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 »
Typically on this weekend every year I venture to Dover, Delaware to shoot NASCAR but after three consecutive years shooting that event I felt it was time for a change so I decided to head to Topeka, Kansas to cover the ground pounding 320mph vehicles of the NHRA.
Jun 03, 2009 | Categories: Drag Racing, Kansas, NHRA, Portraits, Racing, Sports | Tags: Alexis De Joria, Allen Johnson, Antron Brown, Ashley Force Hood, Brandon Bernstein, burnout, Chip King, Clay Millican, cloud, cockpit, comp eliminator, Cory McClenathan, Cruz Pedregon, Dan Wilkerson, Del Worsham, Drag Racing, dragster, finish line, Fire, funny car, header flames, Jack Beckman, Jack Wyatt, Jason Line, Jeg Coughlin, Larry Dixon, launch, loser, Matt Hagan, Mike Edwards, Mike Neff, Morgan Lucas, NHRA, night, parachute, pro stock, Robert Hight, Ron Capps, Scott Palmer, Shawn Langdon, sky, smoke, Spencer Massey, sports photography, staging lanes, Star Filter, starting line, Steve Matusek, sun, sunset, Tim Wilkerson, Tony Pedregon, Tony Schumacher, tutorial, Vern Moats, Warren Johnson, wheelie, winner | 15 Comments »
I have a job where I am lucky enough to travel the world shooting the biggest sporting events on the planet, however one of my favorite sports to shoot is drag racing. Its a sport where cars go from zero to 300mph in a few seconds. Also in those few seconds they can go from [...]
Apr 09, 2009 | Categories: Drag Racing, Las Vegas, NHRA, Racing, Sports | Tags: alcohol, Antron Brown, Arley Langlo, Ashley Force Hood, blower explosion, Bob Bode, Bob Hesser, Bob Tasca, Bob Tasca III, body, Brandon Bernstein, Brandon Johnon, burnout, celebration, center line, clouds, comp eliminator, competition eliminator, cone, Crash, crew member, Cruz Pedregon, Dan Fletcher, delay, Dennis Taylor, Drag Racing, dragster, Edwin Schmeeckle, explosion, finish line, Fire, flames, funny car, Greg Anderson, Greg Stanfield, Jason Line, Jeff Arend, Jeg Coughlin, Jerry Toliver, John Force, Justin Lamb, Ken Webster, Kurt Johnson, Larry Dixon, Matt Hagan, Mike Neff, Mike Strasburg, moon, mountain, NHRA, nitro, parachute, Peter Adams, pre race, pro stock, Rain, Robert Hight, Ron Capps, safety safari, save, scooter, sequence, Shawn Langdon, shutdown area, sideways, sky, smoke, snow, spectacular, Spencer Massey, spin out, starting line, super comp, super gas, teammate, Tim Wilkerson, Tony Pedregon, Tony Schumacher, trophy, wally, wind | 11 Comments »
