Meet The Team (Wayne & Sons)
About Wayne
For graphic designer and photographer Wayne M. White, his passion has been all things automotive for as long as he can remember.
In 2012, Wayne started RaceCarDriverPosters.com to share that passion with fellow enthusiasts, displaying custom-designed posters using the photos he captured at BBORR & SORC. In 2018, Wayne became the Official Event Photographer of the SSCC and NORC races in Ely, Nevada as well. Today, he and his sons are the Official Event Photographer of all five Open Road Races.
After 12 years of photographing races, Wayne was finally able to race in one of them. Wayne and Spencer towed his 2018 BMW M4 to Texas. In April of 2024 Wayne competed in the Big Bend Open Road Race, he placed 10th out of the 25 fellow racers in his 110 mph class and 57th out of 137 racers. While Wayne raced, his sons Spencer and Jakob took control of the photography operation. Thus starting a new chapter where Wayne competes in the races and his sons photograph them. In October of 2024 Wayne returned with the new 2024 M4 to the Big Bend Open Road Race, he placed 5th out of the 7 fellow racers in his 125 mph class and 63rd out of 125 racers.
At every Open Road event, drivers have the opportunity to order a custom-designed poster showcasing what they love to do (and their cars do best): race down the open road.
OpenRoadRacingPhotos.com is the Official Event Photographer and poster designer for these events:
- Big Bend Open Road Race (BBORR) – Fort Stockton, Texas | April
- Nevada Open Road Challenge (NORC) – Ely, Nevada | May
- Sandhills Open Road Challenge (SORC) – Arnold, Nebraska | August
- Silver State Classic Challenge (SSCC) – Ely, Nevada | September
- Big Bend Open Road Race (BBORR 2.0) – Fort Stockton, Texas | October
Click on the Gallery link to see more of his work. And while you’re racing at the next event, watch for Wayne on the side of the road. His camera will be watching you!
Wayne owns a graphic and web design company located in St. Louis Missouri, Studio 2108 LLC. He has over 30 years of graphic design experience that has allowed him to help a wide variety of clients with printed graphic design projects including digital photography, logos, stationery, brochures, postcards, event t-shirts, catalogs, package design, and flyers. In addition to graphic design, Wayne has over 20 years of website design, development, and hosting experience. He has helped a wide variety of companies with custom-designed banners, ads, flash animation, interactive flash projects, custom-designed websites, HTML newsletters, HTML e-mails, shopping carts, and web hosting. Wayne and his employees manage and maintain hundreds of websites.
About Spencer
Spencer has been helping his dad Wayne over the last 10 years at various races. Spencer loves cars just as much as his Dad and recently started working for Studio 2108 full time. Spencer is mastering Photoshop and teaching Wayne a few new tricks.
While in school, Spencer would travel with Wayne to Nevada, Nebraska and Texas to help photograph the Open Road Races, if his schedule permitted him to. Spencer takes after his dad, with an extreme love of all things cars, one might argue that he is a larger car guy than his dad. He loves to go to the races and loves experimenting with new and different camera techniques to get new and exciting shots of the cars as they race by.
When Spencer got a call from Wayne in 2020 that he was flying to Arizona to purchase a 2018 BMW M4, he hopped on the flight with his dad to be there when he took delivery. Even though it was not Wayne’s first BMW, it was Wayne’s first time driving an M4. However, Spencer had plenty of experience driving a BMW M4, mainly due to a friend from high school buying one 3 years prior. Spencer realized that he had to teach the old dog some new tricks, tricks that he had picked up from driving a similar year M4. After teaching his dad the ins and outs of the car, they began their voyage back to St. Louis. And while driving back, Spencer set a top speed in the BMW that took many years for Wayne to beat. The BMW M4 strengthened the bond between the two and is just one story among countless others, about the two’s shared love for all things cars.
Spencer was recently tasked with creating a wrap for one of Studio 2108 clients Baja racing trucks. He was excited about this opportunity and jumped into action, creating more than 20 different variations. “Being able to see the truck that I designed race through the desert was a surreal experience, even though I watched it on my computer, it was amazing to see something that I had worked so hard on come to life.”
“Being there with my dad when he picked up his BMW M4 is something I will never forget, the smile on his face and his pure excitement was contagious. The entire trip, from Arizona to St. Louis, he had a smile from ear-to-ear. I realized it wasn’t just a car to him, it was him achieving a life-long goal. I am so happy that I was able to be there to experience this key moment in his life and that I had the opportunity to bond and make new lasting memories with my dad.” – Spencer
Some of Spencer’s Photos
Spencer’s Trophy Truck Design
About Jakob
Jakob is a huge motorsports enthusiast, enjoying the wide variety of racing there is, but primarily endurance racing and Indycar. Over the years he’s become quite the photographer. He started joining his dad at various races over the past couple of years, going to SORC in Nebraska, and SSCC in Nevada, but primarily BBORR in Texas. Back in 2023, Jakob and his dad went to “Super Sebring,” where they got to see multiple races, including IMSA’s 12 Hours of Sebring and WEC’s 1000 miles of Sebring. This gave Jakob some good time to practice taking photos in all different ways and lighting.
