Josh Nelson Media Blog

A personal documentation of personal achievements and what I love

CAR WEEK CAMPING VOLUME II

Round 2 of camping at the Rolex Reunion, watching history fly by at full throttle.

LONG BEACH GRAN PRIX 2024: FOCUS ON IMSA

Cars from all over the US take to the streets of Long Beach for a 100 minute battle to the death in one of the most unique road courses ever

VELOCITY INVITAIONAL Volume III: Sonoma Serenade

Sonoma Raceway hosts racecars from around the globe in an epic weekend racetrack party, from rally racing to vintage F1 beasts

PORSCHE'S SUPER BOWL: RENNSPORT REUNION 7

Porsche's from all over the planet gather at Laguna Seca for a 4 day weekend super-party that is unmatched by any event, ever

CAR WEEKEND 2023: CAR-CRAZY CAMPING

Truncated car week spent in a tent at Laguna Seca, to watch the finest historic racing the west coast of the USA has to offer

GTP REVIVAL: Long Beach 2023

GTP's return to road course racing in the Streets of Long Beach. It was good this year and will certainly get better every year

ARIZONA: Automotive Oasis, a late review

A weekend in Arizona revolving around cars. Shockingly good weekend at that.

VELOCITY INVITATIONAL Volume II

My weekend escape to Monterey county began at 2:30 in the morning on Friday, October 14, lounging in the backseat of my friend's Honda...

CARWEEK: 40MM

Imagine getting all the way to your Airbnb in seaside, 5 minutes outside of Monterey, just to discover that your trusty 24-70 F4...

CARS AND COFFEE: The Porsche Way

Being the Orange County resident I am, I typically like to find every excuse I possibly can to avoid going to Los Angeles. Traffic, nasty...

RACE THROUGH THE CLOUDS

2022 marks the 100th year running for the annual Pikes Peak International Hill climb. The run list dropped at the beginning of February,...

A LOOK BACK at the 2022 Long Beach GP and the Historic GTP Races

January 5 This was the day the official Long Beach GP Instagram page announced there would be a Historic IMSA GTP challenge series race...

Velocity Invitational 2021: Sensory overload at its finest

TO SAY THIS EVENT WAS OVERWHELMING WOULD BE AN UNDERSTATEMENT. Nothing beats a road trip with your close friends, especially when the...

Car week 2021: Retrospective

As an automotive enthusiast, to say we all missed our beloved Monterey Car Week in 2020 dearly would be a massive understatement....

Under the spotlight: Shooting at the Ghost Squadron Experience

Late November 2020 saw a new opportunity arise in an abandoned service center tucked neatly into South Coast Plaza in Costa Mesa. The...

Aint no party like a Racecar Party

Mid July 2021, I was invited to go shoot some photos at Racecar party's track day at Auto Club speedway. Hundreds of participants and...

Corvettefest: Monterey edition

In May of 2021, Corvette Fest hosted a small group drive from LA to Monterey. I was invited on behalf of the event coordinators to...

Quail magazine shoot 2019 (and a bonus)

Over the weekend of May 10, 2019, I had immense honor of working with Peninsula signature events, a subdivision of the Quail lodge in...