I could see what I was shooting back then:-) Top fuel dragsters ran a full 1320 feet in 1982. They were running about 260 mph back then. I’d guess this car is already at about 100 mph. It’s probably running about 85% nitromethane mixed with 15% methanol. It’s obviously a very good pass thus far: the car is up on the tires, there’s no tire smoke to speak of, and the injector doors are wide open.
> On Feb 26, 2015, at 4:23 PM, Jack Davis <[email protected]> wrote: > > Ge, Paul, your photography hasn't improved much in 32 years. HA, HA!! > Beautiful panning and composition. Think I can smell the rubber and fuel*and > am holding my ears. 1,000 foot strip back in '82? > *nitromethane/Methanol? > > Jack > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Paul Stenquist" <[email protected]> > To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]> > Sent: Thursday, February 26, 2015 12:48:55 PM > Subject: PESO Fast and Furious, 1983 > > Dug out some negs for a drag racing article I’m working on, and scanned this > never-seen shot. It’s Joey Amato’s top fuel car at the 1982 Summernationals > in Englishtown, NJ. Joey is apparently putting a beating on someone in the > other lane. It was probably shot with my Fuji ST 801 and a Fuji normal lens — > 50/1.8 I think. Tri-X for sure. Panning from right behind the guardrail at > about the 100 foot mark on the track. > > http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17975353&size=lg > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
