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Vintage American Road Racing Cars 1950-1969
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Authors: Harold Pace & Mark Brinker
Reviews:
“A glorious antidote to the slick professionalism of the glamorous racing marques, this tome zeroes in on the little guys who took on the European aristocrats and left them with a bloodied nose. There is a useful at-a-glance guide to the various race series and racing classes of this era, and the six pages on American racing engines left us wanting more. But one glance through the index is enough to know that if it was built or modified in America, chances are it will be in this book.” - Octane (UK)
About the book:
American road racing began just after World War II and quickly blossomed into a movement. The Sports Car Club of America (SCCA) and the United States Auto Club (USAC), clubs that became fierce rivals in the 1950s and 1960s, were the principal race promoters. Race tracks popped up everywhere, at first on city streets, then at airports and U.S. Air Force bases, and finally at purpose-built circuits like Road America and Laguna Seca.
Although most of the cars that competed in American road racing were built in Europe, an underground movement sprang up of "special builders" who constructed their racers in home garages and small-town machine shops. Some were so homely and slow that only the builders could love them. Others trounced every Ferrari in sight and are now on the wish lists of wealthy collectors the world over.
"Vintage American Road Racing Cars 1950-1970" is the first book devoted exclusively to American road racing cars of all types and sizes. Hundreds of race cars built in America have never before been mentioned in print, and this book chronicles those and other cars with vintage and modern photography, specifications, memorabilia, and the stories and characters behind each car.
About the Author
Harold Paces writing and photography has appeared in such magazines as Automobile Quarterly, Class & Sportscar, Excellence, Sports Car International, Vintage Racecar Journal, and others. He lives in Weatherford, Texas. Mark Brinker is a vintage race car enthusiast who has raced at the Monterey Historics. He is a doctor with three published medical textbooks and 70+ published scientific papers. He hails from Houston, Texas.
250 color, 250 b/w images
Format: Hardbound
Pages: 304
Length: 10.25w x 10.25h
ISBN-13: 9780760317839
ISBN: 0760317836
Catalog ID: 138627
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