Here are a few of my favorite out of a series of 21 shots taken by Carlos Oliveros. They were taken during the Speed Ventures HPDE at Laguna Seca Raceway March 21st...enjoy.

 

great shots

 

Nice Mike.
How did you like the track?

P.S. - Thanks for the new desktop background.

 

Sweet looks like fun

 

pretty cool. are there more?

 

Yowsa! I didn't realize how varied in elevation the track really is.... that 2nd pic makes it look like you could lose control real quick over that drop.

 

the famous corkscrew! i would love to drive that track. my stepdad ran it years ago in a KR500 mustang, said it was a blast.

 

I like how the Porsche and BMW are behind you

 

The track is a lot of fun. On the day I went, it was on and off raining so it wasn't as good as it could have been, but I will be back one day with good weather hopefully.

Sam - There are 20 something, but a lot of them are from the same spots. I picked one or two of my favorites from each spot to post.

 

looks like a really fun track...

 

It is really fun. To tell you the truth though, I would still rather be at Buttonwillow or the 3.1 mile SMMR.

 

Bet it was a little scary at first, huh?

 

Yeah, but the only reason it was scary was because my first session out was in the rain, and thats when I realized that Michelin Pilot Sport Cups are next to useless in the wet .

 

^^^ Oh yeah... slip 'n slide at Laguna!

 

yep, it puckered my butt hole a few times with all of those walls right there.

 

Man, if I was on the sidelines watching you going near those walls, I'd be sweatin' too.

 

nice shots! looks like a lot of fun! guess this means you passed the sound check... lol

 

Actually I didn't. The limit that day was 92db and I was 92.6db and got black flagged. They just told me to lift off the throttle as I went by the microphone.

 

That's hilarious.

 

oh isnt that cute! you and the rx7s have to lift early so the exhaust/ bov noises dont get you black flagged! kinda sucks with it being an uphill towards the corkscrew too.

 

I would say that at least 60% of the car that day were too loud. And the sound booth is before you go up the hill, between 5 and 6.

 

Super sweet pics Mike (saving as background) Whats the reason for sound limits? Kinda stupid at a track???

 

Yeah it is stupid, but there is a campground right next to it. I am sure thats why.