A little late posting these but thought I'd put 'em up anyway. My buddies and I ponied up and got hospitality packs for the whole weekend which included grandstand seats with the big TV (so we could see what was happening on the 70% of the track we couldn't see), paddock passes, parking and most importantly food + unlimited beer in the Flag Room tent. I took my cameras and snapped about 1200 shots + some video.
Earl Hayden on the right, me on the left in a horrible straw hat (dunno what I was thinking). Totally cool guy and Nicky's mom was in the back behind the counter. This was at his "Earl's Racing Team" stand, selling t-shirts and other stuff for his sons.
Here are some vids I took with my little point and shoot camera:
Free practice 1 - took this mostly for the sound (my crappy little mic doesn't do the loudness justice)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fXZoTnfuRKI
Morning warm up - again, mostly for the sound but look how fast they get off that corner
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wul7mCN0b1E
For comparison, this is some video of qualifying from 2006 when they were still 990cc. The 990s were definitely louder and had a much deeper sound. Sorry for the shakycam action but the sound is what I was after.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u-gKxJe3eAs
Lap 1 of the race from our seats
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IfHlpfctTnc
Lap 12 of the race from our seats, Pedrosa is in the dirt at the very end
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kLQan4ZRm60
Earl Hayden on the right, me on the left in a horrible straw hat (dunno what I was thinking). Totally cool guy and Nicky's mom was in the back behind the counter. This was at his "Earl's Racing Team" stand, selling t-shirts and other stuff for his sons.
Here are some vids I took with my little point and shoot camera:
Free practice 1 - took this mostly for the sound (my crappy little mic doesn't do the loudness justice)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fXZoTnfuRKI
Morning warm up - again, mostly for the sound but look how fast they get off that corner
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wul7mCN0b1E
For comparison, this is some video of qualifying from 2006 when they were still 990cc. The 990s were definitely louder and had a much deeper sound. Sorry for the shakycam action but the sound is what I was after.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u-gKxJe3eAs
Lap 1 of the race from our seats
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IfHlpfctTnc
Lap 12 of the race from our seats, Pedrosa is in the dirt at the very end
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kLQan4ZRm60