CoolPix Triple Play - Chasing Strega At Pylon 4 (Reno 9-14-12)

(click pic for hi-res)  Strega way out in front in Unlimited Heat 2A on Friday at Reno

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 It was a great day of racing on Friday September 15th at Reno 2012, and it was capped off with an Unlimited Heat at the end of the day. I had the golden opportunity to be out at pylon 4 for that race to work on my photographic skills shooting airplanes going almost 500 mph that aren't very far away! I have so much to learn to do a really great job, but I did get several decent images that I'll be sharing before long. I really liked this one of Strega tho, partly because it shows off the view that all the other race pilots had of Strega... the one from behind!

 The consistent front-of-the-pack running of Steven Hinton and Strega is truly remarkable. In this race, Steven pulled away from Rare Bear, September Fury and Precious Metal with amazing ease, and he stayed well out in front the whole race. Strega finished with a speed of 473.257, with September Fury in second with 450.943, Rare Bear in third at 435.822 and Precious Metal in fourth at 420.700. However, we know that these other guys have the potential this year to be right there, and with the stakes low in this race, it's hard to separate out the mind games from the functional realities of the airplanes. Saturday and Sunday racing should be spectacular!

 I have a lot of images that I wanna share with you but there's just not enough time in the day so I've chosen to share this image of Strega in the CoolPix size in three different forms. Playing around in photoshop allowed me to stylize the image in a couple of really cool ways. You may not like what I've done here with the extra two, but I think these additional versions are pretty hot. Be sure to click the pix to open them up big. Then take a moment to enjoy Strega showing why she's still the one to beat : )

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