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THE ROB COOK GALLERIES

Top Fuel - 2

Team Optima

Jim Head being guided into stage

Tommi Haapanen at Mantorp

Kagered's now deceased TF car at Mantorp 2002

Hemi

Tony Bryntesson.  This guy was serious.  It was watching him win the 1991 Main Event that got me hooked on nitro

Paul Romine

Viveca being interviewed at Alastaro 1994.  They also spoke to the rest of the crew.  Ex-TF driver and crew man John Lovett was asked about the bike ride he went on the Thursday!

IHRA at Richmond, Paul Romine prepares to race Jim Head.  Jim Head had the best T shirts at this race.  On the front they read "Give me Head till I'm dead!"

Nitro!

Valve spring test

John Lovett checks Viveca Averstadt's tyre pressure prior to a run at Pitea 1994.  Poor John seemed to attract mosquitoes really badly, at one point his ankle looked more like a knee joint from all the bites

Tommy Moller's front wheel

Rico's crew man takes a rest.  This was the meeting when the track fell apart.  Oh how we laughed

Kim Reymond away from the lights Mantorp 2002

Pelle at World Finals 2002

Risto on full power

Bruce Litton picks the front wheels up

Tony Bryntesson at Pitea 1994

Peter Lantz launches at Alastaro 1994, this shot was used in Optima literature

After this launch Rico's car pushed me over with the sound wave.  The first thing I said to my friend after was "Is there blood coming from my ears?"

Susanne Callin waits to run

Knut's CBD car

Kim Reymond blasts off

Warm up

TF final - IHRA Richmond 2001 - burn outs Jim Head -v- Paul Romine

Smoking!

This picture has a lot to answer for.  If it were not for this shot I would not have become a professional photographer (this may or may not be a good thing)

The clutch of the matter

PARDON!

Monica Oberg about to burn out in Finland 1994.  If memory serves the team were running a two speed instead of the direct drive which was damaged

Viveca Averstadt at Hockenheim 1994 or '95.  Someone I got to know recently told me how his son (only 6 or 7 at the time) tripped in the pits at Santa Pod and scuffed his knees.  Viveca saw it happen, bandaged him up and gave him a signed T.

Rico -v- Risto Euro Finals 1993

Tommi Haapanen

Kagered stages at Mantorp 2002.  My heart went out to the fire crew, it was over 30 degrees C most of the time and I was hot in shorts and a T shirt

Broken dreams

Monica and Dan with the Shell car

Viveca pulls the chutes

Peter Lantz gets ready for a run

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