Mats Lindh » Auto Slalom

Auto Slalom Training with PCN and The Subaru Impreza Club

Mats — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 22:27:39 +0000

Marius and I went auto slaloming last sunday as we’ve been doing several weekends this year, and as usual I shot a collection of photos for my flickr page. And as what has now become a tradition, I’ll post to the blog with my selection of the best shots and the videos we shot. You can see the complete photoshoot over at flickr.

The next image was shot with the camera attached to the back of the car, running at auto shoot with a fresh memory card inside. The camera was locked to the “GO GO GO!” mode with an external switch, and I triggered the first image as I got into the car. The effect was quite good, looking forward to doing a few more shots this way with more interesting exposure times.

The final shot shows the camera setup for the outboard video, which can be seen in the first video clip below. The position is quite shaky as the camera is attached to the very front of the car, but it’s a dramatic angle. I’ll see if we can do something about those vibrations for later.

The best run of the day:

A few mishaps which we caught on tape:

This is probably the last run of the season, so I guess I’ll be back with more auto slalom and racing related posts as soon as the ice and snow disappears in april. Looking forward to it already!

Last Auto Slalom Round of 2008 With Porsche Club Norway

Mats — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 09:49:56 +0000

I spent yet another sunday camped out at the part of Gardermoen Raceway where Marius usually compete in the Auto Slalom competition while I spend the day photographing the drivers and their cars. Marius finished in 5th place this time, and this concludes this year’s season of auto slalom. We’ll be back for more next year!

The complete set can be seen on flickr!

Here’s a few of my favourites:

Rattmestern 2008

Mats — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 09:27:13 +0000

Marius and I went to Rattmestern 2008 this weekend, a yearly auto slalom competition. The Norwegian Porsche Club were in charge of timing and setting up the track, so there were a large number of Porsches competing. Marius finished in 4th, and the results can be found at Rattmestern 2008 resultater. I spent the day at the side of the track with a 40D and a 350D, trying out the 40D to see if I’m going to get the 50D when it’s released. Depending on wether Canon can get their 5D replacement out in time, I might have to get a 50D to fit in between.

Anyway, I’ve uploaded the complete archive of photos from rattmestern 2008, and as usual I’ve included some of my favourite shots from the day:

For more photos, go to the complete photo archive.

Auto Slalom with Gudbrandsdalen Gatebilklubb

Mats — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 20:36:40 +0000

After a very, very, very, very hot day in the sun out at the old airfield at Gardermoen Raceway, we’ve returned back home. I’ve even got the daily batch of images uploaded to flickr, so make sure to check out my GGK – Bilslalom – 2008-07-27 set for all the images. Here are a few of my own favourites:

See the rest of the images from the auto slalom!

Auto Slalom With The Norwegian Porsche Club

Mats — Sun, 18 May 2008 22:34:47 +0000

Today was the second round in the auto slalom championship of the norwegian porsche club. Marius and I went as usual, and as this session took place just a four minute drive from home, we were on our home turf. My part of the deal was as usual to take pictures while he did all the driving (and well, he didn’t defend his 7th place from last time, but he’ll bounce back for the fourth round!). Here are a few of the best shots from the day, the rest of them are available on my flickr page.