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S-1779
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Short-Track Shoot-Outs: Grand National
Short Track Circuit 1951-1959
by Greg Fielden
Who was the first driver to win five consecutive
Grand National Championships (called Cup today) and seven titles
altogether in NASCAR history? If you said Jimmie Johnson was the
only
driver to capture five straight titles and seven in total, you would
be incorrect. Jim Reed, of Peekskill, NY, was the first to make that
mark in Grand National cars.
In 1951, NASCAR founder and President Big Bill France had too many
requests from promoters of race tracks to stage the ultra-popular
Grand Nationals at their tracks. Big Bill had no choice but to begin
another Grand National Series on tracks measuring less than a
half-mile. Thus, the Short Track Grand National Series was born.
From 1951-1959, NASCAR sanctioned 216 short-track races for
Grand National Automobiles, and to spice things up, permitted sports
cars and foreign cars to join in the races. The short tracks
supplied the excitement of what racing was all about, lots of
passing, fender-rubbing, and electrifying close finishes.
Soft cover, 204 pages, heavily illustrated with photos and
stats.
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S-1784
Price:
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ASCOT CHRONICLES
by Dave Wolin
You asked Dave for more information about the people in his ASCOT
book; here it is! Features 130 of the most significant figures in
the history of Ascot Park, Southern California's iconic half-mile
dirt track.
Opened in 1957 and closed in 1990, Ascot had everything in racing;
sprint cars, stock cars, midgets, motorcycles, buggies and even Evel
Knievel.
This book, written in scrapbook style, contains biographies of
drivers, workers and fans plus comments from those who were there.
Soft cover, 465 pages.
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S-1771
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ASCOT
Where the Harbor, the San
Diego,
and 91 Freeways Collide
by Dave Wolin
The story of the iconic dirt track
that defined Southern California racing. It began in 1903 as a horse
track, then as a one-mile dirt track in L.A., then as New Ascot
Raceway in East L.A. which became Legion Ascot and finally Southern
Ascot in Southgate. Then, Los Angeles Speedway was built in 1957 on
the site of a former landfill just south of Gardena. The promoter
got into financial difficulties and it became New Ascot Stadium and
eventually just Ascot.
Everyone raced there, sprint cars,
stock cars, midgets, buggies and motorcycles. Ninety Indy 500
drivers raced there—names like A.J. Foyt, Rick Mears and Parnelli
Jones were regulars. It was said that “if you haven’t raced Ascot,
you haven’t raced.” Read the book to see why it closed in 1990.
Written in scrapbook style, decade by
decade, packed with newspaper and magazine articles, B&W photos, and
stories from those who were there.
Soft cover, 396 pp. Comes
with a DVD of all the photos and newspaper/magazine articles in the
book plus an assortment of videos.
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S-1495
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Rock-em,
Sock-em, Travelin' Sideways Dirt Show: A History of Robert Smawley’s
NDRA
by Gary L. Parker
The story of the first national
touring series for Dirt Late Models. Robert Smawley, founder of the
National Dirt Racing Association (NDRA) was a visionary promoter who
was clearly years ahead of his time. He brought money and national
fame to Late Model dirt racing and its drivers. His series changed
the sport of dirt racing forever. All of today’s national touring
series owe their beginnings to Smawley and his "travelin' dirt
show."
Author Gary Parker's father took him to his first dirt
race at the famed Boyd's Speedway in Chattanooga, Tennessee, in
1955. Over the course of 60 years, he has watched hundreds of races
all over the South and at several historic tracks that no longer
exist. He traveled and became close friends with some of the icons
of Southern dirt racing and was a crew member for a number of teams
from the late 1960s through the 1970s and into the 1980s. Parker
holds a PhD. in Anthropology.
Soft cover, 186 pages, 164
photographs, most in color.
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S-1463UC
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Back in Print!
FAST MEMORIES
Springfield Speedway 1947-1987
by Joyce Standridge and Terry Young
For 40 years, between the first thaw and the
final frost, thousands converged at the corner of Clear Lake and
Dirksen Parkway in Springfield, IL, to bask in the throaty roar of
racing engines.
"Little
Springfield" became legendary as the toughest, fastest bullring
imaginable. This is a comprehensive photo journey through the years.
Soft cover, 148 pp., 431 B&W photos.
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S-983
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ECHOES OF THUNDER IN THE
HILLS
Photographic
Memories of 1960s Auto Racing in Southeastern Ohio and Adjoining
West Virginia
by Tony Martin
Covers the history of auto racing along the Ohio Valley from
1958-1972.
The book is printed on good stock, enhancing the
more than 200 original photographs shot by two of the era/area's
prominent racing photographers.
The story of the evolution
from the old coupes and sedans to today's sprint cars is conveyed
largely through the many photos and photo captions.
Soft
cover, 262 pp.
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S-1749
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REBELS WITHOUT APPLAUSE:
Southern Modified and Late Model Racing 1938-1949
by Greg Fielden
REBELS WITHOUT APPLAUSE is the latest work of Greg
Fielden, among the country’s most esteemed racing historians. He
brings alive the pivotal, formative years before and just after
World War II, starring a band of rowdies barnstorming across the
South, inside and out of their primitive race cars - and the pokey.
