Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/05/30
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Harrison, I agree with your assessment of NHRA drag racers. When our kids were pre-teens we lived close to Atco Dragway in South Jersey. I took my son over to see the drags, got into the pits through some connections, and the racers made a big fuss over him. We then went near the finish line to get a sense of the speed of the cars at the end of the run (and to see the parachutes pop out). It must have made an impression on hims as last week he did some parachuting himself, earning his wings at Ft. Benning. He did lose a tooth in the process, but that's another story. Regards, Rob On May 30, 2007, at 8:10 PM, Harrison McClary wrote: > I used to cover a lot of NASCAR stuff for different news outlets and > magazines. Always felt the drivers were very difficult to deal > with...superstars. > Then a few years ago (well about 10 now) I was in Millington covering > a drag race. This guy is sitting by his car getting geared up. He > sees me making a photo of him next to his car. He jumps up to "get > out of my way". I told him, no I wanted you in the photo. He sat > down and went back to getting his fire retardant stuff on and I made > his photo next to his car. We then got to talking, really nice fellow. > He explained a lot about the sport and about his car to me. Later > someone told me he was the top guy in drag racing that year....go > figure. > > I always found the NHRA folks to be a lot nicer than NASCAR types. > Now the small track dirt types are probably a lot nicer than NASCAR > guys also. NASCAR is just too popular. > > Ric Carter wrote: >> >> >> I hope to make it to a local drag strip here some this summer thanks >> to your inspiration. >> >> Ric >> >> >> >> >> On May 30, 2007, at 5:22 PM, H. Ball Arche wrote: >> >>> Slowly getting caught up. From April 28th, this one >>> and the 8 following are of the general scene: >>> http://tinyurl.com/2n4mgv >>> >>> What should get dumped? I ordered them more-or-less >>> best to worst. > > > -- > Harrison McClary > Harrison McClary Photography > harrison@mcclary.net > http://www.mcclary.net > ImageStockSouth - Stock Photography > http://www.imagestocksouth.com > Tobacco Road: Personal Blog: > http://www.mcclary.net/blog > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > Rob McClure Upper Sandusky, OH