Lucas Oil Off Road Series — 2012 Drivers and a buggy or two

For the 2012 season of the Lucas Oil Off Road Series racing (LOORS) I tried to mix it up a bit with my images and I found some personal gratification from producing images of some drivers in their trucks. The way the screening and window net as well as the dash configuration sometimes made fitting my wide-angle lens between everything difficult so not every driver is represented and some shots just came out better than others. Here are a few that I liked:

Todd LeDuc gives me the eye as I grab images through the window net.

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Lucas Oil Off Road Series — Rounds 5 & 6 from Speedworld Offroad Park Surprise, AZ

This year the LOORS racing crew got several new television contracts, good for them, not so good for the still photographers covering the series. With all the additional television coverage and safety concerns everyone has been moved out of the infield photo positions meaning we are only allowed to shoot from just outside the track. Don’t get me wrong, I understand the safety concerns and would rather be allowed to shoot from just outside the track then be killed by a truck or buggy flying into one of the photo position.

Having said that, there are some additional challenges to getting good clean shots from just outside the track and with some tracks that challenge is even greater due to very distracting backgrounds and harsh mid-day lighting conditions during the race.

I didn’t say that makes our job any less fun, just makes things a little more of a challenge. On with the results.

RJ Anderson rips up the track during practice in his Pro Lite Unlimited Monster Energy sponsored Dodge.

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2012 Lucas Oil Off Road Series Racing Round 1 – Friday practice and qualifying

Lately all my posts have been very random, out of event sequence and somewhat disconnected, so in keeping with the randomness of things I thought I would put up a quick peek at some of the 2012 Lucas Oil Off Road Series racing trucks.

The 2012 Lucas Oil Off Road Series racing season kicked off with some new trucks, some new drivers and some new sponsors, but all the dirt slinging fun remains the same. Here are a few images from the round 1 Friday practice and qualifying session. I’m sure you won’t want to miss the upcoming posts with more coverage from the round 1 and 2 racing action.

CHANDLER, AZ – MAR 30: Carl Renezeder (1) at speed in Pro 4 Unlimited Lucas Oil Off Road Series racing qualifying on March 30, 2012 at Firebird International Raceway in Chandler, AZ.

Carl Renezeder has partnered with Nissan once again and his new truck looks really fast.

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2011 Lucas Oil Off Road Series Round 15 from Firebird Raceway in Chandler Arizona

The Lucas Oil Off Road Series (LOORS) crew made their final stop for the 2011 season at Firebird International Raceway and I was lucky enough to cover the weekend of dirt and mud-slinging racing action. For this race I told myself I would do my best to put a human face on the racing and try to get as many driver portraits and pit shots as I could during the three days of action.

Ford Motorsports Metal Mulisha driver Brian “the general” Deegan always gives good “face” when he is on the podium at these events, and you can bet at some point he will be on the podium.

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Lucas Oil Off Road Video

I covered the Lucas Oil Off Road Racing Series – April 15-17, 2011 Speedworld Off Road Park, Surprise Arizona and talked about shooting some video during the weekend. I am finally able to share that video with you here.

As mentioned in the following post: MORE Lucas Oil Off Road Racing Series – April 16, 2011 Speedworld Off Road Park, Surprise Arizona  I split my duties capturing stills and shooting video and learned a great deal about what to do next time I try shooting video.

MORE Lucas Oil Off Road Racing Series – April 16, 2011 Speedworld Off Road Park, Surprise Arizona

I shot a fair amount of video with my camera over that weekend of racing and I think mixing the two tasks – shooting video clips, and capturing still images – had me a bit distracted, so I don’t think some of my results were at the level I would expect. I guess I will have to either divide my time up and only shoot video on one day and only shoot stills on another day, or just stick to stills, but I do enjoy learning new aspects of video image capture and some of the video I got is really cool.

I’ll have to show some of the video later, but for now here are a few shots to check out from my weekend of dirt-slinging racing action.

I just loved the lighting and all the dirt flying everywhere in this shot of Marty Hart lifting the inside tire in the full-power drift.

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Lucas Oil Off Road Racing Series – April 15-17, 2011 Speedworld Off Road Park, Surprise Arizona

Holly cow, that’s a long title. I’ve got a bunch of Motorsports posts and a few different events to catch my viewers up on so let me start with some Lucas Oil Off Road racing from Surprise Arizona. Speedworld Off Road Park in Surprise Arizona hosted rounds 3 and 4 of the Lucas Oil Off Road Series (LOORS) and this was the first time covering an event at this track. A great facility with an interesting and exciting track as well a lots of great shooting positions. I spent the weekend trying out different shooting positions and angles for the best light, cleanest backgrounds and best shots. I’m still working the bugs out of shooting at this track but here is a sampling of the images I captured during Friday’s practice and Saturday’s round 3 action.

Friday’s mid-morning practice session had me shooting through the fence and in harsh-bright-sunlight so I tried some cross-processing on this shot of Brian Deegan (38) putting the power down.

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