Those of you interested in racing history may find some of the highlights of our history interesting.  Click on any of the images below to see an enlarged view.
Click the photo to see a series of pic's from our last
Show And Shine .
pgal2 jpg.jpg (40583 bytes) Ralph Bradford driving with the SECO logo.
pgal3 jpg.jpg (50591 bytes) John Simmons' entry in the car show at Boutwell Auditorium in Birmingham, Alabama in 1960.  The car was a winner!
pgal5 jpg.jpg (50158 bytes) John Simmons, SECO founder, receiving his trophy as winner in the 1960 car show.
pgal4 jpg.jpg (67822 bytes) This car is sitting across from our original store on 20th Street, the building with Simmons Electric Company painted on the side of it.  The trailer John Simmons used in starting his business is sitting in the alley one building to the right of Simmons Electric.
pgal6 jpg.jpg (63413 bytes) SECO is STILL the choice of winners!  Pictured second from left is Jerry Hallman, and on the right is SECO founder John Simmons.
pgal7 jpg.jpg (61309 bytes) A May, 1966 newspaper photo.  The caption read "Minnie Bike Eliminator-- . . . John Simmons, Jr., of SECO Equipment Co., won the "Minnie Bike Eliminator" before the race was rained out Sunday at Helena.  John turned 37.68 on the short track to beat R.V. Parker. Simmons' bike was secretly running a Crane roller cam."
pgal8 jpg.jpg (32863 bytes) Linda Vaughn  at the 1976 SECO warehouse/manufacturer/dealer show.
pgal9 jpg.jpg (79824 bytes) Page 29 from the April, 1976 issue of Speed & Custom Dealer featured this article about SECO's fourth annual "Mini-SEMA Show"--our warehouse/manufacturer/dealer show.
pgal10 jpg.jpg (71134 bytes) This flyer was printed to promote events at Lassiter Mountain Dragstrip.
pgal11 jpg.jpg (58151 bytes) This picture was featured in the Southern Automotive Journal, October, 1972.  The caption from the photo read:  "Casler Performance Products of Ontario, Calif. announced the recent shipment of a complete trailer load of its products to SECO Equipment Company in Birmingham, Ala.  SECO Equipment is said to be one of the most rapidly expanding wholesale distributors of high performance equipment in the southeast.  John Simmons is owner-operator of SECO Equipment.  Shown congratulating John and Marie Simmons are (l. to r.)   Mike Hubbard, district manager of Marketing Services of America, and Jim Fraley, general manager, Casler Performance Products."
pgal12 jpg.jpg (72740 bytes) From the inaugural issue of Southern Racing News, May 28, 1971:  Bobby Allison shown in his 19 car, equipped by SECO, after winning the first 25 lap feature at Birmingham International Raceway.
pgal1 jpg.jpg (34920 bytes) Bobby Allison and Dave Mader driving cars with the SECO logo.

 

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