Indy Car has the Indianapolis 500, NASCAR has the Daytona 500, but when it comes to NHRA the grand daddy of them all is the U.S. Nationals. With all the different sports I shoot it has gotten harder and harder for me to be able to fit NHRA in my schedule but when the race [...]
Sep 09, 2010 | Categories: Drag Racing, Me, NHRA, Pocket Wizard, Portraits, Racing, Sports | Tags: 600mm, Allen Johnson, Angie Smith, Antron Brown, assistant, bike, blocks, Bob Glidden, Bob Tasca, Brandon Bernstein, Bruce Litton, burnout, camera, centerline, Champion, cockpit, Cory McClenathan, Dave Rieff, David Grubnic, Doug Kalitta, Drag Racing, drags, dragster, dragstrip, driver introductions, eliminations, Erica Enders, ESPN, finish line, Fire, flames, flash, foam, funny car, Gary Nastase, Greg Anderson, Greg Stanfield, head on, heatwaves, helmet, Indianapolis, Indy, IRP, Jeff Arend, John Force, Justin Humphreys, Justin Schriefer, Justin Tooley, Kenny Bernstein, Kevin Lawrence, L.E. Tonglet, Larry Dixon, launch, LE Tonglet, Matt Hagan, Mike Edwards, motorcycle, motorsports, NHRA, O'Reilly Raceway Park, parachute, parachutes, Pocket Wizard, pocketwizard, portrait, Portraits, pre race, pro mod, pro stock, qualifying, remote, Richie Stevens, Robert Hight, Rod Fuller, Roger Burgess, roll cage, Shawn Gann, Shawn Langdon, shutdown area, smoke, softbox, staging lanes, starting line, Steve Johnson, strobe, studio light, T.J. Zizzo, Terry Haddock, Terry McMillen, Tim Wilkerson, TJ Zizzo, Tony Pedregon, Tony Schumacher, top end, trophy, vagabond, victory lane, wally, winner, winners circle | 4 Comments »
It has been a while since I last shot the 300mph cars of the NHRA so I decided that I had to hit up their annual visit to the wine country of Sonoma, CA. Flights and rental cars were rather expensive for the weekend so I decided to make it a road trip and drive [...]
Jul 22, 2010 | Categories: California, Drag Racing, NHRA, Racing, San Francisco, Sports | Tags: airborne, Angie Smith, Antron Brown, Bob Tasca, Bob Vandergriff, Brandon Bernstein, Brandon Huhtala, burnout, California, comp eliminator, Cory McClenathan, Crash, Cruz Pedregon, David Grubnic, Dean Carter, destroyed body, Drag Racing, dragster, explosion, finish line, Fire, flip, funny car, Gary Densham, Greg Anderson, Hector Arana, Infineon Raceway, Jack Beckman, Jeg Coughlin, John Force, Larry Dixon, Melanie Troxel, Michael Phillips, Mike Strasburg, motorcycle, NHRA, parachute, pro stock, Racing, Robert Hight, Ron Capps, Sears Point, shutdown area, Sonoma, staging lanes, starting line, Tim Wilkerson, Tony Pedregon, Tony Schumacher, Troy Buff, Warren Johnson, water box | 5 Comments »
