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V-1190
Price: $14.95

 		High Gear

with James Murray, Joan Marsh,
and Jackie Searle

When Mark 'High Gear' Sherrod (Murray) loses his nerve, the race car driver takes a job driving a taxi, but when he befriends a cute reporter and the young handicapped son of a deceased driver, he attempts to return to the track.

Black and White, 65 min, 1933.


S-1187
Price: $29.95

 		In the Red

by Jade Gurss

The death of Dale Earnhardt on the final lap of the 2001 Daytona 500 is the most prominent moment in NASCAR history, but only a handful of people know what went on behind the scenes before and after that horrible crash.

In the Red is an insider's look at the 2001 NASCAR season with his son, Dale Earnhardt Jr. Earnhardt Jr. began his second season in NASCAR's Winston Cup Series with swagger and confidence, only to see his entire life changed drastically. In the Red is the story of how Dale Jr. persevered, overcoming boundless grief to thrive on and off the track.

Written by Earnhardt Jr's publicist, Jade Gurss (who also co-authored Dale Jr's best-selling book, Driver #8), In the Red puts you inside the race car as Junior and his No. 8 Budweiser team made an emotional but triumphant return to Daytona, then scored another momentous victory in the first race after the September 11 terrorist attacks.

Off the track, follow along as Junior attends the MTV Music Video Awards, and makes memorable appearances in the pages of Rolling Stone and Playboy magazines as well as emotional interviews on the “Today Show” and many more.

Hard cover, 304 pages, no photos.



S-1188
Price: $19.95


 		Busch North Scene: The Busch Years
– 1987-2007

by George Campbell

George Campbell covered NASCAR for a variety of publications in the 1990s. In 1999 Campbell recognized a void that he filled by starting his own newsprint publication, Busch North Scene. His goal was to cover NASCAR specifically in the Northeast region.

Within two years, Campbell and the dedicated BNS staff members had grown the paper into the number one selling NASCAR newspaper on newsstands throughout the northeast.

This book recaps the racers, teams, and events that shaped the publication and focuses on the NASCAR Busch North Series during the 2000 decade. The book includes informative personal reflections from Campbell and BNS staff, as well as many of the personalities that made the series popular in the decade.

Soft cover, 396 pages, B&W photos



S-1186
Price: $24.95

 		Fast Lines

by Pete Lyons

 Pete Lyons grew up on the track, and has covered auto racing since the early 1960s. His pieces couple his enthusiasm for motorsports with clear insight into the factors that make cars and men champions.

Whether he's screwing up his chance to learn how to drive fast from Dan Gurney, or taking a lap while precariously wedged into a Can-Am car with Peter Revson at the wheel and at full noise, Lyons picks up on the details that help us understand and appreciate what makes racing great.

Fast Lines is a collection of 55 of Pete's columns, “Fast Lines,” from Vintage Racecar Magazine. The book includes looks at cars and racers from Formula 1, Can-Am, Indycar, and endurance racing, most of them racers who competed in the 1960s and 1970s. He also includes glances into the contemporary Mario Andretti, mellowed hardly at age 60, and events like Sebring, Goodwood, and the Monterey Historics.

Soft cover, 270 pages, some B&W photos.



V-1185
Price: $24.95

 Old Speedways – Vintage Nazareth Speedway, 1964-1969

Nazareth Speedway was gritty but always offered exciting auto racing, promoted during most of the 1960s by Jerry Fried. Old Speedways has produced this exciting DVD to take a look back at the speedway known as the "HOUSE OF POWER" and the many legendary drivers who carved out their star status racing in Nazareth, PA. Some of the greatest drivers from the Northeast made this track their home, Frankie Schneider, Will Cagle, Buzzie Reutimann, Rags Carter, Al Tasnady, Freddy Adam, Budd Olsen and Bobby Bottcher among them.

This DVD covers Modifieds, Limited Sportsman, Sprint Cars, and AMA Motorcycles from 1964-69. Much of the footage shows weekly racing with some special events, shot from many different camera angles that show the layout of the speedway. In 1966, the larger 1-1/8th-mile Nazareth International Speedway opened alongside the half-mile track and played host to many special-event races, including the famous All-Star League. In this section, the footage covers the very first race and some 1968-69 events.

In 1988, the very last race was held at the speedway, and highlights from the huge 300-car Enduro event are captured here. Also at the very end is a special section that takes a final look at the grounds and the very last walk out of the gates as Nazareth closed forever. The speedway is but a memory but this DVD will take you back to the glory days that Nazareth once was.

Run Time: 1 hr. 35 min.
8mm amateur movies set to music.







NEW MOTORSPORTS ART

from BILL RANKIN

RANKIN ART PAGE HERE


The Woods Brothers

Smokey Yunick

Roger Penske Wins

Curtis Turner


RANKIN ART PAGE HERE


S-1180
Price: $19.95

 		THE ART OF DRAG RACING

by John Jodauga, with Melissa Pasillas

During the 1970s and 1980s, John Jodauga was perhaps drag racing’s most published illustrator. Not only did his work appear in the National DRAGSTER, Hot Rod, Car Craft, Motor Trend, Drag Racing, and Super Stock & Drag Illustrated, but he also did promotional art for the sport’s biggest stars such as Bill Jenkins, Don Prudhomme, Raymond Beadle, Bob Glidden, Don Nicholson and others; commercial artwork for many aftermarket manufacturers such as Moroso Performance Products; and program covers for such major racetracks as Ontario Motor Speedway.

During this same period, he performed the bulk of the marketing artwork for the National Hot Rod Association, ranging from posters and program covers to holiday cards.

This book is the first official compilation of Jodauga’s work performed over a period of 45 years, and contains over 60 full-page, full-color reproductions of his illustrations and paintings that include examples of his most recent efforts.

Anecdotes, background information, and an early career retrospective that reflect Jodauga’s approach to painting are also provided, along with a foreword by longtime NHRA announcer and drag racing historian Bob Frey.

86 pages, full color.


S-1179
Price: $14.95

 		The Great Book of NASCAR Lists

by John and M.B. Roberts
Foreword by Kyle Petty

 With more than 75 million fans, NASCAR is one of the world’s most popular sports. Seasoned SPEED Channel broadcaster John Roberts tracks down the answers to pressing questions, such as: What are the fastest tracks on the circuit? Who had the longest winning streak? What were the longest races? Who are the best female drivers of all time? And many more.

Each list has an introductory paragraph followed by a number of ranked entries, each featuring a brief explanation of ranking plus entertaining and informative background information. Also included are original lists contributed exclusively to this book by top personalities from the world of NASCAR, including Tony Stewart, Jeff Gordon, Jimmy Johnson, Greg Biffle, and more.

Soft cover, 240 pages.






S-1177
Price: $12.95

 		Fredi’s Ride

by Geri Johnson

A young girl named Fredi is determined to learn how to be a successful racecar driver in the new children’s book, “Fredi’s Ride,” by Geri Johnson. Fredi knows many professional drivers hone their skills using Go-Karts. So she begins using her homemade version and its unaltered, 5 HP engine. She soon learns the hard lessons that sometimes life is not fair and you just have to do your best with what you have. Follow Fredi as she makes it to the regional race, where the lucky winner will have a starting point to a successful racing career.

Geri Johnson developed the idea for this book by watching her husband race on their local dirt track for ten years. Fredi’s Ride evolved out of all the excitement, disappointment, hopes and dreams they encountered.

Soft cover, 20 pages. Ages 6-10.















NEW MOTORSPORTS ART

from DAN McCRARY

McCRARY ART PAGE HERE


Primer & Flames - Ford

Stock Block - Indy

Number 42- Indy

 Terrizasoff - Ford

Federal Engineering Special - Indy

In the Pink - Indy

The Last Roadster - Indy

Fabulous Hudson Hornets


MCCRAY ART PAGE HERE


S-1174
Price: $24.95
Sprint Car Salvation

by Dave Argabright

Based on the acclaimed “Best of Times” series in Sprint Car & Midget Magazine, Dave Argabright has authored a full-length novel that details the journey of fictional sprint car racer Jimmy Wilson and the Ellison Special sprint car.

Capturing the very essence of the sport, Sprint Car Salvation takes you on the action-packed and emotional journey of an aspiring sprint car driver in the 1970s. Along the way you’ll experience the joys, heartache, and danger that lurks at every corner of the sport. And the people you’ll meet! These pages are filled with the colorful, interesting, eccentric and memorable people who make sprint car racing go round.

This first volume contains the first “season” of the “Best of Times” series, plus extensive additional content throughout.

 Hardcover, 240 pages.



S-1176
Price: $49.95
THE OFFY KILLER: Chet Wilson - The Man Behind The Legend

by Donna Wilson

With Lloyd Ruby at the wheel of his Ford V8-60, Kansan Chet Wilson first gained national recognition in the mid-1950s when National Speed Sport News dubbed his midget the “Fastest Ford in the Country.”

This success eventually propelled Wilson into the sprint car arena, where in 1956 he developed and utilized the first Chevrolet-powered V-8 in a sprint car. Thus began the IMCA Offy vs. Chevy battle for dominance, earning the car its now famous nickname, “The Offy Killer.”

Notable Wilson drivers included “Mac” McHenry, Cotton Musick, Lloyd Ruby, Frank Lies, Walt McWhorter, Harold Leep, Al Chamberlain, Jud Larson, Gordon Woolley, and Grady Wade.

The book includes a special introduction by noted racing historian Bob Mays entitled “The Mighty Mouse Lives,” as well as personal letters and tributes, articles and publications, and photo gallery.

Donna Wilson has produced a loving and intimate portrait of her father, whom Bob Mays calls “one of the true visionaries of the sport of auto racing whose presence is being felt today.”

Hard cover coffee-table quality, B&W and color photos, 240 pages.

S-1153
 Price: $16.95

PAUL OXMAN 2012
SPRINT CAR CALENDAR

A year’s worth of breathtaking sprint
car photographs – an annual treat for the
 sprint car lover.








S-1154
 Price: $12.00

EASTERN SPRINT CAR
2012 CALENDAR

The 2012 Eastern Sprint Car calendar includes $60.00
worth of coupons, a pull-out "The Thrill of Victory" poster, track phone numbers, and photos of the finest sprint car drivers in the country.











S-1175
Price: $69.95
Circle of Impact: The True Life Events of a Brave Action Figure

by Lynn McCoy    Foreword by Parnelli Jones

Author Lynn McCoy has brought the life story of her open wheel racer/artist husband Bob McCoy to life in a brilliant new coffee table book. McCoy has lived more lives than most can even dream.

A hot-rodder out of the San Diego area in the 1950s, McCoy had an accomplished career as a sprint car and midget racer, rodeo cowboy, bodyguard, big cat trainer and land speed racer.

McCoy’s on-track exploits were so outlandish and audacious that he is one of only a handful of racers who can lay claim to being banned for life by USAC while beating up on Mario Andretti and A.J. Foyt at the same time.

He is also a well-known and highly regarded artist.

Hard cover, 346 pp, includes drawings and artwork, B&W and color photos.

S-746
Price: $29.95
WHILE THEY LAST!

COOL CARS SQUARE ROLL BARS

edited by Bernie Shuman

This classic book, just reprinted, is the authoritative history of hot rodding in New England in the fifties.　

It is chock full of old time coupes, roadsters, and dragsters.　

Any early race fan will appreciate the timeless beauty of these early cars, whether they were built to race straight or on ovals. Hundreds of photos.　

The real thing.

Soft cover 239 pages black and white photography 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　

 

 

 

 

 

S-226
Price: $59.95
Available after November 15, 2011.
THE MIGHTY MIDGETS  Back in Print!

by Jack C. Fox

This true classic is finally available again. The Mighty Midgets takes you back to the very beginnings of the sport in the 1930s and leads you through the memorable history of Midget car racing. These cars represented not only a traditional training ground for the nation’s professional drivers, but a way of life, and even death, to those who became addicted to them.

Hard cover, 302 pp, B&W photos throughout.














S-1157
Price: $65.00
Old School Hot Rod Projects

by Walt Scadden

This book was created to be a sequel to the Vintage Hot Rod Metal book, which found a large audience. It
is for those interested in traditional Hot Rods and Custom Cars.

These projects were originally done in the
’40s, ’50s and early ’60s, all in an age when if you wanted these types of parts, you had to make them
yourself or know someone who could make them for you. In the re-birth of traditional Rods, some of the
old-school techniques have been done somewhat differently from the originals. This book makes every
effort to stay true to the real deal.

None of these projects is difficult, just require practice and patience. Using these methods will create an old school look to your ride. Use your own imagination to adapt them to your plan and equipment. There are many variations to all these projects. Individuality has always been the cornerstone of great Hot Rods.

B&W white photos, 58 pages, louvered metal cover.



V-1168
Price: $10.00
Williams Grove Speedway – Turn Back the Clock to the ’90s

Six great features from “The Grove” in the 1990s. Includes 5-20-1994, 7-14-1995, 4-19-1996, 6-22-1997,
6-19-1998 and 6-25-1999


S-90
Price: $39.95
 While They Last!
Kurtis-Kraft Midget –
A Genealogy of Speed

By Bill Montgomery

This book contains over 20 years of research on the history of the famous midget racecars.

The histories of over 250 K.K. Midgets, 190 chassis serial numbers. Explores the mysteries surrounding the most famous production racecar from its inception in 1945 until the company was sold in 1953.

