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It’s World Photography Day today. What’s your favorite kind of photography?

This was the single hardest one to pick. How do you select just ONE memory from years of good times? Then I realized.

What makes these events great isn’t the cars. It’s the people.

Texas Speed Syndicate

I was walking through the COTA paddock toward the end of another event I was working, trying to catch sight of the Pirelli World Challenge cars being unloaded for a practice session the next day. The crew chief for Black Swan Racing spotted me and my big white lens, called me into their garage, and asked me about my camera. In short order he’d hired me to come back the next day and shoot their practice session to get some shots for their socials and hero cards. They were so impressed with my work they asked me to come back and shoot the actual race. This is my favorite of my COTA memories - just goes to show you, sometimes the best opportunities are just a matter of sheer dumb luck - like walking by the right garage with an impressive looking camera setup - but you still have to be able to rise to the occasion when it presents itself.

McLaren 650S GT3, pre-decals, @ COTA for a PWC practice rental, early 2015.

Don’t be dumb.

Whose Poor Decision Was This As Garlits Attempted Record? Don Garlits on Saturday set a new electric car record of 189 mph in his Swamp Rat 38 dragster. The record run was overshadowed, in our eyes, by a heinous error on the IHRA's part.