.James McDannel 2.Hunter Billingsley 3.Wyatt Mattson 4.Wojtasow Tomas
50cc 4-8: 1.Krystian Janik 2.Mac Cullen 3.Dave Frawley 4.Brooklyn Loy 5.Talan Zollec
65 Beg: 1.Hunter Billingsley 2.Trevor Hughes 3.Kaylor Speirer 4.Justin Friebele
65 Jr: 1.James McDannel 2.Timothy Lowe 3.Noah Miller
65 Open: 1.Nolan Dickinson 2.Christopher Gallaher 3.Timothy Lowe 4.John Greer 5.Noah Miller
65 Sr: 1.Nolan Dickinson 2.Christopher Gallaher 3.Cristian Swieton 4.John Greer
85 Beg: 1.Ryan York 2.Eric York 3.Brian Connelly 4.Timmy Evoy
85 Jr: 1.Nicky Shelton 2.Ben Ibianskas 3.Nolan Dickinson 4.Shane Reilly 5.Christopher Gallaher
85 Open: 1.Gage Pace 2.Karson Kokotan 3.Troy Mead 4.Bret Dannis 5.Nicky Shelton
85 Sr: 1.Chad Saultz 2.Gage Pace 3.Karson Kokotan 4.Troy Mead 5.Leonard Glatczak
Mid-Size (MOD): 1.Justin Martino 2.Derek Devine 3.Ernie Bruhn 4.Brian Avergis 5.Eric Swanson
MiniQuad 0-50: 1. Preston Zollers
MiniQuad90: 1.Nathan Esterland
Open A: 1.Jeremy Smith 2.Rick Ivey
Open B: 1.August Miksys 2.Mark Seeforth 3.Brandon Domark
Open C: 1.Skyler Harkless 2.Nick Waszak 3.Curt Horrigan 4.Cody Johnson 5.Cody Meyer
SuperMini: 1.Brian Krohn 2.Chad Saultz 3.Gage Pace 4.Eric LaPorte 5.Kevin Madden
Women: 1.Gina Madden

Click Here to check out all my photos from the race! 

All you do is press a button!

Now I personally haven't had anyone tell me this(there's a first time for everything right!), but it is a common misconception that all a photographers job involves is pressing a button.

Pressing the shutter button is probably about 5% of what our job consists of.   Take a quote I read recently, I thought was pretty witty "you want to take better pictures? Stand in front of better things".  Take that advice and stand in front of dirt bikes going over jumps, bumps and turns and the pressing of the button gets exponentially harder.

This is a job just like anything else someone may do for a living,its time spent doing something. Pushing buttons on a cash register, answering phone calls, delivering pizza, pressing a button on a camera, they are all things that take your time.

I am not writing this trying to rant, I was mainly wanting to give a little incite into post production and share the amount of time it takes to get a great photo.  So for example if I am covering a race, lets say I am there from 3 till 11pm. So I'm shooting photos for 7 hours, then I need to go home and sort out all the photos and find the good ones.  With 7 hours of photos, this alone can take an hour or more.  Once I have them all sorted then comes the editing.  This is going to vary for everyone of course, but this is my workflow.

(warning, technical talk!)
I shoot photos in RAW format, it is the same thing as having a negative from a film camera.  Its your digital negative and when you process this negative you never lose your original file, same as you never lose your film negatives.  All cameras come preset to shoot in JPEG format, doing this loses over half of your data. JPG compresses all the data to make a smaller file size and in turn throws away about 60% of the information.  Shooting in RAW takes more time (and hard drive space!) in the editing side of things, but the results are what we are all about right?  For the very best results you need to work for them.

That being said, lets say I have 300 photos that are keepers from a race.  Even if I spend one minute on each picture it will still take me 5 hours to edit all those photos.  Now I certainly wish that was a possibility, but its just not.  I've been using photoshop for over 10 years, and lightroom for a long time as well.  I know all the short-cut buttons, I have a wacom tablet to make things go faster. I edit as fast as one most likely could. On a good day I'm spending at least 5 minutes on a photo to perfect it.  So 5 minutes per photo x 300 is 25 hours of editing, one hour sorting photos, 7 hours taking photos. One day at the track can come out to 33 hours of work easily.

