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San Diego Drag Racing and the Bean Bandits

Author : Emmanuel Burgin
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1439663580
Total Pages : 128 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (396 download)

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Download or read book San Diego Drag Racing and the Bean Bandits written by Emmanuel Burgin and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2017-12-11 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: San Diego enjoys a long and storied race car and drag racing history, and the Bean Bandits are a huge part of that heritage. Yet their story remains buried in plain sight. Told here in photographs garnered from private, personal, and historical collections, the 1950s pioneering exploits of Bean Bandits leader Joaquin Arnett and his contributions to that racing history come to life. The San Diego native led his Bean Bandits to over 300 wins and several land speed records while competing against other local clubs, like the Prowlers, Oilers, Roadsters, and Roadrunners. Eventually, the Bean Bandits' streamliners set records on the Bonneville Salt Flats. Arnett won the first National Hot Rod Association (NHRA) Championship in 1953, was named to the International Car Racing Hall of Fame in 1992, and was awarded an NHRA Lifetime Achievement Award in 1994. Arnett and his Bean Bandits' car also graced the cover of Hot Rod magazine's special drag strip issue in 1953.

San Diego Lowriders: A History of Cars and Cruising

Author : Alberto López Pulido & Rigoberto "Rigo" Reyes
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1467137804
Total Pages : 144 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (671 download)

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Download or read book San Diego Lowriders: A History of Cars and Cruising written by Alberto López Pulido & Rigoberto "Rigo" Reyes and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2017 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "San Diego's unique lowrider culture and community has a long history of 'low and slow.' Cruising the streets from 1950 to 1985, twenty-eight lowrider car clubs made their marks in the San Diego neighborhoods of Logan Heights, Sherman Heights, National City, Old Town, San Ysidro and the adjoining border community of Tijuana, Mexico. Foundational clubs, including the Latin Lowriders, Brown Image and Chicano Brothers, helped transform marginalized youth into lowriders who modified their cars into elegant, stylized lowered vehicles with a strong Chicano influence. Despite being targeted by the police in the 1980s, club members defended their passion and succeeded in building a thriving scene of competitions and shows with a tradition of customization, close community and Chicano pride. Authors Alberto Lâopez Pulido and Rigoberto 'Rigo' Reyes follow the birth of lowrider culture to the present day." --

San Diego Lowriders

Author : Alberto López Pulido & Rigoberto "Rigo" Reyes
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1439660409
Total Pages : 144 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (396 download)

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Download or read book San Diego Lowriders written by Alberto López Pulido & Rigoberto "Rigo" Reyes and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2017-04-10 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: San Diego's unique lowrider culture and community has a long history of "low and slow." Cruising the streets from 1950 to 1985, twenty-eight lowrider car clubs made their marks in the San Diego neighborhoods of Logan Heights, Sherman Heights, National City, Old Town, San Ysidro and the adjoining border community of Tijuana, Mexico. Foundational clubs, including the Latin Lowriders, Brown Image and Chicano Brothers, helped transform marginalized youth into lowriders who modified their cars into elegant, stylized lowered vehicles with a strong Chicano influence. Despite being targeted by the police in the 1980s, club members defended their passion and succeeded in building a thriving scene of competitions and shows with a tradition of customization, close community and Chicano pride. Authors Alberto López Pulido and Rigoberto "Rigo" Reyes follow the birth of lowrider culture to the present day.

Drag Racing

Author : Jay H. Smith
Publisher : Capstone
ISBN 13 : 9781560652304
Total Pages : 54 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (523 download)

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Download or read book Drag Racing written by Jay H. Smith and published by Capstone. This book was released on 1995 with total page 54 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Introduces the sport of drag racing and the different types of cars which are raced.

Fuel and Guts

Author : Dave McClelland, Tom Madigan
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781610609388
Total Pages : 270 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (93 download)

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Download or read book Fuel and Guts written by Dave McClelland, Tom Madigan and published by . This book was released on with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Lost Drag Strips II

Author : Scotty Gosson
Publisher : CarTech Inc
ISBN 13 : 1613252234
Total Pages : 177 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (132 download)

