Actual Pentax content!!!!! I crewed for my friend Matt at the 12 hours at the Point which is an SCCA endurance race held for the 5th year at Summit Point, West Virginia from noon to midnight on May 31-June 1.
http://www.xian.us/12_hours.html All shot with the Optio 330 from the pit wall (I was timing and scoring) or inside the pits. Panning for the moving cars was a hit-or-miss proposition with the Optio but I got some okay images. Some have been heavily cropped and all were re-sized so final images on the web aren't as good as the full-size 3MP originals. It's a tough test for your average weekend racer (like Matt and his 3 co-drivers) but he was able to finish. We were leading our class (Spec-RX7) until 3 hours to go when a front bearing blew apart and welded itself to the axle. It had to be ground off and replaced. The stop cost us 54 minutes and ruined any chance of finishing higher than 3rd in class (there were only 3 SRX7s in the race): http://www.xian.us/images/srx7_31_pits02a.jpg This isn't the greatest photo as far as technical qualities go, but I think it conveys what I intended: frantic work, panic, a good idea of what it's like to race in the dark and the hopelessness of the situation. And you gotta love the sparks! Comments appreciated on my images. Christian Skofteland [EMAIL PROTECTED]
