August 12th, 2019
Summer is in full swing now and wow there is a lot going on!! Been so busy I haven't had enough time to catch up from photographing and work! I retire from work soon though so then I will have time to catch up!!!!
Enjoy a look at the IMSA weekend at Road America where the Mazda and Acura battle was something to witness. There was not one caution flag and it was a very fast race.
Thanks,
Rich Zimmermann
Fun weekend as usual at Road America with an awesome Indy Car race!! Congrats to Alexander Rossi!
June 24, 2019
What a fun and busy weekend with Indy Cars at Road America! I even ended up on the radio at 105.7fm, The Final Inspection show on Saturday!! Check it out at radio.com in the "on demand" section.
Colton Herta and Alexander Rossi were the stories of the weekend. Colton at 19 years old won the pole position for the Indy Car race!
For the race, Colton only led the first three turns and then it was Alexander Rossi all day to win the race!
I let the photos tell the rest of the story.
Thanks,
Rich Zimmermann
October 1, 2018
Time to change your Rich Zimmermann Photography calendar. It's October already!! I better get going on the 2019 version, right? Have a few ideas going on for that and it will be available soon.
This blog has gotten delayed a few times because of some great rock'n roll commitments and blogs.
So, here is the IMSA race at Road America from August 4th and 5th, 2018.
The race was a rough one from the start. Robert Alon was on pole in the P1 class with Colin Braun and John Bennett getting the win due to fuel saving. The car ran out of fuel on the victory lap.
In GT Lemans, the Chip Ganassi Ford GT of Richard Westbrook and Ryan Briscoe won with a battered up car.
The GT category was won by Patrick Long and Christina Nielsen in a Porsche.
My Acura people had some good racing but couldn't get it done.
Enjoy a look at some beautiful but battered cars.
Thanks,
Rich Zimmermann
A nice weekend of IMSA racing at Road America!
August 6, 2018
This is part three of my blogs on the Indy Car weekend at Road America. We look at images from Sunday here and mostly of the race.
It's amazing how hard these guys drive and how beautiful cars are. They have got to be true athletes to drive these cars the way that they do.
I also have a few images of the victory celebration from the Sunday morning Indy Lights race.
Enjoy some photos of a fun weekend.
Thanks,
Rich Zimmermann
July 23, 2018
Here is a look at the Indy Cars at Road America on Saturday, June 23 a few weeks back.
Bryan Herta had a great weekend winning one of the Indy Lights races on Saturday. A few photos here show him making donuts while celebrating in turn five!
Will Power is shown really pushing it during qualifying and going off track. He qualified P1 though.
Enjoy a look at some beautiful cars. Love the new body/aero kit on the Indy Cars.
Thanks,
Rich Zimmermann
July 9, 2018
Wow!!! Blog #300! I guess I've been doing this for a while!
I really enjoy sharing my work with everyone. It is a passion. I love to photograph racing and music. I have been doing it since 1971.
Indy Car weekend at Road America was 3 full days of fun, sun and photos.
This blog is about Friday 6-22-2018 and I will do blogs coming up of Saturday and Sunday.
The Final Inspection Show 105.7FM that I work with, taped the radio show on Friday.
We interviewed Mario Andretti, Matt Villander, fresh from his LeMans win, Graham Rahal and the top engineer of Bridgestone Racing Tires.
My heart goes out to Mario Andretti who lost his wife, Dee Ann, a week later. They were married for 57 years!
Enjoy a look at some legends and some great cars on a cool, cloudy Friday at Road America.
Thanks,
Rich Zimmermann
Indy Cars at Road America on Friday June 22, 2018.
September 11, 2017
This blog is about a legendary car at Road America in 1973, the Shadow Can Am car driven by Jackie Oliver and James Hunt.
Don Nichols, the main man of Team Shadow and UOP (Universal Oil Products) Racing in 1973 just passed away a short time ago which is why these photos came to mind.
I dug these photos up a while ago for some people who were restoring the car. It recently sold for big money!
The interesting thing to me is that James Hunt is in the car in the one photo. I suspect he spent a fair amount of time at Siebkens that weekend back in May 1973!
Enjoy a look at a fantastic racing machine.
Thanks,
Rich Zimmermann
