Ryan Blaney
After four long months I finally dusted off my cameras and photographed a live sport on Thursday.
There were no fans, plenty of humidity, and lots of pace car appearances at the Super Start Batteries 400 at Kansas Speedway.
Here are my favorite images, taken for USA Today Sports Images:
I survived! I heard "Sweet Home Alabama" more times than I can count, but I made it through my first NASCAR weekend and I can honestly say that I can't wait for my next one.
Here are some of my favorite images from the NASCAR Monster Energy Series Hollywood Casino 400 on Sunday.
This past weekend I was exposed to NASCAR for the first time. To be honest, I knew next to nothing about the sport going in and was kind of expecting not to enjoy myself. In short: I was very wrong. It was loud, I met the best people in event staff and in the photo room (shout out to everyone that helped this rookie survive the long weekend), and had a genuinely amazing time.
Here are a few of my favorite images from Practice 1 and Qualifying on Friday.
