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CAUGHT IN THE ACT; Exhibit remembers drag racing back in the day.(Revs)
Byline: JACOB LINGEMAN
While today's race photographers worry about megapixels and memory cards, they should take a moment and give a nod to their predecessors. Photographers covering drag racing in the 1960s dealt with speed, smoke and flying rubber, all while using cameras and film better suited for capturing shots of static objects like mountains, trees and lakes.
Faster: 1960s Photographs of Pomona Drag Racing, an exhibit at the Wally Parks National Hot Rod Association Motorsports Museum, looks back at an era when the equipment available to photographers paled in comparison to the electronic motor-driven marvels of today.
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