I know... this is no prize-winning photo.
I shot this photo of Helio Castroneves from my seat during the closing laps of this year's Indianapolis 500. He is probably cruising along close to 220 mph. I was near the top of the South Vista and had a great view of the track including all of turns 1 and 2 and the short chute connecting them.
This was my 30th Indy 500. For 23 years I was "on the other side of the fence" as a photographer, usually shooting at the exit of turn 1 right next to the emergency vehicle entrance road. After being so close to the teams, drivers and cars for all those years it is rather difficult for me to sit in the stands but there is something about that place that keeps drawing me back. It is much more than very fast cars going in circles.
If you have never been to the race you probably can't understand that.
If you have been there, then you get it.
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