Now add that the longer it takes for these photos to get done the less they will be cared about, who's working 33 hours in 2 days?  (this guy)  Now I'm not going to deny that I could do this much faster, which is what I do when I am shooting an event on spec (Speculative work—work done without compensation in the hope of being compensated) You can batch edit photos in lightroom and apply the same edit to all the photos shot in similar situations.  This takes a big chunk out of your time, then I will only fully edit photos that are purchased. If your at the race only covering one sponsor you may need to edit just 50 photos and get them out the same night. The situations are endless, but at the end of the day you will almost certainly spend more time in front of your computer than pressing the button.

I will add to this a little comparison of the amount of editing it takes for high fashion photography.  If you have read my intro you will know my 2nd job is editing for fashion photographers(if not now you do). They are busy, and making enough money that they usually don't ever do their own editing (pay no attention to the man behind the curtain).  The editing for these photos takes forever I have an example i'm going to post up and it took me 4 hours on one photo.  This of course is a completely different situation. They are shooting a bunch of photos looking for one perfect shot, not to offer up 300 photos of event participants.
Please keep in mind I did not take this photo, I only edited it.

Not my photography! The Before

After 4 hours this is what the client settled on being what they were looking for:

The After

Just to show a couple more examples here is my cover photo for my most recent blog.  One thing to keep in mind is that shooting in RAW format, the camera adds absolutely nothing to the image.  No color saturation, no contrast, no sharpening, your left with a ugly flat photo that you need to bring to life!

totally flat raw file

5 minutes of tweaking some settings it ended up like this

I will leave this with a perfect example of how shooting in RAW format can save you.  This was my fault (of course), I was inside of the arena shooting photos and I came outside to go to my car. I seen Darryn Durham outside talking to a fan.  I snapped a photo of him and holy crap my settings are for shooting in a dark building and its bright as hell outside! If I would have shot this photo in JPG it would have been completely worthless.  All the blown out areas of white with no detail would get compressed by the JPG format and would be completely gone.  Here comes RAW to rescue, it actually saved all my data and there is detail hiding under those blown out areas. I was able to get a photo that I found to be a really nice candid shot (one of my favorite things to do)

Holy crap is bad, about as blown out as you can get

RAW saved the shot

Now I don't advocate shooting in raw just so you can blow highlights and not pay attention to what your doing. This was a dumb move on my part and shooting in RAW just gives you this much play in your photos.

Indianapolis Supercross All Access Pass

Indianapolis Supercross layout

Indianapolis Supercross was a very interesting night for both classes.  With tons of injuries this season, things are getting more and more interesting (possibly less interesting in fact).  Instead of simpily giving a race report I'm going to fill you in on the day in the life of covering Supercross as a photographer as well.

I will start off by saying, LONG DAY..  Working freelance for a sponsor doesn't offer perks of travel or accommodations so I chose to drive to the event early in the morning, and drive home when it was over.  I left home at 6am for Indianapolis ended up finding somewhere to park and got into the venue around 10am.  I started off the day covering the outdoor pits and indoor pits to get some behind the scenes photos since it was a closed pits for the Indy event.

Rockstar Energy team hanging out

Kyle Chisholm's bike in the pits

Rock River PowerSports rig

Outdoor pits at Indy Supercross

Indoor puts at Indy Supercross

JS7's motor home and Monster Energy Rig outside the Lucas Oil Stadium

 From there its straight to shooting everyone's practice laps.  I messed around with settings, and checked out all the spots we were able to stand.  The first spot I walked up to according to the track map we are given was somewhere I was suppose to be able to shoot from, but I quickly was told otherwise by a track official.  I got this shot from the first place I went.

Sean Lipanovich

I got my settings dialed in within 5 shots, this arenas lighting was very nice!  I didn't even use a flash the entire night and never got over 800iso.  As it turns out later on in the day while up in the  press box we watched someone case the jump right in front of where I was shooting, go flying off the track, right through the block I was standing behind and landed at the bottom of the podium, so high five to the track officials out there keeping everyone safe!

The Indianapolis track was very lacking in angles and places the media was able to shoot from. It was very frustrating for everyone all night, half the time there would be 5 of us shoulder to shoulder against a wall because there was just no good vantage points.

