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Authorities were therefore concerned to improve the probity of racing which was widely regarded as corrupt. Typically photo-finish cameras use strip photography, in which a camera is aimed at the finish line from an elevated position in a tower. It captures only the sequence of events on that line in the vertical dimension.
Steve Reyes (born 1948) is an American photographer and storyteller from Oakland, California. [1] Reyes has been included in Don Garlits' International Drag Racing Hall of Fame (2002), [2] NHRA California Hot Rod Reunion Honorees (2009), [3] and the East Coast Drag Times Hall of Fame (2011).
In motorsport, the racing line or simply "the line" is the optimal path around a race course. [1] In most cases, the line makes use of the entire width of the track to lengthen the radius of a turn: entering at the outside edge, touching the "apex"—a point on the inside edge—then exiting the turn by returning outside.
Drivers race on the apron at Chicagoland Speedway (the area between the white and yellow lines). aero cover See wheel shroud. air jacks Pneumatic cylinders strategically mounted to the frame near the wheels of a racing car, which project downwards to lift the car off the ground during a pit stop to allow for quick tire changes or provide mechanics access to the underside of the car for repairs.
In motorsports racing, there is a concept called the racing line. This is defined in lay terms as the optimal path around a race course that will allow the racer to complete a lap in the least possible time with the highest possible average speed. The racing line is a function of the track's layout and the combination of a particular type of ...
The 66th Indianapolis 500 was held at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Speedway, Indiana on Sunday, May 30, 1982. Gordon Johncock, who had previously won the rain-shortened 1973 race, was the winner.
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Jesse Alexander at Montecito Classic. Jesse Alexander (born 1929 in Santa Barbara, California, died December 15, 2021, in Santa Barbara, California [1]) was an American photographer who covered motorsports, portraits, birds and travel.