Maple Grove

[Mike Andrews]

One of the Pro Stock cars. 



 

A few Funny Cars.



 



 

 

Here's one I was panning along with and the car on the near side goes by and distorts the image......



 

 

 

It's interesting looking at some of the stuff that you don't notice as the cars go down the track.

 

 

For instance, how low the front of the car is as the rear tires grow.

 



 

 

How distorted the rear tires are as the car fights to keep traction.

 

 

Here's another shot of John Force taken a fraction of a second later. Two things stick out in my mind. The engine is in the process of losing a cylinder. Fluid is starting to pour out of the front pipe which means it's lost spark in that cylinder and that's fuel running through the engine. The second is that John has already reacted and got out of the throttle....

 



 

 

 

And a close up of a Top Fuel car hooked up with the throttle wide open..... I can't imagine what 0 to 330 in less than 4 seconds must be like.



 

 

For those of you that have never been to a NHRA event that has Fuel cars running.... you have to go...