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S-1041
Price: $55.00
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Leader Card Racers:
A Dynasty of Speed
by Gordon Eliot White
Leader Car Racers is the remarkable story of one family’s
four-generation passion for auto racing. Beginning with a team of
midgets before WW II, successful paper manufacturer Bob Wilke, his
son Ralph, and now his grandsons have owned and sponsored winning
racing cars on the Championship trail, on dirt track, and currently
with a successful return to midgets. With legendary mechanics A. J.
Watson and Jud Phillips, the Wilke Family won the Indy “500” and the
National Championship three times: twice with Roger Ward (1959 &
1962) and once with Bobby Unser (1968). Superbly chronicled by noted
author Gordon White, the story of Leader Card Racers is a testament
to the Wilke family’s devotion to motor sport and to the history of
American oval track racing.
Hard-bound with dust jacket, 228 pages, many photos.
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S-1008
Price: $64.95
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INDY CARS ON SHORT TRACKS
by Buzz Rose and Joe Heisler
Covers the history of Southern California’s several Ascot Speedways
from 1910 - 1990; an
in-depth history of Williams Grove Speedway; and a brief visit to
Dayton (OH) Speedway.
Fourteen exciting Indy car races – the only time Indy cars ran on
short tracks.
Hard cover, 175 pages.
100s of B&W photos and art.
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S-904
Price: $29.95
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INDY CARS 1911-1939
Great Racers from the Crucible of Speed
Ludvigsen Library Series
Crisp and unusual photography of the cars that
competed in the very first 500s, progressing up through the
two-seater era, and then the faint beginning of the roadster
configurations.
Although largely a picture book, it also contains stories and a good
deal of technical background.
Soft Cover, 128 pages, b&w photography throughout
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S-712
Price: $20.00
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NOVI – The Legendary
Indianapolis Race Car
Volume 2: The Granatelli Years
(1961-1966)
by George
Peters and Henri Greuter
Volume 2 of this impressive book covers the saga of the
world famous NOVI from the time of the sale to the
Granatelli Brothers in 1961 til the definitive
retirement of the cars in 1968.
Young lions Jim Hurtubise, Jim McElreath, Art Malone,
and Bobby Unser steered the supercharged, four wheel
drive monsters gallantly, but were never able to fulfill
the dream of an Indy victory.
NOVI is a serious
study of a seriously important era in racing.
Soft cover, 274 pages, quality black and white photography
throughout.
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S-153
Price: $29.95
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Indianapolis Racing
Cars of Frank Kurtis 1941-1963 Photo Archive
By Gordon Eliot White
This definitive
work on Kurtis’ championship cars showcases all
111 full size “champ” cars built by Frank
Kurtis between 1941-1963. Kurtis cars won the Indy 500
five out of six years (1950-1955) and dominated the
starting field from 1950-1958. Kurtis “roadster”
design cars had offset engines, allowing drivers to
sit lower, and reducing car height and wind resistance,
and were the last front–engine cars prior to 1965
rear-engine revolution. This exceptional volume reveals
engineering drawings of the cars as well as dramatic
starting field and crash photos. Appendix details the
cars and provides engine serial numbers.
Paperback, 1-“ x 8 1/2”,
128 pages,
138 black & white photos
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S-154
Price: $39.95
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Kurtis-Kraft: Masterworks
of Speed and Style
By Gordon Eliot White
Working out
of his shop in Glendale, CA, Frank Kurtis changed the
face of American Racing, producing a long string of
innovative midget, Sprint, Champ and Indy cars from
1935 to 1963. This photo history examines the entire
ranges of these Kurtis-Kraft racers with special emphasis
on the 60-plus cars that campaigned during the Indianapolis
500 in the 1950’s and early 1960’s.
During
the heady front engine roadster period, Kurtis-Kraft
racers, powered largely by the periods legendary Offenhauser
Engines, won the 500 in an incredible five out of six
years from 1950 to 1955. And at the end of the May classic
in 1956, Kurtis created 21 of 33 cars in the starting
field. Appendix includes nearly 40 pages of race and
driver statistics.
Hard cover, 10”
x 10”, 216 pages,
43 color, 237 black & white
photos, 17 charts
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S-106
Price: $24.95
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INDY Cars of the 1960s
By Karl Ludvigsen
In all forms
of racing it seems the 1960's were years of unprecedented
technical change.
At Indianapolis the trend was palpable
and Karl Ludvigsen’s book captures it all behind
the scenes at gasoline alley: the last of the NOVIS,
Mickey Thompson's unusual entries, the Brabhams, STP
turbines, Eagles, Lotuses, all-wheel drivers, and turbo
Offys.
Paperback, 128 pages,
120 black
& white photos
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S-178
Price: $24.95
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Indy Cars of
the 1970’s
By Karl Ludvigsen
The 1970's was the last creative decade at the great
Speedway. The spirit of innovation was still strong
in the 1970's, which Ludvigsen calls “The Last
Creative Decade” at the great Speedway. The turbocharged
decade witnessed the extinction of the venerable four-banger
Offy and the rise of the Cosworth V-8, which took Indy
racing into the 1980's.
Revealing intimate details of
the last progressive and experimental decade at the
Indianapolis Motor Speedway, this book is a must for
fans of the world’s greatest motor race.
Paper back ,10
1/4” x 8 1/2”, 128 pages,
120 black &
white photos
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S-81
Price: $49.95
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Indianapolis Roadsters
1952-1964
By Joe Scalzo
A beautifully designed and presented hard-covered book
about an amazing and chilling era. Nobody knows and
tells tales of behind the racing scene like Joe Scalzo.
This is a complete history of most of the roadsters
with little known vignettes about owners, mechanics,
and drivers.
The photography is brilliant.
Hard Cover,
10" by 10"
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