2015/4/10 MotoGP - Curcuit Of The Americas

My friend, photographer Steve Lawrence, gave me his general admission ticket to the first day (Friday) of this year's Red Bull Grand Prix Of The Americas' MotoGP racing event. Steve scored a media pass, so don't worry about him. This is the first professional motor sports event I've ever attended, so I'm a complete newb at photographing fast moving vehicles. I have watched some races on TV, so based on that I had a plan in mind before heading over to the COTA park. As a professional driver (for a limo company) I've delivered a lot of customers to the venue, so I had a rough idea of the layout of the place. I Google-Earthed the heck out of the place the night before and decided the East side is where I needed to be. As you browse through the gallery, I'll let you know, in the captions, where I'm shooting from and which direction I'm aiming, and I'll let you know when I move shooting locations.

I had a blast shooting. I was fortunate in that I got to shoot the motorcycles in everything from pouring rain to blazing sun as the day progressed, so enjoy the visual variety as much as I did!