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Speed Duel

Author : Samuel Hawley
Publisher : Firefly Books
ISBN 13 : 1770880070
Total Pages : 215 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (78 download)

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Download or read book Speed Duel written by Samuel Hawley and published by Firefly Books. This book was released on 2011-12-23 with total page 215 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The quest for the land speed record in the 1960s and the epic rivalry between two dynamic American drivers, Art Arfons and Craig Breedlove. "Interesting and complex. . . .The best job I've seen done on the subject so far." -- Craig Breedlove Until the 1950s, the land speed record (LSR) was held by a series of European gentlemen racers such as British driver John Cobb, who hit 394 miles per hour in 1947. That record held for more than a decade, until the car culture swept the U.S. Hot-rodders and drag racers built and souped up racers using car engines, piston aircraft engines and, eventually, jet engines. For this determined and dedicated group, the LSR was no longer an honor to be held by rich aristocrats with industrial backing -- it was brought stateside. In the summer of 1960, the contest moved into overdrive, with eight men contending for the record on Utah's Bonneville Salt Flats. Some men died in horrific crashes, others prudently retired, and by mid-decade only two men were left driving: Art Arfons and Craig Breedlove. By 1965, Arfons and Breedlove had walked away from some of the most spectacular wipeouts in motor sport history and pushed the record up to 400, then 500, then 600 miles per hour. Speed Duel is the fast-paced history of their rivalry. Despite the abundant heart-stopping action, Speed Duel is foremost a human drama. Says author Samuel Hawley, "It is a quintessential American tale in the tradition of The Right Stuff, except that it is not about extraordinary men doing great things in a huge government program. It's about ordinary men doing extraordinary things in their back yards."

The Land Speed Record 1940-1962

Author : R.M. Clarke
Publisher : Brooklands Books Limited
ISBN 13 : 9781855205161
Total Pages : 140 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (51 download)

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Download or read book The Land Speed Record 1940-1962 written by R.M. Clarke and published by Brooklands Books Limited. This book was released on 2000-09-17 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This portfolio of reports tells how the Land Speed Record was raised from 369 mph to 394 mph by John Cobb in the Railton Mobil Special. Also featured are record attempts by Donald Campbell in Bluebird, Mickey Thompson in Challenger I, Craig Breedlove in 'Spirit of America', and much more. Expert comments by David Tremayne.

The Land Speed Record 1930-1939

Author : R.M. Clarke
Publisher : Brooklands Books Limited
ISBN 13 : 9781855205154
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (51 download)

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Download or read book The Land Speed Record 1930-1939 written by R.M. Clarke and published by Brooklands Books Limited. This book was released on 2000-09-17 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This portfolio of reports tells how the Land Speed Record was raised from 231.46 mph in 1930 to 368.85 mph in 1939. Featured are articles on Kaye Don's Silver Bullet, Sir Malcolm Campbell's Blue Birds, George Eyston's Thunderbolt and John Cobb's Railton. Foreword by David Tremayne.

The Legend of the First Super Speedway

Author : Mark Dill
Publisher : BookBaby
ISBN 13 : 1098335163
Total Pages : 369 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (983 download)

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Download or read book The Legend of the First Super Speedway written by Mark Dill and published by BookBaby. This book was released on 2020-11-09 with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Legend of the First Super Speedway," is a gritty tale punctuated by humor that chronicles the hero's journey through the pioneering age of American auto racing. It is a factual, previously untold story that must be read for a thorough understanding of auto racing history.

Bonneville's Women of Land Speed Racing

Author : “LandSpeed” Louise Ann Noeth
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1467107131
Total Pages : 96 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (671 download)

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Download or read book Bonneville's Women of Land Speed Racing written by “LandSpeed” Louise Ann Noeth and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2021-07-12 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At Bonneville, record holders must first earn the right to present themselves on the starting line. This requires passing rigorous safety and technical checks for driver, rider, and speed machine. Gender is inconsequential. Through the years, more than 200 women have made the cut and donned fireproof clothing and helmets. Dozens have set land speed records--35 in excess of 200 miles per hour, six above 300 miles per hour, and one deaf female racer who roared past 500 miles per hour. Equally impressive are the women who helped propel the helmeted gals into glory. Few know how many women are skilled fabricators, mechanics, crew chiefs, and all-round land speed racing experts, all working out on a brutal, merciless, and barren sodium-soaked playa. And for decades dedicated volunteers have not only put down that all-important starting line but erected a speed village that inspired tens of thousands to visit, taunting the timing lights run after run. Since 1949, women have played an integral part. Without question, land speed racing has more women actively participating and setting records than any other segment of motorsports in the world.

