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thirdsun 10-26-2009 08:03 AM

2009 Swamp Buggy Races
 
We attended the "world famous" swamp buggy races in Naples, FL yesterday. Although they call these machines "buggies" that's really a rather quaint and accommodative term, maybe even facetious. In reality, certain classes of these high-powered machines are more like swamp rockets.

If you want to see my additional race pics, they are here in a flickr set.

If you want to know more about the race venue, visit swampbuggy.com

First they enter the track and get set on the starting line...
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Then, they race once around the Mile O' Mud track...
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...and head for the finish line
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mixedmedia 10-26-2009 08:12 AM

it was a lot of fun.
fun with beer and things that go vroom.
if that ain't Amurrica then I don't know what is. :p

Halx 10-26-2009 08:26 AM

Floriduh is good for something, I guess.

thirdsun 10-26-2009 09:47 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Halx (Post 2721691)
Floriduh is good for something, I guess.

Oh, but don't forget Spring Break, Halx. Beaches chock full of young, wild, wanton, drunk, scantily women...

:p

mixedmedia 10-26-2009 10:11 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by thirdsun (Post 2721723)
Oh, but don't forget Spring Break, Halx. Beaches chock full of young, wild, wanton, drunk, scantily women...

:p

sounds like a regular old Thursday night to me :p

thirdsun 10-26-2009 10:46 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mixedmedia (Post 2721734)
sounds like a regular old Thursday night to me :p

Yeah, come to think of it, we really don't want the secret getting out, do we?

:cool:

mixedmedia 10-26-2009 11:06 AM

yes, that is the key to living the good life in Florida...stay at home :)
nekkid, when possible.

thirdsun 10-26-2009 11:29 AM

heh, heh, heh....she said nekkid...

mixedmedia 10-26-2009 11:57 AM

and here I reveal the secret to thirdsun's fabulous swamp buggy pictures...

his big...long....hard....uh, lens.
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mixedmedia 10-27-2009 06:56 PM

while thirdsun, with his fancy telephoto lens, caught some great shots of the actual swamp buggies in action, I concentrated on the Swamp Buggees...if you will.
Sorry if there are too many but I took almost 600 pics that day. This is my favorite kind of photography, though, the candid street-type...I get carried away.

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here is the Swamp Buggy Queen and her fancy dress court
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this little girl sang her heart out on The Star-Spangled Banner (she really did), but note the rather intense Woody Harrelson-on-crack-looking fella on the right...he was the minister (hopped up on swamp buggy fever, I suppose) who said the opening prayer before the races started - he actually said, 'jesus, I love you soo much' at the end of it. Afterwards I leaned over and whispered to thirdsun 'i bet he slept with a hooker last night.' I'm not sure if he found that to be funny or not. :lol: (:icare:)
I stood there during it all much like Swampy there.
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i have several pictures of this guy, mostly because he stood around in front of my seat a lot...smoking...
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this was his girlfriend
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my favorite shot of the day
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this girl was really cute, but she was wearing some ridiculous sunglasses (the big sunglasses thing is getting a little out of hand)
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mean girls?
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thirdsun and the guy who seemed to have a man crush on him...he went on and on about his lens :lol:
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this woman was adorable - and her lens was bigger than both of ours put together!
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oh yeah, he sure as fuck did...
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newtx 10-28-2009 07:08 AM

Great pics. My favorites were the old wrinkled lady and the lady with the big lens.

seamaiden 10-30-2009 06:42 AM

These are great fun...love mm's first one with the chips falling off the heaping plate! These remind me of when my son raced go-karts, except there was no water, no beauty queens, and the crowds were smaller. I'm sure it was just as loud though.


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