First time out shooting motocross and it was a blast. Lots to learn and more to learn, need a few more visits before getting more serious.

Notes to self...
Seemed like I needed a different lens. Shot with 300mm (Full Frame), 100mm, and 50mm(Crop) using two cameras at a time, one always with the 300mm on it.

Once I get the hang of it... the 300 may be too much lens, except for the jumps. 50mm was great for the close turns and right beside the jumps looking up at the riders. Sorted from last to first, with the theory that the images would get better as I learned about MX.

Figure out how to tape on dust shield on the 300mm and camera. Wrap with plastic back and then tape to maintain shape to keep dirt out of the lens workings. Also figure out quick way to wrap and remove all camera and lenses. Maybe not want to use zooms because of the amount of dirt. Make sure cameras setup and lenses attached before opening doors and windows at track.

Need to do another "practice round of pics" with a 70-200 and try timing with it... see what kind of zoom framing can provide for the jumps into the corners. I imagine in a race situations, I will not have the freedom to run around and change places. Need to find three "money shot" angles and relative locations to the track locations that that can be applied to any track to get consistent shots.

Need to apply ND filters to the lenses for reducing the DOF on the slow motion panning shots. When shooting at 1/50-1/320 had to increase the F-stop to 6.3 or 7.1, which was not bad, but took away some of the isolation provided by a shallower DOF in the images, that I would have preferred for image quality.

Ask if Flashes are regulated, and test flash with directional grid taped directly to the 300 for the dark corners as needed.

Consider options for setting up a remote camera for getting some corner shots.

All in all, it was great fun learning how to shoot a new sport always presents challenges.