Showing posts with label V8 supercars. Show all posts
Showing posts with label V8 supercars. Show all posts

Monday, November 14, 2011

Symmons Plains Raceway



V8 Supercars...
The weather was kind to us at the Saturday session of the V8 Supercars at Symmons Plains raceway this year - sunny skies - a bit too sunny, though, as I got sunburnt for the first time this year...



The trucks rolled into town early in the week. The media truck and the Disney Cars truck were popular with everyone.

The weather cleared on Saturday into a hot, sunny day - perfect for the crowds to enjoy a great day of motor racing.

















The superbikes were out on the track early for a practice session before their main race began.



Then it was time to see the cars roar into action...
















Corner one is very tight so we saw a few cars end up in the gravel during qualifying and the main race.




Jamie Whincup drove a great race to win on Saturday and then he repeated his success with another win on Sunday afternoon.



It was great having the big screen at corner one - we could check out the action on other section of the track!



Robert was enjoying himself taking shots of the action on corner one...



During the afternoon I took a walk around to pit lane and took a few photos along the way...Check out the camera lenses these guys were using!




Saturday, November 13, 2010

Saturday at Symmons Plains



Yes, it was time for me to get my yearly dose of burning rubber, revving engines and high speed action when I headed out to Symmons Plains on Saturday 13th November to see the V8 Supercars in action! Its always a great day out. There were plenty of great viewing spots on "the hill", the weather was kind to us (too kind as I got my first sunburn of the summer season) and I got the chance to experiment with my camera on dozens of fast-moving subjects! Besides the supercars there were also a fantastic range of older touring cars on show, Australian superbikes, stunt utes and young guys doing crazy stunts on their motorbikes.