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No smoke without fire

Martin Hill and his crew prepare for a run at Santa Pod, the UK's home of drag racing, during the Dragstalgia meeting in July 2017. Hill's FireForce 5...
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Martin Hill and his crew prepare for a run at Santa Pod, the UK's home of drag racing, during the Dragstalgia meeting in July 2017. Hill's FireForce 5 is jet propelled - yet another of those jobs I'm happy to leave to somebody else. Lens: Sigma 70-200mm f2.8
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Aperture f/6.3 ISO 400 Shutter 10/40000 Focal Length 2000/10

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