I used my practice time to hit every spot we were able to shoot from, as well as making sure I got photos of the riders I was covering in case they didnt make it into the night race.  From there its up to the press box to download memory cards and check on photo quality.  There was no dedicated media elevator like we had in ST. Louis so waiting for the elevator to get upstairs ended up taking close to 10 minutes! I just grabbed my crap and just setup shop out in the VIP parking lot because it was such a nice day!

My digital darkroom in the Indy parking lot. Photo by:MX Matt

 Once we got done clearing out all the memory cards, it was time to grab some lunch, wander around the giant arena.  The walk to get from the parking lot all the way down to the arena took forever, it took forever to get anywhere in this place it seems!  I found myself back up in the Press box anyways to eat lunch and watch the end of the practice sessions. I was messing around with MX Matts 8mm Fisheye and grabbed a shot of our view from up there.

Hanging in the press box doing work!

 

 

 

Waiting for the elevator that never seems to come! W/ Luke LP Parameter

 Waiting for the heat races to start I found myself out on the floor a bit more, and out in the pits again grabbing some behind the scenes shots while I went back to the car to download all my photos again to have all fresh memory cards for the nights races.

Ryan Villopoto's bike outside in the pits

Blake Whartons bike out in the pits

RV checking out the monster girls

Cameron Lansing hanging in the pits

MUNN Racing in the pits

Riders getting ready to head out on the track

Carl stones the man

Micheal Lang and Tyler Bowers stepping up from arenacross

Monster girl!

Practice over, leaving our tiny area we could shoot from on this side of the track

Darryn Durham Talking with fans outside

James Stewart in practice

 After the what seems like 20 minute walk back through the rat corridors of the arena I got back to track to catch the heat races. In James Stewarts heat race right in the first turn he gets sketchy over a jump and lands right in the way of Kevin Windham and they both go down in the landing.  Jimmy Albertson lands the jump with nowhere to go and ran directly into Stewarts leg and pushes it into his bike, Jared Browne also gets caught in the crash.  Stewart was unable to finish the race and received a DNF. The injury also kept him from making it to the main event.
















 In St. Louis I shot the opening ceremonies from the 1st row next to the floor, and got some decent shots, but the spot light guy screwed me a couple times, and nothing was terribly spectacular. This night I decided to go all the way up to the terrace level of the stadium, I would have went to the press box, but there was glass up there with sections in between and I figured shooting through it would cause problems.  I was standing up there in the stairway waiting for the ceremonies to start and I would walk up to the railing, get a few shots and back off again.  Even when I did go out to the railing I wasnt standing in anyone's way because there was about 5 rows up behind me to clear the hallway for the stairs. I still got yelled at for standing there, but I got my shots and got back down to the floor.

National Anthem Indianapolis Supercross

Bombs going off during National Anthem, Indianapolis Supercross

Final Fireworks before the start of the show! The house was PACKED!

Off to the races!!
Lots of happening through-out the night, made for quite interesting mains on both sides!
The 450 main started out with Mike Alessi taking his Tuf Honda off the line for the Nuclear Cowboys holeshot for 1500 big ones.

Mike Alessi taking the Nuclear Cowboys holeshot award, Indianapolis Supercross

Justin Brayton was in the lead for 16 laps holding on for all he had, but Villopoto was able to work his way up after his bad start to pass him and hold on for the win.  Brayton stuck it out for 2nd which was his best Supercross finish to date!  Davi Millsaps was able to battle it out and come out with a 3rd place finish, getting JGR up on the podium once more! Brett Metcalfe was able to fend off Cole Seely to get 4th with Seely getting his first Supercross top 5 finish! Kevin Windham suffered another crash and got back up on his bike trying to keep going, ultimately pulling off the track for medical attention.

Villopoto Crossing the line for the W!

From the left (Monster Girl) (Davi Millsaps) (MonsterGirl) (Ryan Villopoto) (Miss Supercross) (Justin Brayton) (Part of a Monster Girl)

RV working the pack to get up to the front

Cole Seely going through the sand section of the track which was an interesting addition to the track this weekend

Justin Brayton catching some air off the triple, with RV right behind him

Windham trying to get going again, but cant make it.

The mechanics getting their riders to move!

