Go Karts

So this weekend I decided to surprise my friend (now my bf) Ben at his gokart race in Ohio. I went through all the trouble in calling his parents and friends to make sure everything was planned out. I had this planned for 3 weeks. Well my friend Michael and I show up there and he was pretty surprised. Although he knew something was going on, he was still happy to see us there. Ben is an amazing driver, but stupid shit always goes wrong. Saturday was a little rough, but Sunday was better. He could have been in the top 5 if some dirt bag knew how to drive! For the race before the last race he started 9th (out of 27) and an idiot knocked off his bumper and he was black flagged (DQ in a sense). So that set him back at the end to start the next race. His fastest laps compared to those who placed in the top 5. You can tell when a driver knows what hes doing and when he doesn't. I used to think it was easy as pie, but being around all the drivers you begin to understand that there is more to it than just steering! There is the physical energy and pain, mental thoughts, decisions. It requires a lot more than what people think.

This was my first time taking any sort of racing pictures so they're not the best. I am working on getting the right settings with different lighting. I thought these came out pretty good for my first time. I used my Nikon D80 with the Nikkor 18-135mm lens