REYES ON TOUR
Thu, 2008-09-18 23:35
You name it in drag racing, chances are Steve Reyes has snapped a picture of it.
The revered drag race photographer, who has covered drag races all over the world for the last four decades, had to be in Concord, N.C. for the unveiling of the tomorrow’s drag strip - zMax Dragway during the NHRA Carolinas Nationals.
“This is the 110th different Drag Strip I’ve ever been to and I just wanted to see it,” said Reyes, whose legend draws respect amongst his peers. “It’s beautiful and big and everything but I still like Freemont, my home town.” You name it in drag racing, chances are Steve Reyes has snapped a picture of it.
The revered drag race photographer, who has covered drag races all over the world for the last four decades, had to be in Concord, N.C. for the unveiling of the tomorrow’s drag strip - zMax Dragway during the NHRA Carolinas Nationals.
“This is the 110th different Drag Strip I’ve ever been to and I just wanted to see it,” said Reyes, whose legend draws respect amongst his peers. “It’s beautiful and big and everything but I still like Freemont, my home town.”
He’s shot at the grand opening of many of those facilities such as the now defunct Orange County International Raceway [Southern California] and the Texas Motorplex [Ennis, Texas] and he cherishes those memories.
And as Reyes adds, “You can’t forget Lion’s either.”
“They’re [new strips] just getting super and super, and big and big and big,” Reyes observed. “Hopefully there’s a way they can fill them with people and continue to put on a great show.”
Reyes makes a stop or two a year on the NHRA Drag Racing tour, a far cry from the schedule he maintained earlier in his career of week-in and week-out travel.
The ace picture taker has his battles with diabetes but relishes in the fact he now has more time than ever to spend with his young children [9, 3].
Of course, Reyes does have some projects in the hopper for those nostalgic drag racing fans.
“Close to a deal to do a book on Don Prudhomme, and Tom McEwen,” Reyes beams. “And I’m going to do a front engine dragster book on all my old stuff and just keep doing those until I stop breathing I guess. That’s just me.”
Reyes does have another job, he laughs, pointing out his Ocala, Fla., residence.
“I drew the short straw,” Reyes said with a laugh. “Somebody had to live next to Don Garlits to keep an eye on him.”
The revered drag race photographer, who has covered drag races all over the world for the last four decades, had to be in Concord, N.C. for the unveiling of the tomorrow’s drag strip - zMax Dragway during the NHRA Carolinas Nationals.
“This is the 110th different Drag Strip I’ve ever been to and I just wanted to see it,” said Reyes, whose legend draws respect amongst his peers. “It’s beautiful and big and everything but I still like Freemont, my home town.” You name it in drag racing, chances are Steve Reyes has snapped a picture of it.
The revered drag race photographer, who has covered drag races all over the world for the last four decades, had to be in Concord, N.C. for the unveiling of the tomorrow’s drag strip - zMax Dragway during the NHRA Carolinas Nationals.
“This is the 110th different Drag Strip I’ve ever been to and I just wanted to see it,” said Reyes, whose legend draws respect amongst his peers. “It’s beautiful and big and everything but I still like Freemont, my home town.”
He’s shot at the grand opening of many of those facilities such as the now defunct Orange County International Raceway [Southern California] and the Texas Motorplex [Ennis, Texas] and he cherishes those memories.
And as Reyes adds, “You can’t forget Lion’s either.”
“They’re [new strips] just getting super and super, and big and big and big,” Reyes observed. “Hopefully there’s a way they can fill them with people and continue to put on a great show.”
Reyes makes a stop or two a year on the NHRA Drag Racing tour, a far cry from the schedule he maintained earlier in his career of week-in and week-out travel.
The ace picture taker has his battles with diabetes but relishes in the fact he now has more time than ever to spend with his young children [9, 3].
Of course, Reyes does have some projects in the hopper for those nostalgic drag racing fans.
“Close to a deal to do a book on Don Prudhomme, and Tom McEwen,” Reyes beams. “And I’m going to do a front engine dragster book on all my old stuff and just keep doing those until I stop breathing I guess. That’s just me.”
Reyes does have another job, he laughs, pointing out his Ocala, Fla., residence.
“I drew the short straw,” Reyes said with a laugh. “Somebody had to live next to Don Garlits to keep an eye on him.”
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