another airport. It's that time of the year! Yesterday I finished shooting the last day of the Tour de Georgia and this morning I am off to Virginia. I'll be spending a few days back in my home town of Va. Beach before heading up to Arlington for the US Air Force Cycling Classic. I'm looking forward to catching up with some old friends and doing a little riding during the week.
While I'm there I'll do some updates here and pull out a few photos from the week. I finished up the week pretty well and everything went smoothly. Not everyone had such good luck and we did have a couple moto crashes. The worst was with Don McQueen and John Pierce. At the beginning of stage 5 we had a neutral roll out and just after the start a couple pedestrians walked out in front of them. Don had just looked down at his map when the fans stepped out and BAM they all went down. John Pierce slid across the pavement and got rid of the skin on his right elbow. Don got a little minor road rash and broke a rib. One of the fans broke a leg in two places while the other was taken away in a neck brace. As far as I know everyone was released from the hospital that evening.
Things happen in a split second during the race. Motos can go down, riders go down and cars get smashed up. Also on stage 5 the Healthnet team car ran into the back of the BMC car. Everyone spends a good part of the day inches away from each other in the caravan and bumps are pretty common. I think being in the heart of Nascar country was sinking into the directors heads a bit too. After the hit the BMC car's bumper was dragging so they ripped it off and threw it in the woods, no pit to pull into out there. Healthnet got pushed off the road after the airbag popped and it stalled. Shake and bake baby, shake and bake!
Well those were a couple of the highlights from the week. Boarding announcements are ringing in my ears so it's time to pack up. I'll post some photos as soon as I get in and settled. Now boarding rows.......
I'm digging the new typepad blog and I look forward to reading more. Thanks for all the advice at the TdG: it was a big help, as always.
Until next time,
Ken Conley
Posted by: kwc | April 29, 2008 at 01:19 PM