Singing In The Rain - AMA SBK Road America

[Andrew Wheeler]

Okay, a few from the worlds almost most adorable motorcycle racing photographer..

Mwahaaaaa! Oh I kill myself...!

Wet, wet wet and lightning that was really evil..BUT if was fun. Love shooting in the rain.

I'll update my site next week when people who want images leave me be...

http://automotophoto.com/af1/ra_2007/DUHAMEL_07AMA05_0421_ALW.jpg

http://automotophoto.com/af1/ra_2007/JENSEN_07AMA05_0695_ALW.jpg

http://automotophoto.com/af1/ra_2007/ESLICK_07AMA05_0999_ALW.jpg

http://automotophoto.com/af1/ra_2007/LP3B6942_RA_Spies_AMP675.jpg

http://automotophoto.com/af1/ra_2007/LP3B7803_RA_Carousel_AMP675.jpg

http://automotophoto.com/af1/ra_2007/LP3B7970_RA_yates_AMP675.jpg

http://automotophoto.com/af1/ra_2007/QN4M0644_RA_Spies_AMP675.jpg

Signed photos and Wheeler memorabilia is available. Plus a hug or two.

Andrew

[Andrew Wheeler]

http://automotophoto.com/af1/ra_2007/QN4M2202_RA_West_AMP675.jpg

http://automotophoto.com/af1/ra_2007/LP3B8796_RA_yates_AMP675.jpg

http://automotophoto.com/af1/ra_2007/QN4M3850_RA_Holden_AMP675.jpg

http://automotophoto.com/af1/ra_2007/ESLICK_07AMA05_0817_ALW.jpg

Oh..and if anyone manages to watch the restarted AMA race on SPEED you'll see Wheeler bale-ing out before he gets (or rather could've got clobbered) by Rogers ZX10R..

http://automotophoto.com/af1/ra_2007/HAYDEN_R_07AMA05_0918_ALW.jpg

Andrew

[Andrew Wheeler]

JT I posted two posts...FYI

[Todd Corzett]

Looks like fun... I guess I'll have to break-out the recorded copy of the races to look for Wheeeler running from the bikes. Tell Danny to put that hand back on the bike (great shot though). Nice portrait of Yates, the mood totally describes the way I see him. Well done!

-Todd...

[Dennis Murray]

[Yeah, I fond the Yates portrait striking too.

Nice catch on the Hayden fall - sparks and all - I'm guessing it was shoot, shoot, hmm that's coming this way...

[Andrew Wheeler]

Todd it was fun!

Gotta love the 1D's when it comes to torrential rain.

As for the Roger shot, I'll post the series on my site next week. It was funny, I just missed the initial off, then I caught him coming down the hill into turn 5 (the shot you see above), so rather than just mash the shutter (which would mean you'll hit the buffer and miss something) I simply shot a shot at a quick interval, it then dawned on me that if his bike hooked up when it hit the grass it could be curtains for you-know-who so the last shot I have really does fill the frame before I baled..

About 10 minutes after I had one of the delayed shock "phew" moments...

Andrew :)

[Jeff Boerio]

So if the lightning was really evil, where's a sky shot with lightning? :D

Nice work Andrew.

Jeff

[Andrew Wheeler]

So if the lightning was really evil, where's a sky shot with lightning? :D

Nice work Andrew.

Jeff

I thought about it...however in a pure Darwin moment I went to the roof on top the media centre to shoot down and then, in a really dumb moment decided to stand on one of the TV camera gantries (sp?). So I saw Aaron Yates come up under the bridge at the beginning of the start finish straight, got the shots I needed and then a wammo huge lightning flash and I felt it prudent to get down and down back to safety.

Plus, I was soaked...

Andrew :)

[Jay Medeiros]

Andrew,

Nice shot of my pal Scotty Jensen. He was simply unbelievable in the Superstocks coming from way back on the grid to finish 3rd. Nice to see a good guy get his due.

[Chris Clark]

Good Stuff Andrew:)

The more I look at your work, the more I like the portrait stuff. The shot of Yates is great.

-chris

[John Thawley]

JT I posted two posts...FYI


Yes... and the limit is 8 images... even for you. Please... I keep mine to eight, you can too.

JT

[Andrew Wheeler]

Andrew,

Nice shot of my pal Scotty Jensen. He was simply unbelievable in the Superstocks coming from way back on the grid to finish 3rd. Nice to see a good guy get his due.

You know. It was good to see someone totally overwhelmed and emotional with winning. He was just about in tears in parc ferme and the energy and joy was totally palpable....

Andrew ;)

[Andrew Wheeler]

Yes... and the limit is 8 images... even for you. Please... I keep mine to eight, you can too.

JT

I'll make sure I never ever ever do it again...

:eek:

[Andrew Wheeler]

Good Stuff Andrew:)

The more I look at your work, the more I like the portrait stuff. The shot of Yates is great.

-chris


http://automotophoto.com/af1/ra_2007/LP3B8796_RA_yates_AMP675.jpg

Well, whilst I'm waiting for my smoked triptip beef hash to finish off in the oven..I'll reply...

I will say that for me Aaron Yates, along with Mat Mladin and Ben Bostrom are three of the most visually attractive people to portrait in the series.

Hard racing and the wizened look is in the face and behind the character. If you check out the new edition of Motorcycle Racer Magazine (issue97) you see a full page shot of Mladin looking like he's got some unfinished business to take care of.

Andrew :)

[Christian Wright]

Great work AW - will we see you in Oz for MotoGP at PI in October?

[Andrew Wheeler]

Great work AW - will we see you in Oz for MotoGP at PI in October?

Watcha!!

Yep, I'll be there. I'm booking my flights this week for Oz, Valencia and maybe one more MotoGP somewhere around the globe..

Andrew

[Christian Wright]

Watcha!!

Yep, I'll be there. I'm booking my flights this week for Oz, Valencia and maybe one more MotoGP somewhere around the globe..

Andrew

Cool, I'll look out for you at Siberia.

Should be popular with Stoner a chance for the title.

[Andrew Wheeler]

Cool, I'll look out for you at Siberia.

Should be popular with Stoner a chance for the title.


I'm imagining it's gonna be bonkers on the Island if Stoner is *well* in the lead by then. The race after is Valencia (I think) and then it's all over.

Andrew

[Andrew Wheeler]

Just to let you peeps know I have updated my site with schtuff from Road America - one of the best weekends I have had all year tbh.

http://automotophoto.com/af1/ra_2007/turn5_ra_FXrace_07_Wheeler.jpg

Andrew :)