Like the rest of the family, Jakob has a huge passion for cars, taking after his brother Spencer and dad, and also the Disney CARS movies. From the start, he started with hot wheels, moving on to remote control cars. He eventually would pick up sim racing as a hobby, and at a young age he had almost instant success. Even at the age of 13, he set the fourth fastest lap time in the world in one of the F1 games. Later on at 15, he would get more serious, winning an esports championship. Around this age too, he earned himself a spotlight on the popular Sim Racing Youtube channel Veloce eSports and was selected for having the “best overtake of the week”. Which earned him a Fanatec McLaren GT-3 Racing Wheel. You can watch the video of his overtake below. And at the age of 16, he’s won the Iracing 24 Hours of Daytona, finished second in the Iracing 12 Hours of Sebring, and more.
Some of Jakob’s Photos
Watch Jakob’s “Overtake of the Week”
Track Days
In July 2024, Wayne returned to the Ozark International Raceway. Ozarks International Raceway is a 3.97 miles state-of-the-art facility at the heart of the Ozarks and is one of the most challenging tracks in the area. The high-performance Driver’s Education continues to be a lot of fun and Wayne continues to head to various tracks.
In 2023 and 2024, Wayne returned to and participated in the St Louis PCA HPDE at Gateway Motorsports Park as an Instructor with the St Louis PCA group. The high-performance Driver’s Education continues to be a lot of fun, and Wayne continues to head to various tracks.
In June 2022, Wayne headed to the Lake of the Ozarks home of the Ozark International Raceway. Ozarks International Raceway is a 3.97 miles state-of-the-art facility at the heart of the Ozarks and is one of the most difficult tracks in the area. The high-performance Driver’s Education continues to be a lot of fun and Wayne continues to head to various tracks.
In 2022 Wayne returned to and participated in the St Louis PCA HPDE at the Gateway Motorsports Park and becomes an Instructor with the St Louis PCA group. The high-performance Driver’s Education continues to be a lot of fun and Wayne continues to head to various tracks.
In 2021 Wayne returned to and participated in the St Louis PCA HPDE at the Gateway Motorsports Park and the HPDE at Heartland Park in Topeka, Kansas with his 2018 M4 Competition BMW. The high-performance Driver’s Education continues to be a lot of fun and Wayne continues to head to various tracks.
In April 2018 & 2019, Wayne participated in MVP Track HPDE at Bowling Green Kentucky, home of the National Corvette Museum and NCM track with his 2017 340i DINAN BMW. The MVP Track day was a blast as the track is a lot different and a lot of fun to drive on. The continued track days is paying off as he is now signed off to drive solo and in Group 2. While most people think this looks easy – it is not as easy as it appears as a spectator. The photo to the right was purchased from the event photographer.
In October 2018 Wayne returned to and participated in the St Louis PCA Parktown Imports Carrera Classic DE’s at the Gateway Motorsports Park with his 2017 340i DINAN BMW. The continued track days is paying off as he is now signed off to drive solo and in Group 2. While most people think this looks easy – it is not as easy as it appears as a spectator.
Each event was 2 days and consisted of 8 – 20 minute runs on the course. The high-performance Driver’s Education was a lot of fun and Wayne continues to head to various tracks.
In April 2018 Wayne participated in NASA Spring Fling with Great Lakes at the Gateway Motorsports Park with his 2017 340i DINAN BMW. The continued track days is paying off as he is now signed off to drive solo and in Group HPDE 3 & 4. While most people think this looks easy – it is not as easy as it appears as a spectator. The photo to the right was purchased from the event photographer.
In April 2017, Wayne went to Bowling Green Kentucky, home of the National Corvette Museum and NCM track with his 2014 335i DINAN BMW. The MVP Track day was a blast as the track is a lot different and a lot of fun to drive on. The continued track days is paying off as he is now signed off to drive solo and in Group 2. While most people think this looks easy – it is not as easy as it appears as a spectator.
The event was 2 days and consisted of 12 – 20 minute runs on the course. The high-performance track day was a lot of fun and Wayne continues to head to various tracks. The photo to the right was purchased from the event photographer.
In October 2015, May 2016, October 2016 & October 2017, Wayne returned to and participated in the St Louis PCA Parktown Imports Carrera Classic DE’s at the Gateway Motorsports Park with his 2014 335i DINAN BMW. The continued track days is paying off as he is now signed off to drive solo and in Group 2. While most people think this looks easy – it is not as easy as it appears as a spectator.
Each event was 2 days and consisted of 8 – 20 minute runs on the course. The high-performance Driver’s Education was a lot of fun and Wayne continues to head to various tracks. The photo to the right was purchased from the event photographer.
In October 2014, Wayne participated in the St Louis PCA Parktown Imports Carrera Classic DE at the Gateway Motorsports Park with his 2013 Honda Accord. The event was 2 days and consisted of 8 – 20 minute runs on the course. The high-performance Driver’s Education was an eye-opening experience and he looks forward to learning so much more.
The photos in the poster were purchased from the event photographer and then Wayne created a custom poster to remember the event.
In August 2012, Wayne participated in the Gotham Dream Car Sprint and drove a Ferrari 599 GTB Fiorano. Although it only lasted for about 5 minutes, it was a thrill for him to drive one of the fastest cars on the road.
