Great Shots

Living on a paradise island has its pro's: the beach is just a couple of minutes away, it's white sand warm while the clear blue ocean is always cool and refreshing.

However, being so far removed from large scale motor racing events, of any kind, is my biggest con. Photographers, the internet and cable TV do their best to bring us what we missed. And boy, do we owe them a great deal of gratitude. Well, maybe less of cable TV!

Take for example photographer Mark J. Rebilas, who goes to great lengths to push the envelop each time he has a camera in his hand. Sometimes he goes beyond the call of duty, as is shown with the picture on the right, by renting a helicopter in order to get the optimal view (for us). Click on the pictures to see a larger version.

Ok, anyone with sufficient funding can get himself a helicopter. So one has to have an eye for taking pictures too... and quickly. Earlier in the year his shots of Pro Mod racer Mike Janis running into trouble down in Gainesville, Florida, were placed centerfold in premiere drag racing magazine Drag Illustrated.

Thanks to Mark and photographers like him around the world (yes, here in Curacao too) that fools like me can live happily on a paradise island, far removed from the racing action.

I didn't want to pass the opportunity to show Todd Robertson's great funny car paint job, which won the 2012 Detroit Autorama. Gotta love that creativity.

Thanks for reading.

Source: Mark J. Rebilas, Drag Illustrated, Todd Robertson