There's a friendly campground near Sioux Falls, South Dakota....that...has the added benefit of providing a quarter mile dragstrip within eyesight of your camp. It's called Thunder Valley, and it is a fantastic place to race, socialize, and enjoy motor sports.
It's a place where you can get close to the pits, and talk to the drivers in a relaxed uncrowded atmosphere. If you shoot photos, you'll have an easier time without crowds in the way.
This is an old Plymouth Duster crunching the tires during the launch.
Nothing like a Cuda Hemi says 'Fast and Loud' better...except maybe a Biscayne wagon.
How about shifting gears from "Soccer Mom" to Jr Dragster Mom?
I noticed most of the Pro Stock or Modified classes...ran cars that were fifty years old? Apparently after the late seventies, there were few cars worth rodding out? Most didn't have the character of a sixties car when styling was king.
You know your 'Fast and Loud' when you have to resort to using a parachute to slow down from 200 mph?
It takes all kinds....and these were two ladies dedicated to speed and motor sports.
Quite a few photo opportunities....composition, composition, composition.
