Thanks much, Paul!
J

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> On Feb 26, 2015, at 2:20 PM, Paul Stenquist <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> 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]>
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>> 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
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