Ryan Briscoe's first IndyCar win
On the cooldown lap at Milwaukee on 1 June 2008, Ryan Briscoe celebrates his first of eight career wins. Kodak was a sponsor on that car, and I was using a Kodak Z712 digital camera for this shot.
He almost didn't win this race. With less than 3 laps to go, a three-car accident in turn 2 happened right in front of him. Vitor Meira was launched airborne over Marco Andretti's car. The race ended under caution.
Back then, fans in the infield had a close-up view of the track in turn four - perfect for taking photos. Nowadays, there is a tall fence in the way.
Seeing the throw-back livery at Gateway made me remember this photo, and it took me a while to dig through old hard drives to find it. I read that Ryan is a drivers coach for RLL this year after having the same job at Prema last year.
