Today's Shredfest gave more opportunities for some more unusual photos...

 

Shredding bands were part of all the action along with the shredding skaters and bikers.

 

beers

 

god, I wish CA has an rx8 track day!

 

they do,

you just have to find them.. search.

but really that was not a track day. it was a parade lap before an indy car race..

beers

 

^ that just makes it even more pwnage!

 

Here's a scene you don't see everyday:



Guarding President Bush during his visit to Houston on Thursday.

 

Thats awesome, in the track days I've been to I'm the only 8

 

Got these shots today after tearing up the track at Grand Sport Speedway for their Open House, with IRL being there to test some new drivers...





I hadn't thought of car racing pictures as being eccentric before seeing that other track photo posted here. Well an 8 next to an Indy car is certainly unusual if not eccentric!


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edit: fixed the name of the track

 

CS, after the racetrack action today I went down to the airshow in Galveston and found a live Hurricane. Too bad they didn't let me close enough for a photo op with my 8!

 

Quote:

Originally Posted by HIX8

Guarding President Bush during his visit to Houston on Thursday.

In case anyone was interested in the Air Force One scene, here are some pics (couldn't get my 8 past the attack dog!). It was a perfect opportunity to exercise the amazing power of my superzoom Olympus SP-550UZ...

28mm Wide:
http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2007-...774-crwpps.jpg

Mid Zoom:
http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2007-...83775-wpfl.jpg

504mm In-Your-Face Tight Zoom:
http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2007-...83768-crwp.jpg

Bye bye:
http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2007-...83778-crwp.jpg

Pre-launch:
http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2007-...91-crwpps3.jpg

STS-120 shuttle crew glad to be home:
http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2007-...83796-crwp.jpg
(On Wednesday, Pam Melroy became the second woman to land the space shuttle.)

 

Here's a better contrast of the spectacular range of this camera's lens:
http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2007-...774-crwpps.jpg
http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2007-...3768-cr2wp.jpg

(Both photos taken from the same spot.)

 

HIX8, your pictures will show up on the board if you add the tags [IMG] at the front and [/IMG] at the back of each picture link.

 

There aren't any 8s in those pictures, so I decided to just leave them as links. I actually did have an opportunity to park closer to the fence and I could have gotten a photo of my 8 with Air Force One in the background, but if I had taken the time to do that then I would have missed a bunch of other photos with the astronauts.

 

Wow... that's alot of heads!

 

Here's one more head, this one with a body:



(Same artist.)

 

You know what they say about things being bigger in Texas. "It's twue, it's twue!"

 

wow u have a lot of good pics... nice job.

 

Thanks. I'm always on the lookout for something different to keep it interesting. I'll be back at the track today with the Indy cars. Hopefully I'll get more to post.

 

These off-normal pics were snapped today...
(crosspost from the guitar thread in the lounge)

 

That's the upgraded sound system package!

 

pretty sweet man

 

It was a glorious week at the racetrack. A perfect opportunity to get some crazy fun pictures of my 8 with the ChampCars. By a bizarre coincidence, one of the cars was painted in "winning" blue, bearing the number 8 no less... Get a load of this!

 

"Choices"...

 

"My other car is a Winning Blue 8."

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edit: 3 photos clobbered by yet-to-be-identified cause.