San Jose Grand Prix This Weekend (Photos)
 

The 1st San Jose Grand Prix started yesterday, although race-related activities started earlier in the week (concert by the B52's, etc.) - so I thought I would share some photos I took with you folks:

The main event cars are Champ style racing machines:

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There are several other classes of cars that will be racing as well (Trans-Atlantic, Grand Tour, plus historic cars and drifting):

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Of course there are lots of babes...these girls are among the contestants for the Miss San Jose Grand Prix title:

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There are lots of exhibits of cars...old and new:

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Did I mention the babes?

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...to be continued...

The races actually take place right on the streets of downtown:

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There were lots of fun diversions in between the races:

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I even ran into several people I know. Did you know Max Hardcore is a racing fan?

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The races contine Saturday and culminate with the Grand Prix on Sunday (it will be televised in many countries):

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Well, I'm heading back out to the races...

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nice pic as always

lol, can believe max hardcore was there

i like this car

I cant get to our office... they got all the streets closed.

I was recently at the first Grand Prix of Edmonton a couple of weeks ago and it rocked.

The attendance was over 210,000 over the 3 days.

But i do love it on the streets rather than a road course.

Your office is in SJ? Hmmm. I have the windows open at home and can hear the race or practice as it is Saturday.

most of the elements of "happiness" are in this thread -- good times -- :thumbsup

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Wow, that near north 1st street.

I kinda miss SJ sometimes:(

That's Greg Pickett's car. He came in 2nd in the GT race today. Finished a half hour ago (or two Long Beach ice tea's ago in my case). Pix coming later.

Heading back over to the historic car race in a few minutes.

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yea corner of santaclara and 2nd.

Sweet looking pics..It sucks they took our indy away in Vancouver..I missed those races

nice pics, i bet it was a ton of fun

very nice pics, hope they have great fun :thumbsup

Max is a big race fan. I know he supposed to be throwing a party for driver named Willy T Ribbs

I saw Max motoring around on a scooter today. Apparently he has some sort of VIP pass. Willy T. Ribbs is a Bay Area legend. He is one of the most successful African American racing car drivers in America. There was a party in honor of him tonight at the Mission Ale House (a local watering hole), so that is probably what you are referring to.

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Day Two at the San Jose Grand Prix was better than the first, since the drivers are now more familiar with the new road racing track, and because some competitive races took place today.

The Champ cars did there qualifying...

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The Champ Cars will be racing in the San Jose Grand Prix tomorrow (Sunday).

After all of that racing, it's nice to relax with a nice tall cool one...

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About to head out for day 3...Grand Prix Day, and the feature race for both the Trans-Atlantic cars and the Champ cars...the GT Finals were run Saturday:

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I got a kick out of the Historic cars, which featured cars driven by former legends (and a few old cars driven by some still current top racers):

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...and of course there were plenty of pretties in checkered flag outfits too:

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Gentlemen start your engines...

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those ladies rock

Love the Babe Pics

Babes foto - cool! :)

awesome pics, looks like a lotta fun!

i wish i was there to watch, i love f1 street racing.

I believe some go there just to see the hot babes in bikinis.

I bet those hot cars are only diversions to you...pretty babes are the main event! :thumbsup

This was a Champ Car race. Very narrow street course.

Whats with those SPEED BUMPS. I've been to several street races and i've never seen this before :1orglaugh

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The one on the right is very nice :thumbsup

I told them to check out my site, and contact me if they want to do some modeling...we'll see. :winkwink:

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cars and chicks are definitely a good combination.

Fantastic race and smoking hot babes--You are a winner man.

The day of the big race...finally. The weather was excellent all weekend (90 degrees plus) and everyone was ready for the first ever San Jose Grand Prix.

First up were the Trans-Atlantic cars:

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The race was won by Katherine Legge - this has been a big year in motor sports for women.

Then it was time for the big boys in their 750hp Champ cars to take the track:

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The action was fast and furious:

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From start to finish it was a real duel between Sebastien Bourdais and Paul Tracy:

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In the end, series leader Sebastien Bourdais (who has won 11 of 21 starts) prevailed again for Paul Newman's racing team:

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It was a great weekend of racing and partying - I can hardly wait for next year...

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It was a sweet race. Hopefully for next year they get some of the kinks ironed out. Especially where the cars cross the light rail tracks. That was insane. The Champ cars were literaly airbourne as they went over them. Fun to watch though but I'm sure it sucked to be in the car going over them at 150+.

I liked the orignal course layout they had best that went around the HP Pavillion then headed downtown. City council voted that the race should be entirley downtown. Politicians should learn to listen to people better.

I totally agree. They need to come up with a solution for the light rail tracks, and also need to widen the course for more passing.

I think going past the Shark Tank (San Jose Arena) is a good idea, then I would go down through San Pedro Square (lots of merchants complained about the amount of business they had for an event that drew 150,000 people - imagine if they ran it right past their windows), then I would run the cars down the wide Santa Clara Street, and finally down market and around Caesar Chavez Park, where you could have practically 360 degrees of grandstands.

All in all, it was a great race and I expect it will only get better next year.

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Impressive coz the shots are pretty sharp!

Nice photos. I love to watch formula 1 racing.

I was supposed to go to this race. Was going to get a suite at the Marriot overlooking the str8. That got back burnered and I though I'd make the LeMans in Portland this weekend. Neither happened, fuck fuck fuck.:(

I'm a huge race fan, I even have a signed Michael Schumacher helmet on my desk. I'll catch the SJ GP next year if they do it again.

goodlooking girls and i love that color of F1 yellow.

OMG! that's the place to be! the nicest cars and the nicest ladies. ;)

I'm used to photographing models that pose as I instruct them to and don't move while I am shooting. I learned that photographing cars at speeds of around 200 miles an hour is much more difficult. That's why you'll notice that most of the shots were taken near corners where the cars had to slow down, LOL.

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The City of San Jose signed a five year deal for the Grand Prix. If the years to come are as successful as this first year, then hopefully it will be a permanent race.

The only other places to catch such races anywhere close to the Bay Area are down in Monterey at Laguna Seca, and in Sonoma County at the Infinion Raceway (formerly called Sears Point) - Nascar road races there, and next month Indy cars will be running there for the first time. With traffic, it can take a few hours each way, so it's nice having a big race in our backyard.

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I must concur, the rest of the pics are nice too

i would love to drive those hot wheels with hot asian babes.

nice ride.. im sure you really had a great time in there

The Champ car drivers decided after the first day on the track to add a chicane so that the drivers would be forced to take a wider line going into the hairpin turn.

If you notice the orange cones, the driver's of the other slower classes of cars did not have to go through the chicane.

The real speed bumps were the light rail (train) tracks where the Champ cars actually got airborne - hopefully that's something that will be corrected for next year's race, since it took a heavy toll on the cars (and I'm sure the driver's bodies).

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