New from John Thawley - PORTFOLIO 7.16.2006
Flying Lizards in the Desert - John ThawleyInaugural American Le Mans Series Grand Prix of Utah
The 2006 Utah Grand Prix marked the first automotive race in history at the new state-of-the-art, 4.5-mile, 24-turn Miller Motorsports Park in Tooele, Utah, near Salt Lake City. The Miller Motorsports Park complex, developed by Larry H. Miller, actually features two road-racing facilities – a 2.3-mile East track and the 2.2-mile West course. When combined for major events such as the inaugural American Le Mans Series Utah Grand Prix, the track layout includes a 3,500-foot front straightaway. Miller Motorsports Park is the longest road-racing facility in North America, outdistancing Road America’s 4.048-mile facility.
"I hadn’t considered what opportunities an inaugural event presents," acknowledged motorsports photographer, John Thawley. "It is a rare occasion that your work might determine how sports car racing enthusiasts around the world will see and remember this day. It could, in fact, define the visual record of the beginning."
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John Thawley Expands Black & White Collection
Catalogue Now AvailableInspired by the look of images photographed in the 50s and 60s, John Thawley has created a unique series simply called Black & White. The Series includes select on-track action and informal headshots and portraits and focuses on contemporary and modern day legends in road racing today.
A printed catalogue of the Black & White collection is now available. It is a 6"x8" soft bound booklet printed on glossy stock and includes each of the 20 images featured in the portfolio. It is available at Wheels On Wallsfor $19.95 plus shipping.
New Additions At Wheels On Walls
Pete Lyons expands his Wheels On Walls gallery with a selection of images taken by his father, Ozzie Lyons. The subject for this installation is Briggs Swift Cunningham whom Ozzie Lyons covered quite often in the early 1950s.
Some of America's brightest early memories in international auto racing were created by Briggs Swift Cunningham. A fine driver himself and a consummate sportsman, in 1950 he set up a factory in Florida to design, build and campaign a series of American sports cars at Le Mans and across the U.S. The best of them was the big, brawny C-4R with its big, bellowing Chrysler Hemi.
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