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S-1790
Price: $39.95
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A.J.
FOYT
Survivor,
Champion, Legend
by Art Garner
One of
the greatest race car drivers in history--some would argue the best,
A.J. Foyt has the statistics to back it up. He was the first to win
the Indianapolis 500 four times, he has the most wins in Indy car
races and championships of any driver, and he still holds the world
closed-course speed record that he set more than thirty-five years
ago.
Numbers alone can't begin to
tell Foyt's story. Through tireless research and extensive
interviews with the biggest names in motorsports, author Art Garner
has compiled an unprecedented look at the life and career of one of
America's most popular sports heroes. The book captures Foyt's
journey from a cocky five-year-old to a brash competitor and offers
fresh insight and details about the battles off and on the track
that defined one of America's biggest personalities.
A
classic authorized biography at more than 620 pages, with 1,500
source notes, 100s of hours of interviews with family, friends, and
many of his peers, and nearly 100 photos, some from Foyt family
albums and never seen before.
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S-1782
Price: $29.95
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The Life of Ted Horn:
American Racing Champion
by Russ Catlin
This
is a faithful reprint of the 1949 Floyd Clymer publication of the
same title by the author Russ Catlin. This tribute to Ted Horn’s
accomplishments is best summed up by Floyd Clymer’s original
‘announcement’ published at the beginning of the book:
“This book on the life of Ted Horn we believe to be
a most accurate and interesting biography of a truly great racing
driver and one who was beloved by the thousands who knew him and by
hundreds of thousands who saw him perform on the race tracks of the
nation.
Ted Horn was not only one of the world's outstanding drivers and a
great champion ... he was a man who came up the hard way ... he
asked and gave no quarter. He was honest and sincere in his desire
to build interest in automobile racing. He planned his campaigns and
races carefully and he injected business methods into the sport of
automobile racing. His path was never a bed of roses ... and his
grit and stick-to-itiveness made him a leader in his chosen
profession. He was considerate and thoughtful of his competitors
and I am sure that Ted Horn never knowingly made an enemy. He had a
great sense of humor ... he liked to smile and make others happy…
The author of this book, Russ Catlin, has generously waived his
right to the author's royalty in order that the royalties might be
paid to Ted Horn's widow and his three children. The story was
written by Mr. Catlin after a great deal of research and contact
with those close to Ted Horn. It is written in an interesting,
breezy style that will surely appeal to the racing fans of the
world.”
Even
though many years have passed since this book was first published,
it’s a wonderful insight into the early days of auto racing and we
are pleased that we have the opportunity to make it available once
again to a new generation of auto racing enthusiasts worldwide.
Soft
cover, 224 pages and
100 illustrations and charts.
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S-1773
Price: $24.95
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PLAYING IN
TRAFFIC
My Journey from an Autism Diagnosis
to the Indy 500 Flagstand
by Aaron Likens
Diagnosed
at age 20 with Asperger’s syndrome, Aaron Likens finally had the
answer to why his life had been so full of challenges. Taking his
talents as a racer and flagger, he built a career that ultimately
led to becoming chief starter of the Indy 500. Along the way he
discovered a powerful gift for sharing his story, teaching and
training thousands of students and professionals on keys to
understanding and treating autism.
Soft
cover, 344 pages, 45 color photos.
“When you
see Aaron in the flagstand, it is clear he belongs. His control of
the situation and his use of his flags is a piece of art—created
from years of building, learning, searching, and overcoming. There
aren’t many better stories and certainly not any better examples of
inspiration than that of Aaron Likens.”
—Doug
Boles, President, Indianapolis Motor Speedway
“Since
meeting Aaron Likens in 2009 and hiring him as an Autism Ambassador,
his impact has been profound. Playing in Traffic distills his
incredible journey from living with an autism spectrum diagnosis to
becoming an acclaimed flagman for the Indy 500 and a beacon of hope
for countless individuals.”
—Ron
Ekstrand, CEO Easterseals Arkansas
“I picked
Aaron to be the flagman for the SKUSA SuperNationals because, quite
frankly, he is the best flagman in the world. No doubt about it.”
—Tom
Kutscher, SuperKarts USA
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S-1772
Price: $26.95
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VUKOVICH
The Man Who Wouldn’t Lift
by Angelo Angelopolous
edited by Mark Montieth
Bill Vukovich was the among greatest race drivers of his era, a
grim, hard-charging product of a humble and difficult childhood. He
honed his racing skills and temperament on the Midget and Sprint Car
tracks in California and then went on to dominate the Indianapolis
500. He led 150 laps of the race in 1952 before steering failure
forced him out eight laps before the finish. The winner in 1953 and
’54, he still is the only driver to have led the most laps in the
race for three consecutive years. He had a 17-second lead after 57
laps in 1955 when a multi-car accident on the backstretch sent him
flying over the outside wall. He landed upside down on parked cars
and was killed instantly.
Indianapolis sportswriter Angelo Angelopolous, widely recognized as
one of the best in the country at his craft, was the only media
member to grow close to Vukovich. He dedicated himself to telling
Vukovich’s dramatic life story.
He was working against a tight “deadline,” however, because he was
slowly dying of leukemia. Angelopolous, who died in 1962 at age 43,
had a contract with a publishing house and left behind an edited
manuscript that for unknown reasons never reached print. He had
insider access to Vukovich’s garage at the Indianapolis Motor
Speedway and socialized with him as well. He presents
never-before-published details of Vukovich’s life and career,
including dialogue that will make readers feel as if they are along
for the ride. The story reads like fiction but is thoroughly
researched and entirely truthful—altogether an unforgettable story.
Journalist Mark Montieth learned about the manuscript from the
author’s nephew, who had kept the typed manuscript stored away for
years after Angelopolous died. It was an intimidating editorial
project because of many hand-written margin notes and had to be
retyped into a laptop to work on it. Montieth added a lengthy
prologue about the author and an epilogue that brings the Vukovich
history, including later family history, up to date.