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Download or read book Lost Drag Strips II written by Scotty Gosson and published by CarTech Inc. This book was released on 2016-04-15 with total page 177 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fresh on the heels of the best-selling book Lost Drag Strips comes a new look at other long-lost and forgotten drag racing facilities from the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s. In the first volume, the author examined the birth of drag racing and its subsequent popularity that invaded every city and community across America. Unfortunately, after the initial explosion of popularity, it waned, and various drag strips closed for a myriad of reasons. Financial pressure for the real estate they occupied, suburban sprawl, and waning participation were all reasons for the change in fortunes for the small, and even not-so-small, racetracks. The first volume was great, but readers demanded more! Lost Drag Strips II picks up where the first volume left off, covering even more tracks with archival photos of racing in the tracks' heyday, the cars that ran there, and coverage of the tracks as they exist today. This volume also includes some of the tracks that survived, those that fought off the economic demons and the urban sprawl and continue to run today. Tracks in this volume include: Fort Wainwright/Racing Lions Motorsports Park, Avenue G Drag Strip, Fremont/Baylands Drag Strip, San Fernando Drag Strip, Fontana Drag City, Inyokern Drag Strip, Kahuku Air Strip, Las Vegas Speedrome, Continental Divide Raceways, SRCA Drag Strip, Southwest Raceway, Willow Run Raceway, Minnesota Dragways, KCTA Drag Strip, Detroit Dragway, Niagara Airport Dragstrip, New York National Speedway, York US 30 Drag-O-Way, South Mountain Raceway, La Place Dragway, Yellow River Drag Strip, Thunderbolt Dragway, and more.

Vagabond Blues

Author : Emmanuel Burgin
Publisher : Hickey & McGee
ISBN 13 : 1005006636
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (5 download)

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Download or read book Vagabond Blues written by Emmanuel Burgin and published by Hickey & McGee. This book was released on 2021-08-05 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Vagabond Blues is an insiders’ peek at minor league football in the early 1980’s where Robbie Santos, a young man with big league aspirations, is thrust into a world with NFL castaways, Vietnam Vets, drunks and drug-users who are all trying with frantic efforts to rise above the decadence and be noticed. Over the course of one season playing with the defending Minor League Football Champion Sumpter City Cougars, Robbie is forced to make decisions that could compromise his ideals, his football career, and his future. “Beneath the riotous fun of this novel is an underlying sadness of desperation.” Ron mix, NFL Hall of Fame Offensive lineman with the San Diego Chargers. Member of the Sports Illustrated All-Century Team

Retro Rods

Author : Dan Burger Robert Genat
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781610591683
Total Pages : 104 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (916 download)

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Download or read book Retro Rods written by Dan Burger Robert Genat and published by . This book was released on with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over the last few years, "old school" techniques and aesthetics have emerged as the predominant trends among hot rod enthusiasts. Chock full of photos & stories. In addition, the authors present case examples of hot rods from the 1940s and '40s that have been restored to their former glory.

HOT ROD Magazine

Author : Drew Hardin
Publisher : Motorbooks
ISBN 13 : 0760376255
Total Pages : 212 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (63 download)

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Download or read book HOT ROD Magazine written by Drew Hardin and published by Motorbooks. This book was released on 2022-11-08 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: HOT ROD Magazine: 75 Years is the official illustrated history of automotive enthusiasts' favorite magazine.

High Performance

Author : Robert C. Post
Publisher : JHU Press
ISBN 13 : 9780801866647
Total Pages : 460 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (666 download)

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Download or read book High Performance written by Robert C. Post and published by JHU Press. This book was released on 2001 with total page 460 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Providing 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.

Hot Rod

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 894 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Hot Rod written by and published by . This book was released on 1971 with total page 894 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Inside a Drag Racer

Author : Collin MacArthur
Publisher : Cavendish Square Publishing, LLC
ISBN 13 : 1627130519
Total Pages : 48 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (271 download)

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Download or read book Inside a Drag Racer written by Collin MacArthur and published by Cavendish Square Publishing, LLC. This book was released on 2014-08-01 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A look at the racing cars designed to compete along a straight course.

Vintage and Historic Drag Racers

Author : Robert Genat
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781610592413
Total Pages : 102 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (924 download)

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Download or read book Vintage and Historic Drag Racers written by Robert Genat and published by . This book was released on with total page 102 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Diggers, funny cars and more of the best vintage drag racers of the late 1950s and 1960s! Genat describes each car's race history and looks at well-known drivers and tuners of the era. See Melvin Heath's Dragster, Don Garlits' Swamp Rat 1, Mickey Weise's 1968 Hemi Dart, and many others. Super Stock drag racing of the 1960s is covered extensively, most notably the radically altered stock bodied vehicles that would forever change the face of drag racing.

"TV" Tommy Ivo

Author : Tom Cotter
Publisher : Motorbooks
ISBN 13 : 1610601270
Total Pages : 243 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (16 download)

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Download or read book "TV" Tommy Ivo written by Tom Cotter and published by Motorbooks. This book was released on 2011-03-04 with total page 243 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 2011 International Automotive Media Gold Award Winner In the early 1960s, Tommy Ivo had the world in the palm of his hands. Still a young man, he was already a star of television and film with a promising Hollywood future ahead of him. Then his producers told him he had to quit drag racing. He quit the entertainment industry instead. This is the official story of Ivo’s incredible life and racing career. Readers will follow “TV” Tommy as he becomes the most ambitious drag racer in the nation, building his own cars in the garage behind his Burbank home; becoming the first driver to pilot his dragsters to 170, 175, and 180 miles per hour and towing his cars to match races at small-town drag strips across the United States. Always the showman, Ivo pioneered promotional techniques that are today taken for granted. In this regard especially, his impact on the sport cannot be understated, and his legacy is detailed in this incredible bio of one of drag racing’s most irrepressible characters.

