August 17, 2020

IMSA racing at Road America is such a fun time.  This year we had rain coming down so hard at times. It was just crazy!!  I've photographed in the rain before but nothing like this.

The race was red flagged I think twice because of the downpours.  My favorite photo might be of corner worker Nate Kosak.  He was waving the red flag in turn five with the Whelen Cadillac. The Cadillac had a broken nose and there was one other accident that was enough to call for a red flag to stop the race for a bit.  Cars were flying everywhere and hydroplaning if they could see at all because of the rain.

In between the rain storms I had a chance to run to my Acura and drive it from turn five to turn eight. The good thing about both of these turns is they have little platforms with a wooden roof to hide in from the rain! I actually was fairly dry other than my tennis shoes! I wrapped the Sony camera in a towel to shoot through and it worked out well.

There are a ton a photographs to look at here.

Crazy race on Sunday! Congratulations to Helio Castroneves who got the win! He deserved it for leading most of the day and really being chased by the Mazda team and a couple of Cadillacs.

The Corvettes had a great race finishing one and two with a pass of the BMW in the rain!! Love the side by side in the rain Corvette photo!!

Aaron Telitz our Wisconsin guy put his Lexus on pole but the crazy day had him finish third. Next time Aaron!!

Enjoy some wet and dry photos of a wild weekend.

Thanks,

Rich Zimmermann