John Edwin Mason: Documentary, Motorsports, Photo History: Mamiya 6

15 June 2011

Bug Out 69: Old Dominion Speedway, 29 May 2011

A couple of weeks ago, I dusted off my favorite old cameras and headed up US 29 to Old Dominion Speedway, in Manassas, Virginia, for Bug Out 69. It was part of my never-ending rambling through the more obscure byways of American car culture. I also figured that it would... Read more →

Posted by John Edwin Mason on 15 June 2011 at 08:21 AM in Bug Out, Car Culture, Drag Racing, Mamiya 6, Motorsports History, Rollei | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)

11 October 2009

SBRA Bracket Finals, Eastside Speedway: Three Days at the Races

Hundreds of drag racers (and their families and friends) turned out for the Southern Bracket Racing Association's championship finals at Eastside Speedway,in Waynesboro, Virginia, on 2 to 4 October. This annual event draws the best racers from six small, grassroots dragstrips in Virginia and Maryland. Tracks like these, and the... Read more →

Posted by John Edwin Mason on 11 October 2009 at 11:56 AM in Car Culture, Democracy of Speed, Drag Racing, Drag Racing and Diversity, Eastside Speedway, Mamiya 6, Rollei | Permalink | Comments (1) | TrackBack (0)