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Author : Tony McDonald
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780955934087
Total Pages : 223 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (34 download)
Download or read book British Speedway Memories written by Tony McDonald and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 223 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Art Garner
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN 13 : 9781530313242
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (132 download)
Download or read book Indy 500 Memories written by Art Garner and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2016-04-15 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: More than 150 drivers, fans, celebrities and others share their personal stories and remembrances of the world's most famous auto race. Twenty different race winners representing more than 40 victories are among those sharing memories, including the greatest names in the sport: Foyt, Unser, Andretti, Rutherford, Cheever, Mears, Sullivan, Rahal, Montoya, Castroneves and Kanaan. Others include Gurney, Guthrie, Goodyear, Patrick, Power, Stewart, St. James and many more.The book is as much about dreams as it is memories, from A.J. Foyt listening to the 500 in his daddy's garage as young boy, to Bev Patrick bursting into tears as her daughter, Danica, becomes the first woman to lead the 500. There is laughter and tears, triumph and tragedy, ranging from Evi Gurney hiding under a stack of sweaty driver uniforms in the back of a car so she can sneak into Gasoline Alley, to Indy's darkest days in 1964 and 1973. The memories are full of surprises and unbridled honesty. "I felt like I was at the point of an arrow that was being hurled forward by a hurricane," recalled Eddie Cheever. "It was so violent, to control it for 500 miles and finish a race, I thought would be a miracle." Fans and family have always been an integral part of making the event "The Greatest Spectacle in Racing" and both are well represented in Indy 500 Memories. Whether the stories are about family traditions or secretly spreading a loved one's ashes on the Speedway's grounds, they are often as personal and interesting as those of the drivers.From the first memory by Mario Andretti, to the last one of Ryan Hunter-Reay, Indy 500 Memories is sure to invoke surprise, laughter, tears and awe and is a must read for any racing fan.
Author : Len Kasper
Publisher : Dorrance Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1480973661
Total Pages : 229 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (89 download)
Download or read book SPENCER SPEEDWAY LEGENDS 1957-1977 written by Len Kasper and published by Dorrance Publishing. This book was released on 2016-10-27 with total page 229 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: SPENCER SPEEDWAY LEGENDS 1957-1977 by Len Kasper SPENCER SPEEDWAY LEGENDS 1957-1977 was written using notes and journals kept by the author, and it tells an in-depth chronology of a racetrack in a suburb of Rochester, New York, over a twenty-year period. The storyline follows the drivers, owners, promoters, officials, and race crews that made this incredible history possible. It includes a multitude of behind-the-scenes information and personal stories with rare photographs from the author and from the racing families themselves. For those who lived through the period, it is a nostalgic trip back in time. For others, it will be a compelling journey through time where local tracks were evolving from jalopy tracks to professional racing circuits, and their drivers rose to national prominence.
Author : Arthur D. Robertson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (18 download)
Download or read book Speedway Memories written by Arthur D. Robertson and published by . This book was released on with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Joyce Standridge
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 138 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (936 download)
Download or read book Fast Memories written by Joyce Standridge and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For 40 years, between the first thaw and the final frost, thousands converged at the corner of Clear Lake and Dirksen Parkway in Springfield, Illinois to bask in the throaty roar of racing engines. Springfield Speedway became legendary among racers as the toughest, fastest little bull ring imaginable. To fans, it became unbreakable tradition. To all, it was a ritual to hold fast in their hearts.
Author : Roddy McDougall
Publisher : eBook Partnership
ISBN 13 : 1785319299
Total Pages : 356 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (853 download)
Download or read book No Breaks written by Roddy McDougall and published by eBook Partnership. This book was released on 2021-05-03 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: No Breaks: A Lost Season in British Speedway is a story of survival. Once the country's second most popular sport, filling Wembley Stadium for meetings, speedway now gets by on crowds numbered in the hundreds. It's been banished to industrial estates in towns like Redcar and Scunthorpe and generally forgotten by the mainstream media. And yet, going into 2020, things were looking up: several star riders were returning to race in Britain for the first time in years and a new, long-term TV contract was in place. Then the coronavirus lockdown happened, cancelling the league season and threatening the sport's very existence. Starting in September 2019, No Breaks hears from those who earn a living from speedway - the riders - and those who continue to keep it alive against the odds: the promoters and fans. Month by month, the book explores British speedway's current health - itself a reflection of wider society - while shining a much-needed light on many compelling and positive stories.
