These pictures were taken 09/03/04 through 09/05/04 at the California Speedway in Fontana, CA. The race is the Pop Secret 500. Click on any thumbnail and a new window will open with a larger version so you can see the details. Close the window to return to the thumbnails.

Michael took the pictures with an Olympus E-100RS High Speed Digital Camera. It can take 15 frames per second. Michael had it set to 7.5 frames per second to save compact flash space. Really cool stop action.

(75K) 640 x 480	Friday morning - Jamie McMurray finishes Busch practice. He jumps out of the car and hurries past Tina Gordon on the way to the Cup garage to get ready for practice.	(82K) 640 x 480	Kasey Kahne stops for a tire check during morning practice.
(82K) 640 x 480	Jimmie Johnson studies the tire sheet.	(85K) 640 x 480	Jimmy Spencer waits "patiently" for the Goodyear guy to give him his tire sheet.
(87K) 640 x 480	Martin Truex, Jr stops inside the fenced garage area to sign a few autographs. So close and yet so far!	(81K) 640 x 480	On his way out to Cup Qualifying Boris Said signed a bunch of autographs.
(81K) 640 x 480	After his qualifying run Kyle Petty talks to a couple crewmen inside the garage area.	(91K) 640 x 480	Kasey Kahne leans in to talk to Jeremy Mayfield after Jeremy's run.
(90K) 640 x 480	Jeremy climbs out of the car. The crowd kept calling to him. After doing a few interviews he came over and told us thanks for calling to him but he HAD to run to a meeting.	(119K) 640 x 480	Saturday morning "Happy Hour" Scott Riggs stops for a tire check and Bill Elliott heads to the garage.
(96K) 640 x 480	Elliott Sadler spun on the backstretch but didn't hit anything. He took FOREVER to make it back to pit road. But managed to keep the fenders intact!	(99K) 640 x 480	The crew brought tires out to pit road rather than risking Elliott driving any further.
(73K) 640 x 480	Greg Biffle in his special white camouflage	(85K) 640 x 480	Jeff Green in his Pop Secret paint scheme for the Pop Secret 500.
(74K) 640 x 480	Bobby Labonte in the Wellbutrin paint scheme. I HATE that car - he tends to run awful in it!	(115K) 640 x 480	Jimmie Johnson gets a tire check and Kevin Harvick goes to the garage for adjustments.
(132K) 640 x 480	Tony Stewart and Dale Earnhardt Jr work on their setups.	(128K) 640 x 480	J.J. Yeley and Jeff Burton stop for tire checks and Jeff Gordon head back to the crew for more adjustments.
(96K) 640 x 480	Terry Labonte heads back to the garage for more work.	(99K) 640 x 480	The UPS crew checks out Dale Jarrett's car.
(113K) 640 x 480	It's a plug check for DJ as Mark Martin goes to the garage.	(125K) 640 x 480	Tire check for Tony Stewart, plug check for Brian Vickers and off to the garage for Kasey Kahne.
(101K) 640 x 480	Happy Hour over the crews of Ward Burton and Elliott Sadler push the cars to the garage.	(94K) 640 x 480	Now the teams will study the Happy Hour results and decide what to do for Sunday.
(85K) 640 x 480	"Herbie" was on pit road Saturday with the Busch cars.	(75K) 640 x 480	"Herbie" ran the pace laps to get some movie footage.
(84K) 640 x 480	Greg Biffle takes the Checkered Flag in the Busch race.	(119K) 640 x 482	Greg did a mighty fine burnout!
(62K) 640 x 480	Sunday morning Scott Wimmer made an appearance at the Party Zone. He seemed very nervous and blushed a lot!	(56K) 640 x 480	Casey Mears answered questions and signed a lot of autographs.
(57K) 640 x 480	Scott Riggs pauses to think before answering a question.	(59K) 640 x 480	Kyle Busch looked like a gangly teenager.
(42K) 640 x 480	Jeff Gordon stayed about 15 minutes answering questions.	(45K) 640 x 480	Brendan Gaughan was very much at home chatting and joking.
(51K) 640 x 480	Don't these guys look different in "street clothes"? I almost didn't recognize Jimmie Johnson!	(44K) 640 x 480	Navy skydiver brings in the Flag.
(99K) 480 x 640	The Starting Grid is displayed on the scoring pylon.	(26K) 480 x 640	Beautiful fly over - clear blue sky with mountains in the background.
(107K) 640 x 480	Pace Laps - almost time to go racin'.	(104K) 640 x 480	Lap 44: Caution out for Carl Edwards' flat tire
(94K) 640 x 480	Lap 72: Caution out for Greg Biffle's spin.	(77K) 640 x 480	That tire really exploded and tore up the back end!
(96K) 640 x 480	DJ's crew jumps into action.	(120K) 640 x 480	Terry Labonte pulls into his pit and Ryan Newman and Rusty Wallace head down pit road.
(112K) 640 x 480	Come on guys - make a good stop for Terry!	(118K) 640 x 480	Hurry, hurry, hurry - Jeremy Mayfield and Ricky Rudd head slowly down pit road.
(105K) 640 x 480	CAREFUL! Terry is ready to go just as Kasey Kahne is ready to pull into his pit.	(108K) 640 x 480	Lap 73: Jeff Gordon makes unscheduled pit stop.
(102K) 640 x 480	Another round of pit stops. Mark Martin is in while Kurt Busch and Jimmie Johnson head for their pits.	(93K) 640 x 480	Lap 116: Caution comes out as Shane Hmiel spins through the grass.
(69K) 640 x 480	As the sun set the lights came on - track looks pretty cool at night.	(89K) 640 x 480	Bobby's pits were right across from our seats - we saw way to much of him!
(91K) 640 x 480	Elliott Sadler gets the lead from Robby Gordon.	(90K) 640 x 480	{sigh}Another pit stop for Bobby.
(91K) 640 x 480	Quick pit stop for Mark Martin - his gasman struggles for balance.	(109K) 640 x 480	Elliott Sadler streaks to the checkered flag.
(53K) 384 x 256	The winner!	(84K) 640 x 480	And does a great burnout right in front of us!
(76K) 482 x 640	The Scoring pylon shows the race results.

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