The last race of the 2014 Pirelli World Challenge (PWC) season was held mid-afternoon under clear weather conditions at Miller Motorsports Park. Following the end of Round 16, Johnny O’Connell took the GT class championship, with the GT-A class going to Michael Mills, and GTS class to Lawson Aschenbach. The GT class manufactures championship went to Cadillac, and Kia took the GTS class. Hope you like the photos.
For the mid-morning warm-up session went to the Turn 17 to 18 complex called The Attitudes. GT-A race class winner, Tim Pappas in the #54 Black Swan Racing Mercedes-Benz AMG SLS GT3 exiting Turn 18 (Canon 5D Mark III, Canon 70-200mm f/2.8L IS II, 200mm, f/7.1, 1/1000, ISO 100)
Turn 17 is a great part of the track to see the cars changing elevation as they speed into this downhill turn over the rubble strip, as shown here with Drew Regitz in the #02 TRG – AMR Aston Martin GT4 (Canon 5D Mark III, Canon 500mm f/4L, f/14, 1/320, ISO 100)
Andrew Palmer in the #21 Global Motorsports Group Audi R8 speeding into the apex of the Turn 17 downhill (Canon 5D Mark III, Canon 500mm f/4L, f/8, 1/1000, ISO 100)
Butch Leitzinger in the #08 Dyson Racing Team Bentley V8 T leading its sister car through Turn 18 (Canon 5D Mark III, Canon 500mm f/4L, f/7.1, 1/1000, ISO 100)
GTS class championship winner Lawson Aschenbach in the #1 Blackdog Speed Shop Chevrolet Camaro leading its sister car through Turn 18 (Canon 5D Mark III, Canon 500mm f/4L, f/7.1, 1/1000, ISO 100)
After the warm-up session went to the paddock area for the drivers autograph session (Canon 5D Mark III, Canon 24mm f/1.4L, f/8, 1/200, ISO 100)
Shea Holbrook (left) and P J Groenke (right) from Shea Racing Honda (Canon 5D Mark III, Canon 24mm f/1.4L, f/8, 1/100, ISO 100)
Before the afternoon race preparations got underway was able to get a GMG Racing team photo (Canon 5D Mark III, Canon 24mm f/1.4L, f/5.6, 1/100, ISO 100)
Before the race started, took some quick photos of the pre-grid. Here are the Hawk Performance Promotional girls in front of the #2 CRP Racing Audi R8 LMS Ultra (Canon 5D Mark III, Canon 24mm f/1.4L, f/4, 1/2000, ISO 100)
Andy Lee getting ready for the race in the #20 Laguna Crown Lamborghini Gallardo FL2 (Canon 5D Mark III, Canon 24mm f/1.4L, f/4, 1/6400, ISO 100)
James Sofronas and Andrew Palmer with the #21 Global Motorsports Group Audi R8 (Canon 5D Mark III, Canon 70-200mm f/2.8L IS II, 102mm, f/20, 1/125, ISO 100)
For the afternoon race went back to The Attitudes. Here’s the GT class championship winner Johnny O’Connell in the #3 Cadillac Racing Cadillac CTS-V Coupe leading a train of GT cars during the start of the race (Canon 5D Mark III, Canon 70-200mm f/2.8L IS II, 200mm, f/11, 1/1000, ISO 320)
GT class race winner Robert Thorne in the #6 K-PAX Racing McLaren 12C GT3 (Canon 5D Mark III, Canon 70-200mm f/2.8L IS II, 200mm, f/11, 1/1000, ISO 320)
On the way back to the podium took a shot of GT-A class championship winner Michael Mills in the #41 EFFORT Racing Porsche GT3R (Canon 5D Mark III, Canon 500mm f/4L, f/13, 1/320, ISO 100)
GTS class race winner Jack Baldwin with the #73 GTSport Racing Porsche Cayman S and team members on the from straight after the race (Canon 5D Mark III, Canon 24mm f/1.4L, f/8, 1/1600, ISO 100)
GT Winners Podium: Ryan Dalziel (second, left), Robert Thorne (first, center), Andy Pilgrim (third, right) (Canon 5D Mark III, Canon 70-200mm f/2.8L IS II, 70mm, f/5.6, 1/1250, ISO 100)
GT-A Winners Podium: Marcelo Hahn (second, left), Tim Pappas (first, center), Michael Mills (third, right) (Canon 5D Mark III, Canon 70-200mm f/2.8L IS II, 70mm, f/8, 1/400, ISO 100)
GTS Winners Podium: Lawson Aschenbach (second, right); Jack Baldwin (first, center), Drew Regitz (left) (Canon 5D Mark III, Canon 70-200mm f/2.8L IS II, 70mm, f/8, 1/1250, ISO 100)
Hi David. Thank you once again! I am using them all as desktop and screensavers. Wonderful!
Thanks Verity29. Glad you like the shots for your desktop and screensaver
Hi David, great images again! Perhaps you could add a little bit of fill flash on the podium shots, but the race images are excellent!
Hi Leon, thanks for the suggestion. I think a fill-flash was used for the podiums, however, didn’t have much effect in bright sunlight. Next time I’ll turn up the output power. Thanks