As many of you wonderful readers know by now that Photography is not my only love. I’m also into go fast machinery and this past Sunday I finally accomplish my speed and photography fix all at the same time!  A very good client and friend of mine Mr. Mototecnica of East LA, aka Polo, had mentioned a private Autocross event at the ahhhhh….ok I’m gonna call it the El Torro Air Strip…until someone chimes in with the official name.
 
Ok, so any ways, I show up a bit before Polo and I’m greeted by this laid back young lad brandishing the nicest of personalities, Mike.  He says “hey how are ya!?  Yes, Polo said you were coming go ahead and park and set up your things”……as in get your car ready to get some track time in.   I’m GONNA DRIVE!!!  Hehehehe
 
Well, after Polo arrives, he starts to introduce me to a few of his friends and I can’t say enough on how inviting and cordial they all were.  I was truly impressed on all accounts of the day!  There were three set ups to “have at it” with the toy that you had brought or you could actually ride shotgun in a few of the other hot cars.  Track 1. A nice time attack course set up which tested handling and a bit of high speed.  Track 2. This one was actually the drivers training area for the Police Force!  Track 3.  Last but not least, a 1/4 mile drag set up!  Yummm on all counts!  
 
I was able to pull off a few laps on tracks 1 and 2 in the BMW M3 (see pics).  The day was sheer fun and all out pandemonium as a nice mixture of Muscle Cars, imports of all flavors including Porsches, BMW’s, and one mean menacing Mercedes took to the tracks!
 
Now as for the photography the sun was coming in and out all day long which helped cast sharp shadows and at times nice defused light.  I worked with what was there and managed to pull off a few photos to share.  There were a few other nice photographers out there as well (you guys can send me links to your sites and I’ll post them here if you would like).
 
All in all a wonderful day of hanging with some very cool guys, beautiful women and fast cars, what a life!!!
 
Enjoy the shots!

Oh! One more thing, please make sure you click the link at the bottom for the full gallery of muscle and imports!

Clemente




Here's an overview of this beautiful event!






And here I am slapping on the ole helmet!  Safety first!






Mike's telling the imports to play nice with the American muscle cars.....hahhaaaa!






Polo, letting the M6 stretch it's legs!












Polo readying his photo gear while Caroline reads the morning paper.....awesome!






There were fast and potential furious future drivers in attendance as well!  The actual instructor was the little lady with the blue skirt!







And for the healthy highlight of the day..............we had baby tangies!!!!!  What a day!



To see the full set of photos taken of this event please click here "PROOFS" or go to my website (by clicking on the banner up top) under PROOFS and click on Mike's Annual Autocross "09"!