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The Great Savannah Races

Author : Sr. Julian K. Quattlebaum
Publisher : University of Georgia Press
ISBN 13 : 0820338133
Total Pages : 152 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (23 download)

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Download or read book The Great Savannah Races written by Sr. Julian K. Quattlebaum and published by University of Georgia Press. This book was released on 2011-03-01 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While automobile races had been held in Europe earlier, it was not until after 1900 that organized races were held in the United States. These contests took the form of road races--usually over a series of connected links of the best roads available. The most important of the early races were held on Long Island, New York. As a result of the efforts of the Savannah Automobile Club, the International Grand Prize Race of the Automobile Club of America was held in Savannah, Georgia, for the first time in November of 1908 and was enormously successful. In 1910 and again in 1911 the most famous drivers and the finest racing cars from all over the world returned to the city for the Grand Prize Race. The 1911 event attracted thousands more who came to witness the famous Vanderbilt Cup Race, the fastest race of this length up to that time (291 miles in 3 hours and 56 minutes). Julian K. Quattlebaum was among those who lined the Savannah race course for a glimpse of the big Fiats, Loziers, and Mercedes that roared around the turns, across the finish line, and into autoracing history. He has written a new introduction to this edition and has gone through his collection of early photographs of the cars, the drivers, and the races to add to the generous selection of illustrations in the original edition.

NASCAR Greatest Races

Author : Tom Higgins
Publisher : HarperEntertainment
ISBN 13 : 9780061051524
Total Pages : 144 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (515 download)

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Download or read book NASCAR Greatest Races written by Tom Higgins and published by HarperEntertainment. This book was released on 1999-11-03 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Each week of the racing season produces new excitement for the drivers and fans of NASCAR. Some weeks have produced the kind of heart-stopping moments that etch a race into the hearts and minds of fans. Those are the great races. The races featured in this book are stops along a time line that has spanned five decades of an American tradition. From the formative days on the hard-packed dirt tracks to the modern era of the superspeedway, every race has unfolded with its own unique story. NASCAR polled drivers, members of the media, and fans to select the twenty-five greatest NASCAR races. The resulting NASCAR Greatest Races is a panorama of the NASCAR experience. There are fabulous finishes, amazing comebacks, classic duels, and transforming milestones. Events such as the Rayson Memorial of 1948, NASCAR's first race, and the 1979 Daytona 500, the first NASCAR race shown live wire-to-wire on network television, helped shape NASCAR's history. The spotlight has fallen on individual drivers such as Dale Earnhardt, Bill Elliott, and Jeff Gordon, rivalries like that between Richard Petty and David Pearson, or photo finishes like the one that confirmed Lee Petty's victory in the inaugural Daytona 500 of 1959. NASCAR Greatest Races pairs more than one hundred full-color and black-and-white action-packed, historic shots with eyewitness accounts and personal reflections from the actors in this revved-up arena. The National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing begins its second half-century as the fastest growing major spectator sport in the United States. Nearly six million people attended NASCAR Winston Cup Series races in 1998 and more than 150 million watched the action on television. NASCAR also sanctions twelve other touring series as well as races at more than 130 tracks throughout the nation.

Great Races, Incredible Places

Author : Kimi Puntillo
Publisher : Bantam
ISBN 13 : 0553906208
Total Pages : 258 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (539 download)

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Download or read book Great Races, Incredible Places written by Kimi Puntillo and published by Bantam. This book was released on 2009-03-24 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Running the Mount Everest Marathon is like running in heaven.” Kimi Puntillo has literally run around the globe to bring over 100 of the world’s most entertaining, breathtaking, and unforgettable races to runners of every capability. Ranging from marathons to one-milers, from the pristine glaciers of Antarctica to Vermont’s covered bridges, two-time Guinness World Record holder Puntillo offers practical and unique advice as only a woman who has run a marathon on every continent can. She shares her tips for the most desirable gear, snacks to carry in your backpack, how savvy runners get into events that are sold out months in advance, and the best local sights to take in on your downtime. Try the Great Wall Marathon, where you’ll climb 60,000 steps, crawl through ancient tower windows, and follow in the footsteps of ancient Chinese history. The Marathon du Médoc spoils you with wine every three miles at Bordeaux’s most elite châteaus and fresh-shucked oysters at mile 23. Or, if music is your thing and you long for a different rock band at every mile marker, head out to the Rock ’n’ Roll Marathon series in locales across the United States. Whether you want to make those running dreams come true or simply be entertained, here are dozens of running adventures sure to get your heart pumping. From the Trade Paperback edition.

