A number of years ago, I was invited to the Baja 500. When asked where I'd most like to view the race I said I'd like to be in the passenger seat of a chase (called a pre-runner)vehicle. Since ford was sponsoring several entries, I teamed up with a Baja driver in a chase vehicle for John Swift. We followed the race cars both on & off course. Actually got to help with the repair of an alternator of Swift's Explorer. We chased in a Ford F150 pre-runner, that could have run the event - ground up, specially built, tube frame vehicle, full roll cage with a phenomenal suspension with around 30" of travel. Man you haven't lived until you've traversed @ 90 to 100 mph terrain that you probable wouldn't try at all in a normal vehicle. It was white knuckle for me for the first hour or so, but once I calmed down a little & began to trust the driver's ability & instincts it was an absolute blast & I didn't want to stop.
A sad footnote - several races later, John was involved in a terrible racing accident that left his co driver/navigator permanently paralyzed. Kenneth Waller ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Francis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: Funny photographer's photos link > On Mon, Jan 15, 2007 at 04:12:53PM -0500, K.Takeshita wrote: >> On 1/15/07 3:05 PM, "John Francis", <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> > True. But some of them just show a group of photographers at work. >> > I don't see what's particularly noteworthy about a truck fitted out >> > with a multi-tier photographer stand; I presume it's for covering >> > something like a marathon or other event run on city streets. >> >> Glad my photographic endeavour stays within a hobby, not that I have any >> qualification or even inclination to PJ. > > Every year at this time, while I'm watching the Dakar rally from the > comfort of my own living room, I wonder whether it might be fun to be > out there as one of the event photographers. Then sanity prevails ... > > I still want to get to shoot a WRC event, though. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