Hard cover, 240 pp.
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S-1765
Price: $32.00
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The First
Lady of Dirt: The Triumphs and Tragedy of Racing
Pioneer Cheryl Glass
by Bill Poehler
The incredible, little-known story of the first successful Black
woman in the sport of auto racing in the United States. Early in her
career, Cheryl Glass looked like a lock to become the first Black
woman to compete in the Indianapolis 500. From racing
quarter-midgets cars at ten, to Indy Lights in her twenties, Cheryl
was on her way towards a winning career in auto racing.
Bill Poehler (author of the highly reviewed
The Brown Bullet: Rajo Jack's Drive to Integrate Auto Racing)
tells Cheryl’s full story for the first time. He recounts how Cheryl
rapidly became the first successful Black woman in the sport, yet
frequently encountered racist and sexist taunts from other drivers
and fans throughout her career. While appearing to have it
all—talent, ambition, looks—she faced many challenges on and off the
track and her life soon spun out of control.
Featuring exclusive interviews with Cheryl’s mother, friends, and
competitors, The First Lady of Dirt takes you behind the
scenes and in the driver’s seat of Cheryl’s life. Poehler, an
amateur racer himself, places the reader at the track, smelling the
dirt and fumes, hearing the roaring engines and crashing metal, and
feeling Cheryl’s joy and pain. It’s the inspiring story of a racing
pioneer and a tragic tale of the pressures that are often hidden
from public view until it’s too late.
Hard cover, 240 pages.
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S-1759
Price: $44.95
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THE LAST COWBOY
The Life and Times of Billy
Pauch
by Buffy Swanson
foreword by Ray Evernham
As
calculating as a rattlesnake, Billy the Kid rarely lets down his
guard. And while he never really learned how to sugar up to a
potential sponsor, he sure could sweet-talk a race car.
He’s
won hundreds of races at dozens of tracks dotting seven states, in
Modifieds, Sprints – winged and wingless – on dirt and asphalt. And
he did it his way. Racing where and when he pleased, answering to no
one. Taking down victories with bravado and deadly aim.
This
is the Billy Pauch you never met… the highs and the lows, the
attitude, the anger, the injuries. Why he’s so successful and why he
refused to conform. How he did it, why he did it, and who he really
is. This is the last cowboy.
Soft
cover, 278 pp., 253 photos.
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S-1760
Price: $39.95
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ED PINK: THE OLD MASTER
The Remarkable
Life and Times of Racing’s Most Versatile Engine Builder
by Ed Pink with Bones Bourcier
Ed Pink’s gift for designing and building engines made him a
motorsports icon. His handiwork has powered, among others,
drag-racing superstars Don Prudhomme and Tom McEwen, Indy Car
legends
Al Unser and Tom Sneva, sports car heroes Bob Wollek and
Brian Redman, and USAC champions Tony Stewart and Kasey Kahne.
But this is not a technical book. Pink began his
long-awaited autobiography with one goal: that it would be more
about people than engines.
Mission accomplished, yet again, for auto racing’s Old
Master.
Hard cover, 276 pp, 253 color and B&W photos.
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S-1750
Original Price: $95.00
Now: $49.95
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The
Green Flag: Just a Bloke’s Story
by
Barry Green with Gordon Kirby
Barry Green’s new memoir covers his
life growing up in Australia and his early racing efforts aboard his
own Formula Fords in Australia and Formula 3 cars in Europe. Barry
and his wife, Jeanne, then moved to the United States, where he went
on to become a very successful Can-Am and Indy car team manager and
owner.
Over 23 years, from 1980-2002,
Barry’s cars won six Can-Am races and 47 Indy car races, including
two (and some say three) Indy 500s.
He worked with some great drivers,
including Teo Fabi, Bobby Rahal, Danny Sullivan, Michael Andretti,
Al Unser Jr., Jacques Villeneuve, Dario Franchitti and Paul Tracy,
as well as brilliant designers like Adrian Newey and Tony Cicale,
and a long list of tremendously skilled and motivated mechanics and
crewmen.
Barry tells his story with the generous help of these great
drivers, engineers and crewmen.
The Green Flag
is a high-quality coffee-table book, 288 pages with 190 color and
B&W photographs and a complete list of Barry’s race teams’
statistics.
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S-1747
Price: $27.95
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The Last Lap:
The
Mysterious Demise of
Pete Kreis at the
Indianapolis 500
by William Walker
The
Last Lap
is a gripping inquest into the fast life and mysterious death of
racing driver Pete Kreis, infamously killed in practice at the
celebrated 1934 Indianapolis 500. In a compelling narrative that
reads like a novel, author William Walker’s lifelong obsession with
Kreis's mysterious demise has created a rich storyline that takes
readers back to the glamorous and dangerous times that marked the
beginning of automotive competition.
Much more than a motor racing story,
The Last Lap
is the tale of a boy who rises from the obscurity of back country
Tennessee roads to compete in the world’s fastest and most
celebrated races, and the parallel tragic collapse of a rich and
powerful Southern family.
Piloting a front-drive race car in practice, Kreis crashed into the
wall of Turn One, rode along the top of the retaining wall for
seventy-five feet, and careened down an embankment at the south end
of the oval. As the car smashed into a tree in the backyard of a
nearby house, both men were killed. The next year, an impromptu
“coroner’s jury” of Indy drivers and Speedway experts held an
intense review of the accident, and they concluded that Kreis’s
demise was “the strangest death in all racing history.”
Lifelong racing fan and acclaimed historical author,
Walker's (Betrayal
at Little Gibraltar) search to solve the
mystery surrounding Kreis’s death has spanned three-quarters of a
century and too many miles to count. Walker's fascination with the
mysterious crash is driven by more than a love of racing–Kreis is a
distant cousin. The dynamic, nonfiction narrative is the result of a
decades long quest in search of the truth—the real story of Pete
Kreis, his colorful racing career, and his tragic death.