The Great Race

Author : Dawn Casey
Publisher : Barefoot Books
ISBN 13 : 1782854819
Total Pages : 35 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (828 download)

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Download or read book The Great Race written by Dawn Casey and published by Barefoot Books. This book was released on 2018-09-01 with total page 35 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Race with the animals of the Zodiac as they compete to have the years of the Chinese calendar named after them. The excitement-filled story is followed by notes on the Chinese calendar, important Chinese holidays, and a chart outlining the animal signs based on birth years.

100 Greatest Races

Author : Nicholas Godfrey
Publisher : Highdown
ISBN 13 : 9781905156146
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (561 download)

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Download or read book 100 Greatest Races written by Nicholas Godfrey and published by Highdown. This book was released on 2005-10 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Horseracing is blessed with the richest of histories, but exactly what is it that makes a horserace great? Every racing fan has their own view - and in 2005, the Racing Post decided to find out what its readers thought about the matter by asking them to vote for what they considered the greatest race of all time. The response was overwhelming: over a period of two months, thousands of votes were collected. These were added to the nominations of a specially convened panel of experts to compile the definitive list of the 100 greatest races of all time involving at least one horse trained in Britain or Ireland. Now, in one lavishly illustrated book, you can read about them all - with essays by the Post's top writers and the thoughts of trainers and jockeys most closely involved with such momentous occasions. You can also read about the top races of 2005, plus find out about the most unforgettable races from elsewhere around the globe.

Great Auto Races

Author : Peter Helck
Publisher : ABRAMS
ISBN 13 : 9780810902374
Total Pages : 266 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (23 download)

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Download or read book Great Auto Races written by Peter Helck and published by ABRAMS. This book was released on 1975-01-01 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Passing of the Great Race

Author : Madison Grant
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 576 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Passing of the Great Race written by Madison Grant and published by . This book was released on 1922 with total page 576 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Passing of the Great Race

Author : Madison Grant
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Passing of the Great Race written by Madison Grant and published by . This book was released on 1916 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Greatest Races

Author : Bob Woods
Publisher : Reader's Digest Association
ISBN 13 : 9780794404079
Total Pages : 100 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (4 download)

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Download or read book The Greatest Races written by Bob Woods and published by Reader's Digest Association. This book was released on 2004 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discusses the history of NASCAR and some of the great ones, including information on those who ride.

Born to Run

Author : Christopher McDougall
Publisher : Profile Books
ISBN 13 : 184765228X
Total Pages : 296 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (476 download)

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Download or read book Born to Run written by Christopher McDougall and published by Profile Books. This book was released on 2010-12-09 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A New York Times bestseller 'A sensation ... a rollicking tale well told' - The Times At the heart of Born to Run lies a mysterious tribe of Mexican Indians, the Tarahumara, who live quietly in canyons and are reputed to be the best distance runners in the world; in 1993, one of them, aged 57, came first in a prestigious 100-mile race wearing a toga and sandals. A small group of the world's top ultra-runners (and the awe-inspiring author) make the treacherous journey into the canyons to try to learn the tribe's secrets and then take them on over a course 50 miles long. With incredible energy and smart observation, McDougall tells this story while asking what the secrets are to being an incredible runner. Travelling to labs at Harvard, Nike, and elsewhere, he comes across an incredible cast of characters, including the woman who recently broke the world record for 100 miles and for her encore ran a 2:50 marathon in a bikini, pausing to down a beer at the 20 mile mark.

Formula 1

Author : Roger Smith
Publisher : Haynes Publishing UK
ISBN 13 : 9780857333506
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (335 download)

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Download or read book Formula 1 written by Roger Smith and published by Haynes Publishing UK. This book was released on 2013-05-01 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This remarkable book, unlike anything previously published, has been meticulously researched and written to capture the character and essence of every one of the 858 World Championship races held since the beginning of Formula 1 in 1950. Each entry highlights the key events of each individual Grand Prix – from qualifying through to the final outcome – as well as spotlighting those incidental happenings so unique to F1 that influenced a race or an unfolding championship battle. Nothing is missed. Every significant happening is recorded and for this updated edition the races of the 2012 Formula 1 World Championship have been added and statistics updated accordingly.

