Topic: 33rd Annual Lucas Oil Nationals, Brainerd, Minnesota, August 14-17, 2014

[Bubba]

One of the most remarkable race days I have ever seen.  Numerous rain delays, a few oil downs, and a crash, meant the racing went on until after 8 pm Sunday evening.  The day's thick cloud cover made the evening dark, giving bright header flames.  The nitro-catergories had their track records reset a few times with Doug Kalitta's 3.722 second run (sixth-quickest ever) ending up at the Top Fuel e.t. record.  Richie Crampton set the speed mark at 328.54 mph.  In Funny Car, Alexis Dejoria ran Brainerd International Raceway's first three-second Funny Car run with a 3.998 track record.

Here John Force defeats Tommy Johnson Jr. in the Funny Car semifinal.

[Bubba]

The Top Fuel final put an exclamation point on what was an amazing day.

http://youtu.be/uF053wqkUx4

[Julie]

That's a cool pic. Did you take that?

[Bubba]

That's a cool pic. Did you take that?

Thanks, Julie.  I did take the picture!  I'll be posting a link to all my pics within the next 48 hours.

[Bubba]

Bob Vandergriff launches hard on his way to a track record elapsed time of 3.760 seconds, a record that lasted about 90 minutes.

[Julie]

^ Another sharp pic.

[Hannibalsmith]

The sound these cars make must be phenomenal when you're experiencing this racing live...

[Bubba]

The sound these cars make must be phenomenal when you're experiencing this racing live...

It's like watching a volcanic eruption on tv, you have to be there.