Midget Car Racing
Midget Car Racing

Author: Derek Bridgett

Publisher: Fonthill Media

Published: 2017-01-24

Total Pages: 212

ISBN-13:

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It was by chance that the author stumbled across a long lost programme for the opening meeting of Hanley Car Speedway for 21 July 1938. The programme had been hidden away in family papers for almost sixty years and it sparked an enduring interest in Midget Car Speedway. Motor sport had been the preserve of the rich and glamorous, but now the ordinary man could build a car and race it on a shoestring budget. It was the start of motor racing as we know it today and without the development of midget car racing, we perhaps would not have seen the Formula Three, Formula Ford and other series that we take for granted today. Although a short-lived craze that hit the UK during the 1930s, midget car racing was an incredible motor phenomenon with some races and events attracting over 60,000 people from all over the country. Derek Bridgett's Midget Car Racing chronicles this bizarre but immersive little-known motorsport. Focusing specifically on the Belle Vue Speedway, this incredible book is profusely illustrated with photographs from the period.

Midget Cars
Midget Cars

Author: Heather Moore Niver

Publisher: Gareth Stevens Publishing LLLP

Published: 2011-08-01

Total Pages: 26

ISBN-13: 1433957620

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Describes midget cars, their design, parts, and where and how they are raced.

Smoke, Sand, and Rubber
Smoke, Sand, and Rubber

Author: Mel Anthony

Publisher:

Published: 2006

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780978772109

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A firsthand look at the daring West Coast midget racers who led an early era in auto racing. Learn how hazardous midget racing was in the beginning and why some were attracted to this risky business. A select few accomplished drivers would go on to Indy: George Amick, Les Anderson, Bob Christie, Len Sutton, Shorty Templeman, Jack Turner. Cars driven by other racers -- like Chick Barbo, Bob Gregg, Allen Heath, Gordy Livingston, The Muir brothers, Don Olds, Paul Pold, Louie Sherman, Ernie Spalding, and Cliff Spalding -- have been restored and appear in vintage events still.