Some people love racing for the competition. Some for the speed. Some for the sounds. But there is a hell of a lot of people who go for the crashes. Hell who doesn’t love some good carnage. I know I do! Drag racing has its share of fender benders. Stockers clipping the wall and the occasional Pro Stock flipping on the top end. But when in the earlier days of drag racing you had stock blocks, small hard slicks and copious amounts of NITRO, you had a recipe for mayhem.
Steve Reyes has taken some of the best photos in drag racing history so it goes to reason that he’s also taken some of the coolest crash pictures. Quarter Mile Chaos compiles some of his best photos in one glorious book.
From funny cars blowing their bodies off to altereds crashing into the Christmas tree this book covers it all. Dragsters are well represented with both front engine and rear and yes they both blow up in spectacular fashion. The devastation nitromethane can do to an engine block, chassis, body, or the pocketbook is fantastical. Steve gets it in all its gory detail. Close-ups and action shots alike are vividly reproduced here, some in color but the majority are in black and white.
Damn fine book to look at and go 'glad it wasn't me'.
www.cartechbooks.com
