Canon 1Dx, 70-200mm, 500iso, f2.8, 1/1250th, Manual
NHRA top fuel driver Clay Millican (left) celebrates on the podium alongside funny car driver Ron Capps after winning the Thunder Valley Nationals at Bristol Dragway.
Continue on to see all my favorite images from a great weekend of racing in Thunder Valley!
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Nikon D700, 24-70mm, 320iso, f3.5, 1/2500th, Manual
Next up in my quest to get caught up before departing for the Olympics are my 10 favorite images from NHRA Bristol. It would be tough to top the photos I got at this race last year but I would give it my best shot to come home with some winners.
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The last time I shot a drag race at Bristol was in 1991 when I was an 11 year old punk kid with an old Nikon FM2 film camera. My father Gil would put me on top of a motorhome near the finish line and only instruct me to push the button if I saw a crash or a fire. Well the last time I was here it was for an IHRA drag race and funny car driver Richard Hartman would have a big fire in front of me. I shot a sequence of the whole thing only to find out when I handed my dad the camera to take the film out that he had forgotten to load the film for me. I was devastated and am pretty sure I cried when I found out. Well fast forward 20 years and check out my return to Thunder Valley!
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