History Dad's old drag racing photos...

I was talking with Dad yesterday, telling him about scanning my old photos, and mentioned that I would love to get ahold of his old box of car show and drag strip photos...
Well, Dad, being the cool guy he is, just said " You know where they are, feel free to help yourself"!

I'm telling you guys, going through that box has been just incredible....
I've sorted through and identified the first batch of photos for scanning.
(I will be sorting and scanning more pics from other events in the days to come)

So, here they are....Dad's photos from the 1957 "World Series of Drag Racing", at the Quad Cities Dragway, in Cordova, Illinois...

 

Wow! Great pics, Marty! Some famous cars, too. LIke the "Devil Deuce" that was a hit at the '57 Nationals in Oklahoma City.

Eager to see more.
Thanks for posting -- and thank your dad, too.

 

Look at that! 3rd up from the bottom!
The original "SATAN" and what must be a buddys ride.
Very cool pics!

 

very cool pics,

 

Holy Cow....THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

More, More, More.... Thanks Dad!

 

cool pics, thats true vintage racing. looks like fred allens "satans duece" from philly,on the left in this pic.



Paul

 

Cool! Love the exhaust in the 2nd pic and that lil' pickup is nice.

 

holy moly awesome photos.....more please!!!!!

 

Great photos..thanks.

cc

 

Dang Marty those are awesome. Thanks for posting the pics. Hope to see more. Some real kool cars in those pics.

 

Great pics, thanks for sharing. And thank your dad for not discarding them over the years.

 

Here's the rest of Dad's pics from the '57 World Series.....

 

WOW...awesome pics, thanks to your father for saving them, and thanks for sharing them!

 

Makes you wonder if a few of those are sitting around still. LOL Love to find any one of them sitting around. I was just down that way today too.

 

Awsome pics, thanks for posting and thanks to your dad for saving them. He saw some real history.

 

Wowsa!

 

rom the looks of the last pic it looks like there might have been a lot of nekid people running around....

 

<!-- icon and title --> COOL! The top eliminator gets a big pile of laundry!!!!

 

Awesome. I loves me old drag racin' pix.

 

excellent...the way hot rodding and dragging really was...

 

Thank you. And your pop too! Nice ride in the Wayback Machine.

 

Thanks!!! These are really cool, some really famous cars here, along with a lot of little guys who may be forgotten now but were the backbone of drag racing back then. The flathead dragster second from the top is John Bradley, and the one below him is Cook & Bedwell. I think that this was the race where Emery Cook taught Garlits how to set up carbs for nitro, and then Garlits beat him.

Again, thanks for sharing these!!!

 

Second photo down is John Bradley " Mr Flathead" driving Gene's Brake Shop Special

 

Very cool...
Thanx' for sharing...

 

Neat-O!!! ... I love 50s drag racing photographs ... thanks for taking the time to scan and post them!

 

third picture in second set is one of Art Arfons Green Monsters ,don't know which number it was but the fin behind the Alison Aircraft Engine is definitely one of the monsters. Thanks for sharing!

 

Very cool, a BIG thanks to you & your father!

 

thanks for posting the old pics..
They are "great"

1939fiat

 

Awesome pics,Thanks for sharing.