Speedway, Ind. – It was a wet day in the garage area as the Hemelgarn Johnson Motorsports crew prepared for qualifications for the Indianapolis 500.
Driver Buddy Lazier took time for a photo shoot with IRL photo legend Ron McQueeney (below) and longtime LAT Indianapolis Motor Speedway 500 photographer Walt Kuhn (last image).
Buddy posed for a series of photos in his drivers suit, with and without his helmet. The photographers also shot his helmet. (Those images turned out great.) One day I hope to be able to shoot as well as these guys.
Lunch was a special treat as I had an opportunity to dine on Black Angus steak burgers at the Brickyard Crossing restaurant. It was a tasty suggestion by Buddy.
Back in the garage, the guys were hard at work despite the rain. I joined them working on the two way communications. Yes, I do more than blog and write news releases.
Hopefully we will have good weather Thursday-Sunday. Being a second week team puts a premium on track time. Tomorrow is our first day out on the track. I know Buddy Lazier and the crew will be maximizing that time to try to get the car in the show.
If this is your first time to visit this blog, thanks for taking a look behind the scenes as we prepare to qualify for the 2009 Indianapolis 500.
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This weekend’s qualifying will be live on VERSUS from 12-6:30pm (eastern) on Saturday May 16th and 12-6:30pm (eastern) on Saturday May 17th. The Indianapolis Motor Speedway Radio Network will also have live coverage.
All images in this blog were shot by of and are property of Blake Johnson © 2009.
(No photographers were harmed in this making of this blog.)
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