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While I’ve never been one to glamorize the old days or go on about how much more difficult photography was in the era of film, I do feel there were some challenges we faced back then that today’s young shooters can tend to take for granted.

As a photographer, my job was to document the action, but I quickly realized that the real story was in the emotions playing out on the sidelines and in the stands. Marino’s determination, the crowd’s mixed feelings, and the team’s struggle all told a story that numbers and highlights could never fully capture.

At some point during the race, my editor caught me completely off guard. He handed me a 500mm lens—no small piece of glass in the film era—and casually instructed me to head up into the blimp to photograph the race-leading Porsche 935, driven by A.J. Foyt, Bob Wollek, and Derek Bell. Just like that, my perspective on Sebring was about to change—literally.

OM System didn’t just offer a smaller camera—they packed it with features that genuinely changed how I work.

Once the green flag flew, the race settled into its familiar rhythm—a mix of sprint-race intensity and long-distance patience. The story of the day belonged to the No. 01 Chip Ganassi Racing Lexus-Riley, a car carrying a lineup packed with star power: Scott Pruett, Memo Rojas, Dario Franchitti, and Juan Pablo Montoya.