Given the opportunity to shoot at Pacific Raceways for the the O’Reilly Auto Parts NHRA Northwest Nationals I jumped at the chance.  Today for practice, I didn’t have on track media so the shots I managed were from the balcony, so enjoy the teasers.  Saturday, I’ll be shooting from the strip! So stay tuned…

Generally seeing guys in gas maks would freak me out a bit… However at NHRA Nitroheads or those that seek Nitromethane (CH3NO2) they live and breath this stuff!  If you haven’t had the opportunity to stand behind a Top Fuel dragster when it starts up it’ll bring a tear to your eye… And cause shortness of breath, rapid heart rate, and intense feelings of excitement.

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Antron Brown climbing out of the Matco Tools Top Fuel Dragster shortly after starting the engine for the eager crowd.

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John Force hanging out at the burnout box enjoying a Orange Fanta Soda. I really enjoy capturing images of celebrities, race car drivers and those people that seem to be in an almost unobtainable upper echelon doing every day normal people stuff.

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Then we have a shot of John Force doing something most of us can only dream of, but could never afford. Running a 7,000hp Funny Car down a 1/4 mile track in 4 seconds at 300mph.

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And we all thought kids rolling tires in the streets was an American past time… Proof its still alive!

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