Category Archives: NASCAR It’s sad to think that Tucson Raceway Park is now closed, especially considering what this track has meant to me since I was a kid. In 1968, the clay oval race track was built on land owned by the Pima County Fairgrounds and was originally named Tucson International Raceway, soon after the name...  Butterfield Photography INVADES La Crosse Fairgrounds Speedway! Yep, this will be a long one! More images than I should post on one Blog and talking about the old days more than I should but the hell with it. A couple weeks ago while in La Crosse, Wisconsin for a family vacation...  Last week I headed out to Sonoma, California and once again meet up with Mark Rebilas and capture the NASCAR Sprint Cup event at Infineon Raceway. Once again had a BLAST hanging out with Mark but more importantly learning more about Sports Shooting from one of the industry’s best, without Mark and U.S. Presswire I...  Just exactly what is a Man Cave? Most of you may have already read about one or heard about one, chances are good nowadays that you either own one yourself or know someone that has one but just exactly what is a Man Cave? The source of all knowledge www.Wikipedia.org says…. A man cave (also...  On April 11th 2009, one year ago today Phoenix, Arizona’s Manzanita Speedway, one of the top 3 dirt tracks in the country was sold and subsequently closed after 58 years of operation. Also known as “Manzy” this track was instrumental in the early careers of Al Unser Jr., JJ Yeley, Billy Boat to include Hall...  Recently I had an awesome weekend of shooting the NASCAR event in Las Vegas with Mark Rebilas and US Presswire. I have admired Mark’s work for a couple years now and he and I have shared emails back and forth and we talked about the chance to become a student/intern; because of his schedule...  Day two of the NASCAR event held at Las Vegas Motor Speedway got off to a late start as we had a lot of weather in the area, it rained most of the night and morning so the Sam’s Town 300 Nationwide Race was delayed by a couple hours. By the time we got to...  Pre-race Festivities for the Shelby American Sprint Cup race started early in the morning, there is always something going on somewhere and there is a lot to see and do. You have mini concerts going on, fans milling around the garage, crews pushing their cars through final inspection, etc. NASCAR and Sponsors do a lot...  I felt really good about today, the weather cleared and I had figured out why I struggled so much. I was trying to shoot with settings I never have before so I went back with what I know and that’s chase the camera in manual…… very challenging in itself but you have complete control. No...  To wrap things up, here is a compilation of some of my favorite shots from this weekend. I experienced serious separation anxiety taking a 3 day shoot and making one post, I had too many shots I wanted to share. Over the 3 days I took 6222 images, while I struggled quite a bit and... 
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