24/05/2026
AMCA Nationals Victoria put on another fantastic show at RUSHWORTH SPEEDWAY last night with a small to medium field that was still incredibly entertaining to watch. I caught them recently at Heartland Raceway Moama as well, and they continue to impress me every time they hit the track. They’re a seriously nippy class of car, always carrying good speed and putting on close, action-packed racing that’s great for spectators and photographers alike.
Last night was also the first real outing for my new Canon R6 Mark II camera, and overall I came away genuinely impressed with what it was capable of in some very difficult lighting conditions. Once the sun disappeared, the track lighting and winter conditions made photography extremely challenging, but the R6 still managed to produce images at ISO levels that would have been unheard of for my old Canon 6D. Many of the later shots were taken up around ISO 12,000 to 20,000 — something the old 6D simply would not have handled in any usable form. In my opinion, the 6D would not have produced photos that were even social-media worthy in those same conditions.
That said, I do hold a professional standard for the work I release for sale. While the later evening photographs are perfectly fine for social media viewing and sharing, I won’t be making the darker after-sunset images available for private download purchase. I’d rather maintain the quality standard people have come to expect from Shane T Wright Photography than release files I’m personally not 100% satisfied with. The daylight and sunset images, however, came up beautifully and really showed what the R6 is capable of.
As we move closer into winter, the shorter daylight hours definitely make speedway photography tougher once the sun drops away, so we may just have to wait patiently for spring and those longer golden-hour race evenings to return again. A huge thank you to everyone at Rushworth Speedway, the drivers, teams and fans for another enjoyable night at the track, and thanks as always to everybody who supports local speedway photography by following, sharing and purchasing images. Your support genuinely helps keep me out there at the next event.
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