Well let me start off by saying if you have yet to see professional NHRA Top Fuel in person, I would HIGHLY recommend it. I have seen many drag races in person, including rocket cars and NOTHING compares to the raw power these cars make. Not only does it make you want to start bleeding from the ears even with ear plugs in, it shakes every organ in your body. It made the entire grand stand shake like a 6.0 earth quake everytime they flew by.... You truely don't get the acceleration these cars are capable of, until you witness in person a car doin Mid 4's in the 1/4 mile at speed over 330 mph, where the margin of victory can be as little as .001


Let me also say, it's very hard to capture these cars in motion going down the track, because of their rate of acceleration... I wish I could have sat a little higher so I could have avoided the saftey walls...














































There was only two mess up... Both where car fires.... This car just lit on fire after his burnout...



This car got to about 3/4's track and blew some cylinders, he decided he should stay in it because he was trying to qualify... oventually everything just exploded, and the car coasted to literally the end of the track. He had to jump out the saftey hatch on the top of the car, and he also came very close to the end wall..




since I missed the actual car blowing up, I took a picture of it on the big screen when they where showing the replay...




Like I said... this truely is an experience everyone should go do... not to mention there was ALOT of eye candy there, and these girls had teeth too!! I thought it was gunna be a hick fest, but it was actually far from it!!

 

was it hot there?

 

I'm not sure what you mean...can you post a few pics that demonstrate what you're talking about?

 

nah wasn't to bad!! It was a little toasty, but the breeze was nice

 

meh i didn't really walk around and take pics... i just watched the races... it cost to much money to not watch LOL

 

the camera girl in picture 4 looks like she had some potential.

 

lol drag racing

/me puts on his asbestos suit

FLAME ON !

 

i agree... ****ing knucle draggers... anyone could handle the g's and be able to control a car going over 330mph in 4 seconds in a 1/4 mile

 

what shutter speed were you using john?

 

its going straight.. you just keep it going straight.. its not rocket science :P

 

1/300th's.... which just shows the speed of these things... when i shoot at sac raceway to get that blur effect i need to shoot at 1/30th's.. here I need 1/300th's






And scott.. it's hard to keep a car going straight when you are on the verge of blacking out from the acceleration g's

 

ya thats rediculously fast.

 

locking your elbows is indeed a hard skill to master !

haha.. you know I am just busing your *****.. mad props to people that can drive something with that much horsepower

 

Nice pics

 

I know im just busting them back