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Top 10 photos of the week: 2014-08-13

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Welcome to this week's top 10 photos chosen by our own photo editors. We hope you enjoy it as much as we did selecting those photos. And remember that you can write your own comments when you click on those photos and bring up the photo viewer page. 

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10. We start off with a bit of humor. It's a cool classic Norton sidecar but that 'hold on for dear life' body language is pretty priceless.

 

Russell Bleach and Daniel Reilly BMW 980cc
Russell Bleach and Daniel Reilly, Norton

Photo by: John Rowley

 


 

9. Road America is such a big and varied circuit that there are still photos we haven't seen (or don't remember) from there, including this one. Clean background of trees, with no electrical poles, port-o-lets, trash cans, corner workers, or even guardrails to distract.

 

#35 Flying Lizard Motorsports Audi R8 LMS: Seth Neiman, Dion von Moltke
#35 Flying Lizard Motorsports Audi R8 LMS: Seth Neiman, Dion von Moltke

Photo by: Art Fleischmann

 


 

8. We're telling you now folks, this kid's gonna be big some day...

 

Marc Marquez, Repsol Honda Team
Marc Marquez, Repsol Honda Team

Photo by: Shawn Gritzmacher

 


7. Nice light on one of the most, if not the most, popular riders of all time. Pockets of light FTW.

 

Valentino Rossi, Yamaha Factory Racing
Valentino Rossi, Yamaha Factory Racing

Photo by: Bret Kelley

 


6. Another nice image from Road America. In many ways it's like a mini version of the Nürburgring - if shot properly.

 

#1 Extreme Speed Motorsports HPD ARX-03b: Scott Sharp, Ryan Dalziel
#1 Extreme Speed Motorsports HPD ARX-03b: Scott Sharp, Ryan Dalziel

Photo by: Action Sports Photography

 


5. Your weekly grid girl interlude. Hey, at least we included a car this time.

 

Lovely grid girls
Lovely grid girls

Photo by: Gruppe-C-Verlag

 


4. Great moment from A.J. Allmendinger's completed road to recovery. In NASCAR, it's not always easy to get a "real" emotional reaction from drivers, both because the show is so controlled and formulated. First-time winners are usually good for a nice reaction or two.

 

Race winner A.J. Allmendinger, JTG Daugherty Racing Chevrolet
Race winner A.J. Allmendinger, JTG Daugherty Racing Chevrolet

Photo by: General Motors

 


3. Lovely sky over Trois-Rivières and a victorious Petter Solberg. We dig how his standard operating procedure for celebrating a win is to jump on the roof of his car and go nuts.

 

Winner Petter Solberg celebrates
Winner Petter Solberg celebrates

Photo by: FIA World Rallycross

 


2. A picture is worth a thousand words. But some pictures use better words.

 

Crash for Bradley Smith, Monster Yamaha Tech 3
Crash for Bradley Smith, Monster Yamaha Tech 3

Photo by: Eric Anderson

 


1. Hey there cowboy, the grass isn't there for you to race on. But nice restart nonetheless Mister Ford Mustang.

 

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Photo by: Action Sports Photography

 

 

 

 

 

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