Hard cover, 450 photos, 224 pages, 8 1/4" x 9 1/4".


S-1173
Price: $79.95
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.















S-1172
Price: $4.95
Paul Baker’s Racearena Memories

This 20-page booklet captures some of the racing memories of Paul Baker, announcer for 23 years at the famed Danbury Racearena in Connecticut.

The arena, built on the old Danbury Fairgrounds, was closed in 1981 to make way for a large mall. But old-time fans and drivers still flock to the annual Danbury reunions held by the Southern New York Racing Association (SNYRA), which ran stock cars at a popular circuit of tracks that included the Racearena.

Baker, known as the Voice of the Racearena, recounts personal and amusing anecdotes about his many years at Danbury, starting in the late 1960s.

Just a few of the famed Danbury drivers mentioned are Don Moon, Don LaJoie and son Randy, Billy Greco, and Ernie Marshall, father of Lebanon Valley standout Eddie Marshall.










S-1171
Price: $21.95
The Racing Engine Builder's Handbook

by Tom Monroe

Covers the full spectrum of building a strong, reliable racing engine regardless of make. Details include how to choose, inspect, stress relieve, machine, fit and assemble all systems and components.

Includes information on high performance coatings to reduce wear, stress relieving to increase strength, and modifications to maximize power and durability.

Includes hundreds of photos, drawings and charts.

Full of important tips from many top engine builders to help you build a consistent winner.

Chapters include:
§ Cylinder Block
§ Crankshafts, Balancing, Bearings
 § Pistons, Rings, Rods
§ Cylinder Heads
§ Camshaft and Valvetrain
§ Lubrication System
§ Preassembly
§ Final Assembly

200 pages.


V-1166
Price: $19.95
Grandview, USA

With Patrick Swayze, Troy Donahue, Jamie Lee Curtis, and C. Thomas Howell.

Love triangle set in small town “Grandview, IL,” featuring Curtis as the owner of the local demo derby venue and Howell and Swayze vying for her affections.

(1984) Color, 97 min.


S-1167
Price: $55.00
Available from Coastal 181 only from Oct 1 , 2011 through April 15, 2012.

 
THE HOME OF HEROES:
Fifty Years of Racing at Utica-Rome Speedway

by 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! Available from Coastal 181 only from Oct 1 , 2011 through April 15, 2012.

Hard cover, 400 pp, 500 B&W and color photos.

S-126
Price: $39.95
 Sale Price: $19.95

Daytona 500: The Official History

By Bob Zeller

The first official history of the Daytona 500, published in 2002, and the complete story of more than 40 years of close-quarters racing at Daytona International Speedway.

The book includes year-by-year chapters that capture the competition, drama, and distinctive personalities of the racers.

All of the legends of NASCAR are here, from Richard Petty, whose career at Daytona included an unrivalled seven 500 victories, to Dale Earnhardt, whose relentless pursuit of a Daytona 500 trophy lasted decades before his triumph in 1998.

Richly illustrated with hundreds of photographs from the ISC Publications-Archives, Daytona 500: The Official History is the definitive record of the premier event in stock car racing.

Hard cover, 9" by 11", 192 pages
176 color and 73 Black & White photos
   


S-1160
Price: $24.95

 		STREET SLEEPERS: The Art of the
Deceptively Fast Car

 by Tommy Lee Byrd

Street racing is now regarded as a highly illicit and dangerous activity, but for as long as there have been cars, there’s been racing, and a lot of acceleration contests took place on public roads. Beginning in the 1950s it became popular for some enterprising street racers to disguise the true potential hidden within their cars. Taken to its extreme, a very fast car could appear completely unmodified. Such cars were called ‘Sleepers.’


 The art of building a successful sleeper has varied over the decades as styles and times have changed. One constant is that the car’s appearance belies its performance potential. In Street Sleepers, the secrets are exposed and the owners and builders of some of America’s quickest street machines share their art. Outstanding photography and in-depth owner interviews tell the tale. Street Sleepers is lined with true stories of real cars that live up to the grand hot rodder’s tradition of deceptively fast cars.

Soft cover, 144 pages, 321 color photos.



S-1161
Price: $34.95

 RUSTY PICKUPS: American Workhorses Put to Pasture

By Michael Harrington

Since the 1920s, pickup trucks have been the workhorses of American culture. It’s not unusual to see old trucks parked behind farm buildings or stashed away in dark garages – gone, but not forgotten. The image of a once loved, but now abandoned vintage pickup truck resonates with memories of a simpler time.

 The images in Rusty Pickups are brimming with nostalgia. These dramatic photos are teamed with print sales advertisements from when the truck was new, 40-80 years ago. This collection is a beautiful, colorful, and even graceful tribute to America’s workhorse.

Hard cover, 144 pages, 241 color photos.



V-1155
Price: $25.95

The Golden Years of Racing at Wisconsin
State Fair Park 1955–1975

The Golden Years is a look back at 20 years of USAC Indy Car racing at the Wisconsin State Fair Park. This 90-minute video takes you back to the golden era of open-wheel racing, the nostalgic mid-1950s through the wild 1970s. See the colorful roadsters driven by the likes of Tony Bettenhausen, Jim Rathmann, Rodger Ward and young guns such as Jim Hurtubise, Parnelli Jones and a young Texan named A.J. Foyt.

The DVD travels back into time and shows the groundbreaking Lotus-Ford driven by World Champion Jimmy Clark. You'll peer into the past and
watch Foyt, Mario Andretti, Dan Gurney, Gordon Johncock, Johnny Rutherford and Lloyd Ruby. You'll also see legendary drivers such as Eddie Sachs and Herk Hurtubise in memorable candid moments.

There’s action in the pits, thrills on the track and glory in victory lane. The DVD includes additional archival video and gorgeous photos from Hall of Fame photographer Armin Krueger. The Golden Years has everything the "old school" racing fan wants.

Remastered digitized movie footage, color, 90 min.







S-1156
Price: $24.95

 		How To Build Period-Correct Hot Rods

by Gerry Burger

 Vintage, retro, or classic hot rods have been an enduring element of the hot rod hobby. These vintage roadsters, sedans, and coups have become very popular because they are the bedrock of the hot rodding culture. Many rodders have built a rod dedicated to a particular decade, era, region, flavor or style, but often these have lacked all the period correct details, and it's crucial to get all the details (i.e., parts) right. If the package does not faithfully replicate a particular style or era, the theme of the hot rod can be ruined.

Hot rod veteran Gerry Burger explains how to identify, buy, or build the parts to create a faithful period-correct hot rod…a car that you will be proud of and will gain the respect from others in the hobby. The book showcases all the parts that make an authentic hot rod of a certain era or flavor, including ’50s and ’60s styles, both East Coast and West Coast. It details the wide range of stock parts and popular high-performance parts from a particular era. Burger discusses when the parts were first produced and when they were in
popular use. He describes the way to choose the period-correct engine for your chassis, valve covers, intakes, and carbs that match the era from Edelbrock, Offenhauser, and others. Other chapters cover interiors, wheels and tires, frames, suspension, and other components.

When it comes to putting together all the pieces to create an attractive, accurate, and fun hot rod from the ’50s, ’60s, and ’70s, How to Build Period Correct Hot Rods is a great guide.

Soft cover, 144 pages, 350 color photos.




S-1155
Price: $29.95

 		RUSTED MUSCLE: A Collection of Derelict Dream Machines

by Steve Magnante

 Seeing vintage muscle cars languishing in junkyards never fails to generate an emotional response among those who lived through the era. In Rusted Muscle, noted author Steve Magnante takes us on a tour across the country, sharing memorable imagery he has collected over years of travel. The author also shares important information about the cars he describes, such as production numbers regarding a particular year, make and model, or de-coding the vehicle's VIN number or data plate to discover how it was equipped when new. In some cases, the cars pictured are quite rare, whereas others are more familiar.

While other books have shared junkyard photography in the past, none have been focused purely on domestic muscle cars, and none has included the level of information acquired about the subject cars like Rusted Muscle. Considering the immense popularity of muscle cars today, seeing a collection of well-researched derelict examples like this assures enthusiasts that plenty of entry-level fodder still exists. It encourages the reader to search for buried treasure, and pursue their own muscle car dreams.

Soft cover, 176 pages, 420 color photos.


V-1163
Price: $24.95
Richard Petty's Audo Scrapbook - Audio CD

Fans of NASCAR legend Richard Petty can listen to tales from The King thanks to a new audio book (not a DVD) featuring some of NASCAR's legendary figures. The seven-time NASCAR series and Daytona 500 champion is touting the first-ever audio book about the history of the sport he helped make famous. The four-hour, four-disc series "Richard Petty's Audio Scrapbook" is being released to coincide with the 25th anniversary of Petty's 200th career win.

Petty is joined by several of his contemporaries, including racing announcer Barney Hall, former crew chief Dale Inman and drivers Junior Johnson, David Pearson and Bobby Allison. The audio book features a look back at not just Petty's career but also the evolution of NASCAR from its southern dirt track roots to a nationwide sport. A portion of the proceeds from the sale of this audio scrapbook will be donated by the Petty family to the non-profit Victory Junction Gang Camp for ailing children, created in memory of Adam Petty.

Approx. run time: 4 hours.






V-1164
Price: $14.95

 Lady in Black: The Story of Darlington Raceway

 There’s only one original superspeedway: Darlington Raceway in South Carolina. And all of NASCAR’s greatest drivers, from Dale Earnhardt to Cale Yarborough, have had their turn on the track dubbed “Lady in Black.”

How did it get its nickname? What makes this place so special? Was the creation of a track at Darlington actually decided by the outcome of a card game? The answers s to these questions and more are found in Lady in Black:The Story of Darlington Raceway.

Originally created for public television, this new release includes 65+ bonus minutes of extra footage and interviews with racing legends.

Runtime: 55 min + 65 min Bonus.


V-1152
Price: $14.95





V-1165
Price: $14.95





CLASSIC 2-Pack
 V-1162
Price: $19.95

 		Stock Cars of the ’50s & ’60s

Get ready for some intense action in this 4-DVD set featuring America’s classic racers.

Watch out for the biggest pileup in auto racing history in Stock Cars Grow Up: NASCAR 1959-1962, hang on for some wild racing footage in Stock Car Memories: Darlington-Southern 500 – 1955, 1956, and witness Daytona’s transition from beach track to speedway in Stock Car Memories: Daytona 500 – 1958, 1959.

Then, you won’t believe your eyes when you see an Impala drag race a Cessna airplane in Chevy Comparisons!

Runtime 250 min.













Classic Chrome - DVD

Take a thrilling tour of incredible classic cars in this 4-DVD collector’s set presented by Lance Lambert and the “Vintage Vehicle Show.” See why Packards, Hudsons, Edsels and Corvairs are making a comeback in Odd Rods & Orphans, and head on over to Drive-In Delights for the coolest classics. Then, go under the hoods of Rat Rods & Traditionals before taking a ground-scraping luxury ride in Lowriders & Bombs.

Runtime 250 min.
 


















A Classic 2-Pack: From Fast and Furious to
Low and Slow!

8-DVD set includes Classic Chrome and Stock Cars of the ’50s & ’60s – a terrific value!


V-1158
Price: $15.95
DEMO DERBY - Crash Action Featurette

If you ever saw a demo derby at Norwood you will love this “Action Featurette,” which opened as a short in 1964 with such films as Robin and the Seven Hoods, Viva Las Vegas, and eventually the Beatles’ A Hard Day’s Night.

The film follows popular New England heroes Don MacTavish and Bob Santos Sr., who quickly graduated from demo derbies to dazzle fans in top-tier stock car racing across the Northeast. Even if you never went to Norwood or saw a demo derby but remember Madras shorts, penny loafers and crew cuts, "DEMO DERBY" will bring a smile.

It's so real, so ‘60s, that by the time the show is over, you may have to look outside to be sure your old car isn't still parked in the driveway and Norwood Arena isn't running this Saturday night.

Black and white, 28 min.







S-1151
Price: $35.00

 		The Crew Chief's Son

by Michael L. Clements

In this memoir, Michael Clements recounts growing up in the early days of stock car racing. From 1957 through 1965, his father, Louie, traveled the NASCAR circuit, bringing his wife and five children along to every race.

Owner and crew chief for champion driver Rex White, Louie introduced many mechanical innovations still used in NASCAR today, and his children grew up on the road between races, befriending many racing legends along the way.

Clements' memoir is full of stories about NASCAR's early era and the men and women who built the sport. It includes a wealth of never-before-seen photographs from his personal collection.

Soft cover, 304 pages, B&W photos.


V-1150
Price: $24.95
Old Speedways: Vintage Accord (DVD)

 Accord Speedway is known as The Ulster County Bull Ring. This tight ¼-mile track near New York’s Catskills has been thrilling fans for 50 years. Originally built in 1961, the first full season was in 1962. Vintage Accord takes you back to the years of 1962, ’64, ’66, ’67, ’68, and also throughout the early to mid-1970s.

It includes a very rare look back in the late 1980s when the speedway was closed, Grand Re-opening Ceremonies from 1992, and some mid-1990s racing action.

See some of the great drivers in their prime: Dick Hansen, Stretch Van Steenburg, Harold Montanya, Jackie Wilson, Doug Tyler Sr., Rich Ricci Sr., Jerry Higbie, Jackie Brown, and other great drivers. Footage of different classes Modifieds, Bombers and Full Bodies, Street Stocks, Mini-Sprints.

