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Photo Sequences - 1st prize
Fatal Hit. A top fuel dragster blows the supercharger off the engine on the finishing line at the National Hot Rod Association US Nationals.
Fatal Hit. At the National Hot Rod Association US Nationals, a dragster driven by Frank Rupert turns over and hits the rail after blowing the supercharger off the engine.
Fatal Hit. At the National Hot Rod Association US Nationals, a dragster driven by Frank Rupert turns over and hits the rail after blowing the supercharger off the engine. The blower bounced over 229m down the track.
Fatal Hit. At the National Hot Rod Association US Nationals, a dragster driven by Frank Rupert turns over and hits the rail after blowing the supercharger off the engine. The blower bounced over 229m down the track, hitting cameraman Joe Rooks, who was later pronounced dead on arrival at the hospital.
People in the News - 2nd prize
Charles Robinson
The Associated Press
01 September, 1979
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1980 Photo Contest
Richard Leman Olsenius
Terry Fincher
Hilmar Pabel
Valery Shustov
Fred Ihrt
Co Rentmeester
Victor Zagumyonnov
Jean Pierre Laffont
David Burnett
Sergey Vasiliev
Floris Bergkamp
Leonid Evseevich Yakutin
Lester J. Millman
Christopher Barham
Mark Foley
Dieter Baumann
Anatoly Bochinin
Dmitri Donskoy
Donald Fontaine
Jahangir Razmi
Claus Bienfait
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