A big start to the racing season for 330!

Well, the 2009 drag race season is now up and running. And ordinarily my season would not start until April up up in the Northwest with our inclement weather, but this year it's getting a real good kick start. My wife Davina and I were in need of a break, and having sampled the warmth and relaxing atmosphere of Arizona in the past it was a no-brainer to head down South to put our feet up. But then I started to check the racing calender out for that time period and before I knew it I had planned an awesome three weekend race schedule.

So we'll be hitting the warm Arizona ground running with the NHRA 'big show' at Firebird Raceway on Friday and shooting throughout the weekend. This will be like my 'from the stands' coverage I did for the '08 Seattle race as getting cred's for those races is next to impossible for my current status. One difference this year will be smaller galleries, I'm going to try and bring you coverage that is good quality and hopefully something a little different than the usual images.

In between races we'll be heading out of town to take in some local scenery and cool spots. Arizona has some wonderful parks and small historic towns so I'll be hoping to get some nice images while we're out and about.

After a week of fun filled exploration, I'll be back at Firebird Raceway for the season opening race for the Lucas Oil Drag Race Series Division 7. Some cool sportsman action to make my weekend, fast sheet metal and plenty of alcohol to my fill lens. I'm hoping to see some of the Div.6 interlopers we get at MRP, and I'll be sure to let you know how they look on track.

Following that weekend we head out on the road to California, spending a few days exploring the coastline and again I'll have camera in hand to bring you some cool shots. But the plan is to finish the trip off at the huge nostalgia race called 'The March Meet' held at Auto Club Famoso Raceway in Bakersfield, California. As with all the other races the very awesome Horsepower Heaven.com will be presenting some of my work from these races, so please be sure to check in there as that will be where they appear first all.

So I'll get ya some shots up here, at my site 330 images.com (which will be a larger gallery) and HH as soon as I can and I hope you will enjoy them.

Cheers

Paul.