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Auto Crossers and Spandex Designers at the Indy 500 ...

Posted: Tue May 31, 2011 7:39 am
by Mako Koiwai
... former Team Blew member Leeway Chang was at the Indy 500 as the designer of the Hot Wheel Girls outfits.

Here is the official Hot Wheels video of Tanner Faust's new World Record jump: http://youtu.be/7SjX7A_FR6g

You might have seen them testing their launch tower at El Toro. Our concern at the Indy 500 site was whether there would be enough room for the driver to stop before the guard rail (see, behind the folks standing on the landing ramp!) ... for some reason the drivers identity was a secret until after the jump.

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Re: Auto Crossers and Spandex Designers at the Indy 500 ...

Posted: Thu Jun 02, 2011 8:43 am
by Mako Koiwai
Me Mako, Upper Right, at the Winners Circle, doing the 3D mini cam salute, shooting (8 days!) for 3NET/Discovery channel. Their 3D 100 Year Indy 500 Anniversary Special should be airing in September:

Re: Auto Crossers and Spandex Designers at the Indy 500 ...

Posted: Thu Jun 02, 2011 8:44 am
by Mako Koiwai
Shooting with a Merlin "steadicam" ... safety crew driver extraction exercises

Re: Auto Crossers and Spandex Designers at the Indy 500 ...

Posted: Thu Jun 02, 2011 8:47 am
by Mako Koiwai
Funny seeing the Indy cars lining up at the Gasoline Alley gas station filling up before the race. Free ethanol, 98 and 93 octane fuel.

Re: Auto Crossers and Spandex Designers at the Indy 500 ...

Posted: Thu Jun 02, 2011 8:50 am
by Mako Koiwai
Our main rig, a Hurricane 3D rig with Sony F3 full size sensor cameras ... interviewing Bobby Unser at the museum:

Re: Auto Crossers and Spandex Designers at the Indy 500 ...

Posted: Thu Jun 02, 2011 8:51 am
by Mako Koiwai
A very tense Danica on Bump Day. She was next in line and had to wait out more rain. This was her last chance:

Re: Auto Crossers and Spandex Designers at the Indy 500 ...

Posted: Thu Jun 02, 2011 8:59 am
by Mako Koiwai
Me and my mounted mini cams on Mario and Al Unser Jr's taxi's. $3,000.00 dollars for a warm-up lap and a flying lap. I had five mini cam rigs mounted on four cars:

Re: Auto Crossers and Spandex Designers at the Indy 500 ...

Posted: Thu Jun 02, 2011 12:17 pm
by Kristoffer Gjevre
Awesome job you have! :thumbup:

Re: Auto Crossers and Spandex Designers at the Indy 500 ...

Posted: Thu Jun 09, 2011 2:54 pm
by Mako Koiwai
More snap shots from my 3NET/Discovery Channel shoot at Indy: http://public.fotki.com/makofoto/work/3 ... -may-2011/