Color 8mm movies set to music. 1 hour, 20 minutes.



S-1149
Price: $24.95
My First Car: Recollections of First Cars
from Jay Leno, Tony Stewart, Carroll Shelby, Dan Ackroyd, Tom Wolfe and Many More!

by Matthew L. Stone

 Everyone has a story about that first car. Whether it was new, a hand-me-down, or a junker, it was freedom on four wheels, independence, responsibility, and something that would always hold a special place in your heart. Well, you're not alone. My First Car captures those wonderful moments of automotive initiation as they were lived by such luminaries as Jay Leno, Mario Andretti, Patrick Dempsey, Danica Patrick, Sir Stirling Moss, Gregg Allman, and more. Accompanying many of these stories are photographs of the neophyte drivers with their first cars. For anyone who ever slid behind the wheel and tooled down the road for the first time, this wonderful book awakens memories of what it was like.

Hard cover, 224 pages, color and B&W photos.





S-910
Price: $24.95
Back in Print!

Dwarf Car Technology: Chassis and Suspension Setup for Dwarf and Legends Cars.

By Steve Smith

This book shows detailed chassis and set-up procedures that will assist you in improving your race car.

Detailed chapters include: Performance handling basics, front suspension and steering, rear suspension & driveline, shock absorbers - choice & tuning, tires & wheels, the braking system, chassis set-up in the shop, adjusting handling to track conditions, safety systems, and complete set-ups and chassis tuning information for both dirt and asphalt tracks.

Very helpful for Legends cars, too. 








S-1148
Price: $29.95
The Karting Manual: The Complete Beginner's Guide to Competitive Kart Racing – 2nd Edition

by João Diniz Sanches

In recent years, karting has grown significantly as an accessible, affordable introduction to motorsports with the emergence of indoor karting tracks. Many first-time karters are sufficiently stirred by the experience to want to progress further. Now in its second edition, this comprehensive practical book covers all the fundamentals of kart racing, aimed largely at the novice yet sufficiently detailed to benefit those racing at club level.

Hard cover, 176 pages, heavily illustrated with color photos.










S-1146
Price: $24.95

 Victory Road – The Ride of My Life

by Helio Castroneves
with Foreword by Roger Penske

The Indianapolis 500 champion and winner of season five's Dancing with the Stars shares his heartfelt story about determination, family, justice, and beating all odds to win.

With his signature victory celebration of climbing the fence after taking the checkered flag and his radiant performances that earned him the coveted crystal ball trophy on Dancing with the Stars, Helio's infectious enthusiasm garnered the admiration of millions of fans-both on and off the track.

Therefore no one, including him, could have predicted that one day he would sit in a federal court along with his sister/manager facing 10 years in jail. After his grueling trial – where justice prevailed and charges were dropped – Helio learned more than ever before about his family, true friends, faith, and the road to victory.

In this book, Helio Castroneves tells his resilient story about his greatest accomplishments, most devastating experiences, becoming a father, and valuing what is truly important in life.

Hard cover, 304 pages, B&W and color photos.



S-1147
Price: $29.95

 Southern Supermodifieds, Volume II

by Gerald Hodges

 Southern Supermodifieds, Volume II is a follow-up to the highly successful Volume I. It features chapters on some of the hardest-racing drivers that ever sat behind the wheel of a supermodified or early race car, including Jan Opperman; Chuck Amati; Johnny Benson Sr.; Bobby Ward, “The Arkansas Traveler;” Charlie Mincey; Eddie McDonald Sr.; Tommy Noblin; and Victor Oliver Geisen. There are special chapters on Rex White, the 1960 NASCAR Champion; Raymond Parks, “The Godfather of Racing;” and Smokey Yunick, along with an in-depth history of Gulf Coast racing, including “Fats” Harvison, “The Dean of Southern Racing Announcers.”

Racing history from the 1950s,’60s, and ’70s is brought back to life in the 304 pages and 207 photographs, some of which have never been published before. It also includes an index of 394 names. Gerald Hodges/the Racing Reporter draws from taped interviews, photographs from his own collection, plus others from private collections, and his personal experiences as a supermodified owner to help the reader relive the emotions and excitement of this golden period.

Soft cover.



S-1145
Price: $14.95

 		Driven To The Past: Memories of
60-plus years in motorsports

by John Potts

Called a “racing legend” by Darrell Waltrip, John Potts has served in just about every capacity possible in racing: race director, flagman, crew chief, active in ASA and ARCA, and later News Director at Indianapolis Raceway Park (now Lucas Oil Raceway).

The book is a compilation of some of his "Driven to the Past" columns on Frontstretch.com, plus other recollections of 60-plus years in racing.

He’s crossed paths with some of racing’s greatest drivers and car owners – Harry Hyde, Rich Vogler, Curtis Turner, Tony Stewart and many more – but, says Potts, “I always tried to see the humor and the human side in the things that happened at the track.”

Soft cover, B&W photos, 184 pages







S-1144
Price: $25.95

 Blood and Smoke: A True Tale of Mystery, Mayhem and the Birth of the Indy 500

by Charles Leerhsen

One hundred years ago, 40 cars lined up for the first Indianapolis 500. We are still waiting to find out who won.

The Indy 500 was created to showcase the controversial new sport of automobile racing, which was sweeping the country. Daring young men were driving automobiles at the astonishing speed of 75 miles per hour, testing themselves and their vehicles. It was indeed a young man’s game: with no seat belts, hard helmets or roll bars, the dangers were enormous. When the Indianapolis Motor Speedway opened in 1909, seven people were killed, some of them spectators.

 Although the 1911 Indy 500 judges declared Ray Harroun, driving a Marmon Wasp, the official winner, there is reason to doubt that result. The timekeeping equipment failed, and the judges had to run for their lives when a driver lost control and his car spun wildly toward their stand. It took officials two days to determine the results, and Speedway authorities ordered the records to be destroyed.

But Blood and Smoke is about more than a race, even a race as fabled as the Indianapolis 500. It is the story of America at the dawn of the automobile age, a country in love with speed, danger, and spectacle. It is a story, too, about the young men who would risk their lives for money and glory, the sportsmen whose antics would thrill and outrage Americans in those long-ago days when the automobile was still brand new.

Hard cover, 288 pages.



S-1143
Price: $19.95

 Pocono: NASCAR's Northern Invasion

by Joe Miegoc

Author Joe Miegoc, former sports editor at the Pocono Record, tells the real story of Pocono Raceway – the role the track played in extending NASCAR’s reach above the Mason-Dixon Line and conversely, the role NASCAR played in saving Pocono.

This is the track where Janet Guthrie became the first woman to drive in a 500-mile Indy Car race, where Tim Richmond flashed onto the stock car scene, and where Bobby Allison’s career ended on a Father’s Day afternoon.

Pocono: NASCAR's Northern Invasion includes interviews with major NASCAR and Indy Car players of the time, Richard Petty, David Pearson, Darrell Waltrip, Bobby Allison, Rusty Wallace, A.J. Foyt, Janet Guthrie, Bill Elliott, and Geoff Bodine among others.

Soft cover, 192 pages.






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Price: $10.00
 
 		National Speedway Directory 2011

 Since 1975, the National Speedway Directory has been the most respected directory of race tracks in the United States and Canada.

Let this be your source for race tracks, sanctions, media and other motorsports websites.

The pocket-sized 592-page book lists 1,370 tracks, 330 sanctions and a 2011 Race Calendar and is one of the handiest tools in auto racing.

The information includes phone numbers, web pages, nights of operation, etc. for oval tracks, drag strips and road courses.
















S-1142
Price: $29.95

 		Still Wide Open, Second Edition

by Brad Doty and Dave Argabright

After being out-of-print for several years, the "Second Edition" of Still Wide Open is available again! “Enhanced and Expanded” is the theme of this volume…it contains the entire text of the original 1999 release, PLUS two new chapters that bring you up-to-date with Brad. There is also a brand new cover, an exciting new look, color photos, and a complete index!

Brad Doty’s story remains one of the most inspiring and powerful in all motorsports. He soared to the pinnacle of sprint car stardom, only to be cut down in a devastating 1988 crash. A spinal injury stole his ability to walk, but as this heartfelt and critically-acclaimed volume attests, couldn’t diminish his will to live. Foreword by Steve Kinser, along with insightful words from Ron Shuman, Bruce Ellis, Ed Haudenschild, Laurie Doty, and the late Paul Wilson.

Hard cover, 288 pages, including 32 pages of color and b/w photographs.





S-1141
Price: $59.95

 Bud Moore: Man and Machine

by Dr. John A. Crafts

Bud Moore is legendary in racing circles as a crew chief and car owner who helped achieve wins for some of NASCAR's greatest drivers. But there's a whole lot more to the story. Bud Moore: Man and Machine reveals the hidden story behind the legend. As Buz McKim recounts in the book’s Foreword, “Bud Moore brought his gifts to the fledging sport of NASCAR with class, grace and sportsmanship seldom seen in his or any generation. His machines featured the greatest drivers and won the biggest races, no matter what type of racing was involved.”

Anyone interested in the roots of superspeedway racing and the drivers, mechanics and cars that created that history will find this a fascinating, as well as beautiful, book.

Hard cover, 416 pages, 200+ black & white and color photos throughout.




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Price: $65.00



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Book plus CD Below
Price: $85.00

 THE WINNERS BOOK:
A COMPREHENSIVE LISTING OF MOTOR RACING EVENTS 1895-2009

By James O’Keefe

This volume is the product of more than 40 years of intensive and far-reaching research into every major motor racing event held anywhere in the world. Using primary source materials whenever possible, often cross-referencing several sources, author Jim O’Keefe left no stone unturned in his effort to comprehensively document motor racing history. As a result, his amazing record includes all the major events, their dates, locations, winning times, distances, winners, cars and championship status. The Winners Book provides the racing historian and enthusiast an invaluable source of material with which to document and further research specific events. With over 22,000 entries, the book is a requirement for anyone seriously interested in worldwide automobile racing history.

575 pages. Hard-bound with dust jacket. Indexed with Bibliography.












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Price: $45.00




S-1080-Combo
CD plus Book Above
Price: $85.00

 		O'KEEFE WINNERS DATABASE
A Searchable Comprehensive Digital Database of Motor Racing Events from 1895 to 2010!

The O'Keefe Winners Database on CD allows the user to search the approximately 250,000 pieces of data that make up the book entitled The Winners Book: A Comprehensive Listing of Motor Racing Events 1895 – 2009, by James O’Keefe. The year 2010 of racing events was added to this digital version.

The O’Keefe Winners Database enables quick research, with guided instructions for answers to simple or complex queries. It is organized into three groups of information: Specifications, Champions, and Results, with each group accessible through tab navigation. Within each group the database is organized by each of the book’s nine chapters – or type of racing they cover: Grand Prix-Formula 1, American Championship, Major National Formula, Second Rank Formula, Third Rank Formula, Sports Cars, Stock Cars, Trans-Am, IROC and Touring Cars, and Motorcycles. Quick Select pull-down menus reveal data in an instant. The groups Champions and Results also have a search method that allows for complex match criteria, including multiple queries, with different subsets of data.

The database and 570+ page Winners book are the culmination of over 40 years of intensive and far-reaching research into every major motor racing event held anywhere in the world.

Available for both MacOS X and Windows PCs. Note system requirements:

Minimum System Requirements for MacOS X:
- Mac OS X 10.6
- Mac OS X 10.5
- Mac OS X 10.4.11

Minimum System Requirements for Windows PCs:
- Windows 7
- Windows Vista Ultimate, Business, or Home
- Above Requires At Least Service Pack 1
- Windows XP Professional or Home Edition
Above Requires At Least Service Pack 3


S-1140
Price: $39.95

 Real Racers:
Formula 1 in the 1950s and 1960s: A Driver's Perspective. Rare and Classic Images from the Klemantaski Collection

by Stuart Codling

The visceral sensations of driving a Formula 1 race car in the 1950s and 1960s are brought to life through the extraordinary images of the Klemantaski Collection (one of the world’s largest and finest archives of motorsports photography) and first-person accounts from the drivers who experienced them.

Original commentary from F1 legends Sir Stirling Moss, Sir Jackie Stewart, Sir Jack Brabham, John Surtees, and Sir Frank Williams carries the reader through a Grand Prix weekend, from arrival at the track, practice and setup, the start of the race, and the race itself. A must-have for all Formula 1 aficionados.

Hard cover, 208 pages, coffee table style with B&W and full-color photos.



S-1138
Price: $39.00


 George Benson: The Racing Years

by George Benson

The Racing Years is a 472-page memoir of the life and times of the 1966 Pacific Coast Midget Racecar champion and the remarkable men he associated with.

The book covers Motorcycle, Hardtop, Midget, Sprint Car, Championship Dirt Car and Indy Car racing from 1952 to 1987 and features 157 photos.

Benson recounts his adventures during the period and shares his thoughts about motor racing and racecar design. He details race results and the complete owner history of the GMB Midget racecars he built.

Soft cover, 472 pages, B&W photos.









V-1137
Price: $19.95

Touched by an Angell
– The Story of Angell Park (DVD)

produced by Bob Leff

 "Touched by an Angell" is the story of Angell Park Speedway in Wisconsin. At 1 hour and 44 minutes, it's packed with interesting footage, photos and interviews with the people who have made this one of the premier midget racing tracks in the world.

