TITLE: Banger racing

Banger racing in Kings Lynn, Norfolk is part of a body of work that will appear in my new book called 'Macchina' being published in April 2024.

I have a long had a long career photographing motorsport but really only F1 as a friend of mine raced and won a world championship. but whilst doing all those races I wondered more about the fans who go racing. I wanted to discover the passion, and not just for racing but speed and the open road.

Macchina had given me that chance, from two lane black top's to the grid of a Grand Prix.

Last winter (2023) I went to Kings Lynn not really knowing what I had let myself in for - it was amazing! families all getting stuck in helping out rather than sitting at home on screens. This was unboudtedly grass roots passion and a social documentarty that I needed to spend time on. I went back three times and as I write this am planning to go back.

Wonderful people who spend their time, after work, preparing cars to get smahed up the following weekend!

AUTHOR: Jon Nicholson (United Kingdom)

40 years as a professional photographer. I have worked for many of the worlds top editorial titles and commercial brands. I have produced 15 books and number 16 is coming this year.
I don't specialise my subjects are broad and I use film at large format and digital Leica M series cameras.