Milwaukee Mile/IndyCar Notes
West Allis, WI - Call today a "No Decision" when it comes to deciding the fate of major league auto racing at the Milwaukee Mile.
Though the grandstands that surround the historic track were less than half full, the enthusiasm by the fans for a hard fought, well-run race was evident.
AB Promotions and Chris McGrath had nine months to revive a dormant track and put racing back on the map in a city that often has a short memory. Operating without a title sponsor, the team worked hard to revive interest in an event that was at one time a 40,000-fan sellout in the CART/Champ Car era.
Some mistakes were made in the race promotion and operation, but race cars were once again on the track and fans were in the stands. There were some in this city who thought we might never again see a wheel turn here.
"It's great to be back in Milwaukee. I think Milwaukee is part of IndyCar history and should be part of IndyCar future. It's a great track-very challenging. I think you ask any driver out there we all love one-mile ovals, low banked like Indy. And it's a great city. So I really hope it's there to stay for the long run."- Oriol Servia
"I'm not sure why the crowd wasn't so big. I thought their last race here in 2009 was a great crowd. I know they're starting from scratch after a change in promoters. There's no reason why we shouldn't fill this place, it's so close to Chicago and Minneapolis. I sat in the grandstand today and I love the Cheeseheads. They were buying me beers. Milwaukee is my favorite oval"- Bobby Rahal
"Every driver I've spoken to is really happy to be back here."-Dario Franchitti
So, the drivers like the place. It's the only Indy car race within 300+ miles. Why didn't the race draw better?
Indy Car has been on an upswing the past year. New cars and engines for 2012. An exciting Centennial running of the Indy 500. A buzz in the air.
Where were you readers Sunday? It rained early in the day so you weren't doing yard work. Were you at the Lakefront Art Festival? Polish Fest? Did you decide to see what would happen here in West Allis and think about coming next year?
Things should be better in 2012. Perhaps a title sponsor and with it more advertising. Maybe a few less races during the weekend so that the spotlight lands more brightly on the IndyCar race. Smoother operations in selling tickets could help.
Indy Air Show - News
One is the return of the Air & Sea Show; the other is a Monte Carlo-style street race. A group of promoters want to resurrect the air show next April. They propose a scaled-down version of the annual event that long drew tens of thousands of people to
Another promotional group headed by local beach developer Ramola Motwani is seeking city approval for the return of an air show in April, 2012. More detailed planning for both Florida events awaits an endorsement from the city.
city of Indianapolis on Monday. AVIATION (Bloomberg): Jean Botti, chief technical officer at European Aeronautic, Defence & Space Co., discusses the outlook for zero-emission hypersonic air travel. Botti speaks from the Paris Air Show with Francine
From 4 - 6 pm, there will be an afternoon air show, and the main air show will be held from 8:30 - 10 pm Both shows will feature a jet-fueled school bus called “School Time” by Indy Boys Inc. “It's a school bus that breathes fire and rockets down the
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Indy Air Show ... Without A Camera
Dave and I went to the Indy Air Show yesterday. What a perfect day for some great photography. They had a number of WWII era "war birds" on display. They all did beautiful fly-by photo passes. The sky was cloudy, but bright allowing for nice evenly lit images. Too bad I left my camera at home. This is the second year I've been to the airshow without a camera. I will definitely rethink that for next year. :)
A note to many of the amateur photographers I saw out there: Learn to shoot in a manual mode. I don't know how many people I saw with nice (and very capable) equipment -- including some with coveted L-lenses -- who had their flash popped up. This is a dead giveaway that you don't really know what you're doing. Your camera is metering for a dark object on a light background (dark plane on a bright sky) so on auto, it is programmed to use the flash. However, that airplane is hundreds of feet away. Built-in flashes typically only light subjects that are ~6 feet away. Here are two simple steps you can use to help improve your photos in situations like this:
1. Take your camera off of auto and shoot on Tv (Time Value). Time Value tells the camera how long you want the shutter open. If you want to freeze the motion of the plane (and the propeller), then you'll need it on at least 1000. This 1/1000 of a second.
2. Change the metering of the camera to either center weight or spot metering. You'll need to read your camera's manual in order to learn how to do this. When set to auto, your camera averages the light and dark areas of the view finder in order to find a balance. However, if you are shooting a dark plane on a light sky, the light areas will over power the dark areas, so the camera will make the entire image darker in order to even out the light areas. This makes your plane a dark blob. Spot metering forces the camera to use a very small area (usually the center of the viewfinder) to meter from. If you keep this area on the dark plane, your camera will adjust the brightness according so that you can see the detail of the plane.
For my friends who like to take pictures of horses, these same concepts can be used for getting better pictures of dark horses. You'll be able to see the details of the muscles, veins, and mane of a dark horse.
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