[Leica] was Nashville Marathon, now NHRA culture

[h_arche at yahoo.com (H. Ball Arche)]

I'd like to remind you guys of the terrific book
project that LUG'er John Mason is working on dealing
with this very subject, the openess of drag racing
society. For a description with great pictures got to:
http://tinyurl.com/2g7as3

Personally, I can't wait to get a copy.

--- Rob McClure <rmcclure2@woh.rr.com> wrote:

> 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
> >
> >
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> Rob McClure
> Upper Sandusky, OH
> 
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