[Leica] Postcards from Detroit

[rhart76 at gmail.com (Roger Hart)]

Frank,

Who knows...you might be. I have about 120 rolls of film from the seven
years of racing...and you are correct, the first day of practice was late
because tire barriers were not in place. There's a photo in the book of the
then reigning world champion Nelson Piquet playing soccer on the front
straight with a makeshift ball of tape. Good times.

Roger



On Fri, May 29, 2009 at 11:39 AM, FRANK DERNIE
<frank.dernie at btinternet.com>wrote:

>
> Any pictures of me in there? ;-)
> I was there with Williams every year. I remember not starting on time
> Friday in 1982 since the circuit was not finished. I used to love the race
> in Detroit, it had great atmosphere and enthusiasm. And I could walk to 
> work
> from the ren cen.
> I will buy a copy to bring back great memories.
> cheers,
> Frank
>
> --- On Fri, 29/5/09, Roger Hart <rhart76 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > From: Roger Hart <rhart76 at gmail.com>
> > Subject: [Leica] Postcards from Detroit
> > To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org>
> > Date: Friday, 29 May, 2009, 4:17 PM
>  > As a most-time lurker, I know there
> > are quite a few LUGers who are also car
> > enthusiasts. Following a discussion with Dr. Ted regarding
> > *Real
> > Photographers Shoot Black and White*, he suggested a shout
> > out to the group
> > on my book about the Formula One races through the streets
> > of Detroit back
> > in the 1980s. The book was published by Bull Publishing, a
> > respected
> > motorsports book publishing house, and the quality of photo
> > reproduction is
> > excellent. All photos in the book are black and white, and
> > a few were shot
> > with an M4P and 35 Summicron. The early years, 1982 to '85,
> > were shot in
> > Tri-X while the last few years were shot on color neg film.
> > All color negs
> > were printed in black and white. It shows the city in quite
> > a different
> > light from the recent Magnum series on the city...but it
> > was more than 20
> > years ago, and there was considerably more hope in the city
> > then.
> >
> > Here's a link to the publisher's site:
> > http://www.bullpublishing.com/shop/item.asp?itemid=79
> >
> > If anyone would like an autographed copy, send me a note.
> >
> >
> > Roger Hart, managing editor
> > AutoWeek
> > Detroit
> >
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