Pics/Vids from the dragon...

The photo album doesn't show up for me. Do you have to be a facebook member to view it?

Preview of our highlight candidates for this week's update here: www.flickr.com/photos/killboy/sets/72157626829590993/

Here's a few...























Big thanks to all of my partners for getting the majority of these shots. I spent most of my time working on video, along with a couple other of my partners...wait until you see this footage. (DVD in the works, will announce it on here ASAP)

And even bigger thank you to everyone for coming out and making this event the success that it clearly was. I have such a feeling of accomplishment seeing everyone involved running around and doing their part...I've honestly never experienced this on such a large scale. You are all wonderful people and I can't wait until the next event!

Thanks, my guy Brian Ashby got that one. I was told it was a spectacular save and this shot doesn't really do it justice...he was apparently past 90 degrees, ran off into the grass driver's left, crossed back up opposite and headed straight for guardrail but saved it and continued on soiled britches and all. That's driving!

Darryl... great shots as always. I am looking forward to purchasing a DVD of this event. You guys did a great job covering the event.

The chase camera with our "Flying Finn" will make be video highlight for SURE! I forgot to tell you but Heikki has windshield wipers on the side windows of his daily driver.

Great event! And great work guys!
Did anyone have problems with the storm?

Downhill...weight comes into play right?

I was working the track with fire and rescue, compiled a few pic and videos using my cell phone, here is the link. everyone from the Fire and Rescue was saying what a great bunch of people you are. thanks for coming and hope to see you again.

Ok we've got all of the photos online, broken up into categories for each car.

Please be aware: There are Package Deals for All Photos from one or both days and All Photos of ALL CARS but they are located in the SMALL PRINTS category to the right of each photo, not the Digital Products category at the top you would expect them to be in. Also these package deals include all of the "Candid" photos at no extra charge.

2011 Chasing the Dragon Hillclimb Photos are here: www.photoreflect.com/store/store.aspx?p=228

EDIT: Forgot to mention - Those who ran our stickers on their car will get a 50% rebate on the 3 Package Deals after placing the order. (We'll have to issue a refund, too hard to implement before the sale with Photoreflect) Can't apply it to prints because the profit margin is so tight on those already. Thanks!

Indeed, we've already lost our minds...

Well, not perfect, but I'll share my lot. Nice meeting Darryl and all the SCCA guys. It was a pleasure working out there, except for the bugs.
www.fasthavoc.net/linkedimage/2011%20Chasing%20the%20Dragon/

Maxxhavoc has some great shots there. How can I proceed using some of them in forum or website or thanking people for support? I'd like to give at least credit to the photographer when it is due.

hrk

They put up a video of one of my runs on the Larson Page @ WBT.com in the Keith TV section...it's not been edited in the slightest...
www.wbt.com/larson/index.aspx

Yeah not every day you get to view a run through a camera that rotates 180 degrees during a 360 degree spinout...not that either was intentional mind you.

Good stuff so far everyone, thanks for sharing!

I finally got this new (used) Mac Mini up and going for editing our videos of the hillclimb and other events. (previous owner password fiasco) My friend Josh is working on the more polished complete DVD footage which will be trimmed down somewhat...that will take a while longer.

In the meantime, I figured each racer would probably prefer to have access to all of the unedited raw footage, so I'm working on breaking up just the footage of each car into separate folders, (already finished this) and making a single 720p video file (slightly downscaled so you can upload easier if you choose to do so) of all of the footage of each car in there as well, so you can easily view/upload the complete compilation, or you can use the raw clips in your own videos if you have some onboard footage or just want to view them in the full resolution. No fancy editing or music, other than the melody of highly-tuned (ahem) combustion engines. These should fit on a DVD as there's only a couple of minutes of each car running in anger, with the exception being the Red Mini footage...I let the camera run during the whole recovery process, so that's a big file. There's also a lot of "candid" stuff, like parades back down hill and a few launches from the line/etc that will all be included with every package of individual car footage. Probably offer these at something like $20 per car, $200 for all footage of all cars, but I'll have to work out a hard-drive delivery/return process for anyone that orders the latter.

I'll be posting up previews of each car's video compilation as they are finished, starting with the lowest numbered vehicles so you'll have to wait till near the end for the Locost show. It's crunching away at the output of the Candid footage right now..

So I hope that sounds reasonable, just wanted to let you all know that we're still working on it as much as possible while still running the "other" side of the business.