Soft cover, 312 pages
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S-1743
Price: $59.95
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SAMMY! 50+ Years
of Winning
By Sammy
Swindell
with Bones Bourcier and Bob Mays
Foreword by Dick Berggren
Sammy
Swindell, is among the most successful and most interesting drivers
in the history of American automobile racing. From his start as a
teenager at local tracks until an age at which most athletes are no
longer willing or able to compete successfully, Sammy has been a
winner.
You may be
surprised to learn how well Sammy did in the few Indy Car drives he
had. You'll also find out how he feels about his time in NASCAR and
how close he came to driving for Dale Earnhardt. Also obvious is the
importance of the mechanical edge he gained by working on and living
with the cars he has raced.
A big part
of Sammy's secret is no secret at all: He'll beat a competitor
because, in his words, "I'll work harder."
This is the
story of how a man conquered his world.
Hard cover,
coffee-table book, 352 pages,
336 photos - 243 color, 93
B&W.
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S-1687SC
Price: $24.95
Back in Print in Soft Cover!
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Hello, I’m Paul Page:
“It’s Race Day
in Indianapolis”
by Paul Page and J.R. Elrod
Live
from the broadcast booth, Paul Page captured the excitement of 27
Indy 500 races, first as the Voice of the Indy
500 for the radio broadcast and then as chief
announcer for the ABC telecast. From his first race as a pit
reporter to his semi-retirement in 2016, generations of fans have
witnessed the Greatest Spectacle in Racing as told by Paul Page. In
a life uniquely shaped by the Indy 500, Page fell in love with
racing and the Speedway as a teenager, and it became his obsession.
After receiving his first press pass in 1965, Page became a fixture
in Gasoline Alley, and a trusted friend and confidante to
generations of drivers, mechanics and owners. Despite multiple
setbacks, he used every opportunity to learn the trade of broadcast
journalism and the sport of motor racing.
In a
career that spanned ABC, NBC, CBS, and ESPN, Page wore a headset for
every imaginable race and contest: from Indy cars to drag racers,
from the Olympics to the America s Cup, and from the X-Games to
Nathan s Hot Dog Eating Contest. Page weaves the history, tradition,
and lore of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway as he traces across six
decades. He introduces the great personalities of the Speedway with
many candid moments. He tells great stories from broadcast booths
around the world, and slices of life as a young reporter in
Indianapolis.
Soft
cover, 316 pages 35 B&W photos
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S-1736
Price: $28.95
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Survival of the
Fastest
Weed, Speed,
and the 1980s Drug Scandal that Shocked the Sports World
by Randy Lanier with A.J. Baime
As a
kid, Randy Lanier dreamed of achieving four-wheel glory at the
Indianapolis 500, but knew he’d never be able to afford the most
expensive sport on earth. That all changed when he bought a
speedboat and began smuggling pot from the Bahamas. Fueled by what
would become a historically massive smuggling operation, he started
racing cars and became an overnight sensation.
For
Randy and his teammates, money was no object, and bigger hauls meant
faster cars. At every event they attended, they were behind the
wheel of the best machinery, flaunting their secret in front of huge
crowds and live television cameras. But no matter how fast they
drove, they couldn’t outrun the law. As Randy came ever closer to
reaching his dream of high-speed glory, one of the biggest drug
scandals ever to hit the professional sports world was about to
unfold.
Set in the 1980s Florida of Miami
Vice, this is the unbelievable,
unforgettable, unparalleled story of an ordinary guy whose attempts
to become famous doing the thing he wanted most - become a
world-class race car driver- devolved into a you-can't-make-this-up
tale of one of the biggest crime rings and drug scandals of the
1980s. Now, with the help of New
York Times bestselling author A.J. Baime,
Randy tells the whole truth for the first time ever, a gripping
narrative unlike any other, a sports story for the ages, and a
shocking true crime epic.
Hard
cover, 336 pp.
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S-1711
Price: $16.95
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Thirty days!
From the moment the drivers entered in the 1970 Indianapolis 500
rolled their cars onto the track for practice until the command
“Gentlemen, start your engines,” they faced 30 days of intense
action to capture one of the 33 starting positions.
Award-winning sportswriter Hal Higdon was there to report on the
action: hovering in the pits next to the racers in their cars,
wandering into Gasoline Alley to tell their stories, absorbing all
the excitement the month of May brings to Indianapolis.
Here is the tale, day by day, of those 30 crucial days—the drivers
with fast cars and slow cars, the drivers with rich sponsors and
those with little money, the drivers with talent and those who need
good luck to place high or even qualify.
The list of competitors in 1970 was formidable, and included Mario
Andretti, Dan Gurney, Mark Donohue, A.J. Foyt, and the Unser
brothers. Add the owners: Roger Penske and Andy Granatelli.
This is the story of the 1970 Indy 500, but the scenes are repeated
on the turns of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway year after year.
Soft cover, 154 pages, S-1711 $16.95
(a reprint of the original edition,
published in 1972)
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S-1697
Price: $65.00
Now: $34.95
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RICK MEARS: THANKS
The Story of Rick Mears and
the Mears Gang
by Gordon Kirby
Foreword by Roger Penske
Rick Mears
retired in 1992 at age 41 while still at the height of his powers,
with a record of four Indy 500 victories, three CART Indy Car World
Series championships, 29 individual race victories and 40 pole
positions.
Mears is also recognized as one of the fairest,
most ethical drivers; his behavior on the track was impeccable, the
standard by which all others were judged.
Hard cover w/dust
cover, 265 pp., 200+ photos.
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S-1705
Price: $19.95
Back in Print!
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Johnny
Rutherford:
The
Story of an Indy Champ
By Hal Higdon
Johnny Rutherford was one of the most exciting drivers in big-time
auto racing of the 1970s. In these action-filled pages, author Hal
Higdon tells how Rutherford grew into a racing great.
Starting out driving Sprints and Midgets in the Midwest, Johnny
moved on to stock-car racing - that hair-raising sport in which you
shove the pedal to the floor and hold it there all the way around
the track.
