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S-84
Price: $20.00
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A Hand For The Wheel – The
Mel Kenyon Story
By Jack Albinson
The 7 time USAC
National Midget Champion and a veteran of 8 Indianapolis
500 Mile Races overcame the injuries suffered in a flaming
crash at Langhorne, Pennsylvania then came back to win
again.
Soft cover, 120
pages,
51 photos
(13 in full color);
4 Ralph Steele
paintings in full color.
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S-995
Price: $39.95
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Mark Donohue – Technical
Excellence at Speed
by Michael Argetsinger
To a generation of fans in the 1960s and 1970s, Mark Donohue
embodied a new, uniquely American spirit in motor racing. Donohue
was not only blindingly fast, he was also smart, with a background
in engineering and a unique talent for studying and setting up a
race car. Together with his like-minded team owner, Roger Penske, he
brought a new level of technical sophistication and preparation to
nearly every type of American racing, from sports cars to the
Indianapolis 500.
After years of success in amateur sports-car racing, Donohue’s
professional career took off in 1966 when he drove a factory Ford
GT40 at Le Mans and a Lola T70 for Penske in the Can-Am Challenge.
In 1972 he won the Indy 500, and a year later he captured the Can-Am
title. After a brief retirement he returned to racing in Formula
One, only to die following an accident during practice for the
Austrian Grand Prix in 1975.
In the first full biography of Mark Donohue, author Michael
Argetsinger tells the story of racing’s ultimate driver-engineer,
one who set the standard for generations to come. He also explains
how Donohue’s life and career were shaped by his friends, family,
and fellow drivers, as well as by the rapid changes in technology
and competition that swept through racing during his time.
Hard cover, 344 pages.
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S-989
Price: $29.95
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Indianapolis Motor Speedway
- 100 Years of Racing
by Ralph Kramer, with
Foreword by Mario Andretti
What began as 328 acres of Indiana farm land is now a modern
facility legendary in the world of racing. Long considered the
world's greatest race track, Indianapolis Motor Speedway turns 100
this year.
Celebrate the Brickyard's first century with colorful pictures and
lively stories that
capture the spirit and fun of race day.
Author Ralph Kramer grew up on a
farm 50 miles from Indy and saw his first 500-mile race in 1950.
Later, Kramer covered the race and the sideshow functions for The
Indianapolis News from 1964-1973. He was the director of the
Speedway's Hall of Fame Museum (1995 to 1998).
Hard cover, 256 pages
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S-640
Price: $23.95
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EDDIE SACHS, The Clown Prince
By Denny Miller
The Life and Times of one of the World’s Greatest
Drivers, Eddie Sachs. Over 600 pages filled with racing memories,
remarkable photography, and humorous stories about a guy who talked
his way into the cockpit...and into history.
Soft Cover, 625 pages, B&W photos.
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S-979
Price: $19.95
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Hard Times, Hard Driving
– Dirt Track Racing in the 1930s
by Richard Sharpless and
John Way
The dirt track racers who caught the public’s attention in the
Depression years were often local boys. They came from farms and
factories, from small towns and big cities, but they had in common a
fascination with the machine that was fast transforming America. For
them the automobile was a magical machine they could drive into
adventure, fame, and, just possibly, profit. It set them apart as
unique.
Along with daredevil drivers and imaginative mechanics with their
homemade cars, the era produced its share of inventive racing
people: weekend enthusiasts who labored for little more than love of
the sport as scorers, timekeepers, pit stewards, and starters. Since
almost everybody had to learn from scratch, it all became a game of
make up.
This is the story of that hard times decade, about the drivers and
builders, the promoters and officials, about all those who laid the
foundation for the emergence of big-time racing after the Second
World War. It is a story based on extensive interviews of those who
were there, who did the work of making American automobile racing a
sport of the common man.
Soft cover, 152 pages.
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S-977
Price: $29.95
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TOMMY HINNERSHITZ, The Life &
Times of An Auto Racing Legend
by Gary Ludwig
A beautifully printed hard cover book with full color dust jacket
photos, 20 pages of inside photos, complete career statistics, and
252 pages of auto-racing history by veteran sportswriter Gary
Ludwig.
