Well, for me anyway. Spent today at the races, Out of 300+ shots, I like this one. I can see the speed in the image. I only wish the framing got the rear of the cars as well. This is as taken, no crop, no photoshop. The greyish blur is a chain link fence between me and the track here. I have a few others that I circumnavigated that issue. :) If ya look like you know what you are doing and are carrying a camera with assorted lenses, people let you go anywhere. :)

I hope to shot some racing this summer. Nice shot, but looks like you got some dirt on your lens.

I did 4 years of helping with a photographer at our INDY CART series here in Vancouver. Being right down on the track you do get a lot of rubber and oil on your camera...face..clothes. Not a clean job.That was the most fun I have had in photography. They gave me a huge Nikon with lens I had to have a forklift to carry LOL. As pstekky says you can go everywhere if you have a camera and seem to know what you are doing. But when you have all the credentials...you get more. we could cut holes in the fence. It is also really dangerous. I was knocked over, drenched by water when cars hit the tire barrier. Had things fly by my head and only hear the whoosh. My most memorable was when Michael Andretti Hit the barrier I had my foot on and it knocked me back flying. Watching a car coming at you through a lens at 320kph is quite something.

LOL THAT would be fun. I had just moved up into the stands for a race and during that race one of the cars left the track in turn 3, flew across the grass into the wall where I was for this picture. Made me wish I had stayed there for one more race. :) (Although I question my courage... Would I have gotten the shot or not.) :) I'm going to the Harley Drags at S.I.R. in a couple weeks with one of the teams. THAT is going to be some cool photo ops there. (and the equipment is clean again now. There were more than a few shots with a dirty lens from this track) LOL Dang, I do love photography. Looking into taking SOME kind of training so I can learn what I'm doing wrong. :) My last official education was back in high school. (LONG before digital photography was ever thought of! Put it this way, I got my first computer after graduation. A brand new VIC-20, with a whopping 8k of memory!) hehe