Provides stock car racing fans hints on developing collections of cards and cars, including information on the best memorabilia companies, recognizing and maintaining condition and quality, attending shows, and joining clubs.
Five decades of NASCAR racing roar to life in this beautifully illustrated book of stock car racing memorabilia. It is a visual review of the first fifty years, told through historic photos of great races and racers, with the memorabilia they inspired'
Grab the collecting lead with hundreds of helpful insider tips on racing memorabilia. Know your stuff with an exclusive history of auto racing, plus in-depth coverage of INDYCAR and NASCAR events, racing teams and driver profiles. And count your collector's prize money with help from accurate and easy to price guide for racing cards, autographs, and die cast and plastic models. Beginning collectors and seasoned pros alike will learn how to identify, value and find racing collectables. And now, for the first time, collectors will have access to comprehensive trading card checklists, with values, for all key racing card sets.
The late 1940s and early 1950s were a great time for car clubs and various timing associations throughout the United States. The earliest keepsakes by hot rodders were member pins, car club plaques, t-shirts, jackets, decals, photographs and the rare event poster and program. The fanatics' demand for more collectible items grew as quickly as the sport of drag racing, clinging to countless amounts of memorabilia branded by their favorite driver, car or race event. This photo book displays hundreds of examples of original drag racing collectible memorabilia from the 1950s though current times. From a single keepsake to the super collections that include tens of thousands of items, the author has hand picked each item to represent the diverse range of drag racing collectibles and souvenirs--everything from die cast cars, T-shirts and jackets, damaged and crashed car parts, trading cards, posters, toys, pins and badges, decals and stickers, fire suits and helmets, team hand out cards, events programs, and so much more.
-- An overview of NASCAR RM Winston Cup racing -- Die-cast collectibles for some of the top Winston Cup Series drivers -- Biographies for some of the biggest names in auto racing -- Up-to-date secondary market values
Collecting and building stock car models is a popular way for fans to follow their racing car heroes such as Richard Petty and Mark Martin. This guide lists current market values, pictures over 300 different models, and provides insights and tips for modellers and collectors.
Never before has a national publication featured a collection of photos of the Northeast’s favorite stock car racing’s division – the modifieds. The author brings together photos and text of the region’s best-loved drivers and their cars, as well as the “also-rans,” during the ‘60s and ‘70s when modifieds were built in backyards by local mechanics utilizing junkyard parts, no two cars looked alike, and there were so many tracks to race at. See them now as they were!