Rained as we got there Sunday morning, but only lasted about 30 minutes. Practices were wet, and there was still debate on tire choice for the first race after lunch. My brother (#30) went down both Saturday and Sunday - he's fine, but bike needs a little work. This was a great learning experience. All shots with the 70-300 IS. I'm still processing pics (~300 RAW files to go through), but here are some early favorites.

The sole Mini entry. 11 years old and had the track to himself.

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Nate flying uphill in the wet after Turn 2 - gridded 7th, 4th after the first lap, and made it up to 2nd before dropping it.

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Nate rounding Turn 10 onto the front straight.

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Leading a group through the Chute before Turn 5

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Hard on the brakes into Turn 6.

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A pass in Turn 10.

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Great pics!

With digital, it's just a matter of being there and shooting and banging away at it. Practice, practice, practice. Now that I've been to one event, I think I've got a bug for it. That can't be good - for the wallet anyway...