Posted by Cleggy on Aug 15, 2010 in
Bike Racing
The historic Dundrod Race circuit in the County Antrim Hills proved once again that it is beyond doubt the best Race circuit in Ireland serving up close and fast racing.
A fast, flowing circuit with great changes in elevation and some insanely fast ‘Balls out‘ corners is as popular with the competitors who Race around it as it is with the Media Photographers whose job it is to document the events of the Race day Photographically.
For this image of William Dunlop on the CD Racing Superstock Suzuki I used a wide angle lens to capture more of the landscape, for me the fluffy White Clouds and Blue Sky really make this image.
William Dunlop is always great to Photograph, here he is on the CD Racing Supersport Yamaha R6 and again I used a wide angle lens to capture this image as he skims the Kerbs.
On Thursday for the Dundrod 150 races, Manxman Daniel Kneen, Aussie David Johnson and Brian McCormack from Waterford in the South of Ireland served up a fantastic Race where Johnson set a new lap record. It wasn’t enough though as Daniel Kneen took the win with McCormack in Third.
All throughout this years Ulster Grand Prix Bike Week Two Men showed that they were going to be the Men to beat. Falkirk Flyer Keith Amor and Ian Hutchinson.
London based New Zealander Bruce Anstey has struggled for form this year on the Relentless Suzuki but boy did he find his mojo again for the Ulster Grand Prix! Anstey sat behind Hutchy and Amor keeping a watching eye on proceeedings and then on the final lap he ‘pulled the pin‘ setting a new outright circuit lap record with an average speed of just over 133.9 miles per hour to take the Ulster Grand Prix Superbike Race win and give the Relentless Suzuki by TAS Racing Team something to cheer about.
Next weekend sees an Irish Clubmans Championship Race at Bishopscourt on the Saturday followed by an Irish Superbike Championship Race at the same venue on Sunday. I will probably miss them both as I will be Photographing my Brother’s Wedding in ‘Derry.
Tags: Bishopscourt, Brian McCormack, Bruce Anstey, CD Racing, Daniel Kneen, David Johnson, Dundrod, Dundrod 150, Ian Hutchinson, Irish Clubmans Championship, Irish Superbike Championship, Keith Amor, Relentless, TAS, Ulster Grand Prix, Waterford, William Dunlop
Posted by Cleggy on Jul 7, 2010 in
PR
Issue #96 (July 2010) of Irish Racer Magazine hit the Shop Shelves this morning. This is the TT review issue and it also features Joey Dunlop on the tenth anniversary of his death. Also inside are features on Aussie David Johnson, Klaus Klaffenbock, Sandra Stamova and Bryan Staring along with all the regular columns from the likes of Guy Martin, Kirk Jamison, Jonathan Rea, Eugene Laverty, John McGuinness and a straight-talking new column from Ireland’s last Grand Prix winner Jeremy McWilliams.
It has been another excellent issue for myself in that I have over twenty of my images published in the magazine this month, including the popular Eye Candy page.
Tags: Bryan Staring, David Johnson, Eugene Laverty, Guy Martin, Irish Racer Magazine, Jeremy McWilliams, Joey Dunlop, John McGuinness, Jonathan Rea, Kirk Jamison, Klaus Klaffenbock, Sandra Stamova
Posted by Cleggy on Jun 9, 2010 in
Bike Racing,
Location shoot
A bit of a non-event today, I woke at 4:30am with the Sun blazing through the Window and couldn’t get back to sleep. Much later in the morning when I ventured out it was dry and overcast and looking up in the direction of Snaefell Mountain I could see it was pretty clear so again I was hopeful for a good days racing.
But the longer the morning went on the more it looked like we would get some Rain, and the inevitable happened. Once the Rain started it just didn’t look like stopping and with it came strong winds which knocked out the Electricity in the Sulby area so it was no surprise when the racing for the day was cancelled.
Prior to the Rain falling I grabbed the opportunity to do a quick shoot with Danni Henry the girlfriend of Aussie racer David Johnson who has been the fastest newcomer this year at the Isle of Man TT. Danni can regularly be seen doing promotion work at the British Superbike Championships.
On the plus side todays racing will run tomorrow which now means we will have Two days of racing in a row as better weather is forecast to come in tomorrow.
Tags: Danni Henry, David Johnson, Isle of Man TT, Sulby