I was able to wangle a press pass, and stayed awake for 36 hours straight, shooting 2000+ photos. Many of them sucked.
However, even the blind squirrel finds a nut every now and then, and when you shoot over 2000 photos you're bound to come up with some winners.
Here's the first of what will be many photos I'll post here:
This was taken at dusk on Saturday, leaning over the guardrail at the exit of the Dunlop Curves.
Much more later, including photos taken on-track during the morning drive-around laps, photos in the pits, and photos taken from places where the public is prohibited. I actually took a shuttle bus to the Mulsanne corner at about 4:00 a.m., but on the inside of the track, not the outside. I then walked all the way back, hugging the guardrail and laughing out loud as the cars would come whistling past at speeds approaching 200 mph. I was at Indianapolis/Arnage as the morning broke, then slowly walked down to the Porsche curves, and went back and forth between the first curve and the straight leading from Arnage. In the afternoon I continued, and finally finished the day leaning out over the pit wall.
Like I said, more photos to follow. I flew from Paris to Chicago to San Francisco today, and with no open seats in the back of the airplane, I had to sit in the cockpit jumpseat, which is basically like a wooden park bench with a cloth cover.
But the price was right! :thumbsup: