Random News / Thought (Le Mans 24hs)
Quote from Cory Maben on June 23, 2023, 8:12 pmQuote from red5isalive on June 23, 2023, 7:21 pmQuote from Cory Maben on June 23, 2023, 6:52 pmQuote from red5isalive on June 23, 2023, 6:35 pmQuote from Cory Maben on June 23, 2023, 5:24 pmI've been thinking a lot about this thread over the past several days. I've been thinking about my photography goals and how will I know when I've achieved those goals; and I don't know that I really have a good answer to that question. I can't really even define for myself a photography goal and I think that's something I want to create for myself.
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I had a video recommended to me by youtube about the Nascar Camaro that competed in Le Mans, and I thought that was pretty neat. Do you have any more photos of that Camaro?
Well that's a personal way of thinking a most likely you don't need to look after any goals maybe
Yes that NASCAR car was weird but also spiced the game a little bit.
I do, I do have quite a few.
Those are the ones I have upload to Flickr, so I guess the good ones:
_IMG6046 by Daniel Gonzalez Aguilera, en Flickr
IMGP0232 by Daniel Gonzalez Aguilera, en Flickr
IMGP1959 by Daniel Gonzalez Aguilera, en Flickr
IMGP4039 by Daniel Gonzalez Aguilera, en Flickr
IMGP4997 by Daniel Gonzalez Aguilera, en Flickr
IMGP5373 by Daniel Gonzalez Aguilera, en Flickr
IMGP5384 by Daniel Gonzalez Aguilera, en Flickr
IMGP5391 by Daniel Gonzalez Aguilera, en Flickr
IMGP5920 by Daniel Gonzalez Aguilera, en Flickr
IMGP6621 by Daniel Gonzalez Aguilera, en Flickr
IMGP7841 by Daniel Gonzalez Aguilera, en Flickr
IMGP9315 by Daniel Gonzalez Aguilera, en Flickr
I must say I was impressed those guys ended up the race, and that they almost had no issues at all (at the end of the race they have had a long stop). Also they raced their own category (experimental) and that might bring less regulations maybe or less restrictive ones but hey, they were very quick, faster than the regular GT3 cars, and that added to the fact that they had no big reliability issues mades it a superb debut in one of the tuffer races out there.
Great shots! I don't know much about racing or cars, but it was an interesting video (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kNIEgqZBScw). Do you feel like it caused a big stir in the community, or was it more of a novelty?
Thanks for the link
I think it's mixed feelings. You know here in Europe NASCAR is not that popular. Or not popular at all. It's seen as more a sport that is followed by (how do I say it?) not very educated people from states that are pro-ultra right wing usually?
Yet I like Nascar, I have seen some racing (i definitelly am more attracted to Indycar), and at Le Mans it was a mix of feeling that this don't belong here, but also a feeling of happiness to reach out Nascar, and also curiosity on how would the car handle the race, how would it last, how would it lap, would it be fast? would it have issues at traffic? Etc....
Also having 2009 Formula 1 World Champion Jenson Button racing the car as one of the 3 drivers I think it was very smart because it made Europeans feel that the project isn't that "american" only, and he is a master as a driver, he knows how to keep the car safe, and is quick.
So overall I'd say it was joy and enthusiasm mixed with not being sure if that fits.
I know some USA photographer out there that covers Le Mans was super excited about it, but I guess that comes from having a part of it's culture included here (he has not shooten any Nascar thought so I doubt about his love for it).It is a tricky topic and a tricky question because you can (I can and I hope I have not) broken feelings.
No you didn't hurt my feelings. I don't really have an investment either way in it. I was just curious about the reaction to it was like by the people there. I can see how people would be kind of put off by it as gimmicky, or see it as their hobby/passion being invaded by outsiders.
Actually there is also another american team racing all WEC.
It's called Glickenhaus https://glickenhausracing.com/
They are not the quickest, but they are on the TOP class (Hypercar), trying to race against Ferrari and Porsche for example.
Well and Corvette racing in GTs
