Posts Tagged ‘Pomona’
DRO: “The Day of the Deluge, and Survival of the Unfittest”
The new “Where The Pavement Ends” column is up on Drag Racing Online: “The Day of the Deluge, and Survival of the Unfittest.”
If the Winternationals at Pomona are any indication, drag racing is in a world of hurt….
An excerpt of the piece: “Is it just the economy and the weather? Or is part of the problem that those nitromaniacs who once lived for Top Fuel have found less and less to relate to? In the interest of safety when it comes to Top Fuel dragsters and Funny Cars, there has been a neutering of nitro percentages the last few years and now an emasculation of the distance of the drag strip from 1/4 mile to 1000 feet.”
More here: “The Day of the Deluge, and Survival of the Unfittest” — CC
Pomona Impressions
I saw my first 1000′ drag racing “competition” and “qualifying exhibitions” last weekend… and after timing malfunctions and a general dour mood, let’s just say watching Arley Langlo running over his parachute was the most entertaining and perversely soul-satisfying occurrence of the qualifying…
Sundry photos from Tuesday’s rain-delayed eliminations follow…
(words and photos by Cole Coonce)
Antron Brown in the his Top Fuel pit at Pomona
Top Fuel driver Tony Schumacher at Pomona
Gary Densham, "Teacher's Pet"
Gary Densham and Jim Head b.s. in the Funny Car staging lanes
