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After watching the NASCAR Busch Series FoodCity 250 the night before, and swimming and wakeboarding on South Holston Lake in the morning, I went to the NASCAR Nextel Cup Series Sharpie 500 race on Saturday. We got there early and went to the exhibits outside the race.

The exhibits were really cool. I didn’t bring my whole camera bag because it was so heavy lug down the highway the night before, after the race. I decided to just bring the Sigma 28-70mm f/2.8 EX DG lens this time since it’s the most versatile. I was in the parking lot for about 5 minutes when I wished I had my wideangle Sigma 12-24mm f/4.5-5.6 EX DG lens. Arrgh!

I do this all the time. No matter how many times I try to convince myself, I forget how important it is to have all my camera gear; usually faced with a long day of lugging a backpack full of gear around.

I did the best I could with what I had, though. I tried, mostly, to get the exhibit cars. It was a little tough with the usually-very-versatile Sigma 28-70mm. I had to think about angles and capture parts of the cars, mostly. This Compuware car was under a canopy and I had to shoot it at ISO 800 to get anything. I liked the details of the car, though.

The Lowes car was easy to get around, and out in the sun, but it was tough to get an angle that showed the car looking it’s best. In the end, I caught Larry Clarke, my host, in the frame.

The best exhibit has to go to Aarons Appliance. Nothing looked better than the “Dream Team.”