Guinness World Records 2022

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781913484118
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (841 download)

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Download or read book Guinness World Records 2022 written by and published by . This book was released on 2022 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

American Auto Racing

Author : J.A. Martin
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 9780786483891
Total Pages : 236 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (838 download)

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Download or read book American Auto Racing written by J.A. Martin and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2014-07-15 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As soon as there were automobiles, there was racing. The first recorded race, an over road event from Paris to Rouen, France, was organized by the French newspaper Le Petit Journal in 1894. Seeing an opportunity for a similar event, Hermann H. Kohlsaat--publisher of the Chicago Times-Herald--sponsored what was hailed as the "Race of the Century," a 54-mile race from Chicago's Jackson Park to Evanston, Illinois, and back. Frank Duryea won in a time of 10 hours and 23 minutes, of which 7 hours and 53 minutes were actually spent on the road. Race cars and competition have progressed continuously since that time, and today's 200 mph races bear little resemblance to the event Duryea won. This work traces American auto racing through the 20th century, covering its significant milestones, developments and personalities. Subjects included are: Bill Elliott, dirt track racing, board track racing, Henry Ford, Grand Prix races, Dale Earnhardt, the Vanderbilt Cup, Bill France, Gordon Bennett, the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, the Mercer, the Stutz, Duesenberg, Frank Lockhart, drag racing, the Trans Am, Paul Newman, vintage racing, land speed records, Al Unser, Wilbur Shaw, the Corvette, the Cobra, Richard Petty, NASCAR, Can Am, Mickey Thompson, Roger Penske, Mario Andretti, Jeff Gordon, and Formula One. Through interviews with participants and track records, this text shows where, when and how racing changed. It describes the growth of each different form of auto racing as well as the people and technologies that made it ever faster.

Flat Out

Author : Rocky Robinson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781610609296
Total Pages : 284 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (92 download)

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Download or read book Flat Out written by Rocky Robinson and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The story of how Robinson broke one of the toughest records in the world, the motorcycle land speed record, and faced his greatest challenge at his greatest moment of triumph.

The Land Speed Record

Author : David Tremayne
Publisher : Shire Publications
ISBN 13 : 9780747801153
Total Pages : 32 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (11 download)

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Download or read book The Land Speed Record written by David Tremayne and published by Shire Publications. This book was released on 1991 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since 1898 certain men have sought to travel faster than their fellows. The land speed record is more than just a battle of distance against time, it is a human story, with the inevitable failures, tragedies and successes. Today more than ever, getting an advanced vehicle to Bonneville Salt Flats, Utah, or the Black Rock Desert in Nevada is an expensive undertaking requiring a resourcefulness that defies the majority. None of the successful contenders has ever taken the record lightly, nor easily and this book traces man's pursuit of speed since the birth of the motor car and tells more about those who succeeded and those who did not. About the author David Tremayne is the Executive Editor and Grand Prix correspondent of Motoring News and Grand Prix correspondent for The Observer. He first interviewed Richard Noble about Project Thrust and covered the team's American land speed record attempts from 1981 to 1983, in the latter acting as the team's Public and Press Relations Manager

The Emerald Mile

Author : Kevin Fedarko
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1439159866
Total Pages : 448 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (391 download)

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Download or read book The Emerald Mile written by Kevin Fedarko and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2014-07 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The epic story of the fastest boat ride in history, on a hand-built dory named the "Emerald Mile," through the heart of the Grand Canyon on the Colorado river.

