Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/11/28

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Subject: Re: [Leica] WAS:noctilux halloween now flash on sidelines
From: "John R. Fulton Jr." <JRFjr@compuserve.com>
Date: Wed, 28 Nov 2001 18:13:16 -0600
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Flash bother?
I did think of one time that it was a bother.
In early 1990's Formula One (newly crowned) World Champ Nigel Mansel 
became unhappy with his F-1 contract and told his team where to go.
So what's he to do? Come to the USA and go Indy Car racing. He won 
the first race of the season--his first Indy car race. He was nothing 
short of sensational.
By the time he got to Indianapolis, in May, there was literally a 
media frenzy around him. The pits are always crowded but with Nigel 
there a ton of international media came to town.
One practice day we (!) were all shooting a lot of him. Everybody 
(most) uses flash in the pits at Indy because of the hats, helmets 
and bright sunshine. You really need to fill-in the shadows. This day 
it was bothering Nigel (actually, everything bothered him, but that's 
another story). There were alot of photogs shooting. Anyway, he went 
to an official to complain ( a few of us overheard the conversations 
and most of us decided to just back off). In the middle of his tirade 
to this official about the number of flashes blinding him a French 
photographer ran up and popped off about five shots  in about three 
seconds directly in Nigels face. Nigel was jumping up and down mad, 
and the rest of us were practically on the ground laughing.
John Fulton
Fort Worth
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