In June, I visited Rockstar Racing with one of 225’s freelancers, Daryl, to work on a story.
We received the grand tour by owner Brent Melancon and had the opportunity to actually try out the go karts, too, after I had taken images of patrons racing.
We were given a heat number and a racing name. Mine was Photo Lady.
Once on the track, we put on our helmets and then were off! I arranged it to where I was able to photograph while driving, and I pulled over for a second so that Brent could get a photograph of me in the kart, because, let’s be honest, it isn’t every day that you get to drive a go kart and photograph while racing a fellow freelancer.
Then I got back on the track and took some more photographs while driving. It was a little scary (not the driving, but the thought of dropping my equipment from a moving vehicle), so I made my way around the track slowly.
A race begins at Rockstar Racing, located on Airline Highway, on Wednesday, June 22, 2011. Each race consists of 40 laps on the 3/8 mile indoor track. (Photo by Erin Parker)
When our “race” was up, I went back to photographing and snapped the following image.
Flag girl Sydney Cavin, 16, waves a green flag as a race begins at Rockstar Racing, located on Airline Highway, on Wednesday, June 22, 2011. Owner Brent Melancon said the racetrack is an outreach mission for him and that he'd like to see a NASCAR driver from Louisiana in the future. (Photo by Erin Parker)
We had a fantastic time at the track, and it was definitely a fun place to visit for work!
You can read Daryl Moore’s story for 225 Magazine here.
You can visit Rockstar Racing’s website here.
