Anybody got any good pictures to share? (I couldn't make it to competition.)

My 2008 FSAE East Album....

http://picasaweb.google.com/racingmaniac/FormulaSAE2008

As usual, if your team see something they can use just PM me with the file name and a e-mail address that can recieve big files(full size pic are around 3008x2000 and ~1MB each) and I'll e-mail you...

My pictures are online here.

High resolution files are available on request.

seems like all the pictures are from afar. Is it because you guys are not allowed in the pit area?

It's actually the same deal as the Ford Romeo Proving Ground, you can go ask for photographer's access and you can get into the dynamic area to take pic....the proximity to the cars is actually closer this year since the dynamic area is much smaller. I think from a specatator's standpoint the view is better here as well, as the "stands" are not like 1/2 mile away from the actual track...

I don't believe it was announced, but SAE was allowing 2 photog bibs per team. One photog, one spotter. There were definitely teams with more than 2 bibs, and many teams without any. They had over 200 bibs and ran out.

I was worried there would be a swarming orange mass around the course and we'd piss the SCCA guys off enough to all get kicked out, but it wasn't too bad. Workers had to push people back occasionally, but there were plenty of good spots.

I heard talk that they might revise the team policy to only hand out the bibs while their car is out on course. So the photog and spotter would have to pass through the gates at the same time as the car, driver, and support guys.

Here is a link to pix from the 2008 FSAE at MIS.. You can download the hi resolution files from the site! Please don't use for commercial purposes but do use for everything else

http://bucchi.smugmug.com/FSAE%20AT%20MIS







If i don't have your team there, email me and i will go thru the rest of the photos.

Kim Bucchi
Detroit SCCA Member

I'd like to see the photog bibs be a different color from the worker vests, and someone give the photogs some basic instructions, like:

Do not sit, kneel, or lay down in a hot area. It is for your own safety: it is impossible to run away from an oncoming car (or parts of same) if you aren't standing up. Biggest problem I had on the courses with photogs was sitting/laying down.

Oh, and during the autocross oil cleanup? Next time, anyone in an orange vest will be given a lesson in the dance craze that's sweeping the world's race tracks, the Oil Dry Shuffle!

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Originally posted by Dan G:
I don't believe it was announced, but SAE was allowing 2 photog bibs per team. One photog, one spotter. There were definitely teams with more than 2 bibs, and many teams without any. They had over 200 bibs and ran out.

Any word on if West will have the same/similar policy?