Pictures from the Dragstrip

Silverado_13 · Feb 22, 2009

Please harshly C&C these! I can't get better if people keep telling me, "Good shots". :thumbup:

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RichardA · Feb 22, 2009

What.....no burnout pics?

LOL

Silverado_13 · Feb 22, 2009

RichardA said:
What.....no burnout pics?

LOL

Haha, I was too busy racing. I literally only took 5 minutes taking pictures. :lol:

Al-Wazeer · Feb 23, 2009

nice pictures

but if you only had more panning photos

i always wanted to take photos in a dragstrip, but never had the authorization to get down to the dragstrip, so the only photos i've taken for drags is from the stand

<< the last one is the best!!

stsinner · Feb 23, 2009

1. Nice pics.

2. Which ride is yours?

3. How did you do?

blash · Feb 23, 2009

For all the pictures except the last - for the love of God, PLEASE fix the horizon tilt!

Parkerman · Feb 23, 2009

What happened to the SRT?

And yea, most of these would be better if they were straightened.

Silverado_13 · Feb 23, 2009

Al-Wazeer said:
nice pictures

but if you only had more panning photos

i always wanted to take photos in a dragstrip, but never had the authorization to get down to the dragstrip, so the only photos i've taken for drags is from the stand

<< the last one is the best!!

I'll make sure to have more panning shots next time! :thumbup:

stsinner said:
1. Nice pics.

2. Which ride is yours?

3. How did you do?

1. Thank you.

2. My ride is not pictured. I drive a 1999 Camaro SS with an LQ4 (6.0L Cadillac) swapped motor. Here's a picture my buddy got on the way to the track. He sent me the original and I edited it.

3. I ran pretty consistent in the 11.8x's. My best time of the day was an 11.81 @ 115.95 mph with a 1.68 60 foot.

blash said:
For all the pictures except the last - for the love of God, PLEASE fix the horizon tilt!

Yeah, I have no excuse for that one. Thanks for pointing it out. I'll re-edit them and fix the tilt. :thumbup:

Parkerman said:
What happened to the SRT?

And yea, most of these would be better if they were straightened.

Which SRT? The black one that I posted pictures up about a month ago? That's a buddy of mine's car. He still hasn't run it at the track...

boomer · Feb 23, 2009

Nice pictures! track days are always fun! i just posted some pictures from my weekend at the track in this gallery section too

BTW, nice Camaro!

Silverado_13 · Feb 23, 2009

boomer said:
Nice pictures! track days are always fun! i just posted some pictures from my weekend at the track in this gallery section too

BTW, nice Camaro!

I'll check it out! :thumbup:

Thanks! :mrgreen:

Parkerman · Feb 23, 2009

Silverado_13 said:
Which SRT? The black one that I posted pictures up about a month ago? That's a buddy of mine's car. He still hasn't run it at the track...

Your 2nd picture..

Just changing to DR's or did something mess up?

Silverado_13 · Feb 23, 2009

Parkerman said:
Your 2nd picture..

Just changing to DR's or did something mess up?

Oh, yup. I took that picture right when we got to the track. He was putting the slicks on. :thumbup:

He ran a 12.9 with a 1.9 60 foot. Not too bad for a little four banger with 200 bucks worth of mods.

Parkerman · Feb 24, 2009

Silverado_13 said:
Oh, yup. I took that picture right when we got to the track. He was putting the slicks on. :thumbup:

He ran a 12.9 with a 1.9 60 foot. Not too bad for a little four banger with 200 bucks worth of mods.

Yea, I actually know him.. Chad.. hah. Just ran across his pictures on the SRTforums.

javig999 · Feb 24, 2009

I like 3 & 6 best (action shot & glamour shot respectively)...the others are too "behind the scenes" if that makes any sense - they are just drag racing cars, not drag racing...

mathogre · Feb 25, 2009

Silverado_13 said:
Please harshly C&C these! I can't get better if people keep telling me, "Good shots". :thumbup:

Okay, here goes.

These could have been taken anywhere. If I didn't know it was at a dragstrip, I never would have guessed.

Show me a light tree, show me burnouts, show me the traps. Show me what it looks like down the strip. I want to see excitement and feel it in the photos. Show me an engine bay that has only an engine in it. Show me tires that don't belong on the street. Show me the inside of one of those babies with a racing harness and fire extinguisher. Show me a story of drag racing.

I remember going to the dragstrip when I was a teen, watching the funny cars and dragsters race. The pro stocks were cool too, but there's nothing like standing by the fence, feeling the heat from the deafening funnys blasting past, flames blowing out of the headers towards my buddy and me.

If you're at the strip to race, race to win. If you're there to photograph, show me the story in photos.