Thats fast!

I agree with Syam, this does scream "fast!". Interesting use of B&W here given there must be a riot of colour happening, but I think that it works very well and could even be grittier and still work effectively. Great shot as usual.

Definitely prefer this over your other drag shot. This one is much more effective at catching the sense of speed, wheras the other one seems more about the heat and the atmosphere.

Clyde,

Nice capture and great use of horizontals! I actually prefer the other shot - it communicates more to the viewer, in my opinion.

Best,
Jon

@Heath, I like this one better too. Interesting difference, here the car is actually warming up the tires by deliberately spinning them causing the smoke. He is only moving 50 or 60mph. In the other shot, they are down the track 2/3 of the quarter mile and probably traveling close to 300mph!!
Here I purposely shot for motion blur by shooting in shutter priority with a very low shutter speed 1/15. Probably too low but I was experimenting to get the effect. This image is pretty well overexposed. I was able to pull this out in the raw converter.

I like the feeling of power and motion. Nice!

It must be extremely difficult to photograph drag cars (insanely fast!). Considering this I think you have a great capture here. I wish the body of the car itself was a bit less blurry, but that would likely be difficult to achieve without a monopod or something (which can be difficult to smuggle into a track without a media pass :) ) All in all, a great capture.

Regards,
Jordan