PHOTO OF THE WEEK

Daily Pilot photographer Don Leach captured this Speedway moment when

he began his in-depth coverage of this Costa Mesa tradition more than a

year ago. Telling stories is what photojournalism is all about. Daily

assignments are usually nothing out of the ordinary. Shooting them is OK,

but when you find a story of your own, it reminds you why you became a

photojournalist. It gives you an opportunity to enter a world outside

your own. A chance to peek into another person’s life -- in this case the

lives of Gary Hicks, from left, Brad Oxley and Bart Bast after the U.S.

National Championships in 1999.