Pictures from practice at Indy

[IndyShiftman]

My day starts out in the Dreyer & Reinbold Racing suite complements of Cintas who takes care of my company's uniforms.
If I'm enjoying free food and beer at Indy, am I living the high life?


Also got garage and pit pass!


Danika's hot rod




ick,, Milka Duno or as Robin Miller calls her, Milk and Donuts


Milka's butt. he,he


Don't know who she is but I wish I did. Classy!




John Andretti's #43 (sentimental favorite of mine. Maybe a top 10 finish)
Going through tech.




Check out the guy laying underneath as they roll the car off.


Good lookin car




Middle of row 2, 77 Alex Tagliani. Dig the copper trim.


Tomas Scheckter


Shots from pit road

Gil de Ferran is back at Indy as a car owner.
21 Davey Hamilton








John Andretti


Scott Dixon


Tony Kanaan


Danika. I think she winked at me.


Marco Andretti


Dario Franchitti's crew


Glad to see they didn't put the crappy graphics down the side of this one.



Lone Star JR still drawing a crowd at Indy


Helio Castroneves sets the pole speed at 227.970

Danika got booed for throwing her team under the bus saying her poor qual speed wasn't her fault.

Tony Kanaan barely makes it in by crashing both qualifying days.

4 women are in and none are named Milka 8)

I plan on having more pics later from race day.












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[PatricksDad]

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Danika. I think she winked at me.

Sure that wasn't Marco?

Seriously, those are fantastic shots. The corporate pass is an excellent way to see a big event like that.

[SpiderGearsMan]

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I love your camera
good job my man
I really find all that rice at the brickyard annoying as all hell

[squirrel]

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Nice pics, thanks for taking us there!

[Brian Lohnes]

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Jeff, great stuff! I put a link to this thread on the blog to run for tomorrow morning. Nice lens-work!

[Scott Liggett]

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Nice pics, thanks for taking us there!

X2!! Milka should shoot her plastic surgeon. Too bad she didn't get an ass lift.

[chevy3100]

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Nice pics!

Your using a D90 right? I've got one of those and they are frickin sweet! Idiot proof for anyone on auto, and tons of features for getting just the right shot.

[IndyShiftman]

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Thanks Brian. It's a honor to have my thread featured in your blog. 8)

And yes I use a Nikon D90 and love it. I'm hoping for good weather on Sunday so I can take it and shoot everything from our trip to the track and the entire day. Maybe shots from the night before too.

If anyone is interested in listening to some great podcasts, check out The Talk of Gasoline Alley. Donald Davidson is a walking encyclopedia of IMS and I never get tired of listening to him. Lots of great stories that go way back. Donald is the tracks official historian. The podcasts can be found at http://www.indy500coverage.com/toga/

[IndyShiftman]

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I love your camera
good job my man
I really find all that rice at the brickyard annoying as all hell

I agree. But hearing the Honda engines run up close still gives me an appreciation for what they are.
Can anyone recall a Honda engine failure ever in Indy Car? Doesn't happen. I think if there were more competition, Honda would have to push the envelope a bit and maybe that would create some failures.

[milner351]

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Thanks for bringing us along for the ride Jeff!

[dieselgeek]

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Great pics Jeff!!


So I see on Milka's outfit "www.milkaduno.com"

I go to the website, and it's parked. Google shows that it used to be a somewhat fancy website, but it's apparently been shut down. Milka's PR is screwing the pooch!! plenty of pics of her on other websites though



Jeff will you have the same killer access for race weekend?

[440jimr]

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I love it that Andretti's car looks like Johncock's 1982 car and Sato's car looks like Clark's car in 1965.

[IndyShiftman]

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Great pics Jeff!!



Jeff will you have the same killer access for race weekend?

I wish... But I can only get this close on a practice day. Carb day tomorrow. ZZ Top will be playing and I'll be at the shop working. :-[

[Woodward_Dreams]

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Awesome pics. Thanks for sharing.

Ill be there sunday

[DirtyWhiteBoy]

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Ah, thanks for the shots, the track is one of the few things I miss in Indy.


The USGP is awesome too