From its humble beginnings as a horse track in Sun Prairie, WI, to the clay oval that's hosted the likes of
Jeff Gordon, Tony Stewart and Kasey Kahne, this comprehensive story is a must for any open wheel racing fan. In partnership with the Badger Midget Auto Racing Association, Angell Park Speedway continues to be a Sunday night tradition for many during Wisconsin's summer months.

Interviews with Hall of Famers Bill Engelhart and Kevin Olson, along with local legends, make this an extremely entertaining video.

Runtime: 1 hour and 44 minutes.


V-1139
Price: $24.95
VOLUME 2 - CLASSIC LEBANON VALLEY SPEEDWAY (DVD)

More rare footage offered in another edition of classic Auto Racing history, stepping back to the early years of this unique speedway, now called “Howie's House of Speed.”

This DVD takes you right back to 1953 with some rare photos of the track before there were the famed high banks. It includes 1957 movie footage scanning the speedway, as well as other footage from the 1960 and 1962 racing seasons.

Lebanon Valley was also renowned for offering some of the very best racing at the end of the season with the Lebanon Valley 200 events. Watch movie footage captured from these classic events, including 1965, ‘66, and ‘68. These events bought together the very best drivers from all over the East Coast: Frankie Schneider, Will Cagle, Bobby Bottcher, Bill Wimble, Jackie Wilson, Stan Ploski, Rene Charland, Gerry Chamberlain, Harry Peek, Jack Johnson, Kenny Shoemaker, along with regulars Tommy Corellis, Dickie Larkin, Doug Garrison, Butch Jelly, Jerry Townley, and Kenny Coons.

A section from the 1970s takes us on a tour through the pits at various Lebanon Valley 200 events in great close-up shots of several cars. A 1980s section has several minutes of the 1982 Lebanon Valley 200 heats races and feature won by Jack Johnson, and 1987-1989 flag-to-flag coverage of two weekly feature events announced by Jim King.

 Runtime: 1 hour, 46 minutes; color movies, a few black and white photos set to music; also Camcorder with sound.



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Price: $25.95
NASCAR Legends: Memorable Men, Moments and Machines in Racing History

by Robert Edelstein

NASCAR Legends traces the story of stock car racing through the courageous, record-breaking drivers who made it the Number One spectator sport in America. NASCAR’s 60-year history is rich with varied lore about heroic racers, incredible races, hard-won survival, and love of family. There are tales of amazing races and series, as well as profiles of true NASCAR stars: Bill France; Bobby and Davey Allison; Dale Earnhardt and Dale Earnhardt, Jr.; Tony Stewart; Jimmie Johnson; Cale Yarborough; and Richard, Kyle, and Adam Petty, among other legends of the speedway.

Covering the past and current crop of stars, Robert Edelstein tells the stories that best encapsulate the unique grit and glory of the sport. Edelstein goes behind the scenes and under the hood to give readers a close look at the true innovators of racing. Edelstein has interviewed Dale Earnhardt Jr. nearly every year of the driver’s career, and gives a clear view of his incredible evolution in the glaring light of fame. In another chapter, he recounts Tony Stewart’s remarkable journey toward ultimately winning at his hometown track, the fabled Indianapolis Motor Speedway. And he also examines three of the most boundary-busting races in the sport's history.

This book is written for the fans: it is both a nostalgic look back for longtime followers of NASCAR and a primer on the undisputed greats for new converts just discovering racing. Edelstein’s painstaking journalistic work, combined with his encyclopedic knowledge and love of the sport, make NASCAR Legends an essential book for anyone drawn to the magic of the racetrack and its extraordinary history.

Hard cover, 320 pages.


S-1135
Price: $27.95

 "TV" Tommy Ivo: Drag Racing's
Master Showman

by Tom Cotter
with Foreword by Don Prudhomme

In the early 1960s, Tommy Ivo had the world in the palm of his hands. Still a young man, he was already a star of television and film with a promising Hollywood future ahead of him. Then his producers told him he had to quit drag racing. He quit the entertainment industry instead.

This is the official story of Ivo’s incredible life and racing career. Readers will follow “TV” Tommy as he becomes the most ambitious drag racer in the nation, building his own cars in the garage behind his Burbank home; becoming the first driver to pilot his dragsters to 170, 175, and 180 miles per hour and towing his cars to match races at small-town drag strips across the United States.

Always the showman, Ivo pioneered promotional techniques that are today taken for granted. In this regard especially, his impact on the sport cannot be understated, and his legacy is detailed in this incredible bio of one of drag racing’s most irrepressible characters.

Hard cover, 240 pages, many B&W and color photos.



S-1134
Price: $18.95

 Larry Phillips: NASCAR’s Only Five-time
Winston Racing Series Champion

by Kendall Bell and David Zeszutek

Most NASCAR fans can recite facts about their favorite driver: date and place of birth, races won, sponsors, etc. But few fans of such NASCAR drivers as Mark Martin, Rusty Wallace, and Kenny Wallace can tell you the name of the driver who had the greatest influence on their early careers.

That common thread was Larry Phillips of Springfield, Missouri, a driver who raced in the former Winston Racing Series, now called the NASCAR Whelen Series. Before his life was cut short by cancer, Phillips won an unprecedented five championships–a record no one has equaled since.

This is the compelling story of a man who had a tremendous effect on shaping NASCAR into the empire we know today.

Net profits from the sale of this book will go to the Larry Phillips Foundation, which helps families with critically ill children and provides scholarships for students in need.

Coastal 181 will donate $1 of every book sold
to the Foundation.

Soft cover, 196 pages, many B&W photos.



S-1132
Price: $8.95

 Race Cars

by K. M. Daynes

Open this fact-packed book to discover the secrets of speed, from how an engine works to what happens at a pit stop. Read up on stock cars and rally cars, and fold out a detailed map of an F1 race track.

Soft cover. 80 pages.

Ages 8 and up.

















V-1133
Price: $19.95

 43 – The Richard Petty Story

 with Darren McGavin as Lee Petty
and Richard Petty as himself

This fast-paced story traces the early childhood experiences that made Richard Petty one of the world’s record-breaking drivers, Darren McGavin plays Lee Petty, Richards’s father and three-time world racing champion.

Two generations of break-neck speed, death-defying driving and devastating crashes flash before your eyes and set the adrenaline pumping.

(1972) Color, 83 min.



V-1129
Price: $9.95

 Red Dirt Rising

 with Brad Yoder, Burgess Jenkins
and R. Keith Harris

Based on a true story, this film shares with us a decade in the lives of Jimmie Lewallen and his wife Carrie as they experience the joys of love and marriage alongside the tragedies of war and poverty (1939-1949). Jimmie and his friends, Bill Blair and Fred Harb, find escape from life's challenges in racing born out of hauling moonshine on warm North Carolina evenings and inadvertently become racing's earliest heroes.

Ultimately, their antics laid the groundwork for what has become one of the most lucrative sports in the world. A number of racing firsts occur during The Fightin' Forties, making this film a sensational history lesson as well as an exciting journey of romance, friendship and action.

Film contains as bonus features 3 full-length music videos plus over 25 original racing legends driver photos.

93 min., color.




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Price: $19.95

 17/17/17 410 Sprints

17 Complete Features from 17 Different Tracks
over 17 Seasons!

 6 Hours/3 DVD SET

1990 – 1994
OctFest 1990 Hagerstown
3-9-1991 Lincoln
7-1-1992 Path Valley
8-13-1993 Williams Grove
8-8-1994 Bridgeport

 1995 – 2000
2-9-1995 Volusia
8-20-1996 Grandview
6-11-1997 Challenger
8-2-1998 Susquehanna
8-19-1999 Port Royal
2-17-2000 East Bay

 2001 – 2006
6-13-2001 Bedford
7-2-2002 Big Diamond
7-2-2003 Silver Spring
5-25-2004 Lernerville
6-3-2005 Sharon
5-14-2006 Trail-Way


V-1131
Price: $19.95

 Steve Kinser, King of the Outlaws

3 DVD set

Part One: 1990-1996

Part Two: 1991-2007

Part Three: 2003-2007



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Price: $24.95

 In the Blink of an Eye: Dale, Daytona, and the Day that Changed Everything

by Michael Waltrip and Ellis Henican

In the Blink of an Eye is the memoir of one of NASCAR's most colorful characters, racing legend Michael Waltrip. The book focuses heavily on Waltrip’s historic win at the 2001 Daytona 500–which was immediately followed by news of the tragic death of racing legend Dale Earnhardt. But the story begins years earlier in a small town in Kentucky, with a boy who dreamed of racing cars, a boy who was determined to go from go-karts to the highest levels of NASCAR.

For the first time ever, Michael Waltrip tells the full story of how he got to Daytona, what happened there, and the huge impact it had on so many in the racing world. He reveals how his own life changed as he dealt with guilt, faced his grief, and searched for the fortitude to climb into a race car again. It's an inspiring and powerful story, told with Michael's trademark humor, honesty, and irreverence. It's a story of family, fulfillment, and redemption–and well-earned victory in the end.

Hard cover, 240 pages, B&W photos.


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Price: $25.95

 Stuntman!: My Car-Crashing, Plane-Jumping, Bone-Breaking, Death-Defying Hollywood Life

by Hal Needham

“I wrecked hundreds of cars, fell from tall buildings, got blown up, was dragged by horses, and along the way broke 56 bones, my back twice, punctured a lung and knocked out a few teeth…”.

So says Hal Needham, on the flap of his new book. In addition to his fame as a Hollywood stuntman and director, directing classic like Smokey and the Bandit and The Cannonball Run, Hal Needham set trends in NASCAR (the first team owner to use telemetry technology) and car collector. His Skoal-Bandit race team was one of the most popular NASCAR teams ever. He was the financier and owner of the Budweiser Rocket Car (now in display in the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum), the first land vehicle to break the sound barrier, traveling at 739.666 mph. A must for movie and racing fans alike!

Hard cover, 320 pages. S-1128 $25.95



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Price: $34.95
Grumpy’s Toys

by Doug Boyce

Few men have impacted the sport of drag racing like Bill “Grumpy” Jenkins. His storied history at the drag strip began in the late 1950s, and continues today. Throughout his career, both innovation and success have followed him closely, and this book documents the long and colorful history of the competition cars that proudly bear the name “Grumpy's Toy.”

Grumpy's Toys stands as a full and complete history of Jenkins' career to date as told through his cars. Author Doug Boyce has followed Jenkins throughout his racing career and has amassed an impressive collection of vintage photography that is shared on these pages. Through his own knowledge, extensive research, and by working closely with Grumpy himself, Boyce offers readers an unparalleled look behind the man and his machines. This book is essential for the true drag racing fan.

Soft Cover, 176 pages, 86 B&W and 218 full color photos.



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Price: $14.95

The Blonde Comet

 with Robert Kent and Virginia Vale

Female European race car champion Betty Blake (Vale) decides to head to America for new challenges. Betty finds her fiercest rival in America is handsome driver Jim Flynn (Kent), who is attempting to design and build a new race car carburetor.

Things are complicated by the efforts of an unknown villain who keeps attempting to sabotage Jim's invention, and the burgeoning romance between Jim and Betty.

Veteran race-car driver of the day Barney Oldfield appears as himself in the film.

Black & White, 90 min.





 


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Price: $29.95

 The Life and Times of the “Kutztown Komet”: The Freddy Adam Story

by Paul Weisel Jr.
Race fans in eastern Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and New York from the 1950s through the 1980s will remember Kutztown, Pennsylvania's favorite son, Freddy Adam. Dubbed the “Kutztown Komet,” Freddy started his racing career in 1950 at the famed Yellow Jacket Speedway in Philadelphia, captured the last modified stock car championship on the tight 1/5 mile asphalt bullring at Dorney Park in Allentown, became a three-time champion on the high-banks at Hatfield, and won the 1964 Race of Champions modified stock car event on the mile dirt track at Langhorne.

Freddy was a regular competitor throughout the Reading Stock Car Association days at the Reading Fairgrounds, twice runner-up for the track championship with 20 career wins at the Fairgrounds, and was the only driver to have competed at the Reading Fairgrounds in every RSCA-sanctioned season.

Author Paul Weisel currently serves as a historian with the Eastern Auto Racing Historical Society in Orefield, PA, but over the years has viewed the Eastern auto racing scene from an assortment of vantage points. From open cockpit racer, to speed shop proprietor, to race track promoter, Weisel offers a first-hand perspective on The Life and Times of the Kutztown Komet and he relates Freddy's story from a historical point of view. He knows what it's like to pull the safety belts tight, he's built, repaired, and restored race cars, he's counted cars and fans at his own promotions, and he knows how a Pennsylvania Dutchman thinks!

Soft cover, 192 pages, 200+ photos.



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Price: $14.95

 Dale Earnhardt: Defining Moments of
a NASCAR Legend

(NASCAR Illustrated)

Known as the Intimidator, Dale Earnhardt made a name for himself as a fierce competitor, a man with ambition and passion who would never settle for anything less than the best. He inspired both devotion and bitter hatred among NASCAR followers, earning his nickname for the relentless winner-takes-all attitude.