Ultimate Speed

Author : Samuel Hawley
Publisher : Chicago Review Press
ISBN 13 : 1641600233
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (416 download)

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Download or read book Ultimate Speed written by Samuel Hawley and published by Chicago Review Press. This book was released on 2018-10-02 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An L.A. hot rodder with a high school education, a family to support and almost no money, Craig Breedlove set out in the late 1950s to do something big: harness the thrust of a jet in a car. With a growing obsession that would cost him his marriage, he started building in his dad's garage. The car's name: Spirit of America. Through perseverance and endless hard work, Craig completed Spirit and broke the land speed record on the Bonneville Salt Flats, setting a new mark of 407 mph in 1963. In the early 1970s he turned to rockets and set an acceleration record at Bonneville that stands to this day. He built a jet car in the 1990s, Spirit of America–Sonic Arrow, to go head-to-head against Britain's ThrustSSC to be the first to Mach One. Craig's subsequent crash at 675 mph remains the fastest in history. Even today, at the age of 80, he is going strong with plans for yet another Spirit of America racer. The ultimate goal: 1,000 mph. Ultimate Speed is the authorized biography of Craig Breedlove, a candid revelation of one of motorsports' most interesting figures based primarily on countless hours of interviews with Craig and dozens of people connected to his life.

Land Speed Record

Author : Cyril Posthumus
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780850456417
Total Pages : 303 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (564 download)

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Download or read book Land Speed Record written by Cyril Posthumus and published by . This book was released on 1985-01-01 with total page 303 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Quest for Speed

Author : Barry John
Publisher : Evro Publishing Limited
ISBN 13 : 9781910505595
Total Pages : 184 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (55 download)

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Download or read book Quest for Speed written by Barry John and published by Evro Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2020-10 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As Land Speed Record historian David Tremayne states in his foreword, "Quest for Speed is a wonderful book that celebrates passion." In a remarkable first book, Barry John has celebrated his life-long passion for the quest for speed by writing, illustrating and designing this fascinating history of record-breaking on land. Along with his informed and detailed text, his beautiful artwork shows all significant record-breakers in their immense variety, each illustrated in profile and accompanied by a cameo portrait of its driver. From the start of it all in the late 19th century to today's challengers seeking to reach "the last frontier," 1,000mph, the story that unfolds will enthrall not only enthusiasts for the subject but anyone appreciative of innovative engineering and brave human endeavour.

The World's Fastest Place

Author : Alexandra Lier
Publisher : Kehrer Verlag
ISBN 13 : 9783868286137
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (861 download)

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Download or read book The World's Fastest Place written by Alexandra Lier and published by Kehrer Verlag. This book was released on 2015 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nowhere else have so many land speed records been set as at the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah. Each year, devoted gearheads and adrenaline junkies from around the world gather to add their names to the hall of fame with their hot rods, roadsters, motorcycles and belly tankers. Here the record chasers, the drivers and their beautiful vehicales are shown up close and personal as they have never been seen before.

Bluebird CN7

Author : Donald Stevens
Publisher : Veloce Publishing Ltd
ISBN 13 : 1845842804
Total Pages : 160 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (458 download)

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Download or read book Bluebird CN7 written by Donald Stevens and published by Veloce Publishing Ltd. This book was released on 2010-07 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since the early 1920s, the name Bluebird has been synonymous with world speed record breaking on land and water. This book tells the story of the design and construction of the fastest of the Bluebirds, the Campbell-Norris 7 (CN7).

Goldenrod

Author : John Baechtel
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781732176102
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (761 download)

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Download or read book Goldenrod written by John Baechtel and published by . This book was released on 2018-07-23 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Author John Baechtel has written a full color, photo rich book on the restoration and detailed history of the Goldenrod. It includes full coverage of the restoration effort, rare family photos, plans and blueprints, the complete aerodynamic development report, a special section on the Chrysler Race Hemi engines and a detailed timeline of the record attempt. You haven't really seen the GOLDENROD until you've seen it here.

Reid Railton

Author : Karl Ludvigsen
Publisher : Evro Publishing Limited
ISBN 13 : 9781910505250
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (52 download)

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Download or read book Reid Railton written by Karl Ludvigsen and published by Evro Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2018-07-10 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reid Antony Railton, Cheshire-born automotive engineer par excellence, created an extraordinary range of cars. He rose to renown during the 1930s as chief engineer at Thomson & Taylor, Brooklands-based racing-car builders. There he realised the dreams of that era's top men of speed, including Tim Birkin, Malcolm Campbell, Whitney Straight, John Cobb, Raymond Mays and Goldie Gardner. His great cars powered them all to sensational racing and record-breaking success. This magisterial book, by one of the world's foremost automotive historians, tells Reid Railton's personal and professional story in superb detail and fascinating depth, with special focus on Reid's unique insights--amounting to genius--and technical accomplishments.