cars on display in the historic car tent. first one is a mercedes benz 190 SL.
other isle in the same tent. mostly MGs up front.
early to mid 60s lotus 23B
1972 porsche 911 S
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Anybody else here a gearhead?
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cars on display in the historic car tent. first one is a mercedes benz 190 SL.
other isle in the same tent. mostly MGs up front.
early to mid 60s lotus 23B
1972 porsche 911 S
70something 911
1969 chevron B-16 w/ a cosworth engine.
1959 bocar
can am cars? not sure about these two.
70something 935 K3, i think based on a 911 turbo..but not sure.
lola race car.
ford gt w/ gt frame in the back ground. that tent back there was set up by a person or group that is trying to raise funding to build a le mans car based on the ford gt. would be pretty cool to see that happen and get to see a rematch of ford vs. ferrari.
corvette Z06 and audi TT pace cars.
porsche gt3 cup car in the paddock area.
panoz esperante in the paddock also during the 12 hour race.
cadillac ctsv race car cruising down the paddock lane. those cars are very fast and had to take some weight penalties or power restrictions to level the field in their class.
panoz esperante in street form.
mazda prototype and ferrari F430.
panoz esperante
aston martin db9r
porsche gt3 cup car
porsche rs spyder prototype.
ferrari f430
audi r10. these cars are amazing! they are very fast and are the only diesel entries in the le mans series. turbo diesels at that. they sound really cool...almost faint. if one of the corvettes is near it, you won't even hear the audi. if no other cars are around it, you can hear the tire noise, the turbos, and some faint engine sound.
corvette c6r
ferrari f430 chasing the sole aston martin db9r down the back straight.
corvette c6r on display.
acura nsx corral.
new porsche 911 turbo.
beck kit cars based off of porsches.
ford gt40..replica is my guess.
shelby cobra replicars
engine in a different cobra replicar. looks awesome...the front of the engine is just behind the front axle...very nice!
mercedes benz sl65
another police checkpoint..this one is a little different though heh.
aston martin db9r
acura prototype
ferrari f430gt
spyker c8
acura prototype about to pass a porsche gt3 or rsr. the porsches are confusing to tell apart.
the winning audi r10 in the lead. you can tell he is number one in his class because of the single light being on out of the three. 2 for second, 3 for third (obvious i know heh) and none are on for anything after that. there are different colors for each class, and there are four separate classes racing at one time in the le mans series races.
corvette c6r also in the lead for its class..wound up winning its class, and even beating some cars in classes or at least one class ahead of it.
porsche gt3 rsr with some body damage in the rear. this picture and the next one i will post were using a different setting and i was trying to capture the motion since the other pics look sorta still. unfortunately i guess i have to play with the settings some more to fine tune it for better pics. any photographers have any advice? it looks over exposed to me i guess (i'm still learning all this stuff on my own)
second picture where i tried to show a blurry background with cars in focus. aston martin db9r closing in on a porsche gt3.
night shot of one of the bridges on the front straight and the leader board.
overall winner of the 12 hours of sebring: audi r10
gt2 class winner: ferrari f430 gt
thats it. i have a ton of other pictures..but those are some of the better ones, and also lots of pics are repeated subjects.
Great pics dude!
thanks...i just wish my night and "motion" pictures came out better. in now way do i want to try and blame my lens..its not exactly the best lens for the situation. at the same time, i'm still an amateur photographer at best. fortunately, i've noticed improvement each time i go. 
of course...i took about 530 photos! i deleted a lot of them before even going through and picking out which were decent..its tough to manually focus with subjects moving so fast heh. once you get them into focus in one spot...you have to catch it there in that same spot..same angle and all that to have it still be in focus. then theres all kinds of crap for the auto focus to get confused by..so in the end i take a LOT of pics and narrow it down to the better ones.
of course...i took about 530 photos! i deleted a lot of them before even going through and picking out which were decent..its tough to manually focus with subjects moving so fast heh. once you get them into focus in one spot...you have to catch it there in that same spot..same angle and all that to have it still be in focus. then theres all kinds of crap for the auto focus to get confused by..so in the end i take a LOT of pics and narrow it down to the better ones.
moar pics!
went to the tampa international auto show last night..parking was hell, but it was worth it in the end. here's a bunch of pics i took.
eclipse concept.
XKR
went to the tampa international auto show last night..parking was hell, but it was worth it in the end. here's a bunch of pics i took.
eclipse concept.
XKR
G37S
Z4 M roadster
Z4 M roadster
M5 engine cover
'29 dupont speedster
F430 spyder
viper..gts? not sure which version this is.
shelby tweaked mustang
shelby tweaked mustang
lingenfelter C6 Z06
