It's in a Toledo suburb, just off I-280 on Woodhaven Road. It's a permanent facility on city owned land. New asphalt, covered pits and a solid drivers stand. One of the best in the U.S.
Paul via phone Paul via phone > On Aug 29, 2016, at 8:53 PM, Ken Waller <[email protected]> wrote: > > Can't imagine controlling them given the speed potential. Electrics are hard > enough. > > Where is the track Paul? > > Nice captures. > > > -----Original Message----- >> From: Paul Stenquist <[email protected]> >> Sent: Aug 29, 2016 5:29 PM >> To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]> >> Subject: GESO: Radio Control Scale Auto Racing >> >> Shot an on-roadl radio control scale auto race for fuel burning cars >> yesterday. Mostly just to provide some pics for my old pals, but also for >> the practice it provides. It’s far more difficult than shooting real >> motorsports, as the cars are incredibly fast and not very big. The fastest, >> the 1/8th scale cars, are about 15 inches long and can accelerate to 60 in 2 >> seconds from a standing start. They top out at about 80 mph at the end of >> the straightaway. I shot most of it at a 1/8000th shutter speed and >> concentrated on getting something in frame and focused. I used continuous >> autofocus and it worked when I framed the shots right. I tried a couple of >> slower shutter pans and partially succeeded on one, although it’s not >> critically sharp. Hard to be smooth, moving the camera that fast. Lots of >> fun in any case. A gallery is here: >> http://photo.net/photodb/folder?folder_id=1093049 >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> [email protected] >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >> follow the directions. > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
