dc chavez – the BLOG

A few weeks ago I was up at the Pikes Peak Hill Climb filming for Jeff Zwart and his Luminox Porsche GT3 Cup car with my bro Will Roegge. Jeff ended up setting a new world record in the Time Attack Class with a time of 11:31.095 – 30 seconds faster than the previous record holder, Rhys Millen. It was a big deal for me to shoot for such an accomplished Director, Author, Photographer and driver, so I had to step up my game. This proved to be a difficult task with 2:30AM call times, 7-11 breakfasts, between 11,000 and 14,000 feet elevation, crazy temperature swings etc. etc. etc. The “glamorous life” of a photographer!

While I was there, I met a really nice guy Brandon Parker that was a part of the 15+ person Red Bull Moving Images video crew. Upon checking out his site I saw he did something really cool- upload screencaps from recent projects before the final edits were cut. Post production usually takes a while, so these screenshots show some of the work in a timely manner. Will should have the video cut soon, and I will post the final video when its all said and done.

So, here are some of what I was capturing on the mountain with my camera at the 2010 Pikes Peak International Hill Climb.

PPIHC 2010- Early Morning Testing

PPIHC 2010- Waiting for the official time

PPIHC 2010- A rear view of a record run

PPIHC 2010- Zwart coming around Brown Bush

PPIHC 2010- Zwart in the S's

PPIHC 2010- Starting line on Race Day

PPIHC 2010- Engineers Turn

PPIHC 2010- Luminox Check before heading out

PPIHC 2010- Rounding Bottomless Pit

PPIHC 2010- Flat out at Ragged Edge

PPIHC 2010- Lower Gravel Pit

PPIHC 2010- Roegge 5D Incar Setup

PPIHC 2010- View from the Contour HD

PPIHC 2010- View from the Contour HD

PPIHC 2010- Pushing to the summit

PPIHC 2010- Pushing to the summit

Full video soon to come!