Photo blog: Cincinnati media at Kentucky Speedway

Post race press conferences as viewed through my video camera

Last weekend at Kentucky Speedway was a lot of fun. I rubbed shoulders with some of the best in the business, both literally and figuratively.

Jeff Gluck, of SBNation.com talks to fans during Saturday's tweetup

I also got to stand back and watch all four local TV stations in Cincinnati broadcast live shows from the turn one TV compound that Kentucky Speedway had set up for us.

Joe D about to go on live at 6 p.m. on Thursday evening

Joe Danneman and Brian Giesenschlag from FOX19 were my partners in crime if you will, along with photographer Dan Wood.

Dan Wood shooting some NASCAR Sprint Cup practice

Brian talks to Jerry Carroll former Kentucky Speedway owner as Joe D works the camera

Joe Danneman...Dale Earnhardt Jr... need I say more?

Brian and Joe on Friday nights "Final Quarter" on FOX19

I also hung out quite a bit with Mark Slaughter, from WCPO, Channel 9, when he wasn’t asleep in the pop-up trailer that WCPO had in the infield at Kentucky Speedway.

Slaughter tests audio for Channel 9 ("Come on dude, don't take a picture of me dude")

The number of great quotes Slaughter had might have reached 1,000 by the time Saturday night rolled around.

Slaughter sits down to join the rest of us in turn one at Kentucky hours after the Quaker State 400

From Channel 5 (WLWT) in Cincinnati came Denny Hamlin fan and photographer JT, who loved this shot I took of him filming his favorite driver.

JT was fired up to see Denny Hamlin. He just kept repeating the word "Denny" throughout the weekend.

After the race, as traffic was all but stopped at the speedway, we all sat in turn one and chatted about the weekend.

We were there so long they turned out the lights on us.

It was also a fine time to catch up with former FOX19 Sports reporter Zach Wells, who now works for Cincinnati’s Local 12 (WKRC).

Zach Wells doing his best Zach Wells impression (He does some great impressions, by the way)

All in all, I’d say it was one fun weekend at Kentucky for all of us involved in the local TV side of the show. If you stay tuned throughout the next few weeks I’ll find another time to show off some great photos of Joe Danneman and Dan Wood doing interviews throughout the week.