Over the years, Jim and Nick Harrell built and raced a number of cars. Some were photographed, some were not. Nonetheless, there are enough examples to give us a feeling for the breadth and depth of their involvement in land racing from the early 1930s through the mid-1960s.
The following photo depicts a common scene in dry lakes racing during the 1930s, when young people drove their cars to a dry lake and then removed headlights and windshields for a day at the races. Jim (White) Harrell is on the left, in goggles, for his first photographed appearance at a dry lake meet in 1935. 
Jim had been operating his Speed Shop in South Central Los Angeles since 1932. He and several of his buddies were founding members of the Albata Club in December of 1937. The following photo shows the club members after their 1940 Chanpionship season. The team was noted for working together and cooperating. Jim ran two cars in 1940 and partnered with two fellow Albatas.
This picture and the following caption are from Throttle Magazine, Nov.-Dec. 1941, page 10. “Hail the champions! Here’s the Albata Club, the outfit that won its second straight SCTA club championship. Left to right, back row is: Paul Harestead, Bob Knapton, Bill Schwartzrock, Jim White [Harrell], Chuck Spurgin, Johnny Thomas, Bob Giovanine and Nick DeFrabrity. Front row is Bob Noble, Babe Ouse, Matsuo Euchi and Essau Chung. Camera shy boys not present were Bob Bebek and Ralph Schenck.”
The Modified roadster number 75 with Jim (White) Harrell's straight 8 Hudson engine was run with Bob Noble in 1940. Jim ran the same car and engine in 1941 on his own carrying the number 6. This car is on the cover of the book described on this web site.
This photo was provided by Bob Giovanine’s son Curt. Bob’s daughter, Teri, had written the caption with Bob’s directions: “Jim White’s Hudson.” Curt Giovanine made the collection available to us on CD.
Car number 69, pictured below, was run by the Albata team of Jim (White) Harrell and Bob Knapton. It was Bob's modified and Jim's first V-8 flathead Ford engine built for racing.
This photo was provided by Bob Giovanine’s son Curt.
The following photo shows Tony Capanna (left) and Jim Harrell at El Mirage Dry Lake in 1946. This was the first car and engine Jim ran after World War II. This was one of his first runs with his Harrell racing equipment.
This photo and caption are from: Veda Orr, Hot Rod Pictorial, New Revised edition, page 29.
By the end of World War II, Jim's brother Nick joined him at the Harrell Engines shop and spent the remainder of his working life there. They are pictured here in December of 1953.
The photo is from the Harrell Family Collection
The photo below shows the Harrell Special in the late 1940s with number 66 on the side. This is a modified version of the same V-8 flathead Jim was running at El Mirage Dry Lake in 1946. The photo was taken on a typical Sunday afternoon at a local drag strip after taking first place in its class—note the trophy strategically placed on the cowl.
This photo is from the Harrell Family Collection
The following photo illustrates the closeness of the racing community in South Central L.A. in 1953. The 1934 coupe is the newly built Harrell Engines car, the Tudor in the middle is Tony Pollaccia's, and the roadster on the right is the Berardini Brothers' no. 3 (later renumbered 404 Jr.). All three cars have Pat Berardini's paint with white flames, and Harrell built engines with Harrell Los Angeles heads.
Photo from Pat Berardini's Collection
By mid-1955, Harrell Engines pulled their V-8 flathead out of their roadster and teamed with Willie Borsch to run a Chrysler OHV engine.
Photo is from, Drag News, March 30, 1956, page 8, and provided by Rod McCarrell.
By late 1956, Harrell Engines had completely rebuilt their '29 roadster and reentered competion with what the racing media called the Chrysler powered "Red Hot Roadster."
Photo of “Harrell Engines L.A.” in July 1960; from: 50 Years of Hot Rod by the Editors of Hot Rod magazine, 1998, page 54.
By 1960, Harrell Engines and Willie Borsch, along with a lot of help from the group of friends who spent a good deal of time at the Harrell shop, built an altered roadster for their Chrysler power. In the early trouble-shooting years it ran under the banner of "Jim's Auto Parts" as is evident in the following photo. This picture shows Vic Pollaccia and Willie Borsch (in the driver's seat) providing a photo-op around 1962.
Photo from the Harrell Family Collection by an unknown photographer.
For a period of time the Harrell-Borsch team was joined by Don Reynolds who became a major partner. After Reynolds scaled back his involvement, Harrell-Borsch continued into mid-1964 when they were joined for a short time by John Muse. At that time the car's banner read Harrell-Borsch-Muse. By early 1964, the car was increasingly referred to as the "Flying Wing" for an obvious reason. As indicated by the caption with the following photo, it was also increasingly respected at the track.
By mid-1966, Jim Harrell decided it was time for him to retire from active participation in building and running race cars. He told Willie, of the then Harrell-Borsch team, that he wanted to sell the car and retire from racing. Fortunately, Willie's long-time friend, Al "Mousie" Marcellus, stepped up and arranged to buy Jim Harrell's interest in the dragster. The new team of Marcellus & Borsch continued the successes and made the "Winged Express" even more of a legend.