Tag: motorsport photography
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GUEST POST // REMI MÕNGELIUS / NITRO NATIONALS ’15
Read more: GUEST POST // REMI MÕNGELIUS / NITRO NATIONALS ’15Another week, another ”narrated gallery” from me. Well.. Where do I start? I guess I could start from last Friday. I woke up to a phone call at 10 am, it was my brother calling me. ”Hey, you up?” My answer was no. ”Pack your bags, we’re going to Alastaro.” My answer? ”Sure, call me when you get here.” Not your usual run of the mill story when it comes to motorsport events. Before the Nitro Nationals, I had never been to a ”real” drag racing event, so here it goes – my experience. Bear in mind though – I’ll…
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SUUR VÕIDUSÕIT // Thursday Practice / 2015
Read more: SUUR VÕIDUSÕIT // Thursday Practice / 2015Suur Võidusõit (Big Race) is considered to be one of the top circuit racing events in Estonian calendar. Many different classes take part: BMW 325 Cup, Porsche Carrera Cup, HRX Camaro Cup/V8 Thundercars, Formula Ford Zetec, Formula Scandic, Legends, Baltic Touring Cars and so on. Yesterday was the first training session before the “Big Race” of Saturday. 2. In the morning teams were setting up their pits, setting up their cars and getting ready for testing 3. So called “Legends” were winning the quantity race between disciplines. 4. Baltic Compact Cap Championship? Or 1600? Or how is it called? 5. These hatches were looking…
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BRITISH DRIFT GP // DRIFT ALLSTARS / 2015
Read more: BRITISH DRIFT GP // DRIFT ALLSTARS / 2015First round of Drift Allstars reminded me an EEDC (Eastern European Drift Championship) event in Riga in 2014. There very few drivers, but the quality of them was on the highest level. Lack of entrants was due to Gatebil event in Sweden and British Championship happening on the same date. Biggest upset for me was the absence of Polish drivers: Pawel Trela, Piotr Więcek, David Karkosik – we want to see you at every round of DA events. This time round it were Janis Eglite, Luke Fink and “new flying finn” Juha Pöytälaakso who were trying to apply pressure on raging 2014 champion…
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NEZ DRIFT // ESTONIA / 2015
Read more: NEZ DRIFT // ESTONIA / 2015North European Drift championship. Few years ago it was most anticipated event in our parts of the world. Now it seems that it has grown into Baltic championship where few Scandinavians are competing for fun. Still almost 40 competitors arrived to put on a show. Estonians were in good form and almost all qualified well. Latvians were the main competitors. 2. Eduard Vahemets made a guest appearance with his Mustang. 3. Juha Pöytälaakso brought his E92 smoke machine. 4. Max Power! 5. Martin Vaga was showing strong runs all day. 6. Weather was very hot, many teams were double checking the cars…
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Le Mans 24H // Group C
Read more: Le Mans 24H // Group CGroup C was the main Prototype class introduced in 1982. It was live for 11 years, until a change of engine regulations killed it in 1993. In theory any engine was possible. This allowed production engines like V8s from Aston Martin and Mercedes and Jaguar V12s to compete head to head with Mazda’s rotary engines and so on. As it usually is, this provided spectacular racing, produced many great solutions, attracted many manufacturers and spectators. For me it’s a honour that we’re still able to see these late 20th century racing cars on the track, be it a support race for current WEC prototypes or a classic Le…
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Remembering Gatebil Rudskogen
Read more: Remembering Gatebil RudskogenIn 2013 I went to Gatebil for the first time and caught the bug.. I came back in 2014 and already booked the trip for 2015. I seen Gatebil action on “Getaway in Stockholm” DVDs and never understood what is actually happening. Top rated car media blessed this event and as soon as I got there I agreed with them. I know why it’s the best speed festival on Earth – because Scandinavians. People in the North don’t know how to drink moderate, don’t know how to keep a moderate number of cars on the track, don’t know how to…
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101 Pictures from the DTM Festival
Read more: 101 Pictures from the DTM FestivalWhen you’re not a full-time motorsport photographer, you face a number of difficulties: you don’t know, will you actually get an accreditation or not, you need to find a publication and, usually, you spend own money on travel. Around 10 days before the event I got an email that I’m approved for DTM at Hockenheimring. In this case it’s best not to turn down the opportunity, which I didn’t – so I packed my bags and went to shoot German Touring Masters for the second time in my life. I like Hockenheimring and how it is situated. Comfortable flight to Frankfurt and…
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Suurhalli Drift 2015 // Finals / Day 2
Read more: Suurhalli Drift 2015 // Finals / Day 2Congratulations to KERT-EIGO KULLA and KEVIN PESUR for winning PRO and PRO-AM classes respectfully.
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Suurhalli Drift 2015 // Highlights / Day 1
Read more: Suurhalli Drift 2015 // Highlights / Day 1It was a long winter for me, cold dark winter. My camera was on the shelf all the time and today it was ready for the first Estonian drifting event of year 2015. It was a training day for pro and pro-am drivers and spectators could see what competitors were doing in their garages for past 6 months. Quite a few drivers moved from Street to Pro-am class and also some gathered their strength and will search for luck in Pro competition.