Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/01/08

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Subject: [Leica] Drag Strip
From: h_arche at yahoo.com (H. Ball Arche)
Date: Thu Jan 8 20:54:20 2009

Ric- you'll see just what a blast it is.


--- On Thu, 1/8/09, Ric Carter <ricc@embarqmail.com> wrote:

> From: Ric Carter <ricc@embarqmail.com>
> Subject: [Leica] Drag Strip
> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug@leica-users.org>
> Date: Thursday, January 8, 2009, 5:44 PM
> Last Saturday, I got to visit a local 1/8 mile drag strip
> with a kid I've known since he was 2 or 3. He's the
> one racing the Volvo wagon.
> 
> I didn't really get in the swing of it as things got
> shortened after a driver flipped his Mustang and threw mud
> and grass all over the racing pavement closing things down
> for the day.
> 
> I'll try to return when the season restarts.
> 
> These are all with the M6 and the old rigid Summicron 50
> and Tele-Elmar 135. I packed light and used less than half
> of what I packed.
> 
> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/ricc/drag/>
> http://tinyurl.com/7l5p9d
> 
> I'm no Ball Arche or John Mason, but I had a good time
> and will try to follow their example in later visits.
> 
> Ric Carter
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/ricc/
> 
> 
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