Last year I took my Pentax 67 to the drag races at Thunder Valley Raceway in Noble, Oklahoma and shot a bit of Kodak TMAX-400 film. I also shot with my 4×5 film camera but that is another post. The Pentax was a joy to shoot with and I tried to capture pictures that looked […]
4x5x365 – Day 96
Last drag racing photo for a bit. This is a beautiful souped up Chevy Camaro doing a smokey burnout in the “water box” staging area at Thunder Valley Raceway in Noble, Oklahoma. They do this burnout to warm up the tires and make them good and sticky before each run so the car will launch […]
4x5x365 – Day 95
Back to my drag racing photos. Once again these are from my session at Thunder Valley Raceway in Noble, Oklahoma and feature a Chevy Nova with big tires and a hot rod engine. The car is doing a burnout in the “water box” to warm up the tires for the upcoming run. This photo proves […]
4x5x365 – Day 92
More drag racing – again with alcohol rail drag cars at Thunder Valley Raceway. This car has the big engine air scoop, but doesn’t have the rear wing on the back. Not sure why all the others have it and this one doesn’t. This car was going against a slower car in a bracket race, […]
4x5x365 – Day 91
Looks like I got my timing down on this alcohol rail dragster I photographed on my Toyo VX-125 4×5 film camera at Thunder Valley Raceway in Noble, Oklahoma. His front wheel is lifting, the light is green, and his rear tire is wrinkled up quite well as he launches from the start. When you only […]