On February 18, 2001 in a tragedy that stunned the nation and led to an outpouring of grief the likes of which the sports world has seldom seen, popular race car driver Dale Earnhardt slammed into the wall and lost his life on the last turn of the last lap of the Daytona 500.

10 years after this tragic event, readers are still as committed as ever to remembering and honoring their racing hero. The Intimidator may be gone but his legend will live on forever.

Hard cover, full color photos throughout, 122 page.




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Price: $21.95

 Virginia International Raceway

by Chris Holaday with Nick England & Phil Allen

From the August 1957 VIR race program: "The rolling Virginia hills have been painstakingly clad with an ultra-smooth skin of macadam to provide a course of great natural beauty. The superb spectator visibility is nicely equated to a road layout that will test the best in racing machines and men."

In the late 1950s, a group of sports car enthusiasts dreamed of creating a first-class racing facility. The result was Virginia International Raceway, a challenging 3.2-mile course with 12 turns, 2 straightaways, and over 100 feet of elevation change. Located in southern Virginia, east of Danville and just across the North Carolina border, the track opened in 1957. During VIR's first 18 years of existence, races featured some of the top names in American motorsports including Carroll Shelby, Roger Penske, Walt Hansgen, and Richard Petty.

The track also hosted numerous important events including SCCA Nationals, the President's Cup, a Trans-Am race in the first season of that circuit, as well as IMSA races in the early 1970s. Facing financial difficulties, the track shut down in 1974, and for the next 25 years VIR was a cow pasture. It was reopened in 2000 and the outstanding new facility is again one of the top racing venues in the country.

Soft cover, 128 pages.


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Price: $21.95

 Vanderbilt Cup Races of Long Island

by Howard Kroplick

“Chain your dogs and lock up your fowls!” heralded posters announcing the first international road race in the United States and the first of the six William K. Vanderbilt Jr. Cup Races held on Long Island from 1904 to 1910. These races were the most prestigious sporting events of their day, drawing huge crowds from 25,000 to over 250,000 spectators.

The Vanderbilt Cup Races had a far-reaching impact on the development of American automobiles and parkways and are a testament to the early racing spirit and drama. The rare images in this book, many published for the first time, have been selected from the archives of major museums, libraries, and private collectors.

Soft cover, 128 pages.

 

 


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Price: $21.95

 Watkins Glen Racing

by Kirk W. House & Charles R. Mitchell

The war was won, the Depression was over, and Americans were back on the road. From all across the nation, sports car drivers converged on Watkins Glen to race through the gorges, hills, and village streets of western New York. Over the years, the course has evolved from its humble beginnings on streets lined with hay bales to the modern closed track that plays host to NASCAR today.

Through vintage photographs, primarily from the International Motor Racing Research Center at Watkins Glen, Watkins Glen Racing chronicles the history of the track with early drivers, like Cameron Argetsinger, Phil Walters, and Dave Garroway, vintage cars, hairpin turns, and death-defying races.

Soft cover, 128 pages.

 

 


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Price: $21.95

 Bowling Green Stock Car Racing

by Larry Upton & Jonathan Jeffrey

Bowling Green became the city of speed immediately after World War II, as America began its love affair with the automobile. Stock car racing took the city by storm in its inaugural season of 1951, drawing crowds of up to 7,000 in a city of only 18,000.

Soon thereafter, the city attracted the Chevrolet Corvette assembly plant followed by the National Corvette Museum.

Images of Sports: Bowling Green Stock Car Racing documents the history of stock car racing in Bowling Green and the emergence of the raceway at Beech Bend Park. Soft cover, 128 pages.

 

 

 


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Price: $24.95
Echoes of Valley Thunder: Remembering Debo Park Motor Speedway

by Rick Yocum

Relives the history of a quarter-mile dirt oval that was tucked along the Ohio River near the small village of Rayland, Ohio. From 1950 through 1965 race fans from a three-state area made the trek to Debo Speedway on Saturday nights to watch their favorite drivers compete in a variety of racing machines, from pre-war coupes referred to as “jalopies” or “sportsman” cars, to ground-shaking fuel-injected supermodifieds.

Meet the men who piloted these machines and hear, in their own words, what it was like to participate “back in the day.” Several of the competitors, like Larry Dickson and Bobby Adamson, went on to long and highly successful racing careers. Author Rick Yocum captures the character – and characters – of this long-ago era throughout 188 pages, highlighted by more than 90 photos and illustrations, many from never-before-shared family collections.

Soft cover, 188 pages, 90 photos and illustrations.


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Knoxville Nationals: Dirt, Sweat and Tears – Celebrating 50 Years of the Knoxville Nationals

This documentary look at the Nationals features great racing footage and interviews with Doug Wolfgang, Steve Kinser, Dave Blaney, Tony Stewart and others.

A “must have” for any sprint car fan who has ever made the trip to Knoxville for the Nationals. DVD produced by Angel Albert and Brandon Bingham.

Runtime 45 min.
















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Two-Lane Blacktop

With James Taylor, Warren Oates, Laurie Bird & Dennis Wilson

Drag racing east from L.A. in a souped-up ‘55 Chevy are the wayward Driver and Mechanic (singer/songwriter James Taylor and the Beach Boys’ Dennis Wilson, in their only acting roles), accompanied by a tagalong Girl (Laurie Bird). Along the way, they meet Warren Oates, a Pontiac GTO-driving wanderer, and challenge him to a cross-country race.

But no summary can do justice to the existential punch of Two-Lane Blacktop. Maverick director Monte Hellman’s stripped-down narrative, gorgeous widescreen compositions, and sophisticated look at American male obsession make this one of the artistic high points of 1970s cinema, and possibly the greatest road movie ever made.

(1971) Runtime 102 min.






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Relive the World of Outlaws Sprints – ‘90s Style

Special 5-Feature DVD.

Includes: Lincoln 8/8/93; Williams Grove 5/26/94; Eldora 7/22/95 (Kings Royal); Williams Grove 8/2/96; Hagerstown 8/2/97, and driver interviews.

Runtime 120 min.













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Old Speedways – Fonda Speedway (DVD)

Fonda Speedway, The Track of Champions. Step back to the classic years of Fonda through a collection of private home movies taken from 1973-1975.

The DVD includes highlights of the 1973 Modifieds and Late Models; over 20 minutes of the classic 1974 100-lap Spring Fling season opener; some footage of heat races from the 1975 Syracuse Qualifier; and lots of footage from the 1975 season from several different camera angles. The 1975 season has both Modifieds and Late Model action from warm-ups and heats.

Special bonus is a Fonda Speedway Legends tribute to Pete Corey with a music video.

All of this footage comes from private collections of amateur movies taken in color with 8mm cameras.

Runtime 1 hour and 15 min.

The Old Speedways Series DVDs are compilations of amateur home movies taken with an 8mm camera. The quality of some of the original footage may vary because of condition, but it still holds a great deal of historical value and may be the only recording in existence of certain memorable racing events.


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 Busch North Scene: A Ten Year Retrospective

by George Campbell

George Campbell covered NASCAR for a variety of publications in the 1990s. In 1999, Campbell recognized a media void that he filled by starting his own newspaper, Busch North Scene. His goal was to cover NASCAR specifically in the Northeast region. Within two years, he had grown the paper into the top-selling NASCAR newspaper on newsstands throughout the region.

This book recaps the racers, teams, and events that shaped the publication and the NASCAR Busch North Series during the 2000 decade. The book has fun and informative personal reflections from Campbell and Busch North Scene staff members, as well as many of the personalities that made the series popular in the decade. NASCAR fans from New England will get an inside look at local stars during the late 1990s and the 2000 decade. Among the drivers covered in the book are Maine racers Ricky Craven, Andy Santerre, Joe Bessey, Tracy Gordon and Kelly Moore. NASCAR Champions like Mike Olsen, Dave Dion, Brad Leighton, Dale Shaw and Joey Logano are featured as well.

Soft Cover, 340 pages, B&W photos.


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 Tim Richmond, To the Limit (DVD)

Natural. Rock star. Outsider. In the 1980s, race car driver Tim Richmond lived his life the way he raced cars – wide open. Born into a wealthy family, Richmond was the antithesis of the Southern blue-collar, dirt-track racers who dominated NASCAR. He also was a flamboyant showman who basked in the attention of the media and fans – especially the attention of female admirers. Nevertheless, it was Richmond's on-track performances that ended up drawing comparisons to racing legends. And in 1986, when he won seven NASCAR races and finished third in the Winston Cup series points race, some believed he was on the verge of stardom.

But his freewheeling lifestyle soon caught up to him. He unexpectedly withdrew from the NASCAR racing circuit, reportedly suffering from double pneumonia. In reality, the diagnosis was much more dire: He had AIDS. Richmond returned to the track in 1987, but he was gone from the sport by the next year as his health deteriorated. He spent his final days as a recluse, dying on August 13, 1989 at the age of 34. Emmy Award-winning filmmaker Rory Karpf examines the life and tragic death of one of NASCAR's shooting stars.

Runtime 51 min.


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The New Racer’s Tax Guide – Revised Edition

by Steve Smith

Tells you how to LEGALLY subtract your racing costs from your income tax by running your operation as a business. Step-by-step, how to do everything correctly.

Includes a complete discussion of racers' Tax Court cases (who has won, who has lost, and WHY).

An alternate form of funding your racing. Read this book NOW and start saving.

Soft cover, 76 pages.


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Richard Petty – 7 Wins at the Daytona 500

 Richard Petty may be the most recognizable name in NASCAR history, and one of the greatest racers in the history of motorsports.

Over four decades behind the wheel, “The King” won an unparalleled 200 races. He won a record seven Cup titles. And he won the sport’s greatest race, The Daytona 500, seven times: 1964, ‘66, ‘71, ‘73, ‘74, ’79 and ‘81.

The NASCAR vaults have been opened so that race fans can relive each of Richard Petty’s Daytona 500 victories, from the green flag to the checkered flag, all in one set.

Runtime 272 min.











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Price: $64.95

 Up On The Wheel: Kansas City Auto Racing – Midgets, Jalopies, Supermodifieds and Sprints

 by Bud Hunnicutt

Kansas City became the hotbed of racing in the early 20th century. A former racer himself, Bud looks back to the beginning of Olympic Stadium in the late 1930s and chronicles the different transitions of Kansas City Auto racing.

He offers his personal insights on drivers such as Jud Larson, Bill Chennault, Vito Calia, Carl Badami, the Weld brothers, Ray Lee Goodwin, Tiger Bob Williams, Ken Williams, Carl Williams, Dale Moore, Virgil Chapman, Charlie Kraft, Gordon Wooley, Bob Slater, Junior Hower, Jon Backlund, Larry Phillips, Terry Bivins, Gene Gennetten, Elmer Layne, and many more.

Sunday night at Olympic Stadium became so important to fans that some people actually planned weddings around the racing schedule.

Hard cover, 152 pages, many B&W photos.



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Price: $19.95
Greased Lightning

 With Richard Pryor, Beau Bridges, Pam Grier, Cleavon Little, Vincent Gardenia, and Richie Havens

This film is based (more or less) on the true life story of Wendell Scott, the first black stock car racing champion in America. The decades-spanning story shows Scott enduring racial slurs, matching heavily sponsored rivals with cars built from junkyard parts, and surviving crashes engineered by competitors.

(1977) Color, 96 min.

Warning: typical Richard Pryor language is not for the faint-of-heart or politically correct!














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The Indianapolis 500: A Century of Excitement

by Ralph Kramer
with Preface by Helio Castroneves

 Officially licensed in cooperation with the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Indianapolis 500: A Century of Excitement tells the compelling and entertaining story of the race that has become known as simply "The Greatest Spectacle in Racing."

Overflowing with eye-popping photographs hand-picked from the Speedway's mammoth photo archives, and filled with historic, behind-the-scene stories, you'll revel in the history that has shaped this amazing event.

Ralph Kramer also authored the acclaimed companion volume, Indianapolis Motor Speedway - 100 Years of Racing.

Hard cover, 256 pp, color and B&W photos.


PART 1
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PART 2
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S-1103
Price: $45.95

Don Garlits, Rear Engine Dragster

Part 1 - Part 2

by Mickey Bryant and Todd Hutcheson

A journey through 18 months that made drag racing history and ended with the launch of the rear engine dragster (R.E.D.). If necessity was the mother of invention then its father was creativity.

Probably the most talked-about two events in drag racing history become the bookends of these two books. Part 1 opens with the race at Lions Drag Strip in Long Beach, California, March 8th, 1970. Part 2 ends with the Indy Nationals, September 7th, 1971. The events of these historic two days are chronicled and examined in detail, showing what really happened at the sport’s most famous venues of the day and dispelling rumors and flat-out misunderstandings about what happened there. These were also the very first and last race by drag racing’s most revered rear engine dragster – Don Garlits’ Swamp Rat 14.

Part 1 features the March 1970 race that put Garlits in the hospital and on the sideline. That race for him lasted only 40 feet. Part 1 ends right where the secret build of the new R.E.D. is completed and the Garlits Boys are packing up to head out West to showcase this new design. This is a complete and stand-alone account of all that happened in the year 1970.

Part 2 takes you through the step-by-step account of this historic machine, Swamp Rat 14, and ends with the 1971 Indy Nationals and Garlits’ astonishing elapsed time that has lasted 40 years, and counting.