Higdon follows Johnny's career on to Daytona and
finally the Indy 500. This is the fascinating true story of how a
young man made it to the top in the most dangerous sport of all.
(This is a reissue of a book originally published in 1980.)
Soft cover, 104 pp.
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S-1702
Price: $60.00
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SAVAGE ANGEL
Death and Rebirth at the
Indanapolis 500
by Ted Woerner
Swede Savage blew into the American racing scene in the late 1960s
like his native Santa Ana winds. At the 1973 Indy 500 the young
driver was a serious threat to win until a unexplained loss of
control on lap 59 produced one of the most violent crashes in the
race’s history, which ultimately proved fatal.
A pregnant
Sheryl Savage witnessed her husband’s wreck from the grandstand. The
daughter born three months later would suffer effects from the same
trauma Sheryl endured.
A
long overdue, in-depth look at the remarkable career of Swede
Savage, but also what happens to family when a racer perishes as a
result of his profession.
Hard cover, 224 pp., 175 color/B&W
photos.
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S-1672
Original Price: $39.95
Now: $29.95
Until Jan. 3, 2025
Press Release on
the 181 News page
HERE
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500 on (the INDY) 500:
Tales, Facts and
Figures on
"The Greatest Race in the World"
by Rick Shaffer
Foreword by Helio Castroneves
Four-Time Indy 500 Winner
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Why is the Indianapolis Motor Speedway 2.5 miles around instead
of five miles?
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Who was an Indy race winner before Ray Harroun?
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What driver had to take a streetcar home to inform his parents
he had just won the Indy 500?
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How was the starting lineup determined in the years before the
cars were qualified?
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Have there always been 33 starters?
Whether the distant past or modern times serves as a lure for "The
Greatest Race in the World," there are literally hundreds of
fascinating, true Indy 500 tales, facts and figures.
One of
the race's most-respected journalists, Rick Shaffer, has gathered
500 of the most interesting anecdotes to come out of the
intersection of 16th Street and Georgetown Road.
500 on (the Indy) 500 chronicles the
famous from Chevrolet to Andretti, the obscure from William Borque
(item #10, the track's first driver fatality) to Simon Pagenaud
(#496), winner 105 years after the last Frenchman to do so.
The ultimate race chronology, this book is for the curious, the
scholar, the passing fan or the diehard. The depth of research is
sure to entertain and illuminate aspects of the Indy 500 new to even
many Indy devotees.
Hard cover, 200 color and B&W images,
280 pages.
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S-1704
Price: $34.95
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Al Unser Jr.: A
Checkered Past
As told to Jade Gurss
Winning came naturally to Al Unser Jr. Born into a racing family, he
had a gift for finding the fast line on the track. By the time he
was nine years old, he could draw the quickest way through the
corner on paper and intuitively apply his sketch while on the
go-kart track. By his teen years, the innate sense for the fast way
made him unstoppably quick when he was racing through the woods on a
snowmobile, on a dirt track, in a sprint car, or on a race course.
As his career progressed from the kart track victories to following
in the footsteps of his famed uncle, Bobby, and father, Al, the wins
grew in stature from junior titles to the very top echelon of his
sport. Two Indy 500 victories. A pair of IndyCar championships. In
addition, Unser was not just a winning driver―he also possessed a
boisterous and lovable personality. The fans and the press adored
him.
Al Unser Jr. was on top of the world.
A Checkered Past
tells that story - but it doesn’t stop there.
His gifts as a driver and his easy affability were the public
persona. Behind the scenes, his appetite for drugs and alcohol were
destroying his private life. Spurred on by his spiraling substance
abuse problem, his marriage turned volatile. When he retired as a
driver, the trouble amplified. Domestic violence arrests. Multiple
DUIs. Repeated visits to rehab centers. Divorce. Financial ruin. A
dark dive into depression and isolation that led to a suicide
attempt.
Unser's battle to climb out of that cave is one of the great
stories in motorsports. A Checkered Past
is an unblinking look at how even our most
celebrated sports heroes struggle with human frailty.
Hard
cover, 304 pp., 55 photos.
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S-1685
Price: $34.95
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Indy Split:
The Big Money Battle
That Nearly Destroyed
Indy Racing
by John Oreovicz
Indy
Split is
a fascinating, authoritative and overdue account of the big money
battle that nearly destroyed the sport of Indy car racing. Now
long-time motorsports reporter John Oreovicz has taken a deep dive
into the divisive battle between CART and the Indy Racing
League. With insightful reporting, Oreovicz recounts the political
infighting within the industry that climaxed with a 12-year “Split,”
from 1996 to 2007, between competing forms of Indy car racing and
prevented the sport from achieving its potential.
This book
is a thorough, journalistic investigation into the dysfunction that
started more than 75 years ago—when the Indianapolis Motor Speedway
was rescued from potential redevelopment—and chronicles the long
struggle for stability and leadership.
Hard cover with dust jacket, 432 pages,
49 color & B&W photos.
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S-1291
Original Price: $140.00
Now: $29.95
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Roaring Roadsters: The Road to Indy
by Dick Wallen
with Foreword by A.J. Watson
Dick Wallen's acclaimed coffee-table volume
covers the post-World War II years when young hot-rodders hopped up
their street cars to go racing on oval tracks. As it quickly proved,
this very popular California
phenomenon produced wheel-to-wheel action and some of the most
famous drivers in American racing history, including
Indianapolis
500 winners Troy Ruttman, Rodger Ward and Parnelli Jones.
With a foreword by master mechanic A. J.
Watson telling the full history of the roadsters, this book features
over 800 black and white photographs, along with colorful artwork,
programs and maps of the famous tracks.
Hard cover, 272
pages.
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S-1292
Original Price: $140.00
Now: $29.95
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Seventies Championship Revolution
by Dick Wallen
with Foreword by Al Unser
Seventies
Championship Revolution
provides the
exciting history of the nearly 150 American National Championship
races run during the 1970s, when numerous chassis and engine makers
struggled to find the right combination of power and downforce, as
wings and aerodynamics became the key defining force in top-level
racing.
