Ben Carufel Photography

04/19/2016

I've been trickling them out the past couple of days, but here's a condensed gallery of some of my favorite snaps from this past weekend's IMSA at the Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach. It's fairly BMW USA Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing heavy, but there are a few others in there too (Ford Performance, RealTime Racing, GAINSCO Bob Stallings Racing). Have a look and let me know what you think!

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Last weekend was a good one. I had the opportunity to head to the Long Beach Grand Prix course as a credentialed photographer, but I didn’t really have a client to shoot for. Maybe that’s not entirely true, but my duties for the weekend were to assist with capturing images for the BMWCCA...and they…

04/19/2016

Palm trees: check.
Sunshine: check.
Fountain turn: check.

Must be the Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach with IMSA. Here's the #100 BMW Motorsport BMW USA Motorsport M6 GTLM during Sunday's in Long Beach, California!

04/18/2016

Here's another shot of the #25 BMW USA Motorsport M6 GTLM of Bill Auberlen Racing and Dirk Werner during the IMSA at Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach on Saturday. Those BMW BMW USA cars look great at speed!

04/16/2016

Street circuits can be tough to shoot sometimes -- lots of concrete barriers and fences -- but I found a spot above the madness of the track to watch the #100 BMW USA Motorsport M6 GTLM of Lucas Luhr and John Edwards Racing during yesterday's late-afternoon qualifying session at the Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach Bubba Grand Prix here in Long Beach.

04/16/2016

Ryan Eversley flings the #43 RealTime Racing Acura TLX-GT around the famous Fountain Corner during practice at the Pirelli World Challenge Championships Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach on Friday, April 15, 2016.

04/16/2016

Lucas Luhr sets up the #100 BMW USA Motorsport M6 GTLM which he shares with John Edwards Racing entering Turn 8 at the Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach IMSA Bubba Grand Prix in Long Beach, California on Friday afternoon.

04/15/2016

Bill Auberlen throws the #25 BMW BMW Motorsport M6 GTLM around Turn 11, the "Slowest Turn in Motorsports", at the Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach course during Friday practice for the IMSA Bubba Burger Grand Prix.

04/15/2016

The #912 Porsche Team North America IMSA GTLM car enters Turn 10 at the 2016 Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach Friday practice session one.

04/15/2016

Back at the race track this weekend -- shooting at the Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach. Had a chance to walk the track today and snapped a shot at the "Slowest Corner in Motorsports", Turn 11. Should be a fun weekend! More pictures to come once practice and racing kick off tomorrow!