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April 4, 2022
In 2007 the Indy Car racing world was very divided. We had the Indy Racing League (IRL), formed by Tony George in 2003 with his Indianapolis Motor Speedway at the helm. We also had the Champ Car World Series.
From 2003 through 2007 we had the IRL and Champ Car as two separate series. It was a mess and mistake by Tony George that Indy Car is just now recovering from. In 2008 it became one series again called Indy Car as it still is today.
I was photographing the IRL at the Milwaukee Mile and the Champ Cars at Road America each year for four years.
On August 12, 2007, the Generac Champ Car Grand Prix at Road America was held. Race driver Sebastien Bourdais won the race and end up winning his fourth straight championship at the end of the year. Seabass, as we call him, was fast everywhere then and still is now.
Dan Clarke finished second and a very young Graham Rahal finished third.
All of the Champ Car race cars were beautiful and fast looking with great paint jobs.
Enjoy a look at the guys and a young Katherine Legge racing around beautiful Road America.
Thanks,
Rich Zimmermann
- Racing
- Champ Car
- Road America
- Sebastien Bourdais
- Dan Clarke
- Graham Rahal
- Oriol Servia
- Alex Tagliani
- Jan Heylen
- Tristan Gommendy
- Justin Wilson
- Bruno Junqueira
- Neel Jani
- Simon Pagenaud
- Paul Tracy
- Robert Doornbos
- Katherine Legge
- Will Power
- Ryan Dolziel
- Simona DeSilvestro
- Andy Wallace
- IMSA
- Adrian Fernandez
- Marino Franchitti
- Bryan Herta
- Rafael Matos
- James Hinchcliffe
- Derrick Walker
- Paul Newman
March 21, 2022
Finally catching up with all the bands I photographed at Summerfest last September!
This is the band Rise Against, who I must say is the LOUDEST band I've heard in a long time and I've been doing this for over 50 years! Maybe they are the loudest ever as my body shook to the core at this show!
The punk rock band was formed in 1999 by bassist Joe Principe and has had a few versions through the years.
Joe recruited Tim Mcllrath and they were the band for years. The present band also includes Brandon Barnes on drums and Zach Blair on the second lead guitar.
Tim Mcllrath does the main vocals and lead guitar and powers up the band.
The stage setup was very interesting and a bit tough as a photographer to shoot. The guys had monitors that lit up with graphics in the very front of the stage. Plus, they had huge speakers in the photo pit to maneuver around.
Doesn't matter though because I always try to get'er done somehow even with only two songs to shoot!
Enjoy a look at the band. It's only 91 days until Summerfest gets going again!!
Thanks,
Rich Zimmermann
March 7, 2022
The world is in a crazy place these days but the Indy Car season has begun!
It's great to see Scott McLaughlin win the first race of the year in St. Petersburg, Florida. He has a great future in Indy Car.
Last week was Mario Andretti's 82nd birthday and Sebastian Bourdais on the same day! Will Power's birthday was the following day. He had a strong showing in St. Petersburg. Will is trying to beat Mario Andretti for most pole positions with only one more to do it.
Here are a few photos of the Indy Cars through the years to get us in the mood for the season.
Good luck to all. Last year's champ ,Alex Palou, has some competition this year. Colton Herta is my pick on his way to the championship!
Enjoy and be safe.
Thanks,
Rich Zimmermann
