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Author: Gail Cauble Gurley
Publisher: Publishamerica Incorporated
Published: 2005
Total Pages: 208
ISBN-13: 9781413779929
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"Red dirt tracks is a fictional drama based on historical events, real people and actual happenings about the lives and careers of early race car drivers, before and immediately following the advent of NASCAR."--P. [7].
Author: Don Radbruch
Publisher: McFarland
Published: 2015-03-07
Total Pages: 330
ISBN-13: 1476613753
DOWNLOAD EBOOKPrior to World War I, auto racing featured expensive machines and teams financed by auto factories. The teams toured the country, and most of the races were held in large cities, so the vast majority of Americans never saw a race. All this changed after World War I, though, and in the 1920s and 1930s there were approximately 1,000 dirt tracks in the United States and Canada. The dirt tracks offered small-time racing--little prize money and minimal publicity--but people loved it. This pictorial history documents dirt track racing, with what are today called sprint cars, around the United States from 1919 to 1941. Information on dirt track racing in Canada during this time is also provided. Regionally divided chapters detail the drivers, tracks, and specific races of each area of the country. Some of the drivers went on to win fame and fortune while others faded into obscurity. Tracks included well known facilities as well as out-of-the-way sites few people had ever heard of. The cars ranged from state of the art machines to the more common home built specials based on Model T or Model A Ford parts. Taken together, the drivers, tracks, and races of this era were instrumental in making auto racing the popular sport it is today.
Author: Peter Golenbock
Publisher: MacMillan Publishing Company
Published: 1994
Total Pages: 560
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWith five bestsellers to his name, Peter Golenbock has earned a reputation as one of America's best and most successful sports authors. In American Zoom he presents an oral history of stock car racing, as told by great drivers, mechanics, promoters, and others. "A lively, literate, and loving look at the magic of stock car racing".--The Chicago Tribune
Author: Will Weaver
Publisher: Macmillan
Published: 2009-04-14
Total Pages: 196
ISBN-13: 9780312561314
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn a small town in northern Minnesota, the much-anticipated Saturday night dirt-track race at the old-fashioned, barely viable Headwaters Speedway becomes, in many ways, an important life-changing event for all the participants on and off the track.
Author: Martina Murphy
Publisher:
Published: 2000
Total Pages: 212
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: The Editor of Circle Track Magazine
Publisher: Penguin
Published: 2007-07-03
Total Pages: 339
ISBN-13: 1101157100
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDon't just make it fast-make it state-of-the-art. Comprehensive and fully illustrated, this technical guide covers all aspects of setup and design for dirt track racing.
Author: John Morton
Publisher: Quarto Publishing Group USA
Published: 2013-11-18
Total Pages: 256
ISBN-13: 1627880828
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn the late 1950s, a young John Morton was transfixed with sports car racing. His dreams of competition eventually led him to enroll, in 1962, in the Shelby School of High Performance Driving. In a bold moment after the last class, Morton asked Carroll Shelby if he might come to work for the newly formed Shelby American. The answer was “Yes, here's a broom.” Thus ended Morton's college career and began his long racing career. Over the next three years, Morton would be a firsthand witness to the evolution of one of the most iconic sports car builders and racing teams of the 1960s. Inside Shelby American is his personal account of a company overflowing with talent, from designer Pete Brock to fabricator extraordinare Phil Remington to drivers like Dan Gurney, Ken Miles, Bob Bondurant, and Phil Hill. The cars were equally captivating: AC Cobra, Mustang GT350, Ford GT, Daytona Coupe. In this book, Morton’s story is intertwined with the memories of other Shelby staffers of the period, revealing through historic photography and an untold perspective the rousing story of America’s most legendary racer and car builder.
Author: Joe Scalzo
Publisher:
Published:
Total Pages: 198
ISBN-13: 9781610608053
DOWNLOAD EBOOKOne of the most evocative eras in the history of American motorsport was the golden age of dirt-track racing, when hairy-knuckled drivers duked it out in open-wheel racers on half-mile ovals around the country. This photographic history spans the classic era from 1946 to 1970, featuring vintage photography of the Champ and Sprint cars that were driven by men like A.J. Foyt, Parnelli Jones, Roger Ward and Bobby Unser for very little monetary reward. The technologies of the most successful and unusual cars are discussed as are specific races, circuits and some of the more colorful personalities of the period. Midget and track roadsters are also featured, along with period color photography.
Author: David Humphrey with the Indiana Racing Memorial Association
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Published: 2021
Total Pages: 128
ISBN-13: 146710664X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFrom the Indianapolis 500 Motor Speedway to the dirt oval tracks in small Indiana towns, thousands of Hoosiers frequent the raceway of their choice each year. Today, there are an estimated 40 asphalt, clay, and dirt-covered oval tracks in Indiana where race fans cheer local drivers, often navigating jalopies pieced together from junkyard parts, to victory lane. Though many racetracks remain in operation throughout the state, dozens have fallen to the wayside over the past 100 years. Forever in remembrance are the famous and not so famous Indiana-born drivers who thrilled fans at those now defunct tracks. Evansville native Charlie Wiggins won the Gold and Glory Sweepstakes four times. Bob Kinser from Bloomington raced over 40 years and is an inductee of the National Sprint Car Hall of Fame, and Tom Cherry of Muncie won the Little 500 four times.
