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Download or read book Watkins Glen Motor Racing Research Library written by and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Kirk W. House
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1439636060
Total Pages : 132 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (396 download)
Download or read book Watkins Glen Racing written by Kirk W. House and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2008-06-23 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The war was won, the Depression was over, and Americans were back on the road. From all across the nation, sports car drivers converged on Watkins Glen to race through the gorges, hills, and village streets of western New York. Over the years, the course has evolved from its humble beginnings on streets lined with hay bales to the modern closed track that plays host to NASCAR today. Through vintage photographs, primarily from the International Motor Racing Research Center at Watkins Glen, Watkins Glen Racing chronicles the history of the track with early drivers, like Cameron Argetsinger, Phil Walters, and Dave Garroway, vintage cars, hairpin turns, and death-defying races.
Author : Philippe Defechereux
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781854432513
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (325 download)
Download or read book Watkins Glen written by Philippe Defechereux and published by . This book was released on 2011-09 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Includes Index -- Media Room Dvd 86 : Watkins Glen : The Street Years : 1948--1952.
Author : Michael Argetsinger
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 0738598453
Total Pages : 130 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (385 download)
Download or read book Watkins Glen International written by Michael Argetsinger and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2013 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1948, Watkins Glen became the site of the first postwar road race in America on a 6.6-mile course through the village and surrounding highways; the present-day road course was built in 1956 and held its first race the same year. The circuit presented its first professional race in 1957 when NASCAR made its first appearance. NASCAR returned to the Glen in 1964 and 1965 and found a permanent spot on the Watkins Glen calendar beginning in 1986. Today, the annual NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race in August ranks as the largest spectator event in the state of New York. In addition to NASCAR and Formula One, Watkins Glen race fans have enjoyed America's greatest race series, including Indy car, Can-Am, Trans-Am, six-hour endurance for prototypes, and amateur sports car racing.
Author : Louis C. Y. Chu
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (64 download)
Download or read book The Watkins Glen Museum for Motor Racing written by Louis C. Y. Chu and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Anne B. Jones
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 0786482435
Total Pages : 257 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (864 download)
Download or read book All Around the Track written by Anne B. Jones and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2015-03-18 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From authors Anne Jones and former NASCAR champion Rex White, here are oral histories of more than 50 individuals from stock car and drag racing's not-so-distant past and present. Rich with original interviews and previously unpublished material, it includes drivers such as David Pearson, Junior Johnson, Bobby Allison, Bob Glidden and Hubert Platt; mechanics and builders; track crew; sportswriters; and owners such as Joe and J.D. Gibbs. Features many photographs and a foreword by Atlanta Motor Speedway President Ed Clark.
Author : John N. Majerus
Publisher : RVI-signed by author
ISBN 13 : 0979493803
Total Pages : 474 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (794 download)
Download or read book Winning More Safely in Motor Sports written by John N. Majerus and published by RVI-signed by author. This book was released on 2007 with total page 474 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Michael J. Seneca
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 9780786416653
Total Pages : 250 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (166 download)
Download or read book The Fairmount Park Motor Races, 1908-1911 written by Michael J. Seneca and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2003-01-01 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For four years, early in the last century, the Fairmount Park Motor Races were run on an eight-mile course in Philadelphia's West Fairmount Park. They drew half a million spectators the first year, but surprisingly they have been overlooked as part of automobile racing history and as part of the history of Philadelphia. In contrast to other racing events, such as the Vanderbilt Cup, there were never any serious injuries and not a single death, but after four years of spectacular racing, the event was banned, with safety concerns cited. Opening with a brief look at automobile racing prior to 1908, the book covers the events leading up to the first race. It discusses the proposal to have a race in Fairmount Park and the reasons why Philadelphia, and the park in particular, was such an unlikely place. Both the on-track action of the races and the off-track events that affected them are described. Dr. J. William White's successful crusade, following the 1911 outing, to stop the races is examined, as are attempts to revive the race in the following six years, including Philadelphia's attempt to compete with Indianapolis by constructing a two-mile oval speedway, and the city's eventual exit from automobile racing.
