05/15/2010 - Autocross Points Event #3

[Petrovich]

Hey Guys here are the pictures from the Event. Sebastian risked his life standing so damn close but he got some great photos. This time i am uploading every pic he took. 2.7 gigs worth. So it will be uploading for a while. it should all be uploaded by 7pm sunday. You can check what has been uploaded for now...Enjoy

http://picasaweb.google.com/PBeliakov/NCCAAutocross3#

[m3chaser]

Hey Guys here are the pictures from the Event. Sebastian risked his life standing so damn close but he got some great photos. This time i am uploading every pic he took. 2.7 gigs worth. So it will be uploading for a while. it should all be uploaded by 7pm sunday. You can check what has been uploaded for now...Enjoy

http://picasaweb.google.com/PBeliakov/NCCAAutocross3#

Are you the guy who was doing the fun runs with a cig in his mouth and when you hit a drift you would do a fist pump?

[Petrovich]

maybe....

[m3chaser]

maybe....

You have NO idea how hard I was laughing at you when I was working the course for the fun runs. Last even at Waldorf you were fist pumping as well and my wife and I were almost doubled over in laughter. Well done sir........well done.

[civicexracer]

Thanks for the video Mike!! And thanks for the great pics Katie!! Ugh really wish I could have stayed for the afternoon runs and fun runs... Oh well..

lol Moose should be the official mascot for the NCCBMWCCA Autocross community.

[Petrovich]

haha nice!! I'm glad I could entertain...Enjoy the pics they are about 1/10 uploaded

[m3chaser]

Thanks for the video Mike!! And thanks for the great pics Katie!! Ugh really wish I could have stayed for the afternoon runs and fun runs... Oh well..

lol Moose should be the official mascot for the NCCBMWCCA Autocross community.

He is going to be enormous! He is also a very well mannered dog. I wish I could say the same for my dog Otis, but sadly that is not the case. Moose is fricken awesome!

[m3chaser]

haha nice!! I'm glad I could entertain...Enjoy the pics they are about 1/10 uploaded

Make sure to tell Sebastian that those pics are VERY much appreciated. From what I have seen he did an outstanding job as did the rest who took pics.

[Petrovich]

Make sure to tell Sebastian that those pics are VERY much appreciated. From what I have seen he did an outstanding job as did the rest who took pics.

wait till the Fun Run pics are uploaded...they r crraazzyyy the M5 takes the cake! BTW if you download the pics they are in their original 12megapix format for poster printing

[m3chaser]

wait till the Fun Run pics are uploaded...they r crraazzyyy the M5 takes the cake! BTW if you download the pics they are in their original 12megapix format for poster printing

Very nice. I was actually watching Sebastian taking the pics and he was getting pics of the smoke even after the M5 had continued on. I bet those pics are going to be sick.

[noelleslie]

First off, to clarify, my iffyness about returning to Summit Point is not due to the track or 3rd geariness, but more scheduling. I work nights and many weekends I have to work Saturday nights, so going to an event 2 hours away means losing a lot of sleep and heading into a night of work that makes me cranky. This weekend I had to work Friday night so I went to SP on no sleep and actually did pretty well. Started really feeling it on the ride home but I brought a cooler full of NOS and Pepsi and that got the job done.

Otherwise, I'll run with anyone anywhere as long as it doesn't leave me a mess for work.

The MSM is not my primary autocrosser. This year for SCCA I'm running my 99 Miata in STR and I run the '90 in my sig in STS with Autocrossers Inc. Haven't needed 3rd gear in either yet this year although I came awful close to the limiter last time out with SCCA. I take the MSM out to BMW for a change of pace and to make sure everything in the fleet gets a little exercise... well, that, and I can't compete with AJ in X4 so I bring the car that fits into X3.

Anyway I just wanted to make sure that my earlier sentiments were not being read as frustration or complaints. I'm very much looking forward to trying SP again, with the only real concerns being my ability to work it in with my work schedule, and whether I'd do better if I brought one of the other cars cluttering up the driveway.

Good. By the way, I'm defensive about the Miata because it is one of my favorite cars and I think it is a true jack of all trades.

Too bad we don't have a MX-5 sub-class at BMW. Do you know James Dunham? He is part of our stiff competition at SCCA in ST-R. I always get the year wrong, but I want to say it is a 2006 MX-5 he has. Either way, it is an NC. He is always talking about the gearing and whether a course suits his car. If you don't know him, we should all say "hi" next SCCA event. I'll be at AI too this coming Sunday in ST-R with Joe Brannon I believe and Aure, who has an NA Miata and is very good at driving it too.

[Petrovich]

ok all the pictures are up...it gets crazy towards the end
http://picasaweb.google.com/PBeliakov/NCCAAutocross3#

[agreatham]

Pardon the wind noise. I have a well-protected external mic on the camcorder, but my little in-car camera picks up the wind noise and I cannot disable sound in the PiP window quite yet.

How did you synchronize the two video sources?

[agreatham]

Pics are up! Remember that any profits go back into the autocross program. You can also leave comments or rank the pics as you like. Let me know what you think!
~Katie

Great pictures, Katie! Couldn't see the EXIF data from SmugMug but it looks like you've got the whole shutter speed / aperture mix down. Can't tell if you're in AF-C or AF-S or what metering you're using but the focus, brightness and contrast are spot on. 6 years old and our D70 camera bodies still rock ...

General tip in sports photography is to make sure you get their faces in the shot to capture the "drama". Easier said than done but if you aim for a spot on the course where the cars have to make a hard left, that should give you a great spot to capture faces that are looking out the window, the body roll of the car and a couple of cones.

[agreatham]

ok all the pictures are up...it gets crazy towards the end
http://picasaweb.google.com/PBeliakov/NCCAAutocross3#

Awesome pictures! I'm not a fan of enhancing colors but you pulled it off. Love the one with the driving shoes and the one with the 9 ST-R drifting! BTW, I don't think you meant to make your other sets (Orlando, accident) public.