NHRA in Thunder Valley

The Bristol Dragway is one of my favorite NHRA tracks on the circuit. Due to the fact that I enjoy the Tri-Cities area and the facility is easy to get around and its dug into the side of a mountain. Enjoy the images from 2013 Thunder Valley Nationals. 

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2013 Indianapolis 500

May 26, 2013; Indianapolis, IN, USA; IndyCar driver JR Hilderbrand crashes during the running of the 2013 Indianapolis 500 at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

The Indianapolis 500 is the greatest spectacle in racing and is considered one of the three most prestigious motorsports events in the world.  With 275,000 people in the track to watch the race the atmosphere is one of the best I experience year after year.

May 26, 2013; Indianapolis, IN, USA; The pagoda is reflected on the side of the Borg-Warner Trophy prior to the running of the 2013 Indianapolis 500 at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

May 26, 2013; Indianapolis, IN, USA; General view of the front stretch during the national anthem prior to the running of the 2013 Indianapolis 500 at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

May 26, 2013; Indianapolis, IN, USA; IndyCar driver JR Hilderbrand crashes during the running of the 2013 Indianapolis 500 at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

May 26, 2013; Indianapolis, IN, USA; Saftey crews instruct drivers after IndyCar driver JR Hilderbrand crashes during the running of the 2013 Indianapolis 500 at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

May 26, 2013; Indianapolis, IN, USA; Fans fill the grandstands during the running of the 2013 Indianapolis 500 at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

May 26, 2013; Indianapolis, IN, USA; IndyCar driver Tony Kanaan during the running of the 2013 Indianapolis 500 at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

May 26, 2013; Indianapolis, IN, USA; IndyCar driver Tony Kanaan during the running of the 2013 Indianapolis 500 at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

May 26, 2013; Indianapolis, IN, USA; IndyCar driver Tony Kanaan celebrates after winning the 2013 Indianapolis 500 at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

May 26, 2013; Indianapolis, IN, USA; IndyCar driver Tony Kanaan kisses the yard of bricks after winning the 2013 Indianapolis 500 at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

May 26, 2013; Indianapolis, IN, USA; IndyCar driver Tony Kanaan celebrates after winning the 2013 Indianapolis 500 at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

May 26, 2013; Indianapolis, IN, USA; IndyCar driver Oriol Servia kisses Tony Kanaan on the head after winning the 2013 Indianapolis 500 at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

May 26, 2013; Indianapolis, IN, USA; IndyCar driver Tony Kanaan pumps his fits after winning the 2013 Indianapolis 500 at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

NHRA Houston

This past weekend I was in Houston, Texas shooting NHRA Spring Nationals. NHRA is by far becoming my favorite sport to photograph besides football. It pushes all your senses to the max, with the loud cars going 300 MPH, the Nitrous Oxide burning your eyes and nose and the feeling of getting blown away from the starting line as the cars launch down the track.

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2013 Mud Hens Opening Day

The day has finally come! The Toledo Mud Hens will host the Louisville Bats to open the 2013 season in downtown Toledo! Just like any city with a MLB team, the whole city basically shuts down and heads downtown to to bars to drink with friends to kick off the summer!

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NCAA Hockey in Toledo

A few months ago the NCAA announced they would be having a regional hockey game at the Huntington Center. Spending the last 5 month shooting the Walleye and getting familiar with hockey I wanted to see if the spend of the game changed from college to minor leagues.

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Best of 2012-2013 Toledo Walleye Season

The Toledo Walleye are in the 2013 Kelly Cup Playoffs looking to bring home the cup, and I wanted to share some of my favorite images I have captured during the regular season!

I have been shooting professional for six years now, and I have never enjoyed shooting hockey. It’s usually hard to get around the arena, the photo holes suck, the lighting sucks, the list goes on and on. But having the opportunity to be the team photographer for the Toledo Walleye changed my perspective on hockey and pushed me to create images that people have never seen before.

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Week Long Time Lapse

From February 24th thru March 4th was the busiest week at The Huntington Center since it’s opened. I was talking with Mike McCall who is the Events Service Manager at the arena and he said the staff would be working extremely long hours to switch the arena from hockey to concerts back to hockey.

So I wanted to document this, but the I would actually be going on vacation. With the help of my friend Jeremy Allen we made this happen. On the 24th, we arrived at the arena to start setting up. I would be using a GoPro Hero 3 Black Edition.

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Vacation: Day 6- GoPro Meets Alligator

After meeting Gator John over at Wootens, he invited Stacy and I over to Gator Adventures to watch him wrestle alligators. It’s actually not wresting its more of handling and training. I asked Gator John, if I could strap by GoPro Hero 3 to his head while he is handling them and he jumped at the opportunity! I figured it would add a unique angle.

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Vacation: Day 5

This is our fifth day in Marco Island and the weather has been absolute crap! It’s been in the 60s and rainy & cloudy 70% of the time. We have only laid out by the pool one day, so I have the weakest Florida tan ever!

Stacy and I bundled up and head out to the pier to do a little fishing! We were bored so we attached my Go Pro Hero 3 to end of a long stick so we could get photos of the fish we caught as we reeled them in!

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Vacation: Day 4-Wootens Airboat Tours

Day 5 of vacation was a super cloudy and crappy day so Stacy and I decided to drive down to Wootens in the Everglades. Wootens has been around since 1953 giving all kinds of airboat and swamp buggy rides.

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About

Andrew Weber is a professional sports photographer based in Toledo, OH. He is currently a senior at the University of Toledo majoring in Marketing, and was a place kicker for The University of Toledo football team for four years. Andrew's primary focus is capturing important events on film. He was a staff photographer for the Bowling Green Sentinel-Tribune covering a wide variety of events ranging from high school athletics and late-breaking stories to local county fairs.

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