Kirk's Motorsport Photography Pages



Melbourne is a great place for a motorsport enthusiast.

There are 4 circuits within a 2 hour radius - Sandown, Calder Park, Phillip Island and Winton Raceway.

Melbourne also hosts Formula One, World Super Bikes and the World 500cc Motorcycle Championships.

This site is for me to show off the photographs I have taken at these and other events.

Recent Events
 

2002 Konica V8 Supercars, Phillip Island, including Porsche Cup and Formula Ford

2002 Australian V8 Supercars, Phillip Island

Latest  2002 Australian V8 Supercars, Winton Raceway  Latest

 

Previous events by Category

V8 Super Cars

The Shell V8 Supercar series is Australias most prestigous professional race series.
Racing is close, the cars weigh 1300Kgs and are very fast with their 620 BHP V8 engines giving a top speed of 305Kph(188mph).

Formula 1

The Melbourne Grand Pris is the first race on the F1 calendar, and it is a driver's favourite

GTP Nations Cup

GTP is a production car series. The series is split into 3 divisions - Nations Cup, GT Performance, and GT Production.
See GTP Home page
 

World Super Bikes

This is the world's premier road bike series. Photographs here taken at the round held every Easter at the famous Phillip Island circuit.
 

"Race to the Sky" Hill climb.
Held in Queenstown, New Zealand, this is an international hillclimb event, similar to "Pikes Peak" in the US, and attracts that events top talent.
 

Wanganui Motorcycle Street Race

An annual race held every year at Wanganui New Zealand on Boxing Day.
More photographs to be added.
 

Assorted Motorsport

Can't quite think of a suirable category. Photos of cars not in the above classes.
 
 


Equipment.

All photos taken with:

Minolta 700si equipped with:
Tokina ATX-PRO II 100-300/f4 zoom lens
Sigma APO 2X tele-converter
Minolta 28-105xi f4-5.6 zoom lens
Minolta 50mm f1.7 lens

or

Ricoh GR1 (28mm/f2.8 Compact)