Part 1: S1101. Informally published, soft cover, 146 pages, B&W and color photos and cartoons.
Price: $24.95

Part 2: S1102. Informally published, soft cover, 146 pages, B&W and color photos and cartoons.
Price: $24.95

S1103. Buy both for $45.95

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 Funny Car Fever

 by Steve Reyes

There wasn’t always a class for these “funny-looking” cars. In the mid-1960s, many of drag racing’s fastest drivers were outgrowing the Super Stock and Factory Experimental classes, building cars that stretched and eventually broke the rules. Promoters discovered they could pair up these altered-wheelbase, injected, blown machines in exhibition match races—and the spectators came running. Rivalries were born, the Funny Car class was created, and the cars kept getting faster and faster.

Funny Car Fever is a humorous, heart-felt,
first-hand account of the most exciting and memorable years of the Funny Car class. Steve Reyes followed these fiberglass-bodied, nitro-burning machines and their drivers from the years leading into Funny Car class through its halcyon days. He’s included over 400 of his favorite images and more than a few never-before-heard stories to bring the feeling of the class and the era home to you.

Soft cover, 192 pages, 200 color and black & white photos.

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Super Stock: Drag Racing the Family Sedan

by Larry Davis

Now in Soft Cover!

Without a doubt, the most popular classes in drag racing are the feature cars that the Average Joe has a chance to drive and afford. In the early and mid-‘60s, this era was especially interesting, as the cars that people were racing were muscle cars right off the showroom floor.

Super Stock takes a look at the most popular class of drag racing – factory Super Stock. It traces the evolution of the cars, the engines, the rules, the personalities, and many of the teams, from its beginnings in the mid-1950s through to the 1960s and the era of the Super Stock 409s, Ramchargers, 421 Pontiacs, and 406 Fords. This was a time when Ford, Chrysler, and General Motors competed on a weekly basis at local drag strips throughout the country, and the saying “...win on Sunday, sell on Monday...” had real significance in the marketplace. This is also the period that saw emergence of the term “muscle car” and the production of a whole class of American automobiles – which are now the most sought after by collectors, restorers, and performance enthusiasts.

This affordable edition of Super Stock: Drag Racing the Family Sedan is a paperback release of the original best-selling hardcover edition. It includes all the same first-person accounts of what drag racing was really like in the early 1960s, how the manufacturers controlled the competition and the results of the races, and how the sanctioning bodies attempted to control the manufacturers, who in turn simply sidestepped the rules. Appendices include all of the major event winners and the rules defining the classes as well as information detailing the engines and chassis competing in Top Stock categories.

Soft cover, 210 pages, 310 color and B&W photos.


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McQueen's Machines: The Cars and Bikes
of a Hollywood Icon

by Matt Stone

He made movies best remembered for their wild car chases, mad motorcycle dashes, and hair-raising races, but no one forgets the man at the wheel--Steve McQueen, the King of Cool. No other Hollywood star has been so closely linked with cars and bikes. It is this connection that McQueen’s Machines explores, giving readers a close-up look at the cars and motorcycles McQueen drove in movies, those he owned, and others he raced.

From the 1968 Ford Mustang GT Fastback he drove in Bullitt (in the greatest car chase of all time) to his Rolls-Royce Silver Shadow in "The Thomas Crown Affair", from the Triumph motorcycle of "The Great Escape" to the Gulf-Porsche 917K he actually raced in "Le Mans", the cars and bikes that McQueen made famous in films make another appearance here.

The book also features the cars, motorcycles, and even airplanes that McQueen owned over the years, including two motorcycles that fetched record prices at a recent auction: a 1937 Crocker "Hemi-head" V-Twin and a 1920 Indian Powerplus Daytona. Among notable cars profiled in the book are a 1959 Porsche Speedster bought new by McQueen, a 1957 Jaguar XKSS, a 1963 Ferrari 250 Lusso, a 1953 Siata 208S, a 1965 Ferrari 275 NART Spyder, and a 1969 "Le Mans" Porsche 911S.

With a foreword by Steve's son, Chad McQueen, and a wealth of details about the stars amateur racing career, his movie stunt work, and his car and motorcycle collecting, McQueen’s Machines draws a fascinating picture of one outsized man’s driving passion.

Newly released in soft cover on glossy paper, many color and B&W photos, 184 pages.



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Grand Prix Century:
The First 100 Years of the World's Most Glamorous
and Dangerous Sport

by Christopher Hilton

This is one of the greatest stories ever told – a century of men and machines pitted against each other, death riding at their elbow, risking everything to win.

In this action-packed volume, now available in paperback, Christopher Hilton celebrates 100 years of Grand Prix motor racing, from the first race in June 1906, when horses towed the new-fangled cars to the grid, to the awesome technology of today.

It will fascinate both the race fan and general readers, spreading the human story before them like a feast.

Newly released in soft cover, 464 pages, color and B&W photos.


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Stateline Speedway [DVD]
The First Ten Years – 1956-1965

A documentary by Randy Anderson

It was 1956. In an open field, on an abandoned farm in the town of Busti, NY, a dream became a reality. There, just a few miles from their homes across the border in Sugar Grove, PA, five men began construction of a dirt oval that would change their lives and those of all who came in contact with Stateline Speedway from that day on. Stateline Speedway has been in continuous operation for 55 years.

This professionally produced and narrated documentary chronicles the construction of the track and recaps the first decade of on-track action with local heroes like Squirt Johns, Bobby Schnars, Emory Mahan, and many more Anderson conducted 50 interviews and sorted through countless professional and personal photographs, home movies, newspaper accounts, and track programs to recreate the world of late ‘50s and early ’60 stock car racing.

Runtime 90 min.  (2010)


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Declarations of Stock Car Independents

by Perry Allen Wood

Independent stock car racers rarely won, often crashed, and flirted with death constantly, all for less money and fame than the money-backed star drivers of their day. This book includes interviews with 12 independent racers, including Curtis "Crawfish" Crider, "Jackhandle Joe" Frasson, and Gene "The Racing Marine" Hobby, among others.

Laying the foundation for stock car racing as we know it, most of these racers plied their trade during the sport’s early years, when racing required little more than a helmet and a great deal of courage. Readers will discover how each of these men managed to survive and stand out in their sport, despite running on second-hand or inferior equipment, receiving little to no outside support, and, in many cases, holding down another job off-track.

The book is supplemented with 126 photographs, many from the personal collections of the author and the racers.

Soft cover, 264 pages, 126 B&W photos.


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 Petty Blue [DVD]

Petty is truly one of the most recognizable names in NASCAR history, and one of the greatest racing families in the history of motorsports. Narrated by Academy Award Winner Kevin Costner, Petty Blue is THEIR story, told in their own words. Never before have four generations successfully competed in the same sport. Relive Lee’s (#42) days as the face of NASCAR during its earliest era; discover how Richard “The King” (#43) became the most-winning driver in NASCAR history; and follow Kyle (#44) and Adam (#45) as they continued the family legacy. Jam-packed with dynamic action footage, rare archival photos and candid conversations, Petty Blue is an in-depth look into the royal family of racing!

Experience everything that's great about racing through its most indelible and enduring family - the Pettys. It’s an inspirational story of dedication, perseverance, and family tradition that will provide a raw, behind-the-scenes look into NASCAR racing. Includes never-before-seen footage, deleted scenes and interviews with the Petty family and other NASCAR greats.

Color, widescreen format, runtime 91 min.

Includes the following special features:
- Deleted Scenes - (26:46): Petty Blue Paint; 1981 Daytona 500, Bobby Allison Fight; 1976 Daytona 500; Drag Racing in 1965; 1970 Darlington Crashes; Andy Granatelli and STP
- Richard & Maurice: Memory Lane - (6:57) Richard and Maurice Petty go through old photos and talk about their childhood, the home they lived in and memories they have from the past.
- Bonus Interviews - (17:27) Featuring interviews with David Pearson, Bobby Allison, Franklin Graham and Robbie Loomis, and many more.


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 RACING DREAMS

With Dwayne ‘The Rock” Johnson

RACING DREAMS is the acclaimed documentary from Academy Award nominated director Marshall Curry, which explores the competitive world of youth Karting races, as a precursor to professional NASCAR and Formula One racing.

The film follows the emotional journeys of three top racers competing for the national championship. The three adolescents and their families must discover if they have the talent and dedication plus sponsorship dollars to one day become NASCAR superstars.

This 2010 theatrical release has been praised by more than 40 top critics, making the it the best reviewed film of the year.

Widescreen, 93 min.

 

 


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 Miller’s Time – A Lifetime at Speed

by Don Miller with Jim Donnelly

Net proceeds from the sale of this book have been pledged to support the prevention of child abuse and neglect in the Carolinas.

It takes brains, character and extreme courage to succeed at the pinnacle of racing. Don Miller has all three qualities in spades. Roger Penske entrusted him with starting two NASCAR teams, developing their talent, getting the sponsors and turning their drivers into superstars. Rusty Wallace and Ryan Newman both have Don Miller to thank for much of their early success at the highest levels of NASCAR. Along the way, Miller was responsible for key innovations in racing tires, insulating materials to protect drivers, and aero packages. He can even take credit for inventing the souvenir trailer of today.

A professional drag racer in his teens and twenties, Miller has always been the hardest of hardcore racers, on every kind of track. That passion has never diminished, even though racing brought him to the very brink of death.

Don Miller has never before told his full story. Miller's Time, the memoirs of this hot rodder, racing titan, gifted businessman and car collector who just plain loves people, is one of the most compelling, rewarding and harrowing racing books that you will ever be lucky enough to read. Hard cover with dust jacket,

200 black & white photos, 304 pages.

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Price: $24.95
 

Speed Duel: The Inside Story of the Land Speed Record in the Sixties

by Samuel Hawley

The quest for the land speed record in the 1960s and the epic rivalry between two dynamic American drivers, Art Arfons and Craig Breedlove.

Until the 1950s, the land speed record (LSR) was held by a series of European gentlemen racers such as British driver John Cobb, who hit 394 miles per hour in 1947. That record held for more than a decade, until the car culture swept the U.S.

Hot-rodders and drag racers built and souped up racers using car engines, piston aircraft engines and, eventually, jet engines. For this determined and dedicated group, the LSR was no longer an honor to be held by rich aristocrats with industrial backing – it was brought stateside.

In the summer of 1960, the contest moved into overdrive, with eight men contending for the record on Utah's Bonneville Salt Flats. Some men died in horrific crashes, others prudently retired, and by mid-decade only two men were left driving: Art Arfons and Craig Breedlove. By 1965, Arfons and Breedlove had walked away from some of the most spectacular wipeouts in motor sport history and pushed the record up to 400, then 500, then 600 miles per hour. Speed Duel is the fast-paced history of their rivalry.

Despite the abundant heart-stopping action, Speed Duel is foremost a human drama. Says author Samuel Hawley, "It is a quintessential American tale in the tradition of The Right Stuff, except that it is not about extraordinary men doing great things in a huge government program. It's about ordinary men doing extraordinary things in their back yards."

Soft cover, 360 pages, B&W photos.


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Mark Donohue:
His Life in Photographs

by Michael Argetsinger

 In the stunning follow-up to his award-winning biography Mark Donohue: Technical Excellence at Speed, author Michael Argetsinger recreates Donohue’s remarkable life through hundreds of brilliant photographs. Many of these pictures were provided by the people who were closest to Donohue: his family, friends, and Penske Racing teammates. The book also offers some of the best work by the top motorsports photographers of the era, who deliver brilliant images of Donohue with a dazzling array of race cars, and intimate shots with his team and fellow drivers.

 These photos not only offer a uniquely personal view of a champion, but also reveal details of the cars that he drove and the preparation that went into racing each of them. These include everything from his earliest home-built efforts to the highly refined Camaros, Javelins, and Porsches that made him a champion and American icon in the 1960s and 1970s. Each image is accompanied by Argetsinger’s detailed, insightful captions. And Mark’s contemporaries—including his Penske teammates and fellow drivers Dan Gurney, George Follmer, David Hobbs, John Surtees, and Bobby Unser—also offer their recollections and commentary.

 Even readers who are already familiar with the life and legacy of Mark Donohue will be dazzled by this stunning collection of images and memories. Mark Donohue: His Life in Photographs vividly presents the life and times of an American racing hero.

Hard cover, 160 pages, 126 B&W and
118 color photographs.



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 VINTAGE HOT ROD METAL WORK

by Walt Scadden

 Bonneville racer/hot rodder/faculty member of Rhode Island School of Design, Walt Scadden, has produced one of the coolest, most unusual books we have ever carried. Certainly, it is the only book in our inventory with a metal cover with rivets and louvers!

Scadden presents photographs and written description of “old school” methods, techniques, and tips for the English Wheel, louver-making, lead body work, top chopping, etc.

This is the perfect gift for that gearhead who longs for a return to the golden days of the American automobile, when so much was artistry and performed by hand in the garage out back, rather than on a drafting board and a bank of CNC machines. Each is one of a kind.

Very hard cover, 58 pages, black and white photography.

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 NASCAR Then & Now

 by Ben White with photography by
Nigel Kinrade and Smyle Media

 In this unique gallery book, historical shots of people, cars, events, tracks, shops, and other NASCAR landmarks are paired with comparable modern shots to present a fascinating review of America's top motorsport.

See what Darlington looked like when it was built in 1950 compared to what it looks like now. Get a real sense of how pit stops have changed between 1949 and today. Compare a Ford stock car from 1962 with one from 2009.

