Hello everyone! I'm currently planning for a trip to the Bonneville Speed Week 2020 for filming a segment for our show GearHeadTour. While I am a car fanatic, and a fan of racing of many kinds (in general) I have never been to the salt flats, nor to the Speed Week event. I'm wondering if anyone can help me out with a few things:
1. Where should I be planning to focus my time? Is there any particular area where more is going on, or is it spread out along the entire course?
2. Is there anything you think might help me to understand what it's like to shoot at Speed Week? Are you able to get good footage from the ground, or do spectators become a problem?
3. Does anyone have an interesting story or vehicle and would like to have an on-camera interview? Or, do you know someone that has an interesting story or vehicle and they would like to be interviewed? If so, feel free to use the contact form on our website, or email me from this forum (email is listed publicly)
I know some of this might get answered by the media contacts for the event, but I always like to get input from people in the mix. I'm just trying to get a feel for what it's like to shoot this event, before I have to figure it out on-site.
Our show doesn't launch until sometime in August, 2020. Not sure when the Bonneville stuff would air. Probably some time in December or after. I attached a picture of our show's host, Amanda.
Any help is greatly appreciated.