Offering stories of races on ovals, road
courses and street circuits, with over 500 color photos throughout
the 240 pages, this book provides the full history of how American
and foreign ingenuity adapted to the challenges of modern automotive
competition.
Hard cover, 240 pages.
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S-1681
Price: $14.95
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The Seat
by
Tyler Irwin
Author
Tyler Irwin pulls from his own experiences as a former race driver
to tell an exciting story of hope and redemption rooted in the
competitive world of open-wheel motorsports.
Race driver
Remington Mason seems to have it all . . . a beautiful fiancée, a
coveted ride in the IndyCar Series, and a shot at winning the
greatest race in the world, the Indianapolis 500. But when tragedy
strikes, Remington faces a battle greater than any he ever had on
the track.
In the midst of a desperate fight for life and
love, Remington learns that the greatest contributions sometimes
come in the most unexpected ways.
Fiction, Soft cover, 222
pages.
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S-1677
Price: $22.95
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The Legend of
the First Super Speedway:
The Battle for the Soul of American Auto Racing
A
novel by Mark Dill
Foreword by Willy T. Ribbs
Introduction by Al Unser Jr.
The
Legend of the First Super Speedway
is a
novel but told from the perspective of racing pioneers Barney
Oldfield and Carl Fisher. The book thrusts you into the early 20th
century with vivid interpretations of auto racing and what it would
be like to walk among the people of the era and grasp their world
view. You will meet rugged characters as they get "corned" on
whiskey, chew "chaw," and bounce violently as they scorch the bricks
of America's first speedway. You will ride with them on trains,
bound across the craggy terrain of road races, and step over dead
horses rotting in the street.
The
world convulsed with technological change, and the winners mastered
it. Everything unfolds through the eyes of Oldfield and Fisher as
they grapple with a cultural battle for the soul of American auto
racing. Most importantly, early auto racing's good, bad, and ugly
are put before you in an unvarnished fashion. No storyteller needs
to dramatize a single detail because the amazing events actually
took place.
Soft
cover, 394 pages.
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S-1232
Price: $40.00
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California Gold: The
Legendary Life
of Troy Ruttman
by Bob Gates
The
full story of the brilliant but tortured Troy Ruttman, one of the
most successful, versatile, accomplished drivers in the history of
American auto racing, who soared despite the demons of alcoholism,
injury and loss.
At 15 years old, Troy started racing at Ash
Kan in California, and he won his first race. As a teenager, he
conquered the hills of the Midwest; and he climbed to the top of the
mountain by winning the 1952 Indianapolis 500 at 22 years old.
His real success was his ability to apply the never-give-up
attitude from the race track to life.
Hard cover, 248 pages,
B&W photos from the Ruttman Family Collection.
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S-1658
Price: $34.95
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RACER
by John Andretti with Jade Gurss
John Andretti’s
life was driven by family and fueled by a passion for racing. In RACER, Andretti
candidly recounts how these powerful forces shaped a diverse
professional driving career. The honesty and character that defined
Andretti’s life offer a behind-the-scenes look at racing at all
levels, full of lessons in racing and life supplied by this fiery
and fiercely competitive driver.
John was a wonderful
storyteller, and the book is comprised of a series of John’s stories
as told to bestselling author Jade Gurss. The book opens with John’s
memories of growing up as a member of one of auto racing’s royal
families. His father, Aldo, is the twin brother of Mario Andretti.
The book offers an intimate look at the interplay between these two
men, and how their intensity and integrity shaped John’s life.
RACER includes
John’s recollections of scoring wins in NASCAR Cup, IndyCar, IMSA,
and Sprint Cars and Midgets on dirt ovals across the country, as
well as winning the 24 Hours of Daytona, competing in the 24 Hours
of Le Mans and even his colorful venture racing an NHRA Top Fuel
dragster. The narrative includes John’s substantial charity work,
raising millions of dollars for Riley’s Children’s Hospital and St.
Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital.
Hard cover, 256 pages.
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STILL WIDE OPEN, Second
Edition
by Brad Doty and Dave Argabright
Foreword by Steve Kinser
This 2011
revised edition contains the entire text of the original 1999
release, plus two new chapters. Doty’s story remains one of the most
inspiring and powerful in all motorsports.
Hard cover, 286
pp., including 32 pp. of color and B&W photos.
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Time Flies: The History of PacWest Racing
by John Oreovicz
In many respects, Indy Car racing peaked in the early 1990s. At the
height of the CART era, PacWest Racing entered the competition and
soon challenged the established frontrunners like Penske and
Newman/Haas.
But a combination of misplaced loyalty,
industry politics and a failing economy sidelined the team before it
could really make its mark.
Racing writer John Oreovicz was a
PacWest team member. He documents the organization’s rapid rise and
fall with anecdotes from many key figures, including owner Bruce
McCaw.
Soft bound, 344 pages, 360 Color and B&W photos.
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NEBRASKA DIRT: A
Century of Racing in the Cornhusker State 1901-1999
by Bob Mays
When you think of the things Nebraska has produced at a level of
sustained excellence, corn, cows and insurance companies are usually
the first items mentioned. But for its size, the Cornhusker state
has developed more than its share of outstanding racers since the
first motorized wheel was turned in competition in 1901.
King Rhiley and Noel Bullock carried their rivalry from the dusty
county fairgrounds, all the way up Pikes Peak and back in the 1920s,
while Midget racers Ronney Householder and Carl Forberg led the
charge through the Great Depression. Gordie Shuck and Andy Anderson
restarted things in the 1950s while Lloyd Beckman, Willie Hecke and
Joe Saldana grew into national stars in the 1960s. Transplants, Jan
Opperman and Don Maxwell turned Nebraska into a destination, and
then Jim Schuman and Sam Briscoe invented 360 sprints while Roger
Rager built a school bus that qualified for the Indy 500.
