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After a few days of shooting for both the Indianapolis Motor Speedway and INDYCAR with the AARWBA Banquet during which Dario Franchitti won the “Jerry Titus Award” for the most votes from the media for the 1st Team, the next evening shooting the “Night at the Museum” function for INDYCAR Ministries which was a fun event.  Tuesday’s State of IndyCar was an all-day shoot with images of the drivers and owners prior to the event, photos of the event itself AND photos of the reception afterwards.

Randy Bernard and Jeff Belskus at the State of IndyCar

Yesterday I travelled to the Millionair Terminal to shoot the send-off for the Indianapolis 500 Centennial Tour with drivers from INDYCAR as well as former drivers like Mario Andretti, Johnny Rutherford and Al Unser Jr going to Europe and the Middle East Military bases to entertain and salute the troops protecting our freedom.  Photos taken at these and other events will go on our IMS and INDYCAR web sites as well as the media sites for use on other web sites around the world.  Not many days go by when I am not asked to shoot some function, dignitary or display pertinent to the happening in and around the Indianapolis Motor Speedway or INDYCAR.

Indy 500 Centennial Tour Send-Off

Taking the two-seater to the troops

We have 4.5 + million images, most of which need to be converted to digital, and my staff here in the Hall of Fame 2nd floor offices are busy scanning.  In the past few weeks, we have had the announcement of the new commemorative stamp depicting the 1911 Indy 500 winner, the Marmon Wasp, the Lego replica of the Indianapolis 500 track complete with streakers in the infield, the new satellite team of Ganassi Racing with Graham Rahal and Charlie Kimball as the drivers had their announcement here and of course the Santa Claus visit last month.  For us in Photo, there is never an “off season” and I for one am glad of it.

As my freshman year of college quickly came to an end, it was time to search for a summer job. After trying to come up with a job that would be more exciting than my regular hometown summer employment, I realized it was a hopeless search. A week into summer, however, I was offered a job that sent my summer racing onto a different track. That track may be better known as the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, or as most may call it, the racing capital of the world. An internship with the New Media department was right up my alley. Recently declaring my journalism major at the spectacular institution of Indiana University, this internship would provide me with great experience. The requirements of the job were explained ahead of time, but the real perks were yet to be found out.

Screenshot of what I've been doing

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