Turn 10 at VIR.This station is very important for drivers to get signals from, for “unseen danger” over & down the hill. Sometimes back-up flags from Turn 9 are requested.
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Turn 9 at VIR. This station is very important for drivers to monitor due to the diminished sight line around Turn 10.
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Turn 9 at VIR. This station is located across from the new “Villas” (which weren’t built when this was taken). The Full Course backstretch and a portion of the Patriot Course can be seen from this station.
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Turn 7 at VIR. This station is located on driver’s right, just downstream of the Bridge. The Full Course and the Patriot Course are both flagged from the station.
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Turn 6 at VIR. This station is a great place to flag. Action abounds, especially in the wet! You can see the front straight into Turn 1 and into Turn 3. The “Lodge” can be seen right across from the station. “Digger” the Groundhog and his family lives and plays in the tire walls between Turn 5 and the bridge.
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Turn 5 at VIR. This station is a great place to see the front straight into Turn 1 from Start/Finish, thru Turn 3 & 4 … all the way to the “Bridge”. The “Lodge” can be seen to the left of the station.
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Ok, I’m getting back to this blog “thing”. Still trying to figure out how best to “show off” the panos I put together at random times, of random places.
I guess I should begin with Turn 1 at VIR (Virginia International Raceway www.virclub.com).
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I recently bought a “cheep” film/slide scanner and have been digging negatives & slides out of the basement as the whim strikes me (THEN the whim has to strike me to actually scan them ….). Here are some pics I took at a NASCAR Martinsville race in April of 1982. During the race, I “worked” my way to a position between the pit road exit and the front stretch. I had cars coming at me on both sides! A “Security” person (finally) noticed me ans “suggested” that I come back to a “safer” place. Thank goodness for “astute” security people.
From time to time I have/feel the need to produce a piece of art(?) that somewhat resembles a highway sign (“Flagger Ahead”).
I just stumbled across a link (http://mutcd.fhwa.dot.gov/ser-shs_millennium_eng.htm) to the Federal Department of Highways sign manual. This document shows all the signs you may see along the road and gives dimensions.
Sorry, just had to share this UPI (“Useless Piece of Information”) with the world … I think this kind of info is neat.
This is a pano that is the product of a botched shoot … even blind pigs …..
This is the “Oak Tree” turn (Turn 11) at VIR.
Hey,
This is my first attempt at blogging. I reached this point by desiring to have a conduit to display my various panorama photographs to the world. Panoramas are a collection of overlapping pics taken from a common point, by rotating the camera around a fixed point (“nodal”). The collection is then processed using stitching software and further processing to display the panorama using various “viewing” programs.
This is a VERY simplistic explanation of the panorama generating process.
I’m more experienced in producing panoramas than I am at blogging, but not by much. I get bored just doing 4 or 5 things at a time … sigh ….
So, get me back your feedback. If I like it, I’ll leave it here for the world to see how much I need help. If I don’t like it, I’ll delete it …. ahhh, the power.
