Michael Tan Photography

2010 Grand Prix of Mosport

Michael Tan — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 22:33:22 +0000

Now that I’ve sat done and gone through I’d say 95% of the pics (which is like the 80/20 rule), here’s probably my favourite one so far of the Flying Lizards Motorsports down Mario Andretti straight with some trees getting in the way.

Rest of the photos from the weekend’s race here.

Big wreck at the feature race of the 2010 Grand Prix of Mosport

Michael Tan — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 05:27:26 +0000

Major spin puts the #48 Orbit Racing Porsche 911 GT3 in the GTC class driven by Luke Hines into the barrier at this year’s American Le Mans.

Fortunately Luke walks away from the crash.

I managed to take a few more shots as the shutter button was held down but decided to get away from the wall as soon as possible as the front right tire became airborne (flew about 30 feet up?), lands in the middle of the track and rolls down the track and rolls right across from us, while cars swerved around the wreck at a pretty good clip.

Unfortunately the camera was setup for panning and not for fast shutter so the next few images is completely blurry.

The day before I along a few others were shooting from same spot of where the crash occurred, especially with the random debris that landed on the other side of the barrier . Yikes!

The barrier couldn’t be repaired in time and the race finished with one more lap under full caution.

Somewhere on Durham County Road 47

Michael Tan — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 14:57:24 +0000

July 10, 2010 - Sick Kids Hospital Exotic Car Event

Michael Tan — Sun, 11 Jul 2010 06:06:57 +0000

Rest of the set here.

Lapping Day @ Mosport

Michael Tan — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 03:27:22 +0000

Since I totally missed the vintage race weekend at Mosport this past weekend, did manage to get a bit of shooting at Mosport the day after the race weekend. Couple of the cars that participated during the weekend were still around doing a few laps on the big track.

Of course, this had nothing to do with the past vintage races.

2009 Rally of the Tall Pines

Michael Tan — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 06:37:03 +0000

Pat Richard wins the Rally of the Tall Pines and the Canadian Championship, with Antoine L’Estage and Nathalie Richard, who were in the lead, experienced clutch problems before the last stage today, otherwise would have won the race. Andrew Comrie-Picard takes second place and also wins the North American Rally Cup.

And with that, Subaru wins the 2009 Manufacturer’s Championship, upsetting Mitsubishi that was leading by a small margin going into this last rally of the year.

First five entries…

Frank Sprongl/Dan Sprongl

Craig Henderson/Lyne Murphy

Antoine L’Estage/Nathalie Richard

Andrew Comrie-Picard/Jeremy Wimpey

Pat Richard/Alan Ockwell

Rest of the set here. Results can be found here on www.rallyscoring.com.

Forza 3 Launch Event

Michael Tan — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 20:56:22 +0000

Microsoft/Audi had their Forza 3 launch event at the CNE the other day, and the CASC-OC helped out with the event by holding a small autocross, with the public having the chance to ride shotgun in various cars and even take out their own car onto the short course.

Rest of the set here.

Moby @ Kool Haus

Michael Tan — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 02:50:53 +0000

Haven’t been to a concert in over a decade (excluding the couple of free outdoor concerts in Toronto) and Moby put on an energetic show that ran for two hours. Several favourites from his “18″ album - being “We Are Made Of Stars” and “Extreme Ways” along with “Body Rock” and “Go”.

From left to right, Kelli Scarr singing Neil Young’s “Helpless”, Moby’s “We Are Made Of Stars” and Inyang Bassey in the last song, “Feeling So Real”.

“Mistake” from his latest album “Wait For Me” was also played along with an unreleased song, “Effected”.

Before anybody asks, these were taken with the girlfriend’s Canon Powershot SX100 IS.

Next up, Metallica. Yes, you read that but I’ll be watching from a lot farther away.

2009 Canadian International Air Show

Michael Tan — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 20:06:04 +0000

Went out twice to watch the show, Saturday at Marilyn Bell Park (near the VIP section) and Monday on a sailboat near just east of the Humber Bay Park (which wasn’t quite a good idea as waves + boat + me = bad idea).

Rest of the set here.

2009 Grand Prix of Mosport

Michael Tan — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 21:49:51 +0000

Click on the image below for the set of images from the three days at Mosport.