Track Pics

[turbojimmy]

I'm bored, plus I thought they were cool. The track photographer snapped some pics of my car a couple weeks ago:

Burnout 1:
http://www.turbojimmy.com/gn_track_060604-1.jpg

Burnout 1 photoshopped:
http://www.turbojimmy.com/gn_060404_edges.jpg

Burnout 2:
http://www.turbojimmy.com/gn_track_060604-2.jpg

Crappy launch:
http://www.turbojimmy.com/gn_track_060604-3.jpg

Jim

 

[DCEPTCN]

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Sorry, holmes-- I'm not authorized to apply the method.

 

[HellOnWheels]

Neat pics....

HOW

 

[DCEPTCN]

Okay, now I can open them (?). Very nice lookin' car.

 

[turbojimmy]

Originally posted by DCEPTCN
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Sorry, holmes-- I'm not authorized to apply the method.

I get that once in a while too. I think if it gets hit too many times at once it gets upset. Free hosting - you get what you pay for.

Thanks for the kind words. It's one of those 20-feet back cars. Looks good if you don't look real close.

Jim

 

[Unsafe6]

Nice pictures, what kind of camera?

 

[turbojimmy]

Originally posted by Unsafe6
Nice pictures, what kind of camera?

I don't know. I know it's digital (the photographer told me). I have a 5.0 MP camera and I'm not sure it's anywhere near the quality of the 8x10s he sent me. I got prints from him and the quality is awesome. Those links are to pics I scanned from prints. The actual sized scans came out awesome but they're too big to expect people to download.

Jim

 

[TurboJim]

I love "Burnout1" looks nice. That at Island Jim?

 

[CHARGED]

Yep, Looks like Island

Cool pics!

 

[Otto J]

ISLAND

 

[turbojimmy]

Originally posted by TurboJim
I love "Burnout1" looks nice. That at Island Jim?

Thanks. Yes, it's at Island. Friday nights are great - I'm never going on a Sunday T&T again.

Jim

 

[troGNman]

Whoa! There are 3 drag strips in NJ!?!?!?

Nice pics. I have to get up to Great Meadows one of these days. I'm positioned smack-dab between E-Town and Atco and always forget about Island.

 

[JoeNational]

Yes what is the ISLAND you guys speak of, iam yet to get out to a track due to not having a trailer but if there is a thrid please fill in.

 

[turbojimmy]

Originally posted by JoeNational
Yes what is the ISLAND you guys speak of, iam yet to get out to a track due to not having a trailer but if there is a thrid please fill in.

Island is in Great Meadows, just inside the PA border (relatively speaking) on Rt. 46. It's not really an Island - there's no water around. I'm not sure where the name came from, but it is an island in that it's smack dab in the middle of a sod farm. Green grass as far as you can see all around it.

Sunday T&T is totally jammed. Saturdays are race days. They're doing random Wed. T&Ts and every Friday T&T/Street Legal Drag. Fridays don't seem to be too crowded.

Jim

 

[NastyGn]

Originally posted by TurboJim
I love "Burnout1" looks nice. That at Island Jim?

Nice photos Jim. Are you taking lessions from another person in Jersey who makes those tire shreading burn outs? heheheh

 

[86brick]

Cool pics!

 

[turbojimmy]

Originally posted by NastyGn
Nice photos Jim. Are you taking lessions from another person in Jersey who makes those tire shreading burn outs? heheheh

Thanks. I'm still getting the hang of these Hoosiers. I couldn't get them to hook up so I tried getting them REALLY hot a couple of times. Didn't help my 60' times, but made for some nice pictures My first run of the night was a 1.71x 60', which isn't too bad for a DOT tire. It got worse from there.

Jim

 

[green95ss]

I belive Island Dragway got its name from once being a pond with an island. In the staging lanes, if you look to the right, you will notice a house on the hill, which apparently used to overlook the pond. The pond dried up many years ago, and just left behind REALLY fertile land.

There's some nickel knowledge for ya... That and a dollar gets you some coffee...

Guhan