It was strictly an exhibition car, and there wasn't really a class for it. Back then -- and perhaps still today -- there were rocket and jet powered dragsters that only ran exhibitions. Most of the jets turned low seven second elapsed times at about 270 mph. Some of the rockets turned 5 second elapsed times at over 300 mph. This one was powered by a general electric jet engine I believe, probably government surplus.
On Feb 24, 2013, at 1:27 PM, Kenneth Waller <kwal...@peoplepc.com> wrote: > Meant to ask what class did it run in? > > > -----Original Message----- >> From: Kenneth Waller <kwal...@peoplepc.com> >> Subject: Re: Ektachrome, 1978 >> >> Way nice,creative capture, love the way the background is rendered! >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >>> From: Paul Stenquist <pnstenqu...@comcast.net> >> >>> Subject: Ektachrome, 1978 >>> >>> Here's a 1978 Ektachorme that has largely resisted fading although it was >>> stored in the dark. I should add that some of the Ektachromes that I shot >>> with my Brownie Starflash in the fifties have faded a lot. This shot was >>> taken for J Walter Thompson, and it was probably my first paid photo >>> assignment that wasn't part of a journalism job. I used my Vivitar 20mm >>> 3.5, which wasn't very sharp, but I probably had it stopped way down in >>> back. That's my undergrad alma mater, Roosevelt University in the >>> background. Brooksie spent some time there as well. It's in Adler and >>> Sullivan's late 19th century Auditorium Hotel building. The building next >>> door -- I think it's called the Fine Arts Building -- is even older. Back >>> then it housed the Studebaker Theater and a coffee shop on the lower level >>> frequented by students and the artsy set. The race car is a jet powered >>> dragster with some nice body work by an aluminum craftsman named Lee Austin. >>> >>> I suspect Ektachromes formula changed over the years. I think all of mine >>> from the seventies are in good shape. (I know the processing chemicals >>> changed in the mid seventies from E4 to E6.) Gamma Labs on the west end of >>> downtown Chicago processed all of mine. >>> >>> http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=16963163&size=lg > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
