There was a thread discussing some of this about 4 years ago, but I thought it would be better to start a new thread. George Chaltin was one of the very successful 57 Ford drag racers. He raced primarily, as far as I know, in the Northern IL, IN, WI tracks and of course the NHRA National Championships, which he won 2 or 3 times. His Skyliner ran low 15's to mid 14's. He also turned some high 13's. I have a picture I am attaching, thanks to Frank Stubb's the current owner of the car. This picture was taken in 1959. I have another picture taken in 1996 of George with about 100+ trophies, many of them huge. I was out of drag racing from about 1965 to 1980, so I don't have any first hand knowledge of that period, and wonder if some of you remember. One thing I heard was that George had a 427 Comet. He probably won a lot of those trophies after this picture taken in 1959. I think he won the Nationals in 59 and 61. I saw George at the Indy Nationals in 1963. He was racing a yellow and white 57 Fairlane at that time.

Paul J. - '57 E Code