Sand Racing at Mablethorpe 13th November

Six CCC Members decided to go to the Sand Racing on Mablethorpe Beach on Sunday. It was a bright sunny day so plenty of light to play with. The challenge was to get good combinations of bikes, light in the eyes and a sense of movement. Individually achievable but getting all three eluded me in most shots. Here a few 'classic' shots that I liked (more 'pictorial' shots to follow)

Snetterton MG Racing Day

 Perfect weather at Snetterton not too hot or cold. 'Racing' a bit tame but good to see all the different MG and other make models on the track.

Horse Racing at Newmarket

We wandered onto the race course during a walk at Newmarket Heath and took some photos of the racing. The first few at 1/1600 second

I then tried a bit of panning as they galloped down to the start - 1/125th for the first and then1/60th. The latter seemed the better shutterspeed so took some race images at 1/60th.

Silverstone Classic Cars

We spent the weekend at the Silverstone Classic Racing Festival. I hoped for some rain to add a bit of atmosphere and drama to the images but we got wall-to-wall sunshine. The late evening race for Endurance Group C cars gave the most interesting race images. Otherwise it was a good opportunity to try panning techniques. Images above are taken at 1/400, 1/200, 1/160, 1/80 and 1/30 seconds, respectively. 

Last evening The Halfords Tour Series visited Peterborough. It  is a ten round city centre cycling race series with 50 minute race for women and 1 hour for men. I tried various ideas during the two races. Panning for the men's race was very difficult as they moved very fast and we are close to the action. I tried 1/40 second to 1/200 sec and found around 1/160th gave the most consistent results but not very exciting.The last two shots were taken towards the end of the race and you can see the effort that they are making 

Grasstrack Racing

We went to the Grasstrack racing at Wood Walton near Huntingdon today. It was very cold standing on a drafty plateau and the racing was delayed by two hours but enjoyable once it got going. Today the veterans and Juniors put on a great show with lots of flying soil to add to the drama. I tried some slow shutterspeed panning as well as action shots with 1/1600 sec shutterspeed.

Autograss Racing

We had arranged to take photographs at the Autograss racing at St Neots today and, despite a very cold wind and intermittent rain, we stuck to the plan and spent 6 cold hours on a field watching cars go round and round a dirt track. The Specials gave the most action during the day with some spin-offs and battles with the cones. The Saloons were more 'sedate' but still ended up the wrong way round on occasions.