BMW Art Car Photo Contest Winner Wins Using Helicopter

Jason · 07-26-2010, 03:56 PM

The 17th BMW Art Car by Jeff Koons ran at the recent 24 Hours of Le Mans and a photo contest was commissioned by BMW in which the best photo of the BMW Art Car would earn its photographer a $1,000 prize. The winner is Rick Dole, who managed to take this winning photograph from a helicopter!

The judges of the photo contest included Dr. Mario Theissen (directory of BMW Motorsports) and BMW drivers Dirk Müller, Dirk Werner, and Andy Priaulx.

In a release from BMW, Dole said, "Le Mans is my absolute favorite track to photograph. This year, for the first time, I leased and photographed from a helicopter and was able to capture this wonderful image. I am honored and proud that BMW appreciates my work with this award."

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BTM · 07-26-2010, 04:10 PM

Awesome picture

numba1guju · 07-27-2010, 12:07 PM

thats a sick pic

antzcrashing · 07-27-2010, 12:16 PM

unbelievable

BMW Fanatic · 07-27-2010, 12:22 PM

beautiful.

ptack · 07-27-2010, 12:30 PM

Too bad the car died. It would have been great to see it win.

M3_WC · 07-27-2010, 12:35 PM

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Originally Posted by ptack

Too bad the car died. It would have been great to see it win.

Neither of the M3's were quick enough, they were not winning 24hr Le Mans no matter what happpened.

positiveions · 07-27-2010, 01:28 PM

cheater

nahh, nice shot Rick.

JustXtreme · 07-27-2010, 03:06 PM

Ditto,
Cheater

JoeyBananaz18 · 07-27-2010, 03:55 PM

best art car ever!

sb335is · 07-27-2010, 04:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by M3_WC

Neither of the M3's were quick enough, they were not winning 24hr Le Mans no matter what happpened.

id rather talk about how the corvettes had potential

crfine88 · 07-27-2010, 05:25 PM

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Originally Posted by eatrach73

cheater

nahh, nice shot Rick.

Yeah, but the heli ride cost him more than the grand prize no doubt.

ptack · 07-28-2010, 06:18 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by M3_WC

Neither of the M3's were quick enough, they were not winning 24hr Le Mans no matter what happpened.

Tell that to Audi! Sometimes the tortoise wins the race.

ibeclueless · 07-28-2010, 06:49 AM

nice

ILMOSTRO · 07-28-2010, 02:52 PM

definitely the sickest art car in history, imo

immiketoo · 07-28-2010, 03:15 PM

Definitely a great shot, and definitely cheating!

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