It's around midnight and I'm just getting in from a full day of qualifications. Here are only a few of the photos I took.
This is of a VERY fast '56 Vette in Super Pro Street. They run down in the low 7's and upper 6's just around 200 MPH! He got out of shape on both of his qualification runs today (Friday)
This '64 was a strong runner. Note the turbo opening and hugh exhaust in the front.
They had one very bad accident. One of the Pro cars got out of shape at about the 90' mark, hooked hard into the guardrail, went airborn, and flipped on top of the guardrail, then cartwheel'd into the safety grass in front of the spectators after barrel rolling several more times. The car is a total write off, ($100,000!!) but he stepped out and waved to the crowd. Took over an hour to fix the guard rails.
One last photo of a FORD Mustang doing a wheel stand.
If anyone else goes this weekend, go early. Took an hour to get a ticket (4 lines out to Rt. 50) & then get into the infield. Enjoy. Glenn
Here's a new link I just got from Friday's show that has the crash photos 'in-the-air' shots of the GTO, plus lots of other great photos. Check it out!
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http://competitionplus.com/g1/album752?page=11