RacingManiac
07-23-2014, 01:34 PM
So this past weekend was DR-SCCA's annual post July 4th Solo, hosted at Wurtsmith AFB in Oscoda, MI, about 3 hours north of Detroit.
https://www.google.com/maps/place/Wurtsmith+Air+Force+Base/@44.4658992,-83.3785603,779m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m2!3m1!1s0x882739a6de348d75:0xf001a 5485e2def67
The place was a B52 Bomber base, now its a site used to refurbish 747s. I've honestly never seen so many of them at one place. We are given access to their de-icing pad on the north end of the ground. Its a big rectangle concrete pad thats relatively smooth by DR standard.
This event is a 2 days autocross, and since the region has access to ProSolo style timing/starting xmas tree system, the Saturday of the event was a ProSolo style event. For those who don't know, ProSolo is an interesting variation of theme of autoX, mixing with drag racing. 2 cars starts side by side off a drag racing Xmas tree, running mirrored course. While at the end of the day it is still a combined time from left and right course that decides the result(out of 4 runs on each side of the course, best left + best right counts), the added element of starting off the tree adds some interesting twist and excitement.
This weekend also gave me a chance to shakedown my new camera body in a Sony A77 II. Shooting mainly with the Sony 70-400 F4-5.6 G
Pictures from the ProSolo portion of the weekend: https://plus.google.com/photos/104102302644408236956/albums/6038366277313120641
https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-h-HFEsgoBp8/U8yWPOY9h2I/AAAAAAAAVv4/W20LMI6OV08/w1238-h826-no/DSC00024_DxO.jpg
https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-DvUg8KjnH3o/U8yWrf1zs_I/AAAAAAAAV0E/Wr4M-TOvF-U/w1238-h826-no/DSC00179_DxO.jpg
https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-meHF-N91A2c/U8yWuzVBHFI/AAAAAAAAV0s/MHCuDbzTGEU/w1238-h826-no/DSC00204_DxO.jpg
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-TLnyuYu5Wc4/U8yW1yoKoLI/AAAAAAAAV2M/jF4NxPQqY-c/w1238-h826-no/DSC00252_DxO.jpg
https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-wgzRj3ALm5c/U8yW689SX2I/AAAAAAAAV3Y/oFeBgWYA9Kg/w1238-h826-no/DSC00280_DxO.jpg
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https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-AH-8yW4418Q/U8yXNgp9_gI/AAAAAAAAV7c/ZuTKrIHMCSU/w1238-h826-no/DSC00356_DxO.jpg
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-za9gofp98AA/U8yXUH-Ja6I/AAAAAAAAV88/kqZHj00OCiU/w1238-h826-no/DSC00386_DxO.jpg
https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-c8FJN7IpYlk/U8yW5NYL-sI/AAAAAAAAV28/5vLZPQteneo/w1238-h826-no/DSC00270_DxO.jpg
https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-5zmrKwdorZ0/U8yWlCp756I/AAAAAAAAVzE/Ay7BuWsxTGM/w1238-h826-no/DSC00162_DxO.jpg
https://www.google.com/maps/place/Wurtsmith+Air+Force+Base/@44.4658992,-83.3785603,779m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m2!3m1!1s0x882739a6de348d75:0xf001a 5485e2def67
The place was a B52 Bomber base, now its a site used to refurbish 747s. I've honestly never seen so many of them at one place. We are given access to their de-icing pad on the north end of the ground. Its a big rectangle concrete pad thats relatively smooth by DR standard.
This event is a 2 days autocross, and since the region has access to ProSolo style timing/starting xmas tree system, the Saturday of the event was a ProSolo style event. For those who don't know, ProSolo is an interesting variation of theme of autoX, mixing with drag racing. 2 cars starts side by side off a drag racing Xmas tree, running mirrored course. While at the end of the day it is still a combined time from left and right course that decides the result(out of 4 runs on each side of the course, best left + best right counts), the added element of starting off the tree adds some interesting twist and excitement.
This weekend also gave me a chance to shakedown my new camera body in a Sony A77 II. Shooting mainly with the Sony 70-400 F4-5.6 G
Pictures from the ProSolo portion of the weekend: https://plus.google.com/photos/104102302644408236956/albums/6038366277313120641
https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-h-HFEsgoBp8/U8yWPOY9h2I/AAAAAAAAVv4/W20LMI6OV08/w1238-h826-no/DSC00024_DxO.jpg
https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-DvUg8KjnH3o/U8yWrf1zs_I/AAAAAAAAV0E/Wr4M-TOvF-U/w1238-h826-no/DSC00179_DxO.jpg
https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-meHF-N91A2c/U8yWuzVBHFI/AAAAAAAAV0s/MHCuDbzTGEU/w1238-h826-no/DSC00204_DxO.jpg
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-TLnyuYu5Wc4/U8yW1yoKoLI/AAAAAAAAV2M/jF4NxPQqY-c/w1238-h826-no/DSC00252_DxO.jpg
https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-wgzRj3ALm5c/U8yW689SX2I/AAAAAAAAV3Y/oFeBgWYA9Kg/w1238-h826-no/DSC00280_DxO.jpg
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-gYqFWjUpFVA/U8yWpnL5RRI/AAAAAAAAVz0/xLw6SDBMb6w/w1238-h826-no/DSC00176_DxO.jpg
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-AH-8yW4418Q/U8yXNgp9_gI/AAAAAAAAV7c/ZuTKrIHMCSU/w1238-h826-no/DSC00356_DxO.jpg
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-za9gofp98AA/U8yXUH-Ja6I/AAAAAAAAV88/kqZHj00OCiU/w1238-h826-no/DSC00386_DxO.jpg
https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-c8FJN7IpYlk/U8yW5NYL-sI/AAAAAAAAV28/5vLZPQteneo/w1238-h826-no/DSC00270_DxO.jpg
https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-5zmrKwdorZ0/U8yWlCp756I/AAAAAAAAVzE/Ay7BuWsxTGM/w1238-h826-no/DSC00162_DxO.jpg