Pics I took @ fuel & gas finals Bakersfield (1 Viewer)

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Hey you. Went on over to Bakersfield to watch goodguys fuel & gas finals Saturday qualifying. Cool overcast morning, track very good and tight. Sun broke thru in the afternoon to the mid-upper 70's, light breeze. Really fantastic weather. HUGE MASSIVE crowd and car counts! Awesome.
I shot these with my crappy cam randomly.
Ready? Let's go!

 

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warming up a fueler

crew readying

getting the blue max ready

Del chatting

 

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un-loading the crazy horse

Jeff Gaynor's pit

Ron

 

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Mr. Worsham

some vendors

Del getting ready to warm the engine

Remember Cory Lee?

 

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ok, there was a whole bunch of folks crowded around and in between these two bodies.....but the massive nitro cloud pushed them all away!

Was hanging out across the way when suddenly this loud filing sound. Isaid WTH is that?

This guy is really dedicated!

 

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shadows

Sexiest girl on the property(I think she is a back-up girl for a NT/F team?)

a '66 Vette

Mr. Worsham

 

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Del

tower shot

Cruz Pedregon on the cell phone there

 

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The Gaynor pit after the crash(everyone came over to see)

crew member on Estruss car servining the engine

 

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Tires

The call went out: "Top fuel to the staging lanes!" and I was attacked by a horde of rails!

 

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One cool cat: J.R. Todd (who did some announcing on the mic, and did great!)

Phil Burkart enjoying his first ever nostalgia race!

some gassers at twilight

 

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swap meet, I bought a chrome oil pan

powers car

 

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I met Ron's Dad.(my eyes are wierd looking cuz the sun was very bright, and had only slept 4 hours)

Just incredibly easy-going and easy to chat with, thank you Mr. Capps for shaking my hand and chatting with me!

 

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this lady off to the right is saying "WTF are you doing?!

<shrug>

I have a bunch more here, including a bunch of nice cars, hot California girls, random stuff, but they came out too blurry.
Had fun! Saw the record setting 5.70 @ 250MPH Sean Bellemeur NT/F ran

 

[Suzanne]

Thanks so much for sharing so quickly! Made my morning! Great selection of photos! The track must really be good, look at those numberes throughout the catagories!! By the way.......... Go Gruzens!!

 

[Mr. Jean]

Thanks Paul, good stuff.

 

[RAPID]

Thanks Paul. I love the pit shots with captions. Very good group of photos!

Rapid

 

[Kelly]

Thanks Paul....those are some great shots!

 

[Raconteur]

Sexiest girl on the property

Sexiest girl on the property (I think she is a back-up girl for a NT/F team?)

Well Paul that's Jennifer Luna,
if things go as planned she'll be driving a Mustang funny car next year... we'll see what happens.




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[RMS]

Huh...strange i had no clue that many big named racers went to the local races. Great to see that they remember where the roots are, wether they are driving or watching! Hope it was a good race, and nice pictures!