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Spring Training 2007
Besides the NCAA basketball tournament, Arizona sports fans during the month of March have a chance to enjoy Cactus League baseball. As luck would have it, Arizona’s normally sunny spring weather took a vacation during my only opportunity to watch a Spring Training game this year, but the game was fun while it lasted… Spring…
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ProAutoSports, January 5, 2007
ProAutoSports’ first event of 2007 started out rainy and cold, but the sun came out and dried off the track by Friday afternoon. The MINI Cooper is an ideal car to drive on the technically demanding Firebird West track… (video by Jeff Daer) ProAutoSports, January 5, 2007
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ProAutoSports / Firebird Appreciation Day, 12-16-06
My brother was kind enough to shoot this fun video of me and the Cooper enjoying a nice Saturday afternoon at Firebird International Raceway…
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Williams Formula 1 car vs. BMW M5
Ever wonder how a high performance street car would fare against a purpose-built top-of-the-line race car? Here’s an entertaining video demonstration, from the Fifth Gear show on British TV Channel Five…
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Bondurant School of High Performance Driving
Attending the four-day Bondurant Grand Prix Road Racing course both fulfilled a lifelong dream and let me know how much more I need to learn about driving an automobile fast for competition. We spent the first three days of the class driving the Corvette C5, and the fourth day driving a Formula Ford. I definitely…
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4th of July 2006
What better way is there to watch 4th of July fireworks in Phoenix than from the roof of a high rise in the Camelback Corridor? Friends and teammates were treated to a 360 degree view of the city, and close proximity to a couple downtown Phoenix fireworks shows… Images from the 4th of July, 2006
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Lapping Session
Our intrepid band of kart racers made it back to Bondurant for a “lapping session.” This class provided more seat time than the introductory course, and allowed some passing. The two hour session went quickly. I imagine we’ll be back for more… Images from the lapping session
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Need for Speed???
If you want to experience hair raising speed on four wheels, you must try the Bondurant Ultimate Shifter Kart Course. The shifter karts have a six speed manual transmission, and are capable of going zero to 100 mph in six seconds, and zero to 100 to zero mph in around 10 seconds. I didn’t start…
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Kart Racing
I’ve been a motorsports fan for as long as I can remember; longer than I’ve been involved with either photography or running. For years, I was a spectator, watching races live or on TV. Then, some friends from work and I discovered indoor karting. Being a spectator is fun, but skimming along 3 inches off…