Tuesday, October 12, 2010

SNEAK PEEK...Moreno Family Portraits - Torrance, CA 10.10.10

The weather this past Sunday was perfect, bright blue skies, with a slight breeze in the air.  We had the opportunity to photograph the grandparents and grand children of the Moreno Family.  The timing worked out perfect and we were all able to meet up at Torrance Beach for some family fun in the sand.

Monday, October 11, 2010

Formula Drift Round 7: Title Fight 10.09.10 Toyota Speedway Irwindale, CA PART II

Drifting wasn't the only thing going on at Formula Drift this weekend.

Here are a few images from the walk through the pit area, which included a few of the models and the car show taking place.

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To view all of the images from Formula Drift Round 7, visit http://tinyurl.com/2777no3

Sunday, October 10, 2010

Formula Drift Round 7: Title Fight 10.09.10 Toyota Speedway Irwindale, CA

The 2010 Formula Drift season came to a conclusion this past weekend, but not before the Top 32 qualifiers battled it out one last time to determine the race winner, and the overall season points champion.

The finale event did not fail to disappoint showcasing intense drifting action to determine a new champion. The battle for third place pitted Darren McNamara in the Falken Tire Saturn Sky against Michihiro Takatori in the BF Goodrich Nissan S15. McNamara pushed his car too hard hitting the wall taking himself out of the competition giving Takatori third place. The finale battle put 2-time Formula DRIFT champion Tanner Foust against Vaughn Gittin, Jr. After a close One More Time battle, Foust edged out Gittin to take the event victory and also secure his first Tires.com Triple Crown bonus prize.

Here are some images from the drifting action Saturday...enjoy

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To view more images, visit http://tinyurl.com/2777no3

Monday, October 4, 2010

Miramar Air Show; San Diego, CA 10.02.10

This past weekend was the annual Air Show, hosted by MCAS Miramar in wonderful San Diego, CA. The skies looked a bit ominous early in the morning, but gave way to broken clouds and lots of bright sunshine. In fact it seemed like too much sunshine because it got down-right hot at certain times. Nevertheless, the blue skies provided the perfect backdrop for some aviation at its finest.

The aerial displays included fighter jets, transport helicopters, and attack helicopters. It even included some vintage aircraft, as well as experimental. Here are a few images from the event that was surely a great memory. Even more importantly, it is a quick reminder of what its like to be a proud American!!

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Tuesday, August 31, 2010

Jet Engines + Drag Cars + Las Vegas = FAST HEAT

On Saturday during the Top 32 competition of the 2010 Round 5 Formula Drift, the Las Vegas Motor Speedway was also hosting some very fast drag cars. The highlight of the night on the drag strip were 2 separate runs by jet engine powered drag cars.

If you have never seen one of these run, let me tell you that they are F-A-S-T! If you have never heard one of these cars, I can tell you that they are LOUD! I made it to the grandstands, camera in tow, just in time to see these insane jet engine powered beasts nearly fly down the drag strip.

Here are the few images that I was able to capture before I blinked and missed everything...luckily I was able to get a few with the entire car in the frame.

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Enjoy.

Warming up the afterburners at the starting grid...
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Pre Launch of Black Rat
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Finishing 1/4-mile time of Black Rat...5.65 seconds at 283.19 MPH!!!!
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For the finale, 2 jet engine powered cars lined up against each other and raced head-to-head.

Warming up the afterburners on the engines...
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Both cars on the starting line just before they launch
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This in Incinerator as it began to "fly" down the race track. I believe it finished with a 5.50 second 1/4-mile time at a speed over 286 MPH!!
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Thursday, August 26, 2010

Formula Drift - Round 5 - Las Vegas - After Dark - Las Vegas, NV part 2

Since the previous post was only a sampling of images from Formula Drift in Las Vegas, NV last weekend here are some additional images from some of the hot action on the racetrack.

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RESULTS:
The Falken Tire team swept the podium with a First, Second, and Third Place finish. Tyler McQuarrie took top spot on the podium, Dai Yoshihara took second, and Vaughn Gittin Jr. completed the sweep with a strong third place finish.

First Place and Round 5 champion, Tyler McQuarrie
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Second Place winner, Dai Yoshihara (left) battling Sam Hubinette (right) during the round of Great 8.
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Third Place winner, Vaughn Gittin Jr. and his Falken Tire / Monster Energy Ford Mustang GT (right) battling Charles Ng (left) and his 1991 Mazda RX-7.
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Conrad Grunewald
and his Hankook Tires Chevrolet Camaro SS (right) battling against Joon Maeng and his Nitto Tires / Full Tilt Poker Mazda RX-8 (left)
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Justin Pawlak and his Falken Tire Ford Mustang GT (right) battling within INCHES against Tony Brakohiapa and his Cooper Tires / Team X Ford Mustang (left)
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Rhys Millen
in his Red Bull Energy / Hyundai Genesis Coupe.
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Michael Essa
and his GSR Autosport BMW 350R. This machine is powered by a V10 M5 motor under the hood.
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Ryuji Miki and his 2008 A'PEXi / Hankook Tires Lexus SC430
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Robbie Nishida and his Hankook Tires Nissan GTR
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Wednesday, August 25, 2010

Formula Drift - Round 5 - After Dark - Las Vegas, NV part 1

We have returned after a long, extremely hot weekend in the Nevada desert attending Round 5 of the 2010 Formula Drift season. Hosted at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway, the high speed course was sure to create lots of action and tire smoke as the worlds best drifters invaded Sin City. Temperatures soared in the afternoon to nearly 115-degrees, and track temperature had to be pushing close to 130!!

Here are some shots taken from Fridays action which included practice and Top 32 qualifying rounds for the main event on Saturday.

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