where there’s smoke there’s fire

Rob Primo, Nikon D700, Nikkor 70-200mm f/2.8G VR2, 135mm, 1/30 sec, f/6.3, ISO 200

Walker Wilkerson, Nikon D4, Nikkor 70-200mm f/2.8G VR2, 200mm, 1/60 sec, f/2.8, ISO 1600

This guest post is by Armin H. Ausejo (websites: arminausejo.com | arminweddings.com | Twitter | Facebook, click on images for larger view):

Nikki San Miguel, Nikon D700, Nikkor 70-200mm f/2.8G VR2, 200mm, 1/30 sec, f/6.3, ISO 200

Motorsports, in some form or another, has been around for more than a century, and of course documenting motorsports through photography has been around for just as long. While motorsports generally involves competing to be the fastest from Point A to Point B, one form of motorsports known as “drifting” involves style and precision, rather than outright speed and lap times. Originating on the twisty mountain roads of Japan in the 1980s, purists may not regard this as a proper form of motorsports, but it’s definitely among the most exciting to watch and photograph.

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