bob jennings' WORLD O' RACING  05/06/2002

Photos and Memories

Kenny Brack, Stephan Gregoire and Affonse Giaffone crash on the pace lap of the 1997 "Indianapolis 500"

Bob Jennings

I've been a serious "hobbyist" racing photographer, since 1981, and I've taken thousands of racing photographs during this period. However, the number of crash photos I've caught can be counted on the fingers of one hand. I was getting as many shots as I could, of the rows of cars, in the 1997 "500" starting grid, as the cars passed by turn four, to the waiting green flag to start the race. I was following the fifth row, of cars, with my old Nikon FE2, mounted with an equally old Nikon AI 135 mm lens, when I caught this crash. It was pure luck, but it makes a neat shot. 

16th St. Speedway	Mario Andretti	Michael Andretti	Billy Boat
Kenny Brack	"Brickyard 400"	Jeff Burton	Ward Burton
Buzz Calkins	Ed Carpenter	Helio Castroneves	Eddie Cheever
David Coulthard	Dave Darland	Gil de Ferran	Jay Drake
Dan Drinan	Dale Earnhardt	Tony Elliott	Emerson Fittipaldi
A.J. Foyt	Scott Goodyear	Jeff Gordon	Sam Hornish
Grand Prix of Hungary	Mauricio Gugelmin	Jack Hewitt	John Heydenreich
Tracy Hines	Indianapolis Raceway Park	Indianapolis 500"	Ernie Irvan
Dale Jarrett	Kasey Kahne	Bobby Labonte	Buddy Lazier
Jason Leffler	Arie Luyendyk	Nigel Mansell	Mark Martin
Jimmy McCune	Rick Mears	Juan Montoya	Ryan Newman
Bill Pappas	Roger Penske	Richard Petty	Jerry Punch
Greg Ray	Road America	Sam Schmidt	Michael Schumacher
Scott Sharp	Ricky Shelton	Tony Stewart	Danny Sullivan
Al Unser	Al Unser Jr.	Bobby Unser	Jimmy Vasser
Darrell Waltrip	Michael Waltrip	Winchester Speedway	Alex Zanardi