Ford 400 - Homestead-Miami Speedway: 11/22

History was made at the Ford 400 when Jimmie Johnson #48 broke a NASCAR record and became the first race car driver to win 4 consecutive Sprint Cup titles.

The Ford 400 was my first time ever attending a NASCAR race and what a blast it was to be able to photograph the experience!

I don't care what anyone says, I never really thought I'd like NASCAR too much until I attended the race yesterday. I had a REALLY good time, maybe it's just because I was photographing the event but genuinely, the fans are HARDCORE about NASCAR and there's no denying that. As drunk and belligerent some of them may be, I'll be damned but they LOVE that sport.

Here was my view while photographing the race:

YouTube - Ford 400 Trackside.MOV


Full gallery from the race can be found at: NASCAR Ford 400 Photo Gallery

Johnson wins 4th consecutive Sprint Cup title:


Start of the Ford 400 at turn one:




Victory burnout:




The media loved him:


The famous Richard Petty during a media conference:

 

Jeff Gordon:


Packed house:


One of the locations where I was photographing. Talk about adrenaline pumping being that close:


Darrell Waltrip broadcasting for SpeedTV:

 

A TON more photos are up on my website. I took more than 1,500 photos while I was at the race yesterday. I kept pretty busy to say the least!

As always, if you have any questions feel free to ask.

Thanks for looking, hope you enjoy!

- Chris

 

Nice, clean pics man!

 

cool pics thanks for sharing. don't take this the wrong way but for some reason the photos look strange to me. almost like they are to perfect or something.

 

i would have liked to see some motion blur in the cars as they go by you. Just something to add a little drama, because it looks like they're standing still on the track.

 

Kudos to you for getting that photo in the fence opening. It's ridiculous when those cars fly by. And +1 to the liking Nascar thing. Most think it's stupid, but one you go to a race and see just how fast and loud those cars are... holy hell. Oh and the drunk rednecks flipping the bird to Gordon all the time is pretty funny

 

Nice! i like the one of the cars parked all together..