The Put-in-Bay Road Races, 1952-1963

Author : Carl Goodwin
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 0786479302
Total Pages : 273 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (864 download)

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Download or read book The Put-in-Bay Road Races, 1952-1963 written by Carl Goodwin and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2014-08-08 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A great little sports car race took place on an island in Lake Erie, offshore of Sandusky, Ohio. The drivers came on ferry boats to compete for silver cups in an age when there were no sponsors and no prize money. The drivers were car salesmen, stock brokers, engineers, printers, etc. Often, the cars they raced were those they drove as daily transportation: MGs, Porsches, Triumphs, Alfas and others. In this well-illustrated history (full color throughout the ebook edition), drivers, officials, mechanics and spectators share their stories. The text paints a vivid picture of the sports car racing scene in post-war America.

THE GREAT RACE

Author : William N. Hoskins
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
ISBN 13 : 1456834819
Total Pages : 477 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (568 download)

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Download or read book THE GREAT RACE written by William N. Hoskins and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2010-12-30 with total page 477 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fifty entrants in The Great Race ready themselves and their vehicles to run the racecourse at speeds exceeding 1,000 kph, each bent on only one thing – reaching the finish line first. This is the way it has been for 500,000 races. This is the way the Civilized Universe maintains its civilization in a conflict-free state: the winner of the race selects the Prime—the titular leader of the CU. Retired consulting engineer, Arthur Robert Lexington, hopes to live his life-long dream of building and racing his modified Porsche 914 in a local car club in Arizona. Armet’Lu, a Human, captains an interstellar freighter delivering cargo under contract. It is a business he has pursued for the last millennium of his 16,400-year life. Between the desert of Arizona and the trackless void of space, Art and Lu meet and clash bitterly. Acrimony and spite underscore the formative moments after they meet, but the four years remaining before the upcoming race allow them time to forge a bond as they struggle to build a fast and powerful vehicle. The greatest race of their lives will be run.

World's Ultimate Running Races

Author : Angela Mudge
Publisher : HarperCollins (UK)
ISBN 13 : 9780007431908
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (319 download)

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Download or read book World's Ultimate Running Races written by Angela Mudge and published by HarperCollins (UK). This book was released on 2011 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ever wanted to run along The Great Wall of China, up the Empire State Building, across the Sahara Desert or join thousands of runners in a major city road race. These running races are included in the list of 500 of the most classic running races in the world.

Race Matters, 25th Anniversary

Author : Cornel West
Publisher : Beacon Press
ISBN 13 : 0807008834
Total Pages : 138 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (7 download)

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Download or read book Race Matters, 25th Anniversary written by Cornel West and published by Beacon Press. This book was released on 2017-12-05 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The twenty-fifth-anniversary edition of the groundbreaking classic, with a new introduction First published in 1993, on the one-year anniversary of the Los Angeles riots, Race Matters became a national best seller that has gone on to sell more than half a million copies. This classic treatise on race contains Dr. West’s most incisive essays on the issues relevant to black Americans, including the crisis in leadership in the Black community, Black conservatism, Black-Jewish relations, myths about Black sexuality, and the legacy of Malcolm X. The insights Dr. West brings to these complex problems remain relevant, provocative, creative, and compassionate. In a new introduction for the twenty-fifth-anniversary edition, Dr. West argues that we are in the midst of a spiritual blackout characterized by imperial decline, racial animosity, and unchecked brutality and terror as seen in Baltimore, Ferguson, and Charlottesville. Calling for a moral and spiritual awakening, Dr. West finds hope in the collective and visionary resistance exemplified by the Movement for Black Lives, Standing Rock, and the Black freedom tradition. Now more than ever, Race Matters is an essential book for all Americans, helping us to build a genuine multiracial democracy in the new millennium.

The Great Railway Show/Off to the Races (Thomas & Friends)

Author : W. Awdry
Publisher : Random House Books for Young Readers
ISBN 13 : 1101932023
Total Pages : 26 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (19 download)

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Download or read book The Great Railway Show/Off to the Races (Thomas & Friends) written by W. Awdry and published by Random House Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 2016-07-19 with total page 26 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: [Two stories about helping others.].

Racing's Greatest Records

Author : Heather Moore Niver
Publisher : The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc
ISBN 13 : 1499402341
Total Pages : 34 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (994 download)

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Download or read book Racing's Greatest Records written by Heather Moore Niver and published by The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc. This book was released on 2014-12-15 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Auto racing is known around the world for its high speeds and long races. Readers discover the drivers who’ve gone the fastest and won the most races as they learn about this sport’s most famous records. They’re introduced to different styles of auto racing, including open-wheel racing and stock car racing, with colorful photographs of cars and drivers. Stat boxes allow readers to compare information about the best drivers of the past and present using math skills. The best drivers are also discussed in informative sidebar biographies.