Portland Historic Races + IMSA GTP....Lots of photos

Thrasher

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Here are a few shots from the first day. I will be posting more as the weekend goes on.



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#14 for me, but truthfully they are all awesome shots from what seemed like an amazing event...I'm jealous.
 
Yeah for me, seeing the GTP cars is like a dream. I wasn't even alive during the time these cars would have been racing for real. Well I guess I would have been 4 years old in 1993, the last year of IMSA GTP. I do as much reading as I can about them, but seeing even a few on track is awesome for me.

And yes both of those shots are from the entry to turn 1. It's a really fun place to shoot from, and you can almost reach out and touch the cars, especially when they cut to the inside of the curbing
 
Fuck, I shoulda come out.
 
You should come out Saturday or Sunday .
I'm currently up deep in the west hills. I'd have to take a bus to downtown, and then MAX out to PIR. Meh.
 
Wow, that is an amazing set of photographs and cars! good work!
 
Here are some new photos from today, saturday. In the morning, the weather was a bit dull but it brightened up after lunch time.

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Do they hold this event every year? If so I know where I'm going for my summer 2010 vacation.
 
Do they hold this event every year? If so I know where I'm going for my summer 2010 vacation.
There's shit tons of these kinda races every year here.

Might just have to finally have a Portland meet...
 
Do they hold this event every year? If so I know where I'm going for my summer 2010 vacation.



Yes this event is every year. There is also another vintage race event held here usually in september every year, which also features a giant British car gathering and swap meet.
 
And here is the last set of photos from this weekend. The weather today cloudy and then it started raining. A lot of cars and drivers decided not to race in the wet. Since there was not much action on track, I found myself doing a lot more "experimental" shots wandering around the pits.

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Very nice pics...many teenage memories in there. Now I understand why some of them were testing last week at the open test before the SCCA race weekend.

I love the old VDS Can-Am car as well in the background.

Steve
 
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