Author : Fred Milliman
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780997814705
Total Pages : 45 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (147 download)
Download or read book Pennyroyal Race Track written by Fred Milliman and published by . This book was released on 2015-08-17 with total page 45 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Photographic adventure thru 1940-1950 Stock Car racing at a dirt track in Western New York State. Dust, dirt, speed and chained into the driver's seat. Go! Faster and faster! Fascinating Pictures and captions of racing legends and locals, before NASCAR! Some went on to NASCAR and won!
Author : Gail Ghetia Bellamy
Publisher : Gray & Company, Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1938441508
Total Pages : 128 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (384 download)
Download or read book Cleveland Summertime Memories written by Gail Ghetia Bellamy and published by Gray & Company, Publishers. This book was released on 2013 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What made the summertime special to a Cleveland kid? Building sandcastles in your clam diggers at Edgewater Park. Pulling up to Manners Big Boy in your parents' car for a burger and a Big Ghoulardi. An ornate sundae at Boukair's. Watching the Indians lose (again) at Municipal Stadium. Being terrified by Laughing Sal at Euclid Beach Park. And more!
Author : Lew Boyd
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780998862569
Total Pages : 242 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (625 download)
Download or read book Modifieds of the Valley written by Lew Boyd and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Ford Easton
Publisher : CreateSpace
ISBN 13 : 9781500171780
Total Pages : 230 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (717 download)
Download or read book Stock Car Racing in the '50s written by Ford Easton and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2014-07-01 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Human beings have always been driven to compete. Foot racing became horse racing became automobile racing, and we continue to redefine the word “fast.” Whether you prefer the tales of American bootleggers customizing Prohibition-era automobiles to outrun the law or the natural progression of cars replacing horses on the streets and on the racetrack, automobile racing flourished as a sport for many years in the United States before stock car racing truly came into its own in the 1950s. The economy rebounded after the end of World War II. The GIs brought home skills and knowledge about advances in technology, and civilians had learned how to get the most out of old machines during the war. Scrap steel was no longer reserved exclusively for the War Effort, and the junkyards were filling up with worn out cars as people started to invest in new ones to replace them. A very competitive stock car could be purchased at the junk yard for $25 or so. By adding another $75, a clever builder could make it race ready. Teams of weekend warriors could compete head to head against well-funded, highly trained teams and have a real shot at winning. It was a perfect combination: knowledgeable mechanics and fearless drivers in cars that the public recognized from their daily life. The grandstands filled and new tracks turned up all across the countryside to satisfy the public's interest in watching these race cars compete. Associations formed to standardize the tracks, which were often farm fields that had been lovingly sculpted and paved by the farmers themselves to give the drivers and their crews a place to showcase their talent. These men and women entertained, awed, and inspired a generation of "motor heads" and race fans. This book is a tribute to the drivers and other figures from Western New York and Northwestern Pennsylvania who shaped stock car racing in the 1950s.
Author : Raymond M. Featherstone Jr.
Publisher : iUniverse
ISBN 13 : 0595401767
Total Pages : 138 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (954 download)
Download or read book Naptown Memories written by Raymond M. Featherstone Jr. and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2006-10 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Even in those days, kids in grade school were slaves to fashion and creatures of habit. One of those creatures of our habit was the infamous raccoon skin cap, a must head covering for a ten-year-old boy. No doubt the clothing fad originated with the popular 1936 movie, Daniel Boone, starring George O'Brien. Author Raymond M. Featherstone Jr. details the experiences of his middle class Indianapolis family during the Great Depression and World War II, offering a lighthearted and humorous look at the 1930s and 1940s through the eyes of a young boy. Journey to the heart of Featherstone's neighborhood as he describes his childhood antics, eccentric neighbors, and family escapades. Featherstone recalls the fads, fashions, and expressions of the era, and includes several thumbnail sketches of people, places, and things in the public eye. Ranging from a brief look at the 1933-34 Chicago World's Fair to the history of the yo-yo and to Featherstone's daily trips to the drugstore for Old Lady Schenzel's bottle of Virginia Dare port wine, Naptown Memories: One Boy's Life Growing Up In Indianapolis-1930s & 1940s paints a charming yet realistic portrait of this significant era in America's history.