Joe Gibbs out to catch Davi Millsaps grabbing a podium for JGR

The 250 race was probably the most eventful race of the evening!  It was certainly entertaining, so much happened!  Barcia was tearing up qualifing, his top time would have put him in 6th place in the 450 class.  He had a bad start and Roczen got out front for the holeshot, when on lap 5 Kyle Cunningham had  a hard crash that brought out a red flag.  Instead of going back to the gates AMA had them start in a single file staggered restart, the first in Supercross history!



Roczen took off and started completely checking out on everyone. Out of nowhere he lost his front wheel and fell off, which sent his bike ghost riding off the next jump without him on it!  He had to run over the hill and back to his bike effectively ending his night.  Blake Wharton fought hard and held on to cross the line for his first supercross win in 3 years!  Darryn Durham putting on a great showing took 2nd and even with a bad start, plus a tip over, Barcia was still able to take a 3rd place finish on his GEICO Honda.  Blake Baggett managed a 4th place finish while Jake Canada rounded out the top 5 in fifth place.

From the left (Justin Barcia) (Blake Wharton) (Darryn Durham)

Ken Roczen Taking the Nuclear Cowboys holeshot check

Wharton chuggin some Rockstar after his first Supercross win! I would personally want some water, but hey

Blake Wharton after his first Supercross win

They started at the line next to each other and finished on the podium together

 

 

 

Roczen and Barcia hitting the triple

Kyle Cunningham being taken care of by the great medical team, ultimately causing a red flag

Justin Barcia

Tyler Bowers Arenacross champion holding on to a top 10 finish

Ken Roczen coming over the bridge

Micheal Lang

Kevin Markwardt

Jeff Gibson had a hard night, but is putting down some great times! Team Faith's Kelly Smith and Kevin Johnson made a good showing tonight as well!

Barcia tipping over and getting back up to finish on podium in 3rd

Thanks to flag crew for keeping everyone safe out there!

What a long and eventful day.  Starting off the morning at 6am, I got out of the races around 11pm and it was pouring hard outside!  My civic was not happy about this and was acting up the entire way home.  The only bonus is that Indy is an hour ahead of me so I got home around 2am my time after sitting in traffic to get out of the arena.

I got home and moved all my photos from the laptop to the desktop and actually sorted out all my keepers before going to bed at 4am, up for 22 hours!! I slept all day and got up and worked all day Sunday to get my sponsor photos out. Then I worked to put together press photos to send out to various people for them to check out. This process lasted till about Wednesday.  It was a lot of hard work, and I put every bit of that effort into everything I do.  Shooting sports goes well beyond hitting a shutter button, I spend more time in front of this computer than I do anything else that's for sure.  Hope you enjoyed reading what a day is like for a sport shooter keep checking back for all my coverage this summer!

Final Results for Indianapolis 2012:
Supercross class results

1 1 Ryan Villopoto
 2 10 Justin Brayton
 3 18 David Millsaps
 4 24 Brett Metcalfe
 5 34 Cole Seely
 6 800 Mike Alessi
 7 38 Marvin Musquin
 8 25 Broc Tickle
 9 54 Weston Peick
 10 50 Nico Izzi

Supercross class - Points

1 1 Ryan Villopoto  246
 2 5 Ryan Dungey 192
 3 7 James Stewart 177
 4 18 David Millsaps 151
 5 14 Kevin Windham 146
 6 10 Justin Brayton 143
 7 24 Brett Metcalfe 142
 8 21 Jake Weimer  134
 9 22 Chad Reed  128
10 800 Mike Alessi  128

Lites east results
1 956 Blake Wharton 
2 35 Darryn Durham
3 1 Justin Barcia
4 12 Blake Baggett 
5 57 Jake Canada 
6 49 Justin Bogle
7 60 Matthew Lemoine
8 74 Tyler Bowers 
9 46 Les Smith
10 714 Shawn Rife


Lites east - Points
1 1 Justin Barcia 120
 2 35 Darryn Durham  98
 3 956 Blake Wharton 97
 4 12 Blake Baggett Grand  80
 5 70 Ken Roczen 80
 6 57 Jake Canada  72
 7 49 Justin Bogle 61
 8 19 Kyle Cunningham  43
 9 37 Malcolm Stewart  42
 10 927 P Larsen 38