Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/01/08

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Subject: [Leica] Drag Strip
From: rmcclure2 at woh.rr.com (rob mcclure)
Date: Thu Jan 8 16:37:51 2009
References: <8BCEDF40-2E56-43DF-91B2-54B0F645C6D8@embarqmail.com>

Great stuff. It brought back memories of when I used to go to the 1/8  
mile drags when growing up in Kentucky.  Quite an interesting  
culture.  Never could figure out why they didn't do full 1/4 mile, but  
guess land was expensive. Those cars ran super low gearing and didn't  
need much top speed -- just great off line reaction time.

Rob
On Jan 8, 2009, at 6:44 PM, Ric Carter wrote:

> Last Saturday, I got to visit a local 1/8 mile drag strip with a kid  
> I've known since he was 2 or 3. He's the one racing the Volvo wagon.
>
> I didn't really get in the swing of it as things got shortened after  
> a driver flipped his Mustang and threw mud and grass all over the  
> racing pavement closing things down for the day.
>
> I'll try to return when the season restarts.
>
> These are all with the M6 and the old rigid Summicron 50 and Tele- 
> Elmar 135. I packed light and used less than half of what I packed.
>
> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/ricc/drag/>
> http://tinyurl.com/7l5p9d
>
> I'm no Ball Arche or John Mason, but I had a good time and will try  
> to follow their example in later visits.
>
> Ric Carter
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/ricc/
>
>
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