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SVTPerformance's Chain of Restaurants
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Quad Cities Drag Racing photos from the 50's!!!!
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<blockquote data-quote="mosconiac" data-source="post: 10229013" data-attributes="member: 4013"><p>I posted this in the Pics & Videos Buffet...please post comments there.</p><p><a href="http://www.svtperformance.com/forums/pics-videos-buffet-149/737743-midwesterners-quad-cities-drag-racing-photos-50s.html" target="_blank">http://www.svtperformance.com/forums/pics-videos-buffet-149/737743-midwesterners-quad-cities-drag-racing-photos-50s.html</a></p><p></p><p>LIFE Magazine did a shoot at some drag races in "Moline, IL"...more than likely it was actually a few miles up river at Cordova Dragway given that it was already in operation by that point. There are 104 photos in the whole set. Some of the photos are reversed. The exact year isn't known, but we might get clues from the cars in the background. Probably around 1957.</p><p></p><p><a href="http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&safe=off&newwindow=1&q=drag+race+Moline+source:life&sa=N&start=0&ndsp=20" target="_blank">drag race Moline source:life - Google Search</a></p><p></p><p>--Check out that (leaping) flag start!</p><p>--How did that timing system in the tower work?</p><p>--Were these the first images from Cordova?</p><p>--Was it truly a "track" in Moline...long since abandoned? </p><p>--Do the car clubs still exist? <em>Wind Jammers, Gear Jammers, Slo-Pokes, Drag-Ons, Road Deacons,....</em></p><p>--Are any of the cars still around?</p><p></p><p>Here's a thread from the HAMB containing photos from the 1957 & 1966 World Series of Drag Racing from Cordova and the 1956 NHRA Nationals in Kansas City. A comparison of the WSoD photos with those from LIFE might tell us if the LIFE photos are of Cordova. I believe the WSoD moved to Cordova in 1955. The first ever, 1954, was at a local air strip IIRC?!?</p><p></p><p>[ame=http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=356411]History Dad's old drag racing photos... - THE H.A.M.B.[/ame] </p><p></p><p></p><p><span style="color: red"><strong>For anyone that wants to save all of the above pics, I've archives them in the following file. I archived the highest quality available too.</strong></span></p><p><span style="color: red"></span></p><p><span style="color: red"><a href="http://www.megaupload.com/?d=OO8ZMWQP" target="_blank">MEGAUPLOAD - The leading online storage and file delivery service</a></span></p><p></p><p><img src="http://www.gstatic.com/hostedimg/1844a83919c72371_landing" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="mosconiac, post: 10229013, member: 4013"] I posted this in the Pics & Videos Buffet...please post comments there. [url]http://www.svtperformance.com/forums/pics-videos-buffet-149/737743-midwesterners-quad-cities-drag-racing-photos-50s.html[/url] LIFE Magazine did a shoot at some drag races in "Moline, IL"...more than likely it was actually a few miles up river at Cordova Dragway given that it was already in operation by that point. There are 104 photos in the whole set. Some of the photos are reversed. The exact year isn't known, but we might get clues from the cars in the background. Probably around 1957. [url=http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&safe=off&newwindow=1&q=drag+race+Moline+source:life&sa=N&start=0&ndsp=20]drag race Moline source:life - Google Search[/url] --Check out that (leaping) flag start! --How did that timing system in the tower work? --Were these the first images from Cordova? --Was it truly a "track" in Moline...long since abandoned? --Do the car clubs still exist? [i]Wind Jammers, Gear Jammers, Slo-Pokes, Drag-Ons, Road Deacons,....[/i] --Are any of the cars still around? Here's a thread from the HAMB containing photos from the 1957 & 1966 World Series of Drag Racing from Cordova and the 1956 NHRA Nationals in Kansas City. A comparison of the WSoD photos with those from LIFE might tell us if the LIFE photos are of Cordova. I believe the WSoD moved to Cordova in 1955. The first ever, 1954, was at a local air strip IIRC?!? [ame=http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=356411]History Dad's old drag racing photos... - THE H.A.M.B.[/ame] [color=red][b]For anyone that wants to save all of the above pics, I've archives them in the following file. I archived the highest quality available too.[/b] [url=http://www.megaupload.com/?d=OO8ZMWQP]MEGAUPLOAD - The leading online storage and file delivery service[/url][/color] [img]http://www.gstatic.com/hostedimg/1844a83919c72371_landing[/img] [/QUOTE]
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