Saturday, March 26, 2016

Gallery of Photos From Sebring

Here's a few pictures that will give you an overview of the wild and sometimes wet 2016 12 Hours of Sebring.    The best drivers and cars in the world converge on Sebring- take a look at the serious and the fun provided by the fans.


Alex Job Racing - WeatherTech Flagship

Ferrari Fans?

BMW At Dawn

Delta Wing by Nissan

Corvette Racing

Porsche North America

Ford Chip Ganassi Racing

Jordan Taylor

Corvette Racing

The Weather Tech Girls

The Gas Monkey Garage Guy

Riley Motorsports- The Gas Monkey Garage Car

Flying Lizard and Konrad Motorsports Go Door to Door

Alex Job Racing

Weather Tech Refreshment Cart

Turn 10

Turn 9


Corvette Racing and Risi Competizione

Hurley Haywood and Vic Elford

Park Place Motorsports


 
Team- Sebring Fans- Winner and Only entry

Stevenson Motorsports


 
The Winnah-  Tequila Patron ESM Team

Sunday, March 20, 2016

Breaking News- Fernando Alonso Survives Hard Crash in F1 Race

The good news to this story is he walked away. Traveling at around 190 MPH, Fernando Alonso came into contact while passing Haas racing driver, Esteban Gutierrez and became airborne after hitting the gravel trap eventually hitting a wall. The car was virtually destroyed and unrecognizable, yet Fernando climbed out on his own and walked gingerly away.  Gutierrez can be seen getting out of his car and sprinting over to see if Alonso was OK and in a show of relief is seen putting his arm around him.  Thank god it turned out this way and this is a testament to the many safety features built into current day Formula One cars.


The race held in Australia was the first of the season which was won by Nico Rsberg followed by Lewis Hamilton.  No surprise here. Sebastian Vettle was third.  It will be a few more races to see if Ferrari can compete with Mercedes and early indications are it can. Vettle held the lead in the early part of the race.

Check out the Video below of the horrific crash, followed by a teaser of pictures of the 12 Hours of Sebring that concluded less then 12 hours ago.


Alonso Survives Crash

Thanks for the prayers!


And on to SEBRING!  Next post.   Here's a teaser:

Corvette C7.R
 

 
Mazda From Outer Space- Cool Display

A New Dawn - A New Ford GT
 
More Sebring Coverage in Future Posts


Thursday, March 17, 2016

St Petersburg Firestone Grand Prix 2016 Photos

I am posting a gallery of photos for you to enjoy- I'll have to save a report on the results for later as I'm getting ready for the IMSA 12 Hours of Sebring race this weekend, but as you all know by now Juan Pablo Montoya was the winner for the second year in a row over 2nd place Simon Pagenaud.  The Penske boys dominated again this year and it is a shame pole sitter, Will Power was ill and could not drive on Sunday. 

It was another 'Chamber of Commerce' day in downtown St Petersburg and if you have not been to this race, you need to make it next year. This venue will make you want to move there. Water, yachts, museums, theaters, high end condos, sports of all kinds and Indy cars racing in the streets is as good as any city in America gets!

THE DRIVERS:

Juan Pablo Montoya

Simon Pagenaud

Marco Andretti

Ryan Hunter-Reay

Takuma Sato

Luca Filippi

Rookie - Spencer Pigot

Graham Rahal



                                                                   Tony Kanaan


Alex Rossi

Sebastine Bourdais and Mikhail Aleshin

Helio Castroneves
 
 
THE CARS
(A Sample)
 




 
 
THE SURROUNDINGS:
 
TV Coverage Helicopter

The Rahal Camp

We Missed Will On Sunday

Helio Castroneves Joking With His Mechanics

Impressive 22 Year Old
 
 
The  Penske Werks
 
 
And There's More In A Future Post
Hope You Enjoyed The Pictures
 
Paul Ziegler Photography/ CarCameraStory.com
 
 

Saturday, March 12, 2016

News Flash The Captain Sweeps Pole And More

Roger Penske has done it again. His team has taken the first four positions for the start of the 2016 St Pete Indycar Grand Prix.  Watch for upcoming post with details of the race weekend in beautiful downtown St. Petersburg, Florida.


                                                   AND MORE-  Montoya Wins!













AND  Thank you volunteers for making the fan experience a great one.  (They helped me locate this year's location for the autograph session- a big timesaver)


                                                     THE CAPTAIN- Roger Penske

 
Stay tuned for follow up posts covering the race- coming soon.