Shooter at Large – Dan Demarco

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LARGE DAN DEMARCO

The eye watering Salute to Greg Hodnett with five famous rides.

It’s hard to think about composition when a race car is flipping but Demarco exquisitely nailed it on this shot of Chris Windom flying at Bloomsburg Fair Raceway.

MAYBE YOU’VE NOTICED, but we here at Dirt Empire Magazine love us some racing pictures. This is our opportunity to honor the great photographers of our sport who are on the road throughout the season shooting race cars and drivers and chronicalling history. They are our shooters at large. Lone gunslingers who have choosen to wield a camera as their weapon. Ride on, shooters. Ride on.

A calm, quiet moment before the storm at Port Royal Speedway. Demarco shows what all this horsepower looks like on the track if you turn the page. Zach Rhodes proves small cars on small tracks can still find big trouble in this shot from PA’s Action Track USA.

Hometown: Reading, Pennsylvania Age: 68 Year Started: 1975 First Published Photo: Area Auto Racing News Favorite Track To Shoot: Port Royal Favorite Division to Shoot: Sprint Cars Remaining Bucket List Race: Turkey Night at Ventura, California Favorite Thing About Racing Photography: The challenges and the level of difficulty along with the pure excitement and unpredictability. Outside of Race Cars, What Do I like To Shoot: Ice Hockey, Baseball and Portraits. Camera Equipment: All Canon. Cross screen filters and a fisheye lens is about as nerdy as I get - I’m old school!

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One wheel wonder. Isaac Chapple gets into a truly gnarly pose for Demarco at Grandview Speedway during USAC’s Eastern Storm.

A beautiful shot from turn one of the venerable Port Royal Speedway as the mods get dirty in the daytime.

Right spot, right time as Dan Demarco caught Kyle Denmeyer getting serious elevation against an inky sky at Lincoln Speedway.