I headed up to the Ojibwe Forrests Rally a few weekends ago in Bemidji, Minnesota for some rally car action. The race was part of the 2009 Rally America Series comprised of 9 different races throughout the year. I was able to get to my first rally race last year in Houghton, Michigan and I wanted to get to the Ojibwe race this year as it’s about 4 hours north of the Twin Cities. The racing started on Friday afternoon and was completed on Saturday evening. These guys race all day and into the night hours as you will see from a couple of photos. Unfortunately the spectator areas were not the best for viewing and I wasn’t in time to get a media pass for the event, so I shot from where I could.

On this trip I brought:
Canon 40D,
Sigma 70-200 F2.8
Sigma 16-35 F2.8-4
Sigma 24-70 F2.8
Canon 50 F1.8
Canon 15mm 2.8 Fisheye

For most of the action I went with the 70-200 or the 24-70 as I wasn’t able to get as close to the action as I was in Houghton, last year. I also brought a rocket blower as the amount of dust, dirt and rocks flying around is pretty crazy. All in all my equipment held up fine in all the dust and I was able to get some great shots. Below are some images from the 2 days of racing.