Pretty good for acres of corn, a bunch of cows, a group of
underwriters and a lot of dirt! Bob Mays’ new book covers all those
heroes with Husker ties and many more.
Hard cover, 200 pages, 300+ B&W photos.
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FOUR AND MORE
The
Standridge Brothers: Big Wins,
Big Wrecks, Big Fun
by Joyce Standridge
The four
Standridge brothers - Rick, Randy, Ron and Robbie - won
approximately 700 Sprint and Late Model feature events in the
Midwest during their driving careers.
They also became the
envy of racers who just wanted to have fun.
A memoir filled
with wry humor, recounting lives shaped by racing—and racing shaped
by them.
Soft cover, 232 pages, and 100s of color/B&W
photos.
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LIFE WITH
LUKE
by Jimmy
Sills with Dave Argabright
Foreword by Jeff Gordon
In his
Hall of Fame racing career Jimmy Sills became one of America’s most
popular racing stars.
An inductee in both the National
Sprint Car Hall of Fame and the USAC Hall of Fame, Sills enjoyed a
terrific career that spanned almost four decades.
His warm,
easy personality and fun-loving spirit, along with his winning
style, made him a fan favorite throughout the U.S. as well as
Australia and New Zealand. This autobiography is funny, honest, and
entertaining.
Readers will especially enjoy the
behind-the-scenes story of his famous, brief retirement in 1988 that
led to the appearance of the most famous nom de plume in racing:
“Luke Warmwater from Hot Springs, Arkansas.”
Hard cover, 312
pp. plus 32 pages of color/B&W photos.
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To Indy and Beyond
-
The Life of Racing Legend Jack Zink
by Dr. Bob L. Blackburn
Jack Zink is a legend in the world of car racing. As a driver for
more than twenty years, he won stock car races on dirt tracks,
accumulated trophies in off-road dune buggies, and even set a flying
mile speed record in a 1957 Pontiac he designed and built for the
early NASCAR circuit. As a team leader, mechanic, and engineer, he
pushed the limits of technology with his innovative designs for cars
that were lighter, lower, and more powerful. Even his failures, such
as the attempted use of a turbine engine in a car, opened new doors
that others rushed through in the pursuit of speed and durability.
Perhaps he is best remembered for his victories at the greatest
track in the world, the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, and the
greatest race in the world, the Indianapolis 500. From 1950 to 1967,
Jack walked shoulder to shoulder with the greatest team owners,
mechanics, and drivers in racing history. Twice, his team won the
coveted Borg Warner Trophy, in back-to-back Indy victories (1955 and
1956).
But Jack was much more than a pioneer in car racing. He raced
sailboats. He raced motorcycles. He also was a skilled engineer and
businessman, ultimately building not one but two companies into
international giants that still dominate the combustion industry
with burners, flares, and incinerators that greatly reduce
pollution. Even with all these accomplishments, Jack was most proud
of his service to his community, especially the Zink Ranch, a
33,000-acre nature preserve in the Osage Hills of Oklahoma that will
perpetually provide open space in an increasingly crowded and urban
world.
This biography weaves all of these stories into a portrait of Jack
Zink. Along the way are the friends and family members who were part
of the adventure, as well as the challenges and opportunities that
drove him forward. Here is the story of one amazing man who lived by
a simple code: "The man who wins is the man who tries."
Hard cover, 206 pages.
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AN
AMERICAN RACER
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Bobby
Marshman and the Indianapolis 500
by Michael
Argetsinger
In a fine
narrative of Marshman’s meteoric rise to the top of American
championship racing, author Argetsinger captures the amazing career
of one of America’s greatest talents behind the wheel, whose life
was sadly cut short by a tragic testing accident at Phoenix in
November of 1964.
Hard cover, 300 pp., 220 photos.
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BILLY FOSTER: The Victoria Flash...
plus a walk through the history of motor racing in British Columbia
by Bob Kehoe
Billy Foster was destined to be a racing champion. Born into a
family of automotive enthusiasts, from a young age he was surrounded
by skilled mechanics and racers that passed through his father's
commercial garage in Victoria, British Columbia. In addition to his
love of hockey, he couldn't wait until he was old enough to climb
into the cockpit of a race car. Behind the wheel, Billy was a
natural talent from the start. Like many other drivers who have
honed their skills in the rough and tumble world of local tracks, he
persisted in working his way up the racing ladder to ultimately
reach the top – the hallowed ground of the Indianapolis 500.
Along his journey, Billy's hard-charging driving style and
outgoing personality drew legions of fans and the respect of his
competitors. On the home front, he was a loving husband and a
devoted father to his children. But, after just two full years of
racing USAC Championship and Stock Cars, Billy's life was cut short
in an untimely racing accident, depriving this young Canadian the
opportunity to achieve his full promise in the sport of motor
racing.
What
makes this book a valuable addition to the racing library beyond the
story of Billy Foster’s own career is the recollections and stories
of those he raced for, with and against, on the West Coast and
across the country, both in stock cars and open-wheelers.
Soft cover, 384 pages, full of photos.
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Legacy of
Justice: An American Family Story
by Tom Madigan with Ed Justice Jr.
When the
Justice brothers were growing up in rural Kansas, the automobile was
in its infancy. There had been just a few more than 20 Indianapolis
500s and formal stock car racing and drag racing did not exist. Most
of the roads across the U.S. were still dirt. Zeke Justice was the
first employee at Kurtis-Kraft, with his brother Ed joining after
being discharged from the Air Force after World War II. The Justice
Brothers were the first multi-car product sponsors in NASCAR,
starting even before the formal organization of the sanctioning
body.
This is the complete behind-the-scenes Justice family
history, covering 100 years and taking the reader into the very
beginnings of the legendary Kurtis-Kraft race shop, NASCAR stock car
racing and more.
Legacy
of Justice documents the brothers’ Indy 500 history, which has
covered 73 of the 102 races run to date, including their victory in
1950 with Frank Kurtis and Johnnie Parsons. That same year they
would claim victory in the first Southern 500 with Johnny Mantz.
