Last weekend's AMA District 37 desert race, the 55th Annual Check Chase shot
in sports mode on my Digital Rebel with the Tamron 24-135:

Sequence of the start of a typical Southern California Hare and Hound:

http://homepage.mac.com/getosx/checkchase/start1.jpg
http://homepage.mac.com/getosx/checkchase/start2.jpg
http://homepage.mac.com/getosx/checkchase/start3.jpg
http://homepage.mac.com/getosx/checkchase/start4.jpg

A few shots of some of the top 20 at checkpoint #5 50 miles into the 70 mile
race:

The leader and eventual winner Brian Brown:
http://homepage.mac.com/getosx/checkchase/01-P28.jpg

Pretty cool sequence across some open terrain just before the checkpoint:
http://homepage.mac.com/getosx/checkchase/02-3175.jpg
http://homepage.mac.com/getosx/checkchase/03-3175.jpg
http://homepage.mac.com/getosx/checkchase/04-3175.jpg
http://homepage.mac.com/getosx/checkchase/05-3175.jpg

Just after the checkpoint:
http://homepage.mac.com/getosx/checkchase/06-9.jpg
http://homepage.mac.com/getosx/checkchase/07-4.jpg

Battle:
http://homepage.mac.com/getosx/checkchase/10-178and19x.jpg
http://homepage.mac.com/getosx/checkchase/11-178and19x.jpg
http://homepage.mac.com/getosx/checkchase/12-19x_and_5.jpg
http://homepage.mac.com/getosx/checkchase/13-5.jpg

I can't believe how green the Mojave Desert is this year.  Simply amazing.
The next couple of weekends we'll hit some quieter areas of the dez for some
wildflower shots.

Greg