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Author: Michael Argetsinger
Publisher: David Bull Publishing
Published: 2006
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781893618541
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWalt Hansgen was a dominant driver in sports cars for the Cunningham team, then went on to prove his talent at the Indianapolis 500 as well as in NASCAR and Formula 1. He was also a first-rate development driver. Tragically, he died in 1966 after injuries suffered at Le Mans.
Author: Robert C. Post
Publisher: JHU Press
Published: 2001
Total Pages: 460
ISBN-13: 9780801866647
DOWNLOAD EBOOKProviding a firsthand history of the sport, this book takes a detailed look at all aspects of drag racing: the sport, the business, and tracks the innovations that permitted racers to disprove the "laws of physics". 147 halftones.
Author: Nicholas Clee
Publisher: Abrams
Published: 2012-03-29
Total Pages: 325
ISBN-13: 1468300059
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWatching Eclipse is the man who wants to buy him. An adventurer and rogue who has made his money through gambling, Dennis O'Kelly is also a known companion to the madam of a notorious London brothel. Under O'Kelly's management, Eclipse would go on a winning streak unparalleled for the next two centuries. As journalist Nicholas Clee explores in this captivating romp, while O'Kelly was destined to remain an outcast to the racing establishment, his horse would go on to become the undisputed, undefeated champion of the sport. Not only a consummate winner, Eclipse exemplified the perfect thoroughbred -- a status he retains even today. Eclipse's male-line descendants include Secretariat, Barbaro, and all but three of the Kentucky Derby winners of the past fifty years.
Author: Dave Friedman
Publisher:
Published: 1997
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780760303092
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAs official photographer for Carroll Shelby's racing teams in the '60s, Dave Friedman chronicled the wide variety of racing efforts of Shelby American. Friedman's glorious photographic account of Shelby-built cars racing in Can-Am, Trans-Am, sports car classics, and other forms of racing is presented here. Enjoying complete access to the Shelby shop, race pits, and behind the scenes, Friedman recorded the complete scope of this popular racing team's efforts.
Author: Richard Moore
Publisher: A&C Black
Published: 2012-01-01
Total Pages: 336
ISBN-13: 1408181568
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe men's 100m final at the 1988 Olympics has been described as the dirtiest race ever - but also the greatest. Aside from Johnson's blistering time, the race is infamous for its athletes' positive drug tests. This is the story of that race, the rivalry between Johnson and Lewis, and the repercussions still felt almost a quarter of a century on.
Author: Publications International Ltd. Staff
Publisher: PIL Kids
Published: 2009-04-17
Total Pages: 548
ISBN-13: 9781412797849
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn the past 60 years, NASCAR has taken the lead as America's most popular motor sport and has sped past hockey, golf, basketball, and baseball to become the second-most-watched sport on TV. NASCAR: The Complete History takes you on a thrilling ride through more than a century of racing, from the first closed-circuit auto race in 1896 to the creation of NASCAR in the 1940s to stars of today such as Jimmie Johnson, Tony Stewart, and Dale Earnhardt Jr. This is the definitive guide to the drivers, owners, races, and cars that have made NASCAR great.
Author: David M. McGee
Publisher: Sports
Published: 2014
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781626191372
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"A history of auto racing in East Tennessee"--
Author: Barb Rosenstock
Publisher: Penguin
Published: 2010-10-14
Total Pages: 36
ISBN-13: 1101646926
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWhen Louise Smith started racing cars, most girls weren't even allowed to drive. From her first wild adventure behind the wheel of her daddy's Ford to the dangers and thrills of stock-car tracks across the country, Louise fearlessly paved the way for women in racing and became a NASCAR legend! It takes a lot of courage to be the first, but when you fearlessly follow your dreams, anything is possible.
Author: Adriano Cimarosti
Publisher: White Lion Publishing
Published: 1997
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781854105004
DOWNLOAD EBOOKChronicles every grand prix motor race from 1894 onwards, including profilesf the cars, the drivers, and the racetracks; traces the development ofotorcar racing; and presents, in chronological order, all the cars andodels.
Author: RenŽe Ater
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Published: 2011-11-22
Total Pages: 211
ISBN-13: 0520262123
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