Author : Randall Cannon
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 1476673896
Total Pages : 430 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (766 download)
Download or read book Stardust International Raceway written by Randall Cannon and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2018-09-24 with total page 430 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Professional motorsports came to Las Vegas in the mid-1950s at a bankrupt horse track swarmed by gamblers--and soon became enmeshed with the government and organized crime. By 1965, the Vegas racing game moved from makeshift facilities to Stardust International Raceway, constructed with real grandstands, sanitary facilities and air-conditioned timing towers. Stardust would host the biggest racing names of the era--Mario Andretti, Parnelli Jones, John Surtees, Mark Donohue, Bobby Unser, Dan Gurney and Don Garlits among them. Established by a notorious racketeer, the track stood at the confluence of shadowy elements--wiretaps, casino skimming, Howard Hughes, and the beginnings of Watergate. The author traces the Stardust's colorful history through the auto racing monthlies, national newspapers, extensive interviews and the files of the FBI.
Author : Scotty Gosson
Publisher : CarTech Inc
ISBN 13 : 1613252234
Total Pages : 177 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (132 download)
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.
Author : Perry Allen Wood
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 1476602611
Total Pages : 680 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (766 download)
Download or read book Silent Speedways of the Carolinas written by Perry Allen Wood and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2012-10-16 with total page 680 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NASCAR held its first Strictly Stock race in Charlotte on June 19, 1949, and, in the following decades, dozens of large and small tracks throughout the Carolinas were home to a major NASCAR event. Called Grand National from 1950-1970, NASCAR's top circuit became the Winston Cup in 1971, and most of the dirt and small tracks were subsequently gutted from the schedule. Although a handful of those speedways tenuously held on through exploding popularity, and an influx of big corporate dollars, the transition to metropolitan markets and super speedways was inevitable. Some of the original tracks, like the North Wilkesboro Motor Speedway, still stand testament to the sport's not-too-distant past. Others, like the Charlotte Speedway, are long gone, leaving only memories and photographs. This is the story of every racetrack in North and South Carolina that held at least one big-time race through 1971, but is no longer used for auto racing. Seven are one-race wonders, while others are as much racing legends as the sport's past champions. Chapters cover each track's big time history, from early background through its racing years to its current status. Included are the thrilling tales of the personalities and machines that shaped NASCAR's early days. Statistics chart every track's past winners, records, and wins by make. The 151 photographs give the reader a virtual tour of speedways that are often inaccessible or nonexistent.
Author : David Fogg
Publisher : Memoirs Foundation
ISBN 13 : 0987060015
Total Pages : 327 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (87 download)
Download or read book Foggy Memories written by David Fogg and published by Memoirs Foundation. This book was released on 2011 with total page 327 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Karen J. Benne
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
ISBN 13 : 1477153586
Total Pages : 98 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (771 download)
Download or read book Treasured Memories written by Karen J. Benne and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2012-08-27 with total page 98 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is about my dad, a unique individual, who had his own “BACK WOODS" way of doing things. He played like a KID but had the heart of a LION. Even though we had some dysfunctional issues under our roof, I can look back now and have a good laugh. I’m very proud of everything he accomplished, against odds, no-one else would have taken. He was ONE OF A KIND! I hope you enjoy reading about him and how he succeeded in raising all us kids.
Author : Ralph Kramer
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1440219281
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (42 download)
Download or read book Indianapolis Motor Speedway written by Ralph Kramer and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2009-03-07 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "In Indianapolis . . . racing is religion. The Speedway is our temple. That's the best way I can explain my worship for Indianapolis." --Mario Andretti, racing legend Officially licensed in cooperation with the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Indianapolis Motor Speedway: 100 Years of Racing tells the compelling story of the most renowned racing venue in the world, capturing moments, big and small, that mark the Speedway's first century and spotlight the people who made the speedway what it is today.