Fielden's detailed research provides race-by-race recaps,
along with box scores and money winnings for each race. For the
first time, the real records, drama and often darkness of the era
leading up the formation of NASCAR are brought colorfully to life.
Informal but highly informative, the book is 204 pages with
250 B&W and color photos. Soft cover, 8 1/2x11.”
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S-1581
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WISCONSIN INTERNATIONAL RACEWAY: Where the
Big Ones Run!
by Joe Verdegan
Wisconsin
International Raceway’s famous tagline is an accurate description
for the generations of big-name drivers who have honed their skills
on the Kaukauna racetrack.
WIR has been the
Wisconsin racing destination for more than half a century for local
hotshots like Terry Baldry, Scott Hansen, and Lowell Bennett, as
well as NASCAR stars Mark Martin, Matt Kenseth, Alan Kulwicki, and
Dick Trickle among others.
Joe Verdegan
shares interviews and classic photos to introduce the colorful
characters and off-track stories that are part of WIR’s lore.
Soft cover, 214
pages, color and B&W photos.
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S-1710
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Dirt Tracks to Glory:
The Early Days
of Stock Car Racing As Told by the Participants
by Sylvia
Wilkinson
More
than forty years ago, Sylvia Wilkinson took her note pad, a tape
recorder and an open mind to the dirt bull rings and backwoods of
garages in the American South in the hopes of capturing the
reflections of the people who made NASCAR stock car racing happen.
What she encountered were the folksy origins, colorful characters
and rough beginnings of today's billion-dollar sport.
In
this all-new, beautifully designed and illustrated edition of
Dirt Tracks to Glory we return to the very personal and often
hilarious inside stories of sharp-witted people who became legends
in the early days of NASCAR. Bill France Sr, Humpy Wheeler, Curtis
Turner, "Little Joe" Weatherly, Glenn "Fireball" Roberts, the Flock
Brothers, Banjo Matthews, Smokey Yunick and a host of others emerge
from these pages with their personal reflections and wry commentary
on the way it was in the days of "haulin' shine", bangin' fenders
and out-smartin' the other hot-shoes on Saturday nights.
Author
Wilkinson says: "This book was told to me by and about the people
who went with stock car racing from its beginnings...It is not an
encyclopedia of stock car racing biographies, but a series of
individual remembrances and perspectives of one special revelation
of the American dream - from Dirt tracks to Glory!"
Hard
cover with dust jacket, 208 pages, 100+ B&W photos.
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S-1666
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THE
ASPHALT
MODIFIED
YEARS
AT THE STAFFORD MOTOR
SPEEDWAY, 1967-1986
By the Grace of God and 600 Horsepower
by Phil Smith
Racing journalist Phil Smith has fully documented what many
consider the Golden Years of Modified Racing at Stafford Speedway,
year by year, race by race.
The book focuses on the era’s
personalities - drivers, owners, officials and track management.
Jack Arute Sr. was co-owner of the Garuti-Arute Modifieds - among
the top Mods at the time; most important in the history of the
period was that Jack and Chuck Arute stepped up to purchase the
track when it was in dire straits and faced closure.
Soft
cover, 240 pp.
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S-1600
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Modifieds of
the Valley: A History of Racing at
Lebanon Valley Speedway
by Lew Boyd
Seven
decades of colorful stories and images from Lebanon Valley Speedway,
upstate New York’s ultra-racy half-mile dirt track.
Famous
for high banks and high speeds, the popular track grew from a
primitive start in the 1950s to a showplace for the mighty Big Block
Modifieds and WoO, All Star, and ESS Sprinters, as well as for
celebrated drivers Kenny Tremont, Tommy Corellis, Brett Hearn, Eddie
Marshall, JR Heffner, Stewart Friesen, and so many more.
Soft cover, 252 pages, 280 color and B&W photos.
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S-1167
Regular Price: $55.00
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THE HOME OF HEROES:
Fifty Years of Racing at Utica-Rome Speedwayby Bones Bourcier
Few
short tracks in the Northeast – or anywhere, for that matter – can
lay claim to having hosted as many top-level drivers as New York’s
Utica-Rome Speedway. Because it operated as a high-profile NASCAR
asphalt oval before becoming one of the region’s premier dirt
tracks, Utica-Rome has welcomed, at one time or another, just about
every racer of significance in the eastern United States, no matter
their surface of preference.
They’ve
all competed here … from Rene Charland, champion in the track’s
first season, to Stewart Friesen, champion in its 50th … from Lou
Lazzaro to Pat Ward … from Steady Eddie Flemke to Dave Lape … from
Geoff Bodine to Jack Johnson … from Jerry Cook to Paul Jensen … from
Richie Evans to Dale Planck … Utica-Rome Speedway has truly been the
home of heroes.