This victory would make history as the first 500-mile NASCAR race
and also the first NASCAR race on pavement.
The book
includes first-person interviews with automotive and racing icons
and a foreword by Dan Gurney and Parnelli Jones, both longtime
family friends.
Hard cover coffee-table book, 496 pages and
over 540 photographs, both color and black & white, many never seen
before, from the personal family archives.
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EDDIE SACHS, The Clown Prince
by Denny Miller
The Life and Times of one of the World’s Greatest
Drivers, Eddie Sachs. Over 600 pages filled with racing memories,
remarkable photography, and humorous stories about a guy who talked
his way into the cockpit...and into history.
Soft Cover, 625 pages, B&W photos.
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GENTLEMEN, START YOUR
ENGINES
The Rest of the Story...
by Wilbur Shaw
with new text by Bob Gates
Indianapolis’s Boyle Race Team HQ has produced an exact
reprint (scan) of the original racing classic, with an update that
lends additional insight into Wilbur Shaw’s extraordinary life
through personal remembrances from his son, Wilbur Shaw Jr.
The original 1955 edition was enormously popular in its day but has
long been out of print. The expanded edition describes how
Wilbur inspired not only his son, but all he came in contact with,
and how his legacy continues to impact the Indianapolis Motor
Speedway’s management today.
Hard cover, 384 pages including
64 new text pages by Bob Gates and 67 new color and B&W photos.
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$59.95
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Wally Dallenbach:
Steward of the Sport
By Gordon Kirby
Celebrated author Gordon Kirby traces the long and significant life
of Wally Dallenbach, whose contributions to the sport of automobile
racing as a driver, official, and all-around good guy, have been
enormous over the 50 years of his remarkable career.
Hard cover.
190 pages, with 140 B&W and color photos.
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TOBY
The Star-Crossed Story of an American
Racing Family
by Lew Boyd
Dick Tobias, legendary Pennsylvania
racer, could drive anything. He won over 300 events in Modifieds and
Sprinters, became one of USAC’s ten most popular competitors, built
over 1,000 race cars, and was dad to a devoted family, including
sons Ronnie, Scott, Richie, and son-in-law Paul Lotier, all
top-notch racers in their own rights.
Fate, however, would
test the Tobiases to the core with a serial string of unthinkable
misfortunes.
This is the story of their resilience and
survival and how “Toby” remains one the most admired names in
American racing.
Soft cover, 192 pp., 150 color & B&W
photos.
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HEWITT’S
LAW
Expanded Edition
By Dave
Argabright
Jack Hewitt remains one of
the most memorable characters in modern motorsports. His
autobiography is finally back in print after the original printing
sold out long ago.
Updated with two new chapters and an
additional gallery of photos, Hewitt’s Law continues to
entertain and inspire.
Jack’s spectacular career took him
from
extremely humble roots to the
Indianapolis 500 to the National Sprint Car Hall of Fame.
Hard cover, 336 pp. 64 pp. of color
and B&W photos.
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CAGES ARE FOR
MONKEYS
- Unleashed with Kevin Olson
Racing’s Zaniest Hall of Famer
by Kevin Olson with Lew Boyd
Foreword by Tony
Stewart
The laugh-out-loud
memoir of one of America’s most accomplished and enduring open-wheel
racers and without a doubt one of its wackiest.
In a 50-year
career, Kevin Olson has raced Midgets all over the U.S. and famously
Down Under, along the way winning multiple USAC, BMARA and other
championships. Inducted into both the National Midget Auto Racing
Hall of Fame and the USAC Hall of Fame in recognition of his driving
talent and success,
Olson is probably equally well known for
his off-the-wall sense of humor and non-stop pranks. Like Kevin,
this book is candid, nostalgic, and consistently outrageous. Give it
to anyone who loves racing and needs a smile to make their day.
Soft cover, 204 pages, 98 B&W photos.
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Second to One: All But For Indy
by Joe
Freeman and Gordon Kirby
foreword by Michael Andretti
Second to One: All But For Indy is a set of
remarkable stories of 40 racing drivers who but for a stroke of bad
luck, an unfortunate last-minute mistake, or just the intervention
of fate, were never able to win America’s greatest race, the
Indianapolis 500.
Written by automotive historian Joseph
Freeman and racing journalist Gordon Kirby, with a foreword by
Michael Andretti, it is a beautifully produced hard cover book
covering the years 1911-2014. The book celebrates the careers of
these 40 great competitors, who in many cases were true champions,
having won many other important races, scoring numerous wins and
championships on a wide range of racetracks, from road courses and
high-banked board speedways to the local dirt track “bullrings” at
the heart of American racing history.
This
select group of men includes names such as Earl Cooper, America’s
first three-time National Champion; Harry Hartz, a national
title-winner who finished second no fewer than three times and
became a winning car owner; Lou Moore, whose team was to enter
winning cars for three straight years; and great champions such as
Ted Horn, Rex Mays, Tony Bettenhausen, Eddie Sachs, Len Sutton, Dan
Gurney, Michael Andretti, Paul Tracy and a host of others.
Second to One also provides an intriguing look at the 100-year
history of the Indianapolis 500 and includes an appendix of “Second
To One” existing cars.
Hard cover, 400+ archival images, 303
pages.
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Pole
Position – Rex Mays:
The Life of
America’s Most Popular Race Driver and a Long Look Back at American
Auto Racing and Life circa 1931-1949
by Bob Schilling
Almost
ten years in the making, this massive book is the thoroughly
researched biography of “arguably the greatest driver of his
generation,” although victory in the Indianapolis 500 eluded him.
Its focus is the two decades of American auto racing and life from
the Great Depression, through World War II and into the Cold War.
In that period, Mays went from boy wonder of the speedways
to elder statesman of the sport, winning 2 AAA National
Championships, 5 AAA Sprint Car Championships, and 4 Indianapolis
pole positions among other achievements before his death at Del Mar
in 1949.
