IHRA Race Edmonton-Canada

[howard]

Had a great weekend hanging out at the Edmonton Rocky Mountain Nationals, 3 days of race car smells and sounds. It was a little dissapointing from previous years with IHRA dropping Pro Stock, Alcohol funny car etc also wasn't as good of a turn out from Top Fuel or Pro Mods as in previous years. Speaking with one crew they said it was a major hassle getting across the border
anyways there were some great passes made with a few track records set.. you guys in the U.S have it great! ...on with the cars..

Ran consistant all day and red lit in the final round

Always like the old shoebox's

Always lots of C2's

A few broken parts during the weekend

MMMM Nectar of the gods....

A lot of the fun at these events is watching the guys tear down Fueler motors in preparation for the next round

Hard to get nice shots from the stands of a car that is pulling 4.84 in the 1/4

Must admit these Nitro Harley guys are a crazy bunch of people...pulling 6's @214mph with the front wheel off the ground most of the run

Ricky D laid down some nice passes in his Pro Mod 53 Vette, nice to see him back
As a side note the Security guys were actively enforcing a no smoking ban in the stands as the Nostagia Funny cars were doing half track burnouts ofl:ofl:ofl:

More photos.... ENJOY!! :lurk::cheers:s:
Some nice hot rods there!

Nice Nova..

Motor in the 68 Vette

Always thrashing going on somewhere!

Some interesting setups- Note Turbos

Lots of nostalga stuff around, looks great!

200+mph Freightliner!

Remember Race fans...no smoking in the stands!
Cool old Fairlane

Really cool graphic on back of race hauler

 

[Eddie 70]

I love going to the drag races. Its so nice to be able to walk through the pits and see what the crews are doing. Thrashing the cars, getting them ready for the next round. Hearing them fire them up right there in the pits. Watching everyone run because their eyes are burning, LOL! It is well worth the price of the tickets to go to the drags IMO. I usually go to Thunder Valley in Bristol Tn for the NHRA races.

BTW, thanks for sharing the pics.

 

[spikebot 81]

OOOOHHHH the smell of race fuel and burning clutch. Nothing like it. Thanks for the pics, looks like you had fun.

 

[73shark]

Nice pics! Can almost smell the smoke and nitro. I agree that it's great to watch top fuel guys tear down and rebuild those engines between rounds. Got to be about as hot as the surface of the sun. Yikes!