Photog Cheats Death As Funny Car Tries To Eat Him Alive...
 

...and keeps snapping photos!

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...-race-car.html

Pretty amazing. I think it all happened so quickly he just didn't have a chance to react.

maybe thats where the saying
" Drag Racing, because football and rugby only require ONE Ball"
comes from

i doubt it was going 250 mph though.. it was barely past the 60 foot mark when it spun... cool pics, and one cool photographer though!:hail:

That is so cool.

Awesome!

Amazing nobody was hurt! And the pix are beyond incredible!

Back in "da day" -- I worked at Portland International Raceway.... that was '68/69/70/71... so "safety" wasn't as strict as it is now.. and I've seen my fair share of big wrecks and dodged a few flying parts (think, BEFORE blower straps!)... and when this stuff goes bad... there's no way you can react before it's too late.

Not trying to steal the thread -- but I'm also an internationally licensed pyro -- and I always love the scenes in the movies where the guys hear the bomb "click" and they start running and outrun the fireball... I got news for you... that ain't gonna happen! When it goes "click" --- you won't hear the boom... or see the fireball! LOL

I bet he was thinking "The grand kids are gonna love this!!!"

That picture with the wheels spinning and they are right there... wow!!

I'd have been long gone. Screw the shot. Not good ol' Andy. He's a pro.

Nick L.