Author : Peter Berthon
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (1 download)
Download or read book The Lansdale Library: Volume XXVII. Motor Racing written by Peter Berthon and published by . This book was released on 1953 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Michael L. Berger
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 0313016062
Total Pages : 516 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (13 download)
Download or read book The Automobile in American History and Culture written by Michael L. Berger and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2001-07-30 with total page 516 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This comprehensive reference guide reviews the literature concerning the impact of the automobile on American social, economic, and political history. Covering the complete history of the automobile to date, twelve chapters of bibliographic essays describe the important works in a series of related topics and provide broad thematic contexts. This work includes general histories of the automobile, the industry it spawned and labor-management relations, as well as biographies of famous automotive personalities. Focusing on books concerned with various social aspects, chapters discuss such issues as the car's influence on family life, youth, women, the elderly, minorities, literature, and leisure and recreation. Berger has also included works that investigate the government's role in aiding and regulating the automobile, with sections on roads and highways, safety, and pollution. The guide concludes with an overview of reference works and periodicals in the field and a description of selected research collections. The Automobile in American History and Culture provides a resource with which to examine the entire field and its structure. Popular culture scholars and enthusiasts involved in automotive research will appreciate the extensive scope of this reference. Cross-referenced throughout, it will serve as a valuable research tool.
Author : David N. Lucsko
Publisher : JHU Press
ISBN 13 : 1421402742
Total Pages : 362 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (214 download)
Download or read book The Business of Speed written by David N. Lucsko and published by JHU Press. This book was released on 2008-11-03 with total page 362 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 2009 Outstanding Academic Title, Choice Since the mass production of Henry Ford’s Model T, car enthusiasts have been redesigning, rebuilding, and reengineering their vehicles for increased speed and technical efficiency. They purchase aftermarket parts, reconstruct engines, and enhance body designs, all in an effort to personalize and improve their vehicles. Why do these car enthusiasts modify their cars and where do they get their aftermarket parts? Here, David N. Lucsko provides the first scholarly history of America’s hot rod business. Lucsko examines the evolution of performance tuning through the lens of the $34-billion speed equipment industry that supports it. As early as 1910, dozens of small shops across the United States designed, manufactured, and sold add-on parts to consumers eager to employ new technologies as they tinkered with their cars. Operating for much of the twentieth century in the shadow of the Big Three automobile manufacturers—General Motors, Ford, and Chrysler—these businesses grew at an impressive rate, supplying young and old hot rodders with thousands of performance-boosting gadgets. Lucsko offers a rich and heretofore untold account of the culture and technology of the high-performance automotive aftermarket in the United States, offering a fresh perspective on the history of the automobile in America.
Author : Bert Levy
Publisher : St Martins Press
ISBN 13 : 9780312186241
Total Pages : 354 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (862 download)
Download or read book The Last Open Road written by Bert Levy and published by St Martins Press. This book was released on 1998 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A year out of high school in the early 1950s, New Jersey mechanic Buddy Palumbo falls in love with two things at once: race car driving with its speed and adventure, and his boss' niece, Miss Julie Finzio
Author : Carl Goodwin
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 0786486244
Total Pages : 294 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (864 download)
Download or read book They Started in MGs written by Carl Goodwin and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2011-08-10 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An affordable, lightweight sports car suitable for racing, the MG TC launched the sports car scene in postwar America. A wave of drivers first competed on the track in these and the later TD, TF and MGA models during the 1950s, many of them eventually moving up to Porsches, Alfa Romeos, Jaguars and Ferraris. Eighty such drivers, from the famous (e.g., Phil Hill, John Fitch, David E. Davis, Jr.) to lesser known men and women with equally vivid stories, are profiled in this book, which presents many of their recollections from firsthand interviews alongside a wealth of period photographs.
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 722 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Road & Track written by and published by . This book was released on 2000-09 with total page 722 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Charles Jarrott
Publisher : Franklin Classics
ISBN 13 : 9780343525446
Total Pages : 406 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (254 download)
Download or read book Ten Years of Motors and Motor Racing written by Charles Jarrott and published by Franklin Classics. This book was released on 2018-10-16 with total page 406 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. To ensure a quality reading experience, this work has been proofread and republished using a format that seamlessly blends the original graphical elements with text in an easy-to-read typeface. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Author : Terry O'Neil
Publisher : David and Charles
ISBN 13 : 1787118436
Total Pages : 208 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (871 download)
Download or read book Runways & Racers written by Terry O'Neil and published by David and Charles. This book was released on 2022-02-03 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Runways and Racers focuses on sports car races held at military installations throughout America in the early 1950s. It was a marriage of convenience for the Sports Car Club of America and the Strategic Air Command, with both parties gaining advantages from the arrangement. The thorn in the side turned out to be a Congressman whose own aspirations exceeded his standing, but who found himself in a position to be able to influence the outcome of events ...
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 616 pages
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Download or read book Directory of Special Libraries and Information Centers written by and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 616 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
