Circuits of the Americas: Construction on Hold.

If your like me you’ve marked your calendar and have been watching Circuits of  the America’s website.  Formula 1 is scheduled for its return since  Indianapolis 2007. The new track in Austin is scheduled for Formula 1, V8 Supercars, Moto GP and More! However NOV 15th the Official Press Release came out. Construction is placed on hold.  Apparently Full Throttle... Read More

SEMA Week: My Life at Speed Recap!

Specialty Equipment Market Association (SEMA):  Personal Definition: The Show of All Shows, the best way to end a year of Automotive Events.  If I saw it racing, I know I’ll see it at SEMA. If I met you on track or race course across the US, I’ll see you at SEMA.   If it’s been made for a car… it’s at SEMA, if it’s new to the auto community… it’s at SEMA. 2 million... Read More

The Ridge Motorsports Park: First Laps!!!

Being in the events community of the Northwest, I’ve been following the progress of the Ridge Motor Sports Park in Shelton, WA.  The Ridge is the newest addition to tracks in Washington and will feature a full road course and NHRA regulation Drag Strip.  The paving has been completed, as of the 6th of November and the First Runs were completed!  Check out the Video of a... Read More

North American Festival of Speed – A Recap.

North American Festival of Speed 2011 which was held at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway – check out this video shot and edited by Andrew Escarcega. Excited to hear more from our My Life at Speed contributors, Kyle Lewis, Eric Gearhart, Michele Abbate, Matt Tagles – and a few others for sure!! Their updates will be coming out very soon!! Thanks to Jonathan Donner, APD Motorsports,... Read More

Road to SEMA: Must be in the Stars!

After the adventurous “Road to Bonneville: Taken with a grain of salt”. I’m at it again, on the road to fill my life with my passion for Cars.  This Trip? SEMA!  SEMA (Specialty Equipment Market Association) is the largest car trade show in the world.  It is held annually at the Las Vegas Convention Center and covers over 2 Million square feet, attracting buyers from 100′s... Read More

Because Rally Weekend. Mt. Hood Rally

As a motor sports photographer there are very few occasions that I look forward to more than a Rally America race weekend. As a seasoned photographer I am fortunate to shoot many different types of racing, but nothing is as much fun as Rally. There are multiple reasons for this. For me, I just love being way out in the outdoors and photographing rally cars with a scenic backdrop... Read More

Bonneville World of Speed 2011: Race Day!

It was finally race day for World Finals 2011 – Bonneville Salt Flats and we met up at for breakfast at the Salt Flats café at 6:30, ate and quickly headed for the Salt. The sky looked to be on fire as the sun arose above the line of the horizon and it is quite the sight to behold. We arrived and parked of course, on the salt (everything is on the salt) and headed over to... Read More

Bonneville World of Speed 2011: Tech Inspection

After an eventful drive to Wendover the night before, we awoke around 9 a.m. We called Chad Newman and setup a time to meet for breakfast.  The Salt Flats cafe has to be my favorite spot for breakfast in Wendover with its Mexican style breakfast.  The menu is short and simple and the total bill is a rounded number that the hostess decides upon.  The Cafe is wallpapered with photos... Read More

The road to Bonneville… Taken with a grain of Salt.

9:00 a.m. Bags are packed car is loaded, fellow photographer Justin Nigro and I hop in the Lexus and start to embark on a journey to remember… This is my first trip to Wendover Utah. I couldn’t pass up the opportunity to go shoot for Greg Tracy attempting to set a record with his 1300cc Hayabusa built by Chad Newman of Area 51 Motorsports. Leaving from Puyallup Washington checked... Read More

Attack the Nurburgring? Yes Please!

So checking back with Lars Wolfe about his pursuit with the Baja 1000 for BFGoodrich… And come to find out he just got back from Europe. He had a great opportunity with Team BFG to run the Nurburgring in a new Volkswagen Scirocco. Check out this video of his 4 laps around the track with his son Kadin!  Read More