[Leica] race night

[pdzwig at summaventures.com (Peter Dzwig)]

Really good stuff of a small race meeting. These guys are the backbone of 
motorsport, whether they are in the US or over here in Europe. Even world 
champs 
have to start somewhere, but many decide to stay in small time racing for 
the 
sheer fun of it.

Like your guy, a friend of mine was beaten in a race by his son a few years 
back, the look on his face was great. It went from " Oh ****" to "Wow, he's 
good; wonder how far he'll go?" Now Dad appears on the same card as his son 
occasionally, but spends a hell of a lot of time preparing his son's car!

I think I might have dropped one or two of these, but keep it up; go again. 
YOU 
are clearly enjoying this - and that is what the list is all about!

Peter Dzwig

Arche, Harvey wrote:

> OK, so I was born very much to the South, and my parents made going to the 
> races at Sebring an annual get-away-from-the-kids event (a sign of coming 
> of age was when I got to go along) and I've always loved fast cars. Now 
> I'm sitting on an AARP card. You'd think that surely at some point in time 
> I'd been to a stock car race, but no, I've always snooted it. Until last 
> Friday night. Music City Motorplex. This is sub-Busch league, mom & pop, 
> inner city, 1/2 mile oval racing, and it was fantastic - I kid you 
> negative. 
>  
> Even to a first time visitor, there is an immediate impression of 
> community. Whole multi-generational families, and parents dropping of 
> groups of pre-teens with no worry that anything might happen to them. 
> People all seemed to know each other. And everyone was extremely 
> welcoming, accomodating to a newcomer with explanations, and open in 
> conversation without being condescending, even though I obviously didn't 
> fit the pattern. Hell, the track announcer came up and introduced myself 
> to me, but that might have been because of the German jewelry.
> 
> I haven't tried narrative reportage before, so here are two brief stories. 
> The first is self-explanatory: a young man's first win;
> 
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/album404/first_win
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/album404/hug
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/album404/the_goods
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/album404/interview
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/album404/the_sponser
> 
> The second could use some backstory. The fellow who won this race has been 
> doing it for longer, but not as long as his 65 year old Dad, who came in 
> second. Dad had kicked Jr.'s butt in the qualifying race.
> 
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/album404/congrats
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/album404/luckycharm
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/album404/runnerup
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/album404/dad
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/album404/the_moment
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/album404/afterwards
> 
> Picks, pans, and editing advice?
> 
> I think I'll be going back.
> Arche 
> 
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> 
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