Hard cover, 11 1/2 x 8 3/4, 496 pages, 800 B&W
photographs.
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WICKED FAST - Racing Through Life
with BENTLEY WARREN
as told to Bones Bourcier
foreword by Davey Hamilton
One of the most decorated
short-track drivers of his generation, seven-time champion at New
York’s Oswego Speedway, four-time ISMA series champ, and two-time
Little 500 winner, Bentley Warren is also a self-taught
entrepreneur, merry saloon-keeper, hot-rod Harley rider, and overall
hell-raiser with a heart.
WICKED FAST – written
with Bones Bourcier – brings the reader into Bentley’s world. We
promise, it’s a fun place to visit!
Soft cover, 272 pages,
160 B&W photos.
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As a
matter of fact, I am
PARNELLI JONES
by Parnelli Jones with Bones Bourcier
For race
fans who know the sport’s history, “Parnelli Jones” is synonymous
with speed. Jones’ journey from California jalopy wars to victory
lane at the Indianapolis 500 is the stuff of American motorsports
legend. Now, at last, Parnelli tells the story of his incredible
racing life. Each chapter is introduced by Bourcier to set the scene
and ends with a personal reminiscence by a racer, owner, or friend
who was there, including A.J. Foyt, Mario Andretti, Bobby and Al
Unser, Bud Moore, Johnny Rutherford, Tony Stewart, and more.
Soft cover, 288 pp, B&W and color photos.
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NEW DVD
Dawn of the Rear Engine Era:
(Indianapolis)
1965
Jim Clark came to the Speedway in 1963
with Colin Chapman and the Lotus, looking to end the front-engine
era of Indianapolis winners. He came close, finishing second to
Parnelli Jones, who was driving a conventional front-engine
roadster.
Clark returned in 1964 with Chapman and the
Lotus to qualify on the pole. However, his suspension collapsed
while leading the race, and A.J. Foyt went on to win in his
roadster.
In 1965, Clark and Chapman came back with the
brand new Lotus 38. This time, Clark hoped to drive the final nail
in the front-engine coffin, ending its winning reign at
Indianapolis. Clark qualified in the middle of the front row and
dominated the race, becoming the first driver to win in a
rear-engine Indy Car. No front-engine car has won the Indy 500
since. Clark’s win was definitely the dawn of an era.
Run
time: 72 min. with 9 min. bonus time.
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NEW DVD
Golden Victory: (Indianapolis)
1961
After an exciting 500-mile race in 1960 that saw a great battle
between Rodger Ward and eventual winner Jim Rathmann, racing fans
were hoping for a repeat performance in 1961. They were not
disappointed.
“Golden Victory” takes you back to the month
of May 1961 when Rodger Ward, Jim Rathmann, Troy Ruttman, Eddie
Sachs, A.J. Foyt, Parnelli Jones, Len Sutton, Johnny Boyd and others
competed for the greatest prize in motor racing, the Indianapolis
500.
You will see practice and qualifying with the fan
favorite NOVI, brought back to the speedway by Andy Granatelli;
Eddie Sachs capturing the pole at over 147 MPH; and the heartbreak
of Chuck Arnold and Don Freeland who had the speed to make the field
of 33, only to suffer mechanical problems during their qualifying
runs. With the elite field of 33 decided, all that was left to do
was to run the race itself.
Several drivers would lead
throughout the race, but it was A.J. Foyt and Eddie Sachs who would
put on a fantastic dual that could only end in “Golden Victory” for
one of them on this, the 50th anniversary of the Indy 500.
Runtime: 90 min. with 7 min. bonus time,
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The Illustrated History of
The
Indianapolis 500, 1911-1994
by Jack C. Fox
Just
reprinted, this classic reference book is the largest and most
complete photo and statistical record ever compiled for cars and
drivers of the Indy 500.
There are over 4,000 photos of all
cars that did, and did not qualify for the race. Complete driver
statistics are included up through 1994.
Hard cover, 384
pages.
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DAREDEVILS OF
THE
FRONTIER
By Keith Herbst
Coastal 181 is extremely proud to have worked so closely with Keith
Herbst to publish this title before he died in June 2009. It is a
beautiful hardcover book, painstakingly researched – a treasure
trove of stories, stats and photos for any midget enthusiast.
Keith Herbst chronicles
The Daredevils—a unique breed of Eastern
and Midwestern race car drivers who met
regularly on the common ground of the
Niagara Frontier to test their mettle.
Daredevils is a visual remembrance of
the excitement and the thrills these
drivers provided to record-breaking
crowds of race fans in the turbulent
1940s and 1950s.
Hardcover, est. 250 pages with
over 400 photographs.
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Dialed In - The Jan
Opperman Story
by John Sawyer
Dialed In -The Jan Opperman Story
has been
re-released in a new edition. According to the publishers it is “a
book that is acknowledged by many as being a classic auto-racing
story. It is filled with passion and pathos, sometimes humorous,
sometimes sad.
The Jan Opperman story is one of never giving up and having faith in
a divine being.
It provides the reader the rare opportunity to peer behind the
glamorous facade of auto racing and meet the inner man.
The friendship between narrator and author is evident and while much
of the book is Jan’s own words, John Sawyer has carefully authored
them. From a teenage street fighter, motorcycle flat track racer and
California
hippie to respected Sprint car driver and Indy 500 racer - Jan
Opperman's story is remarkable, entertaining and difficult to put
down."
Soft cover,
5 1/2" x 8 ½”, 144 pages,
38
black & white photos.
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LONE WOLF
by Doug Wolfgang
with Dave Argabright
Doug Wolfgang,
winner of five Knoxville Nationals, is one of the finest sprint car
drivers of all time; Dave Argabright is one of the finest writers.
This is a brand new and haunting volume, full of the intensity,
triumph, tragedy, and controversy so much a part of the sport.
Hard cover, 300
pages, color and B&W photos.
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