Bryce Womeldurf, Opinion, Photography, Year in Review

One Final Look Back At 2016

It’s important to focus on the positive each year, and 2016 has been a very momentous one for me here at HOONART. In this spirit of this, I’m taking a moment to look back and compile some of my favorite photographs captured this year, new friends I’ve made, and some of the most exciting moments I’ve witnessed in 2016. I’m sharing metadata for these shots as I have them available. If you don’t see them here, I will update this post with the photo’s exposure, aperture, and ISO settings in a day or so when I have some time to look it up.

Daytona 500

Rolex 24 at Daytona

I felt like my photography really shined at Rolex 24, capturing a few shots where I was just blown away seeing them straight out of the camera. These shots have been edited, as they usually are, but only mildly, mostly to sharpen things up a little.

Number 30 car zooming past the ferris wheel at the Rolex24 in Daytona — Number 30 Frikadeli Racing 911 zooming past the ferris wheel at the Rolex24 in Daytona. This was taken at 1/125 at F/5.3 with ISO at 6400, 92mm. This was shot through a chain link fence, but I was able to use some tricks to avoid it being visible in the photo.

The #88 Starworks Motorsport prototype with Maro Engel sitting in it, seeming to be waiting while repairs were made. The old Steve McQueen Le Mans quote came to mind, that “When you’re racing, it’s life. Anything that happens before or after is just waiting.” Judging by the time this was taken, this was to repair the car after a spin due to cold tires. This was taken through the garage window very late at night. I didn’t have the special ticket giving me full access to the garage area, but sometimes you luck out and a good shot happens right through the window.

Two Corvette C7R's passing the finish line together. — Corvette Racing’s amazing 1-2 finish at the Rolex 24.

Amelia Island Concours d’Elegance

Two beautiful Miuras sitting on the lawn. The dark green example to the left is an SV model which recently underwent complete restoration to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the debut of the Miura.

They also burned up the grass a little with their exhaust. How cool is that?

Goggles and gloves sitting in a 1955 Swallow Doretti.

Former factory test driver Valentino Balboni driving an orange Lamborghini Miura around Amelia Island. 1/1250 at F/5, ISO 640.

Unrestored interior of a 1955 Pegaso Z-102 Coupe Saoutchik Berlinetta Prototype. The sun added some nice warmth to this shot.

12 Hours of Sebring

The weather was pretty nasty this year at Sebring 12 but I still managed to get this great shot of Alegra Motorsports’ prototype slamming into the dirt on the side of the track, and a fan in the foreground cheering. It was definitely an interesting moment and I still have no idea how I turned the camera on, set focus and took the shot in manual in the little amount of time that I had as the car was skidding off of the track temporarily.

Three Countaches Seen In One Week!

In June, when we were in California, I happened to see and photograph three Lamborghini Countaches in one week, completely by happy accident. Only two of the three were posted here previously. The final one, claimed to be a Walter Wolf special (Walter, not Winston), was seen at the San Diego Automotive Museum. I never got to post the shots from that visit, but I’m showing the Wolf shots here, below. The other cars from that visit will eventually make their way onto my Instagram.

The first Countach I saw during that week in June was on the rooftop parking area of the Petersen Automotive Museum. It was that of Axis Wheels owner, James Chen. And who was talking with him, but RJ de Vera, who I also got to meet later at the Lamborghini Centenario unveiling.