Nowhere else can NASCAR fans so graphically trace the evolution of NASCAR’s growth from a humble but ambitious regional sport into a multibillion-dollar American institution. Part nostalgia, part celebration, this is the book every NASCAR fan will want for his or her library.

Hard cover, color and B&W photos,
144 pages.


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 Destruction Derby

 A high energy, fast-paced look at the exciting world of destruction on wheels,

Destruction Derby takes the viewer inside the minds of derby drivers to reveal why they push the limits of automotive destruction.

It’s a high-revving, bone-jarring auto-racing spectacle with one simple goal for the drivers….to be the last man standing.

Color, 51 min.


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 Crash! Crash! Crash!

 Not for the faint of heart, this bone-chilling documentary features a caught-on-tape collection of the most hair-raising race car crashes, smashes, tumbles and twist-ups the auto-racing world has ever seen. In addition to the outrageous footage, this program also features a series of revealing interviews with many of the drivers who have been lucky enough to walk away from the scene of these massive pileups.

Crash! Crash! Crash! features up-close action from dirt track Midgets and Sprints But this program goes beyond the racetrack to reveal the psychological and physical rehabilitation of a driver after serious injury. The film examines the risks drivers take and shows the personal choices they must make to extend their racing careers.

Includes interviews with Dan Drinan, Jack Hewitt, Brian Gerstner, Sondi Eaton, Robbie Rice, Johnny Parsons Jr. and more.

(2000) Documentary, Color, 51 min.

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 Buck Privates Come Home
(Abbott & Costello)

With Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Tom Brown, Joan Fulton, Nat Pendleton

 Bud and Lou return to civilian life in this hysterical slapstick adventure that Film Bulletin called “by far the most hilarious comedy ever made by Abbott and Costello.”

Slicker Smith (Abbott) and Herbie Brown (Costello) are caught with Evey, a young stowaway they have smuggled on board their ship when returning from Army duty in Europe. Held by immigration authorities, Evey manages to run away and finds Slicker and Herbie peddling “silk” ties in Times Square. Just when they are about to be arrested, Evey helps them escape. Deciding they need to find someone to adopt Evey, they look for her “Aunt” Sylvia (Joan Fulton).

Sylvia’s fiancé is a midget-car racer certain to win an upcoming race if he can only get his car out of the garage, where it is being held for unpaid bills. Pooling their cash, Slicker and Herbie are helping to get the car on track when the police show up. Herbie accidentally starts the car and leads the police on a madcap cross-country race that’s become one of the most hilarious and memorable in film history.

(1947), B&W, 77 min.

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 Old Speedways – Langhorne

 Langhorne Speedway was known as "The Big Left Turn." A one-mile round (later D-shaped) speedway that always kept the drivers turning left. Also know as "The Indy of the East," this track has hosted open wheel, NASCAR and the largest modified-sportsman events on the entire East Coast. These events would draw the top drivers in the country to compete in some of the most memorable races in auto racing history.

This DVD brings you back to the Modified-Sportsman era when local backyard racers and mechanics could compete with the best in a long-distance Championship Race: Dutch Hoag, Frankie Schneider, Pete Corey, Bill Wimble, Will Cagle, Roger and Merv Treichler, Freddy Adam, Kenny Shoemaker, Wild Bill Slater, Ray Tilley, Richie Evans, Geoff Bodine, Guy Chartrand in his famous Hemi-Cuda, Lou Lazzaro, Jim Shampine, Buzzie Reutimann, Ray Hendrick, Jerry Cook....and many more.

Footage on this DVD covers both the dirt and asphalt years, 1957, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, and 1971.

Runtime 1 hour, 35 minutes, color movies set to music.



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Price: $19.95
 
Super Speedway: The Mach II Special Edition IMAX (2-Disc WMVHD Edition)

 Fasten your seatbelt and get ready for the ride of your life! Super Speedway puts you in the driver's seat of an Indy-type race car tearing up asphalt at speeds of over 230 miles per hour. Follow the excitement and drama of championship auto racing with narrator and celebrated actor Paul Newman, and join racing star Michael Andretti and his legendary father, Mario, as they craft a state-of-the-art race car. Then, follow the pulse-pounding action of Michael's high-speed quest for victory as he pushes the limits of the new car at the PPG CART World Series.

 Ever wonder "how did they do that?" The Making of 'Super Speedway,” shot on High-Definition Video, takes you behind the scenes, letting you explore the movie magic of making a groundbreaking documentary in the largest film format in the world. A revolutionary chapter selection menu gives you the option of jumping scene by scene from in front of the cameras to behind the lens. Disc 2 includes the complete feature in Microsoft Windows Media High Definition, playable on your PC.

(1998)

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Dust to Glory

 From the creators of “Step Into Liquid” comes this absolutely exhilarating film about the most notorious and dangerous race in the world: the Tecate SCORE Baja 1000.

Showcasing Mario Andretti, Robby Gordon, Johnny Campbell and J.N. Roberts, and packed with awesome helicopter footage, in-your-face POV shots and stories of raw courage, the action-adventure documentary follows a wild assortment of motorcycles, dune buggies, ATV quads and tricked-out trucks in a 32-hour dash across 1,000 miles of unforgiving terrain and delivers such pulse-pounding thrills that you feel like you've been there.

Using 90 cameras in a variety of formats, director Dana Brown captures the giddy danger of the race with truly visceral force.

(2005) 97 min, Color.

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Price: $19.95
 

Heart Like a Wheel – The Shirley Muldowney Story

with Bonnie Bedelia, Beau Bridges, Bruce Barlow, Leo Rossi and Anthony Edwards

Bonnie Bedelia — in the triumphant performance that earned her a Golden Globe® nomination as Best Actress — stars as Shirley "Cha Cha" Muldowney, the young wife and mother who defied the sport of drag racing to become the only female top fuel champion in NHRA® history.

But before she could reach the record books, Shirley had to survive an abusive first marriage, her volatile love affair with fellow racer Connie Kalitta (Beau Bridges of THE KILLING TIME and NORMA RAE), a horrific accident, and a sexist world that tried to stand in the way of one remarkable woman who dared to put her heart on the line.

Anthony Edwards of ER fame co-stars in this Deluxe 25th Anniversary Edition of the film Newsweek called "one of the best American movies of the year," now packed with all-new Bonus Materials featuring racing legends Shirley Muldowney, Don Garlits, Connie Kalitta and much more.

 Special Features
- Commentary by director Jonathan Kaplan
- "Shirley Muldowney: Behind the Wheel" featurette with the real Shirley Muldowney and friends
- "Friends - Rivals - Champions" featurette with real-life racers Muldowney, Don Garlits and Connie Kalitta discussing their careers
- Alternate ending
 - Poster and still gallery
 - Theatrical trailer

 Color, Special Edition, runtime 113 min.

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 Michael Schumacher
– The Edge of Greatness

by James Allen

 Gifted with a rare blend of superior ability and unshakeable nerves, Michael Schumacher is the outstanding Formula One driver of his generation. Over the past 15 seasons he has won an unprecedented seven world drivers’ championships and in the process has captured the imagination of fans all over the world.

For all his success, Schumacher is also a controversial figure, feared for his ruthless tactics and despised for using extreme methods in pursuit of success. From his first Grand Prix with Jordan to his Benetton world championships and his attempt to win back Ferrari’s crown, this is a thorough and engaging look at Schumacher’s entire racing career. The story behind Schumacher’s record five consecutive world titles is revealed, and his impact on the racing world as a whole following his retirement examined. Frank, honest, and adroit, this is an in-depth look at the life and career of a champion.

Soft cover, 406 pages.


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Grand Prix

 with James Garner, Eva Marie Saint, Yves Montand, and more.

Two-Disc Special Edition

 Nine races. One champion. James Garner, Yves Montand, Brian Bedford and Antonio Sabato portray Formula I drivers competing to be the best in this slam-you-into-the-driver's seat tale of speed, spectacle and intertwined personal lives. Eva Marie Saint and Toshiro Mifune also star.

John Frankenheimer (who 32 years later would again stomp the pedal to the metal for the car chases of Ronin) directs this winner of 3 Academy Awards, crafting split-screen images to capture the overlapping drama and orchestrating you-are-there POV camerawork to intensify the hard-driving thrills.

Nearly 30 top drivers take part in the excitement, so buckle up, movie fans. Race with the best to the head of the pack.

Originally released in 1966, it was re-mastered in 2006 with many new features:

 · New digital transfer from restored 65mm elements with a soundtrack remastered in Dolby Digital 5.1

 · "Pushing the Limit: The Making of Grand Prix" - 40th Anniversary making-of documentary

 · "Flat Out: Formula One in the Sixties" featurette

 · "The Style and Sound of Speed" - a look at the style of Saul Bass and the film's sound design

 · "Brands Hatch: Behind the Checkered Flag" - Behind the scenes tour of the famous raceway used in the movie

 · "Grand Prix: Challenge of the Champions" - archival 1960s featurette behind-the-scenes at the Grand Prix Theatrical trailer

 Color, Closed-captioned, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD, Special Edition, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC, Runtime: 176 minutes

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Price: $75.00
 
 Phil Hill: A Driving Life

by Phil Hill
with photography by John Lamm

 Though he’s best remembered as the first American Formula One champion and a three-time Le Mans winner, Phil Hill (1927-2008) also enjoyed a long career as an automotive writer. Hill was a regular contributor to Road & Track magazine, writing vivid, first-person accounts of his experiences driving everything from the earliest horseless carriages to the most modern road and race cars. Phil Hill: A Driving Life gathers the best of these stories, each of them accompanied by dazzling photographs from Hill’s friend and colleague John Lamm.

The book starts with the very first car, a three-wheeler built by Karl Benz in 1886. From there it’s on to a classic Packard touring car from 1915, the first-ever MG, the revolutionary rear-engined Auto-Union D-Type, and many others. Several chapters find Hill reunited with cars that played a significant role in his racing career. From the 1950s there’s the Jaguar XK120 that gave him an early win at Pebble Beach in 1950 and the Maserati 250F that he drove in his first Grand Prix at Reims in 1958. A decade later there are the Ford GT40s he helped develop, 1963’s ill-fated ATS 100 Grand Prix car, and the unique, high-winged Chaparral 2F that yielded his last professional victory at Brands Hatch in 1967. And there are also Phil’s recollections of other great drivers he drove with and against, including Juan Manuel Fangio, Stirling Moss, Olivier Gendebien, and Dan Gurney.

 Whether he’s writing about a rare vintage race car, a hard-fought victory, or an old friend, Phil’s essential qualities of intelligence, curiosity, and integrity always come through. Phil Hill: A Driving Life provides a unique perspective on automotive history from a true champion.

A gorgeous, hard-cover coffee-table book, 192 pages with 173 black & white and full-color photos.



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 Old Speedways – Orange County Fairgrounds, Middletown, NY

 The track known as The Hard Clay is the oldest speedway in the country still in operation today. Located at the Orange County Fairgrounds in Middletown, NY, this track has produced some of the best drivers and classic races ever to be seen in the Northeast.

This DVD has captured a time when the Legends of Racing were at their prime. Will Cagle, Gerald Chamberlain, Buzzie Reutimann, Bobby Bottcher, Frankie Schneider, Bob Malzahn, Rich Ricci Sr., Al Tasnady, Budd Olsen, Lou Lazzaro, Pete Corey and Toby Tobias.

This classic movie footage will take you back to the mid 1960s, 70s, and early 1980s. Includes original movie footage and audio of the 1973 Eastern States Weekend where the Legendary Ray Martin announces Heat Races and results. Also included are segments of the Late Models, Sportsman, rare footage of Flat Track Motorcycle Racing, and vintage years of the Street Stock class from the 1984 Eastern States Weekend.

Play time is 1 hr. 17 min.



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Price: $57.95
 
 Full Throttle – Images of Australian
Speedway 1970-2009

by Tony Loxley

This coffee-table book is packed with full-color and black and white photos that capture nearly 40 years of racing on Australia’s famed speedways, such as Warrnambool, Parramatta City, Liverpool and many more. The photos and text cover action in sprints, midgets, stock cars, motorcycles and more across the country, illustrating all the stars, their machines, the tragedies and gut-wrenching thrills this sport has produced. American drivers who raced in Australia, like Tony Stewart, Donny Schatz, Steve Kinser and Sammy Swindell, are featured as well. It's a wild ride, so sit back, strap yourself in, and enjoy a methanol-fed trip Down Under.

Hard cover, 272 pages.


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Price: $24.95
 
 Pit Road Pets: The Second Lap

by Wendy Belk and photographer
Karen Will Rogers

For Stewart-Haas Racing driver Ryan Newman and wife Krissie, their six dogs aren’t just adored animals – they’re family. The Newmans have released their second book, Pit Road Pets: the Second Lap, which celebrates the NASCAR community and their beloved furry, hoofed, and sometimes even feathered families.

Pit Road Pets gives fans an intimate look at some of NASCAR’s favorite drivers, both past and present, their families and their love for animals. Crew chiefs, broadcast personalities, team owners and the people who work behind the scenes at races each weekend are also part of this book, which is loaded with wonderful color photographs.

