CHUCK SCHARF PHOTO SCRAPBOOK

Raceway Park Action - 1949 style
(Scharf Family Photo)

Chuck Scharf (right) and Harry Redkey (second from right) of SAFE join John Marcum (third from right) and Frank Canale of the Midwest Association for Race Cars (MARC) stock car circuit in a publicity photo from the 1950s. 
 (Scharf Family Photo)

Hailing from Texas, Pat Kirkwood was a two-time SAFE champion.  Photographer John Kelbowski Jr. grabbed this shot of Kirkwood in his late model Oldsmovbile No. 99 at Chicagoland's Raceway Park in 195
(John Kelbowski Jr. Photo)

Announcer Chuck Teeple interviews Bob Pronger after Pronger won a SAFE-sanctioned race at Soldier Field in 1954.  Starter Art Kelly looks on. 
 (Ed Coffey Photo)

A 1955 ad for the SAFE Circuit of Champions "All-Stars"

NASCAR legend Curtis Turner holds his trophy after winning the NASCAR convertible division 500-lap race at Soldier Field on September 9, 1956.  Joining Turner on the right is John Holman of Holman-Moody, who owned the '56 Ford that Turner drove to victory.
(Bob Sheldon Photo Collection)

Chuck Scharf (right) joins starter Art Kelly (second from the right) and race winner Glenn Wood after Wood won the NASCAR Convertible Division race at Chicago's Soldier Field on June 29, 1957.  Scharf and his partner Eddy Anderson had introduced short track stock car racing to the Chicago area in 1948.
 (Ed Coffey Photo)

Chuck Scharf (second from the left) takes a break for lunch before the NASCAR Convertible Division race at Soldier Field in 1957
 (Ed Coffey Photo)

All the early major sponsors of NASCAR were at Soldier Field for the NASCAR Convertible Division race in 1957, including Pure Gasoline, Firestone and Goodyear.  Bill Poor's No. 711 is shown getting some fuel for the night's racing. 
(Ed Coffey Photo)

Chuck Scharf and the 1960 Ford that he took to Daytona in 1960.
(Scharf Family Photo)

Chuck Scharf behind the wheel of the Championship Stock Car Club pace car.
(Scharf Family Photo)

Chuck Scharf - ready to go racing! 
 (Scharf Family Photo)