Chemical Warfare

Looking through some photos from 2012 and found this shot of Chemical Warfare I hadn't posted before, so here it is :)

Canon EOS-1D Mark III - 1/200 @ f/4.5, 180 mm
Approximate location: Perth Motorplex

Darren Morgan at Nitro Max!

Here's another shot from the Nitro Max! round at the Perth Motorplex over the first weekend in February.



This is Darren Morgan in the consolation final on Saturday night. Darren finished the weekend in second place in the ANDRA Top Fuel champioship, 43 points behind Phil Lamattina.

Nitro Max!

This weekend, we're at the Nitro Max! event at the Perth Motorplex. The event sees a concept familiar to many drag racers and fans, the 'Three Round Format' or 'Chicago Shootout' adapted to ANDRA Championship Racing. Under the ANDRA Championship rules, the three round format consists of a compulsory qualifier, elimination round and a finals round, where the four fastest winners are seeded into A and B finals to run off for championship points.

Due to the compact nature of the event, an entire championship round can be run on a single day, as is the case with the Nitro Max! event, consisting of rounds 4 and 5 of the ANDRA Top Fuel Championship series for 2012/2013.



Here's a shot from Friday night, which saw Phil Lamattina take the win in 4.73 seconds over local driver Damien Harris' 4.77 seconds, one of the closest and quickest passes we've seen here at the Motorplex. This shot is from the compulsory qualifier round, with another Western Australia, Alan Dobson, driving for Santo Rapisarda, with a small fire. In the other lane is round winner Phil Lamattina.

Dobbo Goes Up In Smoke

I'm just sorting through my photos from the ANDRA Pro Series Top Fuel round from the weekend, and came upon this photo of WA local Allan Dobson's first qualifying pass, when he smoked the tyres just after the hit.

New Greene Machine Hits The Track

Matt Treasure recently took to the track in Allan and Cheryl Greene's new 'Greene Machine' Nitro Funny Car. This shot is from Matt's first pass in the car.

Congratulations Mark Sheehan!

Congratulations to Mark Sheehan on taking the his second ANDRA Pro Series Top Fuel round win, with a win over Phil Lamattina in the final of the first of two rounds to be held at the Perth Motorplex this season.

CH3NO2 on flickr

A few years back, I started a group over on flickr called 'CH3NO2', devoted to NitroMethane fuel. While not exclusively for drag racing photos, it's turned that most of the photos are from drag racing events around the world.



It's still only a small group, but we have some talented photographers posting up some cool photos, both new and old. You can check out all the photos in the group pool here. If you're a flickr user, please join up and post your own nitro photos.