Road Atlanta Pictures

Okay, this isn’t every single last picture I took, but it gives you a good idea of the results of the weekend. I am keeping the pics relevant to the site as well, since it would be pointless to post pictures of stuff that’s completely random without a massive explanation.I was trying to post this two days ago, but I came down with a really bad case of super AIDS, mega flu, or something along those lines. I have been in and out of it for about three days, and I think I am finally starting to beat it. I didn’t want to take the extra time off work, but it had to be done.

Anyways, here come the pictures. I will be explaining as I go, since I skipped that the last few rounds of pics, and these need explanation.

Well okay, that doesn’t need explanation. Those are some race cars.

This is a VW rabbit with no roof whatsoever. Amusing to say the least.

This I am too sick to remember what it is.. I am sure someone knows. It’s probably some form of MG or Triumph. I am sure someone will jump and say it’s a 1972 MG Spitfire Bumblee Mark II Triumph Ultramax Six, but for now just assume it’s a race car and we’ll move on.

Well, if you couldn’t tell I really like the more current renditions of cars Porsche has made. The 997 GT3 RS is a personal favorite, and this car resembled that so much I eye-humped the bajeezus out of it. He was doing brake work when I was there, so it made it easy to get tons of pictures. I was pretty impressed by how much access the paddock access gave us. I wasn’t hassled or asked to show my tickets. I just walked around and took as many pictures as I could.

We spent some time on the second day looking for other places to take photos of the cars, and I was able to snag a few different good shots. I took hundreds of photos, but these were the ones that really stuck out for me as decent shots. I am sure during the LeMans race it’s quite a bit different there, but I enjoyed not having the crowds of people and poor seating and visibility. It made it more enjoyable. I’ll definitely go again or make a trip to another track, just to experience this kind of event again.

Here’s the obligatory group shots of me and a bunch of random car nerds. Scott (far right) was the one who housed us for the weekend in his Georgia McMansion. He was gracious enough to put us up with food and shelter while we fell down hills, cut ourselves shaving, and got terrible sunburns. Thankfully I didn’t do any of that, and I just ended up with some great photos from a great time.

Oh, and of course Jon took the photos for this, so we need the weird awkward shot of him posing:

He’s very manly in this photo… or something.

After this was all said and done, we headed back up for another 17 hour road trip, and spent some time driving in traffic. I of course did all the rush hour driving, because apparently Rich and Brian hate my soul.

We’re going pretty much 0 mph. I was able to idle us forward on downhill momentum for about 15 minutes straight.

Ugh. This only took us about a half an hour or forty-five minutes, but I could have done without it.

We opted to take the Blue Ridge Parkway on the way home, and we saw a truckload of Corvettes while we filled up on gas. I had Brian take a photo while I added more fuel into the wagon. I then spent 400 hours inside trying to buy more caffeine. Seriously. Longest line ever.

Here’s the last photo:

it was night time by the time we finished it up, and we saw a fantastic view of Roanoke VA at night. I took some photos, but none really do it justice. You could see every star in the sky. Afterwards we invaded an Applebee’s at 11pm, and continued the final legs home. We were all pretty beat by the time we got home, but it was worth it to drive. I won’t drive again, but I don’t regret the attempt.