I was hustling from one section of Barber Motorsports Park to another during the Saturday AMA Superbike race there in 2005. I was trying to get to another corner, but every once in awhile I couldn’t resist stopping and seeing if there was any kind of angle to shoot from en route. You rarely find a unique angle by chance, but this was one of those shots. I was clearly back in the high brush a bit, but I think this shot of Eric Wood on the Hooters Suzuki, shot with my old Henny Ray Abrams hand-me-down Nikon D2H at 250^th of a second, using a late 1980s era Nikon 80-200mm, works, bushes and all. Using the slow shutter speed gave a nice blur affect to the bushes, while Wood is still reasonably sharp. Also check out the nice crowd on the hillside in the background. Barber is a beautiful place to watch a race.

Eric Wood races his Hooters Suzuki in the AMA Superbike race at Barber Motorsports Park on April 23, 2005. Wood placed 16th out of 41 starters that day. (Larry Lawrence photo)