Photos: Nitro Night at Tucson Dragway
Hundreds of drivers and their cars including fuel altereds and jet cars took on the Tucson Dragway track, September 24, 2022.
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Fans brave the noise, heat and smoke to get video of the jet car Terminal Velocity firing up the engine in the start area just before a run on Nitro Nights at the Tucson Dragway, Tucson, Ariz., Sept. 24, 2022.
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A pair of cycles burst out of the start under monsoon skies for Nitro Nights at the Tucson Dragway, Tucson, Ariz., Sept. 24, 2022. The night featured jet cars, Arizona Drag Racing Association brackets and a spectator track walk.
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Driver Cory Lee in his car, SheepHerder, waits in the staging lanes for the signal to approach the start for Nitro Nights at the Tucson Dragway, Tucson, Ariz., Sept. 24, 2022.
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A car in the Arizona Drag Racing Association brackets spins his tires in the water box just before a race for Nitro Nights at the Tucson Dragway, Tucson, Ariz., Sept. 24, 2022.
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Official Jeff Bailey gestures for the next drivers to enter the water box for Nitro Nights at the Tucson Dragway, Tucson, Ariz., Sept. 24, 2022.
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Driver Joel Blakeley waits with his '55 Chevy for the word to move up as the ADRA cars line up for a heat for Nitro Nights at the Tucson Dragway, Tucson, Ariz., Sept. 24, 2022.
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A pair of ADRA racers head off the starting line at Nitro Nights at the Tucson Dragway, Tucson, Ariz., Sept. 24, 2022.
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A driver gets the tires heated on their bike just before a race for Nitro Nights at the Tucson Dragway, Tucson, Ariz., Sept. 24, 2022.
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The crew and driver Kyle Hough work on their car Nanook between races as sun sets on Nitro Nights at the Tucson Dragway, Tucson, Ariz., Sept. 24, 2022.
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