No, I don't find it boring at all. Whilst just going round and round
they are actually racing and trying very hard to pass the guy in front
of them. There are also lots of crashes when the small track is crowded
with as many as 25 cars. In one 25 lap race they couldn't go more than
1 or 2 laps without a crash and caution light while the track was
cleared... which is the boring part. The real race didn't start until
the field had been winnowed to about a dozen cars.
Ken mentioned that the dirt tracks can get packed down to a very hard
surface. The track this time stayed fairly loose. When I was here 2
years ago the track got packed down and smoothed such that it looked
more like asphalt. It also behaved like asphalt as the tires would
squeal when sliding into the turns. Before I saw it for myself I
wouldn't have believed that possible on dirt or clay soil.
I suppose I'd prefer a road race over an oval track but the oval track
allows you to see everything. That there are only left turns doesn't
mean they aren't racing.
Chuck Norcutt
On 3/27/2013 12:17 PM, Chris Barker wrote:
> They seem to have come out fine, Chuck. And the drivers probably had fun,
> but wasn't watching it just a bit boring? They're just going round and round
> making a noise, after all.
>
> Chris
>
> On 26 Mar 2013, at 14:21, Chuck Norcutt <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> OK, I wasn't even going to bother processing these but here are a few
>> that I considered OK shots with emphasis on the first which is a pano of
>> the East Bay Raceway from where I was sitting
>> <http://www.chucknorcutt.com/East%20Bay%20Raceway%20-%20OK/east%20bay%20raceway%20park%20-%20pano38-43.htm>
>> and here are the rest of the OK group
>> <http://www.chucknorcutt.com/East%20Bay%20Raceway%20-%20OK/>
>>
>> US residents might want to pay attention to the phone icon and phone
>> number on this T-shirt on the guy in front of me. I couldn't help but
>> ask and, yes, it's a reproduction from the 60s.
>> <http://www.chucknorcutt.com/East%20Bay%20Raceway%20-%20OK/p3230368e.htm>
>>
>> And here are some flubs.
>> <http://www.chucknorcutt.com/East%20Bay%20Raceway%20-%20Flubs/index.htm>
>> I think the first two are focus errors and the others are probably
>> motion blur from slow shutter despite high ISO.
>>
>> But recall that the main point of all of this was that the camera is
>> capable of delivering a well focused shot even though the EVF may itself
>> be blurred by motion at the moment of exposure.
>
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