Daytona Rolex 24 hours

After a trip in Bahamas, Greg invited me to spend one day to the Daytona Rolex 24 Hours that was actually my first race car event ever. I have been in many bikes shows before in France but never at this kind of event.  He gave me a very short notice about that trip (a few hours before we left!!) so I had just a few hours only to prepare my 2 Canon 40D & 5D, my lenses, tripod, back pack, water, good shoes et voilà. I flew to Daytona in 25 mn.. Yep in a private jet, owned by Bobby.. Wow top class and a unique adventure…!!!

Greg was part on Turner Team (the riders: Bill Auberlen, Joey Hand, Boris Said, Paul Dalla Lana)

The Rolex 24 At Daytona features the top racers in the world in Daytona Prototypes and GT-class machines in the ultimate test of man and machine: The Rolex 24 at Daytona (in reference to the 24 Heures du Mans*) is a 24-hour sports car endurance race held annually at Daytona International Speedway  in Daytona Beach, Florida. It is held on a 3.56-mile (5.73 km) combined road course, utilizing portions of the NASCAR tri-oval and an infield road course. Since its inception, it has been held the last weekend of January or first weekend of February, part of Speed weeks, and it is the first major automobile race of the year in the United States.

*The 24 Hours of Le Mans (24 Heures du Mans) is the world’s oldest sports car race in endurance racing, held annually since 1923 near the town of Le Mans, Sarthe, France (source Wilipedia.org)

Here below are some of my first photos on Racing Cars, I hope you will enjoy it as I did… Thanks to Bobby and Greg

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One Response to “Daytona Rolex 24 hours”

1. Kathey Bakalars says:

   May 27, 2010 at 5:04 pm

   Very cool info.keep em coming.