Ken Coles

As a teenager, Ken developed into a racing fan in the Detroit area and attended such tracks as Motor city Speedway and others.
Soon Coles was on the road following such groups as tom Cherry's AARC as they ran their circuit. It wasn't long before Ken became acquainted with the USAC drivers and began to follow their racing.
Since that time Ken Coles has developed not only a business relationship (selling action racing photos) with the worlds most prestigious race drivers, but has cemented a personal relationship with racers such as Parnelli Jones, AJ Foyt;, the Unsers, Mario Andretti, Jim Hurtubise, Jud Larson, Don Branson, Rick Mears, Jimmy Clark, Graham Hill, Richard Petty, Cale Yarborough, Bobby Allison, Darrell Waltrip and many others.

There is something about the photos that Coles takes that is different from all other racing photographers. I don't know if I can adequately describe what that difference is but his photos are a work of art. Somehow he has a different perspective than all the other photographers. Ken Coles is the only photographer I am aware of that makes his living with race car photography.
Ken died after a short illness on April 10, 2010. He was 78 years old. (1931 - 2010)