Well, I just booked my flight for Milwaukee for the Champ Car test session next week. Should be a good time to get some good, candid footage of the teams and drivers. Anybody wanna come with me and be my cameraperson (looking at you Kelly)? I have a multitude of ideas, all of which will be very difficult to achieve by myself. Oh well, I like a challenge. Hopefully I’ll bring back some good footage. Especially since I am footing the bill.

I went to Sebring a few years ago where Paul Tracy was testing for the first time with Team Players. There were a few other teams too, but naturally this was the unveiling of Tracy in the Blue and White uniform. It was my cameraman Claude and myself. It was probably in the top 5 race trips I have ever taken. There something about testing that makes it completely different from anything else these guys do on the track. It’s hard to explain. They are very relaxed and cheery, yet very serious and fast. When you read interviews from drivers post-testing session, they are usually happy. They usually have positive things to say about their day. Maybe its because nothing is on the line. Or, if there’s a problem, they have time to fix it. I’ve seen drivers get ticked off during test sessions with regards to blocking. But its forgotten by the next turn (assuming he let him pass). There’s a general positive atmosphere in the air. There are also few media and few distractions. It’s all about the testing. There’s this sense of intimacy with the teams. If anybody gets the opportunity to go to Milwaukee or to any other test session this season, I urge you to go. It’s a completely different experience from a race weekend. I look forward to this session and I hope I don’t bite off more than I can chew in terms of filming.
Anybody know any good, cheap hotels where I can stay at? I wonder if I can stay in PT’s bus?

Champ Car baby! Champ Car for life!