Retrospective – 2014 Honda Indy Toronto (July 18 to 20)

Was a busy motorsport photography year. Because of this, I missed posting photo stories for some of the Indy Car Series races. The next couple of posts will be on the races I missed posting. First up is the Honda Indy Toronto. Hope you like the photos.

2014 Toronto (#25 Andretti Autosport)The race was held on the streets at Exhibition Place in Toronto Canada. The street circuit is 11 turns and is about 1.8 miles in length. For the Friday practice session photographed the cars on the outside of Turn 10. This was a great location to shoot from since you could get shots of the cars coming into and through the “S” corner, then exiting into the short Turn 10 to 11 straight. Here’s Marco Andretti in the #25 Andretti Autosport exiting Turn 10 (Canon 5D Mark III, Canon 70-200mm f/2.8L IS II, 200mm, f/8, 1/1000, ISO 100)

2014 Toronto (#12 Team Penske)Entering Turn 10 with Will Power in the #12 Team Penske (Canon 5D Mark III, Canon 500mm f/4L, f/14, 1/320, ISO 100)

2014 Toronto (#7 Schmidt Peterson Motorsports)Mikhail Aleshin in the #7 Schmidt Peterson Motorsports leading 1, 2, 3 Indy Cars through Turn 10 (Canon 5D Mark III, Canon 500mm f/4L, f/7.1, 1/1000, ISO 100)

2014 Toronto (#83 Novo Nordisk Chip Ganassi Racing)Into the pit lane entrance at Turn 10 with Charlie Kimball in the #83 Novo Nordisk Chip Ganassi Racing (Canon 5D Mark III, Canon 500mm f/4L, f/7.1, 1/1000, ISO 100)

2014 Toronto (#17 KV AFS Racing)“Head on” with Sebastian Saavedra in the #17 KV AFS Racing(Canon 5D Mark III, Canon 500mm f/4L, f/8, 1/1000, ISO 100)

2014 Toronto (#28 Andretti Autosport)Exiting Turn 10 with Ryan Hunter-Reay in the #28 Andretti Autosport  (Canon 5D Mark III, Canon 70-200mm f/2.8L IS II, 200mm, f/20, 1/125, ISO 100)

2014 Toronto (#15 Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing)Speeding down the Turn 10 to 11 straight with Graham Rahal in the #15 Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing (Canon 5D Mark III, Canon 70-200mm f/2.8L IS II, 70mm, f/11, 1/200, ISO 100)

2014 Toronto (#34 Andretti Autosport - HVM Racing)At speed with  Carlos Munoz in the #34 Andretti Autosport – HVM Racing (Canon 5D Mark III, Canon 70-200mm f/2.8L IS II, 70mm, f/20, 1/125, ISO 100)

Promotional Girl2014 Toronto (Promotional Girl)A lovely Toronto Sun promotional girl (Canon 5D Mark III, Canon 70-200mm f/2.8L IS II, 200mm, f/2.8, 1/1250, ISO 100)

2014 Toronto (#10 Target Chip Ganassi Racing)For qualifying started in the pits. Here’s Tony Kanaan in the #10 Target Chip Ganassi Racing ready to head out for a hot lap (Canon 5D Mark III, Canon 70-200mm f/2.8L IS II, 90mm, f/5.6, 1/1000, ISO 100)

2014 Toronto (#3 Team Penske) #3 Team Penske driver Helio Castroneves watching the qualifying session (Canon 5D Mark III, Canon 70-200mm f/2.8L IS II, 200mm, f/2.8, 1/800, ISO 100)

2014 Toronto (#12 Team Penske)Will Power waiting to head out for a hot lap in the #12 Team Penske (Canon 5D Mark III, Canon 70-200mm f/2.8L IS II, 200mm, f/2.8, 1/2000, ISO 100)

2014 Toronto (Kirsten Dee)The lovely Kirsten Dee (Canon 5D Mark III, Canon 70-200mm f/2.8L IS II, 200mm, f/2.8, 1/800, ISO 100)

2014 Toronto (#3 Team Penske)Helio Castroneves in the #3 Team Penske during qualifying (Canon 5D Mark III, Canon 70-200mm f/2.8L IS II, 200mm, f/8, 1/200, ISO 100)

2014 Toronto (Yellow flag race start)The start of Race 1 was delayed due to rain, and with visibility concerns started under the yellow flag. However, the race was shortly red flagged and postponed to Sunday. Here’s a shot of the cars on the front straight shortly after the race start (Canon 5D Mark III, Canon 70-200mm f/2.8L IS II, 98mm, f/16, 1/1000, ISO 100)

2014 Toronto (Race 2 start)On Sunday the race started under overcast skies (Canon 5D Mark III, Canon 70-200mm f/2.8L IS II, 98mm, f/11, 1/2000, ISO 100)

2014 Toronto (#18 Dale Coyne Racing)At speed on the front straight with Carlos Huertas in the #18 Dale Coyne Racing (Canon 5D Mark III, Canon 70-200mm f/2.8L IS II, 98mm, f/11, 1/80, ISO 100)

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