It's All About Competition.....................

The last few days my buddy over at Iowa farm Boy posted some more pictures from our NHRA drag race trip to Topeka KS. They were of burn outs and wheelies from the door slammers (street cars). So I decided to throw a couple up here to compete a little. He also put up a really attractive picture of me (not). Hope you enjoy these and thanks for stopping by.

Boy would I like to be these photographers just once.

And Now, The Rest of The Story..............

As promised in my last blog I am showing you what else happened to the dragster as he progressed down the track. He blew an oil line and caught fire. Now this is something that the NHRA track officials frown on because it oils down the track and they have to pause in the action to clean it up and prepare the surface again. You may ask what preparation are done to the track. They have to scrape the rubber laid down by the race cars and then apply a sticky substance to the surface to allow the racers tires get a better grip on the track. Besides frowning on this "oiling down" the racer is fined $1000. So you can see this was a bad run all the way around.

I have finished off this photo two different ways. Let me know which you like better (or not).

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This Can't Be Good............

Went to the NHRA drags in Topeka, KS last Sunday. turned out to be great weather and good racing. Top speed this day was 329 mph and this was done in 1000ft. This is the new distance NHRA has set to for safety reasons. I managed to get a few good shots (I think) of the action. Below is a lucky bonus shot of a dragster that is not having a good day. come back again to see what the results of the run looked like.

A Flashback Challenge

I happened to have last Wednesday off work so I drove over to Flashbacks for the weekly car show. I was hoping to meet up with my buddy Rich (Iowa * Farm * Boy) and do a little photo shootin' of the cars. Alas he did not show up while I was there but I got some good shots (I think). So here is one of them after running it through some post processing and painterly programs. Hope you like it. Thanks for stopping by and please visit my site if you would like to purchase a photo at gary-prill.fineartamerica.com .