Art Arfons and Wally Parks with the Trophy for Top Speed, NHRA Nationals, Detroit Dragway, 1959
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Wally Parks organized some of the first hot rod shows, served as the first editor of Hot Rod magazine, and -- in 1951 -- founded the National Hot Rod Association. Illegal street racers gave hot rodding a bad reputation, but Parks's NHRA legitimized drag racing with competition rules, safety regulations, and off-street drag strips. Parks turned hot rod races into family entertainment.
Wally Parks organized some of the first hot rod shows, served as the first editor of Hot Rod magazine, and -- in 1951 -- founded the National Hot Rod Association. Illegal street racers gave hot rodding a bad reputation, but Parks's NHRA legitimized drag racing with competition rules, safety regulations, and off-street drag strips. Parks turned hot rod races into family entertainment.
Artifact
Photographic print
Date Made
circa 1985
Subject Date
1959
Creators
Creator Notes
Photographed by Eric Rickman. Published by Petersen Publishing Company in Hot Rod magazine.
Collection Title
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
2006.54.10
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Resin-coated paper
Technique
Gelatin silver process
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 7.875 in
Width: 10 in
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