Motorsports – PHOTOS OF HUMAN PERSPECTIVES

Drag Racing Event

Jonny Allegra — Sat, 17 Sep 2022 16:21:30 +0000

It’s been a cult event for a long time and I finally managed to attend. The “NitrOlympX” in Hockenheim becomes the Mecca of the biggest drag racing event outside the USA for one weekend. 40,000 participants will hear and feel the explosive mixture of roaring engines, incredible speed and spectacular night show. For several hours, you have to put aside any rational thought and let the smell of burnt rubber and nitromethane take over your mind. The impressions of one day are so varied as bizarre and are influenced by the most extraordinary contrasts. While in the pit lanes there is a surprising serenity and high concentration, the scenery changes towards the tribunes and the starting line. Smoking adrenaline coupled with the ear-splitting noise of the roaring engines. The tribunes tremble with every start and the furious crowd celebrates every burn-out.

The engines of top fuel cars reach 10,000 hp and accelerate to 400 km in 6 seconds. At night, the drama becomes endless. The moment remembers me to a Cap Canaveral rocket launch… the crowd waiting for that one moment, quiet… and then shrieking noise, flames and burning engines and the bang… the endless acceleration of material and the smell of burnt, petrol-laden air.

Senseless and empty of reason but for a brief moment, fascination and beauty.

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Ried Ring Rivival

Jonny Allegra — Sun, 26 Nov 2017 09:26:05 +0000

Already 65 years ago, the Ried-Ring motorbike race thrilled up to 30,000 cheering spectators along the city circuit in Lorsch. Between 1949 and 1955, spectacular competitions took place on the 3.12 kilometre track that kept motor sport enthusiasts fascinated and gave many famous racing driver a stage.

The ambition for the relaunched Racing-Ring-Rival Festival was thus great and exceeded the expectations. On the way in the paddock, I could feel the enthusiasm for this unique atmosphere of oily engines and shiny sheet metal and steel. The chrome surfaces of the antique race bikes gleaming in the sun became the ultimate challenge to the capabilities of my lens. The inner circle of the racing circus became a living museum. No matter which way you looked, you saw these fascinating antique constructions, not just standing around inanimate, but rattling and rumbling, giving the scenery an amazing liveliness. Till now, brands like DKW, NSU, Puch, Triumph or Norton, I had previously seen them in old books and websites. Here they came alive and showed what enormous power and speed they were already equipped at that time. At the end of the day, the memory card was full of impressions that I couldn’t get anywhere else.

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Hockenheim Classis

Jonny Allegra — Sun, 26 Nov 2017 09:26:00 +0000

40 years of Hockenheim Classics. Actually, there’s nothing more to say. Anyone who loves the ancient sound of engines, the smell of oil and burning brake pads is in the right place. In addition, there is the inimitable charm of motorsport nostalgia, whether on the race track or in the paddock. Fascinated by the inimitable design of the old days, a walk through the Motodrom becomes a promenade through a living museum. Here you can still look directly over the mechanics’ shoulders and hear the swinging music of the 50s and 60s in the background. The glitter of chrome and bright colours invites every photo enthusiast to look for the motif in the detail and they will find them endlessly.

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