NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing by junge1

Photography • Sports • posted on Oct 17, 2011

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This 1000-ft run is so fast that I had to push the shutter button on my little Canon the moment the light turned green because of a slight delay for the camera to react to the shutter, to catch these two in the picture. The picture was taken at 12:28, in the middle of the day during bright sunshine, yet the exhaust flames are visible. The exhaust temperature at idle is 500F (260C) and at the end of the ~4 second run it is 1796F (960C). During a typical run the engine can consume as much as 103 litres (22.75 Gal US) of fuel for the warm up, burnout, staging and a 1/4 mile run. This picture was taken on 15 October 2011, Sig...

Comments (26)

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kgb224

1:52AM | Mon, 17 October 2011

Must be difficult taking pictures of the super fast moving dragsters. Stunning capture. God Bless.

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renecyberdoc

1:56AM | Mon, 17 October 2011

power wroooooooooooommmmmmmmmmmm,vroooooooooooooooooooommmmmmmmmm

West_coaster07

2:04AM | Mon, 17 October 2011

Excellent!!!

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bazza

2:49AM | Mon, 17 October 2011

Great capture Sig voooooooommmmmmmm is right!!

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flaviok

6:49AM | Mon, 17 October 2011

Fantástica captura, ainda mais em alta velocidade, excelente meu amigo, aplausos (5)

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jayfar

6:50AM | Mon, 17 October 2011

I couldn't react that fast! Super capture.

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debbielove

8:21AM | Mon, 17 October 2011

Ultra COOL shot, brilliant capture! Shame we have no sound ;-) Though, ear plugs would be needed! lol Good shot! Rob

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flavia49

8:23AM | Mon, 17 October 2011

marvelous shot

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Faemike55

8:34AM | Mon, 17 October 2011

Very cool capture

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auntietk

9:16AM | Mon, 17 October 2011

Excellent capture, my friend! I'm not sure I could have done anything near as well. The time lag must be a pain in the patootie to work with! Really nicely done.

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mariogiannecchini

9:44AM | Mon, 17 October 2011

Excellent shot !

KnightWolverine

12:00PM | Mon, 17 October 2011

Oh YEAH!!!!!!....Big Fan Here!!...Attend as many as possible every year....Saaaaaweeeeeeeeet Capture!! If interested here's my take at creating a Top Fuel in Bryce 7 under the category Model Building... http://www.renderosity.com/mod/gallery/index.php?image_id=2090094&user_id=218810&np&np

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TallPockets

12:41PM | Mon, 17 October 2011

Super shot! (Grew up going to Martin U.S. 131 Dragstrip almost every Sat. Night in my youth .... Late 60's/early 70's .... Don Garlits, Shirley Muldowney, Don Prudhomme and ALL the GREATS) .... 8,000 Horsepower, Nitro Methane MACHINES!

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