The proceeds from the Newmans’ first book helped build a regional spay/neuter clinic at the Humane Society of Catawba Count in Hickory, N.C. One hundred percent of the Ryan Newman Foundation net proceeds from Pit Road Pets: the Second Lap will be donated to animal causes, such as giving grants to families that can’t afford to spay or neuter their pets. The Ryan Newman Foundation also plans to build an animal education center in North Carolina that will serve as a model for animal welfare and education throughout the U.S.

This is a book every animal-lover will want to read and give to friends!

Hard cover, 232 pages.


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Price: $24.95
 
 Bill France Jr. - The Man Who Made NASCAR

by Herb A. Branham

Former NASCAR president, chairman, and CEO Bill France Jr. is remembered and revered as the man who followed his visionary father at the helm of NASCAR, in the process becoming a visionary himself, as he guided NASCAR to unprecedented levels of popularity. Bill Jr. grew up in the formative years of stock car racing, living and learning every detail of the sport from his own experiences, and those of his father, NASCAR founder William Henry Getty France, known as Bill Sr. or Big Bill. In Bill France Jr: The Man Who Made NASCAR, the life of Bill France Jr. is examined, starting with the day in 1934 when his family arrived at the then-sleepy town of Daytona Beach, Florida.

The biography covers Bill Jr.’s role in NASCAR’s formative years; his assumption of the NASCAR presidency; the sport’s explosion in popularity under his leadership; his courageous battle with cancer throughout the last decade of his life; and his final role, as NASCAR vice chairman and main advisor to NASCAR’s third-generation leader, his son, Chairman/CEO Brian France. Bill Jr. combined pragmatism with optimism, an approach that resulted in a calculated and adventurous road to success for NASCAR. That approach was marked always by an inimitable, colorful style now recalled as both endearing and intimidating. Bill France Jr: The Man Who Made NASCAR gives the reader an insider’s look at a remarkable life.

Hard cover, 256 pages.


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 ESPN Ultimate NASCAR
– Vol. 5, The Families

An unprecedented and revealing look at the families that have helped shape NASCAR's
explosion and rise to the #1 spectator sport in America.

Features the biggest names in NASCAR - Earnhardt Sr. & Jr., Lee & Richard Petty, and the Allisons.

120 min.


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 Real NASCAR: White Lightning,
Red Clay, and Big Bill France

by Daniel S. Pierce
In this history of the stock car racing circuit we now know as NASCAR, Daniel Pierce offers a
revealing new look at the sport, from its postwar beginnings on Daytona Beach and Piedmont dirt tracks, through the early 1970s when the sport spread beyond its southern roots and gained national recognition.

Following NASCAR founder Big Bill France from his start as a mechanic, Real NASCAR details the sport's genesis as it has never been shown before. Pierce not only confirms the popular notion of NASCAR's origins in bootlegging, but also establishes beyond a doubt the close ties between organized racing and the illegal liquor industry, a story that readers will find both fascinating and controversial.

Although France faced many challenges–including a fickle Detroit that often seemed unsure of its support for the sport, safety issues that killed star drivers and threatened its very existence, and drivers who twice tried to unionize to gain a bigger piece of the NASCAR pie–by the early 1970s France and his allies had laid a firm foundation for what has become today a billion-dollar industry and arguably the largest spectator sport in America.

Hard cover, 365 pages.


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 DVD Price: $17.00
 
 Langhorne Thriller

Relive the 1951 Race of Champions.

120 cars start the race on the dirt mile in this
professionally shot and narrated black and white film.

The highlight is a spectacular 60-car
pile-up and fire of Wally Campbell’s car that ends the race, with Hully Bunn the winner.

32 min.


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 Developing Successful Sport Sponsorship Plans

by David K. Stotlar

Now in its third edition, Developing Successful Sport Sponsorship Plans has become an integral tool for students as well as professionals.

In this vastly updated version, which has a focus redirected toward the sport consumer, internationally renowned sport marketing professor David Stotlar explains how to create an effective sport marketing plan. Stotlar’s decades of comprehensive experience and intimate knowledge of the sport industry are
evident as he provides the specific issues to consider, the essential questions to guide your thinking, and the proper exercises to help you develop and implement a viable sport marketing plan.

Soft cover, 130 pages.







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 Offy – America’s Greatest
Racing Engine

by Ken Walton

Probably the most comprehensive history of this legendary engine and the bible for anyone trying to identify or rebuild one of these exquisitely machined powerplants.

Offy analyzes architectural concepts used in the engine beginning with the Charlatan Peugeot of 1912. The history continues through the Miller/Offenhauser/Goossen era (1913 to 1933), Offenhauser/Goossen era (1934-1946), Meyer/Drake/Goossen era (1946-1965), and finally Drake/Goossen/Hermann era (1965-1980).

The book also includes shop manual assembly/disassembly data in 150-pages of incredibly detailed appendices.

With more than 650 images, the focus is on an American icon that dominated oval-track racing across the country (particularly the Indy 500) for nearly five decades.

Hard cover, 512 pages with dustcover.

Soft Cover Version
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 I’LL NEVER BE LAST AGAIN
– My journey from dirt-poor dairy farmer to NASCAR National Champion to Lifelong Entrepreneur



by Bill Wimble with Lew Boyd

The two-time NASCAR National Sportsman Champion spins tales of his incredible journey from a New York dairy farm near the Canadian border to the short tracks and superspeedways along the East Coast, to his honored career as an entrepreneur in New York and Florida.

Soft cover, 200-plus pages, 130 black and white photos.

 

 


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 Blue Island’s Raceway Park

by Stan Kawalsinski and Samuel Beck

On September 24, 1938, Raceway Park officially opened its doors, and the track remained open for over 60 years. The first race was won by Harry McQuinn, who went on to compete in the Indianapolis 500 and become the chief pit steward of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

In 1948, Raceway Park added stock car races to its regular program, and the track became a popular entertainment venue throughout the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s as thousands of Chicagoans filled the stands.

The track held its last race in 2000 and was torn down the following year. Although Raceway Park is now a part of history, the "World's Busiest Track" is still in the hearts and minds of many Chicagoland race fans.

Soft cover, 128 pages.


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 He Crashed Me So I Crashed
Him Back

by Mark Bechtel

On a cold February day in 1979, when most of the Northeast was snowed in by a blizzard, NASCAR entered the American consciousness with a dramatic telecast of the Daytona 500. It was the first 500-mile race to be broadcast live on national television and featured the heroes and legends of the sport racing on a hallowed track. With one of the wildest finishes in sports history–a finish that was just the start of the drama–everything changed for what is now America's second most popular sport.

He Crashed Me So I Crashed Him Back is the story of an emerging sport trying to find its feet. It's the story of how Bobby Allison, Donnie Allison, Cale Yarborough, Richard Petty, Dale Earnhardt, Darrell Waltrip, A.J. Foyt, and Kyle Petty came together in an unforgettable season that featured the first nationally televised NASCAR races. There were rivalries–even the sibling kind–and plenty of fistfights, feuds, and frenzied finishes. Rollicking and full of larger-than-life characters, He Crashed Me So I Crashed Him Back is the remarkable tale of the birth of modern stock-car racing.

Soft cover, 320 pages.


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 Growing Up NASCAR: Racing's Most Outrageous Promoter Tells All

by Humpy Wheeler and
Peter Golenbock

In 1949, when Humpy Wheeler was 11, he attended the very first NASCAR race. For the next ten years, he spent as much time in the pits as he could, and came to know many of the sport's pioneers. Eventually, Wheeler began promoting races at Carolina tracks such as Concord Speedway, Robinwood Speedway, and Starlight Speedway.

Racing was so rough back then he kept a gun by his side when he paid the purse, and often used his fists to keep order. By the time Wheeler retired in 2008, he had helped NASCAR become the six-billion-dollar-a-year industry it is today. Filled with photographs from Wheeler's personal archives,

Growing Up NASCAR presents the ultimate behind-the-scenes look at NASCAR from the consummate insider.

Hard Cover, 304 pages.


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Price: $24.95
 
 Racing While Black – How an African-American Stock Car Team Made Its Mark on NASCAR

by Leonard T. Miller and
Andrew Simon

Starting a NASCAR team is hard work.
Starting a NASCAR team as an African American is even harder. These are just a few of the lessons learned by Leonard T. Miller during his decade and a half of running an auto racing program.

Fueled by more than the desire to win, Miller made it his goal to create opportunities for black drivers in the vastly white, Southern world of NASCAR. Racing While Black chronicles the travails of selling marketing plans to skeptics and scraping by on the thinnest of budgets, as well as the triumphs of speeding to victory and changing the way racing fans view skin color. With his father—former drag racer and longtime team owner Leonard W. Miller—along for the ride, Miller journeys from the short tracks of the Carolinas to the boardrooms of the “Big Three” automakers to find out that his toughest race may be winning over the human race.

Leonard T. Miller is a second-generation African American auto racing team owner. He has fielded teams in NASCAR and open-wheel racing. Andrew Simon is a senior editor at ESPN The Magazine. His writing has appeared in The Rolling Stone Encyclopedia of Rock & Roll, VIBE, and Complex.

Hard cover, 320 pages.


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DVD Price: $19.95
 

 

Six-Pack

With Kenny Rogers, Diane Lane, and Erin Gray (1982, DVD 2006)

Kenny Rogers stars as Brewster Baker, a stock car driver chasing a comeback until a gang of expert thieves steals his new engine. But these are no ordinary car strippers: Brewster’s been boosted by a teenage orphan (Oscar nominee Diane Lane, Unfaithful) and her five car-crazy young brothers.

The kids are on the run from a crooked Texas sheriff. Brewster needs a top team of fast mechanics. From small Southern speedways to the NASCAR Grand Nationals, can the most unlikely pit crew in racing history take Baker all the way to the checkered flag?

Anthony Michael Hall (The Breakfast Club, The Dead Zone), Erin Gray (Silver Spoons), Barry Corbin (One Tree Hill) and Terry Kiser (Weekend At Bernie’s) co-star in this warm and funny family comedy featuring a hot soundtrack of country hits by Kenny Rogers, Crystal Gayle, Merle Haggard and more.

 Color, 108 min.

 


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DVD Price: $14.95
Classic Thrills & Spills

Over 200 of the wildest crashes on dirt, featuring Late Models & Sprints.

Includes Todd Shaffer’s fiery crash at East Bay in 1997 and Jack Bland’s horrific backstretch crash at Hagerstown in 1996.

60 minutes.










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DVD Price: $24.95

 

 Old Speedways
 – Albany-Saratoga (DVD)

The Albany-Saratoga track in Malta, New York, has always been one of the most unusual tracks in the entire Northeast area. The track was built in 1965 and over the years has seen the absolutely best racing, from the NASCAR years in the 1960s on asphalt, to D.I.R.T and C.V.R.A racing in the 1970s-80s on the dirt surface. Always racing on Friday nights, Albany-Saratoga attracted all of the greatest drivers to compete on a weekly basis: Pete Corey, Ken Shoemaker, Ed Flemke, Lou Lazzaro, Don MacTavish, Richie Evans, Rene Charland, Andy Romano, Bernie Miller, Vince Quinville, Ernie Gahan, Dennis Giroux, Ray Hendrick, Jack Johnson, C.D. Coville, Tom Corellis, Will Cagle, Chuck Ely, Ken Coons, Mert Hulbert, and many more.

This DVD will take you back to see the Modifieds, Chargers, Limited Sportsman, Late Models, Street Stocks, Mini-Modifieds, Spectator Racing and watch the very first Run-Whatcha-Brung Event, plus bonus footage of Project X-47, The Auto Racing Community Project Car.

Play time: 1 hour, 10 minutes of color footage and a few black & white photos.

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Price: $69.95

 

 SACRAMENTO – Dirt Capital
of the West

by Tom Motter

Here at last is the long-awaited volume on the history of Sacramento-area race tracks, including West Capital Speedway, Hughes Stadium, Lazy J Speedway, Old Sacramento Fairgrounds, Cal-Expo Fairgrounds, and Sportsman K-9 Park. The book is a photographic lesson in why “dirt is beautiful,” from a 1913 auto road race to the Silver Crown 100 in 2000 and covers midgets, sprints, super-modifieds, dirt Indy cars and Silver Crown cars.

Hard cover with dust jacket, 203 pages, over 175 B&W photos.

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Price: $69.95

 Speedway – Auto Racing’s
Ghost Tracks

by S.S. Collins and Gavin D. Ireland
Around the world lie a number of long-forgotten raceways; windswept and abandoned, the derelict pit roads and crumbling concrete are all that remains of once great race tracks. From the NASCAR heartland of North Wilkesboro and Middle Georgia to the great European super speedways at Monza and Brooklands.

All photographed as they are now, but remembered in their prime. Gorgeous full-page color and black and white photos.

Hardbound coffee table book, 176 pages.

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Price: $24.95

 The Weekend Starts on Wednesday: True Stories of Remarkable
NASCAR Fans

 by Andrew Giangola, with Foreword by Tony Stewart and Afterword by Kyle Busch
In The Weekend Starts on Wednesday, NASCAR insider Andrew Giangola scoured the circuit and slept in school buses to find remarkable fans and tell their hilarious, heart-warming stories. With a keen eye for detail and uncommon humor, Giangola probes the open hearts and colorful experiences of the sport’s most fervent fans. His collection of amazing stories opens a new chapter on the extraordinary appeal of NASCAR, and shows why so many are so crazy about this great American sport.

Hard cover, 304 pages, 50 color photos.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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