Match Race Mayhem

Author : Doug Boyce
Publisher : CarTech Inc
ISBN 13 : 1613253052
Total Pages : 177 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (132 download)

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Download or read book Match Race Mayhem written by Doug Boyce and published by CarTech Inc. This book was released on 2017-06-15 with total page 177 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Drag racing is a very regulated sport. In the history of the NHRA, IHRA, and other sanctioning bodies, many classes existed in an effort to make sure the cars racing against each other are as equal as possible. It is a noble, if not futile, pursuit. You have two cars facing off that have very similar statistics in terms of weight, transmission type, fuel type, estimated horsepower, and all other sorts of measurables. The byproduct is that often the races that were "fair" were not the races that the fans wanted to see. During the golden age of drag racing, fans didn't care as much about class racing as much as they wanted to see scores settled, rivalries battled, and interesting match-ups. There were the manufacturer rivalries, Ford versus Chevy, Chevy versus Mopar, Mopar versus Ford, as well as numerous driver rivalries. Match races were also a great way to feature wildly popular cars that no longer had a class in which to compete, yet the fans still wanted to see them. So popular and intense were these races that many track promoters didn't bother to promote class racing at all. Instead, they used the match races as headliners, similar to the marquee at your local arena or a billboard in Las Vegas, all resulting in putting more fans in the stands. And the drivers loved it too. Although the prize money for national events was fairly average for the day, the extra appearance fees and prize money to lure the most popular match racers to events increased the driver's take exponentially. Many of the most popular pro drivers quit class racing altogether just to go match racing. Veteran drag race author Doug Boyce tells the tale of the history of match racing through the cars, the drivers, the events, the classes, the rivalries, and everything else that was fun about match racing during the golden era. It's all here, complemented by wonderful vintage photography provided by fans and professionals in attendance. If you are a fan of any class of drag racing, from any era, Match Race Mayhem is a fun addition to your racing library. p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Arial}

Drag Racing in the 1960s

Author : Doug Boyce
Publisher : CarTech Inc
ISBN 13 : 1613255829
Total Pages : 176 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (132 download)

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Download or read book Drag Racing in the 1960s written by Doug Boyce and published by CarTech Inc. This book was released on 2021-03-15 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The 1960s were a fascinating decade on the race scene. Relive the memories today through this wonderful new book. Drag racing has a long and storied history. Many have said that the first drag race happened shortly after the second car was made. While that may or may not be true, racing prior to World War II was mostly centered around dry-lake activities and top-speed runs. After the war, drag racing became organized with the formation of the NHRA, and during the 1950s, many tracks were built across America to accommodate the racers. Technology in the 1950s centered on the manufacturers updating old flathead designs into newer overhead-valve designs, and the horsepower race really started to heat up. In many forms of racing, the 1960s brought technological evolution. The decade began with big engines in even bigger stock chassis and ended with purpose-built race-only chassis, fiberglass bodies, fuel injection, nitro methane, and blowers. Quarter-mile times that were in the 13-second range in the beginning of the decade were in the 7-second range by the end. New classes were formed, dedicated cars were built for them, and many racers themselves became recognized names in the sports landscape. In Drag Racing in the 60s: The Evolution in Race Car Technology, veteran author Doug Boyce takes you on a ride through the entire decade from a technological point of view rather than a results-based one. Covered are all the classes, including Super Stocks, Altered Wheelbase cars (which led to Funny Cars), Top Fuelers, Gassers, and more.

Tales from the Drag Strip

Author : Don Garlits
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1613217552
Total Pages : 208 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (132 download)

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Download or read book Tales from the Drag Strip written by Don Garlits and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2013-06-01 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since the moment that young men began modifying and personalizing their automobiles back in the 1940s and ’50s, “Big Daddy” Don Garlits was squarely in the thick of this intoxicating pursuit. Tales from the Drag Strip with “Big Daddy” Don Garlits is a first-person account of the many memorable experiences this drag racing icon has lived through in his half-century of nitromethane-fueled exploits. The many races, racers, race fans, and race tracks that have touched his colorful career are recounted as only Big Daddy can, painting a vivid picture of his life at speed and the triumphs and tragedies that came along the way. Insightful, ironic, humorous, and touching—but all true—Big Daddy’s remembrances are the next best thing to reliving the glory days of America’s quickest and fastest motorsports through the eyes of an American institution.