Talk about wanting to get the best picture...
this is one lucky dude..

"This is the terrifying moment a British photographer cheated death as an out-of-control drag racing car careered towards him out of control.

Andy Willsheer kept snapping even as the 250mph car spun towards the crash barrier at Pomona Raceway in California.

Read more:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...ixzz0ZlmZBMU1"


Andy Willsheer barely takes a step backwards as the 250mph dragster bares down on him


How it happened: As Drag racer Steve Gassparelli accelerated away from the line his 'funny car' suddenly veered to the right


There was nothing more Gassparelli could do but sit tight and hope the fuel-laden dragster did not explode


With the 250mph funny car heading straight for him, Willsheer calmly snapped away - even though other photographers were running in the opposite direction


And yet closer: In the blink of an eye the dragster was almost on the Briton... but he kept the viewfinder of his camera clamped closely to his eye


The giant back wheels loom large as Gassparelli's car strikes the concrete barrier

http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2009/...12_964x635.jpg
Inches from death: The wheels were still spinning as the car mounted the barrier...


Up close: Andy Wilsheer's photo as the drag race car bounces off the barrier in front of him


Photographer Andy Willsheer calmly snapped away as car careered towards him

"Miraculously, the wrecked vehicle landed just feet away from the photographer, who escaped unharmed.

The high-powered machine, capable of going from 0-60 mph in under a second, skidded off the track after its right side wheels hit an oil slick.

Only the concrete barrier prevented Willsheer from being killed by stopping the car dead just three feet away from where he was standing.

‘The crowd were yelling out for him to get out of the way and he kept on taking pictures,’ said one eyewitness.

‘He really is lucky to be alive, but he must have taken some great photos.’

Safety teams shut down the engine as soon as it stopped and driver Steve Gasparrelli also walked away unhurt."

 

pretty cool danial and luck sob is right lol

 

lol he must have almost gotten fired for taken boring pictures before this event. then this happened and said **** it im getting some good ones this time. lol.

 

your probably right.. lol

 

Hey do y'all know what is spraying under the car? Looks like some kind of fire extinguishing system, it doesn't look like oil or tranny fluid.

 

Crazy *** brits!
He probably figured, "hell, I might die, might as well get a frame by frame to show how it happened!"

 

It's the driver pissing his pants..

 

^^^^^^ lol

 

WOW...that guy has some stones...

 

It an oil line that broke. when oil and alcohol mix, it turns yellow. Kinda like ****. and a bitch to clean up.

 

i like how it says "Andy Willsheer kept snapping even as the 250mph car spun" ..... when you can clearly see in the pics he broke and wrecked right past the 60ft box.....doubt the car was going 250mph. lol

 

its still a 250 mph car but it's only going say a buck20 at that point lol. It prob 60 ft's faster than most cars do in the 1/8th

 

That guy has a lot and I mean a lot bigger colhonies then what I would ever have...lol

 

I wont talk about how big his stones are. But I will call him an idiot.

 

lol.... Yeah I would have been running for the bleachers like everyone else did...
Maybe through the camara it looked further away than what it was.. and then when he looked at the pics.. He realized what an idiot...lol

 

i bet he had a bunch of doo doo in his pants!! i did when lookin at pics...lol

 

hahaahaha

 

holy ***** look at how tiny that driveshaft is!!!

 

It's about a 2" piece of bar stock. No suspension, no ujoints. Just a straight shaft with splines on each end.