But the
track’s history has not been a long, smooth patch of road. Between
Joe Lesik, who opened Utica-Rome in 1961, and Gene Cole, under whose
current reign the speedway has flourished, came a number of
ownership and management teams. Some prospered, others slipped and
hit the wall. But through it all, the speedway along Route 5 in
Vernon has survived, and racing is better for that.
Beautifully written and heavily illustrated, this
Limited Edition is a collector’s item!
Hard cover, 400 pp, 500
B&W and color photos.
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S-1405
Price: $34.95
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A History of
Auto Racing in New England
- A Project of the North East
Motor Sports Museum
There has
never been a book like this one, a carefully researched and written
biography of automobile racing in New England.
A History of Auto Racing in New England celebrates the
colorful past of racing cars in the six states on road courses, up
mountains, along the ocean’s beaches, around dirt and paved ovals,
and down strips of concrete and asphalt.
More than the cars, we
have focused on the people who drove them and those who created the
stages on which the drivers exhibited their courage and their skill.
The early races that make up much of the book were profoundly
dangerous; participation required abnormal courage. As we celebrate
the winners, we mourn with the families and friends of those who
paid racing’s ultimate price.
A few have become
wealthy beyond their wildest dreams through New England racing. The
majority have participated for the love of going fast, the joy of
turning wrenches while looking for more speed or better handling or
to hear the cheers of the crowd following a winning Saturday night
or Sunday afternoon.
Go inside this book’s
covers to discover how racing in New England has made so many lives
more thrilling and fulfilling – and in ways that could never happen
again.
Proceeds benefit NEMSM.
Hard cover, 400+ B&W photos, 304 pages.
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S-229
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Hot Cars
Cool Drivers
by Lew Boyd
Hot Cars Cool
Drivers is the story of three great Massachusetts speedways,
Norwood, Westboro, and The Pines. With four hundred
photographs and scores of interviews with the Northeast’s
most colorful competitors, the book chronicles the amazing
rise and fall of the midgets and then the stock cars.
If you ever attended a race in Massachusetts or if you
are serious about understanding the evolution of racing,
this book is an absolute must!
Soft cover, 240
pages,
400+ black & white photos.
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S-816
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PAVED
TRACK
DIRT TRACK
by Lew Boyd
Bridge Stadium in New Jersey and Nazareth
Raceway in Pennsylvania were gritty but dramatic tracks that hosted
the finest drivers from all over the Eastern Seaboard.
Amazing tales of Schneider, Flemke, Tasnady, the Reutimanns, Kelly,
Frazee, Hildreth and many more.
Hundreds of pictures, most
never before published.
The latest in our track book series.
Soft cover, 8 1/2" by 11",
220 pages, over 200 photos.
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S-1582
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LIFE IN THE
PAST LANE: The Next Generation
by Joe
Verdegan
Author Joe Verdegan has had
a front-row seat to the stories, people and politics that have
captured the attention of northeast Wisconsin auto-racing fans for
decades.
As the region’s recognized racing historian,
Verdegan provides an expert’s perspective on the people and events
that defined a turbulent era from roughly 1980 to 2017.
Verdegan presents the driver rivalries, family connections, and
passionate dedication to the sport displayed by track owners and
promoters in this follow-up to his earlier LIFE IN THE PAST
LANE: A History of Stock Car Racing in Northeast Wisconsin from
1950-1980.
Soft cover, 222 pages, color and B&W photos.
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S-1493
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FLORIDA MOTORSPORTS
RETROSPECTIVE, Vol. 1, Second Edition
by
Eddie Roche
Back at
last is Volume 1 of Eddie Roche’s classic
Florida Motorsports
Retrospective Pictorial, long out of print and much requested.
But the second edition is greatly enhanced with more track
chapters; updated track records and point champs; major event winner
listings, additional photos and much-improved photo quality. It’s
now a comprehensive directory of 150 past and current Florida tracks
(ovals, road courses, and dragways).
Even if you have the
original, you will want this collectible second edition.
Soft cover, 200 indexed pages, 1500 photos.
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S-1459
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RED CLAY AND DUST: The Evolution of
Southern Dirt Racing
by Gary L
Parker
A
history of automobile racing on dirt tracks in the southern United
States.
The
book focuses on the first dirt cars of the late 1950s, the "Late
Models," the "Super Late Models," and on the dirt tracks and series.
Included are short
biographies of 25 famous drivers, with 92 photographs.
Soft cover, 182 pages.
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S-1342
Price: $21.95
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All American
Speedway
by Bill Poindexter
It began as a rodeo
arena with bucking broncos entertaining an annual gathering for the
Placer County Fair in Roseville, California, about 10 miles east of
Sacramento. The rodeo grounds eventually gave way to a different
kind of horsepower in 1955, when a dirt track was built.
The
original Roseville Speedway later became All American Speedway. The
surface was paved in 1972, and three years later, its signature
race, the Rose Classic, was born.
Future NASCAR drivers
Ernie Irvan, Mike Skinner and more visited the track. The Rose
Classic went away in the early 1990s, but NASCAR Whelen All-American
Series action lives on each year.
Soft cover, 128 pages.
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