this past weekend i caught back up with Brian Kleeman's SCCA World Challenge team in detroit for the Grand Prix. an event with great history, the race has not been held there in almost a decade but it returned (along with the american car industry) with a vengeance. i joined Dustin@Z1 down in carrollton and we headed north on i75 for what seemed like forever. the weekend proved unfortunate for the team however, when brian hit a tire wall towards the end of the second race of the weekend. luckily he was unharmed and the car has mostly cosmetic damage. the team is hoping to have the car put back together for mid-ohio in august followed a few weeks later by infineon (or sears point to you non-Gran Turismo players) raceway in california for the season finale. for now, enjoy...

album:

http://jpmcgphotography.smugmug.com/...3365422_bTnH9q

fav's:

1. i rented a 300mm prime lens for the event, it does wondrous things like this...


2. Brian in hot pursuit of the competition's only highly modded TT RS


3. stay on...


4. R8's always make for good photo's


5. mid-race in round one, one of the few green laps after the pileup at the start


6. Brian hugging the inside of turn 4


7. the start of the 2nd race of the weekend


8. the road changed pitch drastically in some spots


thanks for looking!

 

Great photos! I caught the series earlier in the year at Barber Motorsports Park. These races are truly a blast. Daytona Prototypes are amazing.

 

Nice pictures.......................

 

Awesome pics!

Random question, are you going to Austin for F1?

 

Awesome photos! You could probably sell #7 to GM since it has the Cadillac race car at the front and the rennaisance center in the back ground.

Hope you were able to enjoy your time here in the Motor City and meet some of the local Z members. Next time you're back we'll have to reserve some of your time to do some local photo shoots

 

Nice shots op!
Thanks for sharing!

 

thanks everyone!!

the team is working on getting an invite. if they get one... yes. if not, probably no. i'd love to go though