2010 Syracuse Hydrofest

Back to racing action. ; These were taken on Saturday using the Nikon 70-200VR lens at 1/1000s shutter speeds. ; I used shutter priority mode all weekend.

Team Extreme (E-97) 5.0 Liter Stock hydroplane closing in on the leader whose roostertail you can see behind him.
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Running side by side, Team Extreme and Big Bird (see photo above) battle for the lead which went on until a hundred yards before the finish line when Big Bird clipped a wing. ; ;D (ie., motor died)
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More V-8 powered hydroplanes.

5.0 Liter Stock hydroplanes El Diablo (CE-666) and OCR Race Team (CE-99) race down the front stretch.
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It's not always fun and games. ; Some hydroplanes had problems and needed to be towed back to the pits. ; While waiting for the tow, Jimmy Shane of the Long Gone watches the rest of the race.
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As I mentioned in my Festival of Sail thread, I am still working my way through the hydroplane racing photos. ; As they might be used by the organizations which put the event on, I have been very diligent with captions, keywords and processing. ; I had nearly 1,000 photos to go through and am still culling out the rejects.

Anyway, I did some un-constricted cropping to emphasize the roostertails some of these boats create.

The Crush 2 (GP-77) Grand Prix hydroplane.
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"ddindy" said:
Another great bunch, Scott. ; Those last two really put us into the action.
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And neither one of those are cropped. ; This was the race the turn boat I was in got stationed a bit close to the turn buoy. ; :)
 
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