Dave Kommel Photography

Dave Kommel Photography Photographic chronicles of a lifetime love of drag racing and land speed racing with a few birds and some wildlife thrown in for good measure!
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After falling in love with drag racing in 1960 reading Hot Rod, I finally made it to my first race at Union Grove WI in 1966 and it was all downhill from there. I started going to Irwindale, OCIR and Lions every weekend and once I started getting photo credentials around 1973, I started traveling to races, mainly on the west coast. In 1979, Richard Shute and I teamed up to form Auto Imagery and ov

er the next 35 years, we covered somewhere over a thousand events. Now that I am off the NHRA treadmill, I will be going to select events that pique my interest as well as continuing to scan and catalog my negs and slides from the 1970's. You can peruse and (hopefully) purchase my past and current work at www.davekommel.photoshelter.com

Richard is still on the NHRA trail and if you are looking to purchase photos from current NHRA national events, your first stop should be www.autoimagery.com. Dave Kommel Photography
PO Box 428
San Dimas CA 91773
818-519-7601 voice or text
[email protected]
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I will be attending the Funny Car Chaos, Nitro Chaos finals in Cordova. If you would like license plate frames or bumpe...
09/08/2026

I will be attending the Funny Car Chaos, Nitro Chaos finals in Cordova. If you would like license plate frames or bumper stickers, I can bring them to the race and avoid shipping charges. I'm flying, so I will only be bringing enough to cover prepaid orders. Frames are $18.75 and bumper stickers are $5.00 and you can pay by Zelle, Venmo or PayPal to [email protected]. All orders need to be placed by this Saturday, September 12.

Les Davenport running Pro Comp with his blown alcohol altered at the 1979 NHRA Winternationals. Les is still one of the ...
09/08/2026

Les Davenport running Pro Comp with his blown alcohol altered at the 1979 NHRA Winternationals. Les is still one of the most sought after alcohol tuners today.

Mike Diedrich’s Plymouth Barracuda AA/Funny Car at Orange County International Raceway in 1973.
09/07/2026

Mike Diedrich’s Plymouth Barracuda AA/Funny Car at Orange County International Raceway in 1973.

Lou Gasparrelli in the Gasparrelli & Koeppe Chevy Vega BB/Funny Car at Irwindale in 1976.
09/06/2026

Lou Gasparrelli in the Gasparrelli & Koeppe Chevy Vega BB/Funny Car at Irwindale in 1976.

Elwin Carlson with the chute out in the Schirmer & Dell Chevy Vega AA/Funny Car at Sacramento in 1973.
09/05/2026

Elwin Carlson with the chute out in the Schirmer & Dell Chevy Vega AA/Funny Car at Sacramento in 1973.

D.W. Marsellus in his Chevy Vega A/Fuel Funny Car at Irwindale in 1976.
09/04/2026

D.W. Marsellus in his Chevy Vega A/Fuel Funny Car at Irwindale in 1976.

Fred Farndon in Leonard Van Luven’s “The Hustler” Top Fuel dragster at Orange County International Raceway in 1973.
09/03/2026

Fred Farndon in Leonard Van Luven’s “The Hustler” Top Fuel dragster at Orange County International Raceway in 1973.

Rick Williamson in the Williamson & Williamson “Hairy Canary” Chevy Monza BB/Funny Car at Fremont in 1978.
09/02/2026

Rick Williamson in the Williamson & Williamson “Hairy Canary” Chevy Monza BB/Funny Car at Fremont in 1978.

Pat Foster in Barry Setzer’s Chevy Vega AA/Funny Car at the 1972 Winternationals.
09/01/2026

Pat Foster in Barry Setzer’s Chevy Vega AA/Funny Car at the 1972 Winternationals.

Cory Holcomb with a wheels up launch in his Fuel Altered at the 2023 Funny Car Chaos Classic at the Texas Motorplex.
08/31/2026

Cory Holcomb with a wheels up launch in his Fuel Altered at the 2023 Funny Car Chaos Classic at the Texas Motorplex.

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