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S-810
Regular
Price: $39.95
SuperSpecial: $23.95
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DAREDEVILS OF
THE
FRONTIER
By Keith Herbst
Coastal 181 is extremely proud to have worked so closely with Keith
Herbst to publish this title before he died in June 2009. It is a
beautiful hardcover book, painstakingly researched – a treasure
trove of stories, stats and photos for any midget enthusiast.
Keith Herbst chronicles
The Daredevils—a unique breed of Eastern
and Midwestern race car drivers who met
regularly on the common ground of the
Niagara Frontier to test their mettle.
Daredevils is a visual remembrance of
the excitement and the thrills these
drivers provided to record-breaking
crowds of race fans in the turbulent
1940s and 1950s.
Hardcover, est. 250 pages with
over 400 photographs.
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S-951
Price: $74.95
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Racers at Rest – the
Checkered Flag
By Buzz Rose, Joe Heisler,
Fred Chaparro, and Jeff Sharpe
The most significant book ever written on open-wheel oval-track
racing (including midgets, sprints, supermodifieds, roadsters, and
Champ Cars).
A celebration of life to honor the nearly 1500 who perished while
racing, from 1908 to 2008.
1000 photos and articles, 448 pp, high quality glossy paper, 9”x12”.
Available late October.
Order now
and receive a signed and numbered
Limited Edition.
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S-942
Price: $24.95
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The Unfair Advantage
by Mark Donohue
In 1974, Mark Donohue took a year off from driving at the height of
his racing career to write "The Unfair Advantage," a candid and
revealing book about his journey through the world of auto racing –
from amateur SCCA races in his own 57 Corvette to winning the Indy
500 in Roger Penske’s McLaren M16.
Considered a classic, the book was reissued in 2000; this edition
contains over 60 additional photographs and comments from people who
worked and raced with Donohue during the 1960s and early 1970s.
Soft cover, 350 pages, 100+ black and white & color photos.
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S-933
Price: $39.95
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THANKS: The Story of Rick
Mears and the Mears Gang
by Gordon Kirby
Through the eighties and into the early nineties he was known as the
King of the Speedways and the maestro of the Indianapolis Motor
Speedway. Rick Mears, the gentleman racer, won four Indianapolis
500s between 1979 and 1991, as well as three CART Indy car
championships, before retiring at the end of 1992 following a series
of injuries.
Originally from Kansas, Rick, his brother Roger, and his racer dad
Bill were known as the “Mears Gang” in Southern California sprint
buggy and off-road racing. Brother Roger went on to race Indy cars
for a few years before focusing his career on off-road racing, where
he was an extremely successful owner/driver.
The Mears Gang tradition carries on today with Roger’s son Casey
racing in NASCAR’s Sprint Cup. In Rick Mears • Thanks, veteran
racing writer Gordon Kirby, the U.S. editor of Motor Sport, tells
the whole story of Rocket Rick Mears and the Mears Gang’s journey
from dirt tracks to superspeedways.
Soft cover, 264 pages.
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S-925
Price: $22.95
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BRICK BY BRICK – The Story of
Auto Racing Pioneer Joie Ray
by Patrick Sullivan
Joie Ray was a journeyman open wheel driver in the forties and
fifties. He raced widely and well, but took only three checkered
flags and never achieved his ambition of racing at the Brickyard.
Ray was black – the first to break the color barrier with AAA. This
is the passionate story of a gentle, but pioneering American.
The book was published by Dave Argabright.
Soft cover, 208
pages, black and white photography.
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S-920
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Dialed In –The Jan
Opperman Story
by John Sawyer
Dialed In –The Jan Opperman Story
has been
re-released in a new edition. According to the publishers it is “a
book that is acknowledged by many as being a classic auto-racing
story. It is filled with passion and pathos, sometimes humorous,
sometimes sad.
The Jan Opperman story is one of never giving up and having faith in
a divine being.
It provides the reader the rare opportunity to peer behind the
glamorous facade of auto racing and meet the inner man.
The friendship between narrator and author is evident and while much
of the book is Jan’s own words, John Sawyer has carefully authored
them. From a teenage street fighter, motorcycle flat track racer and
California
hippie to respected Sprint car driver and Indy 500 racer - Jan
Opperman's story is remarkable, entertaining and difficult to put
down."
Soft cover,
5 1/2" x 8 ½”, 144 pages,
38
black & white photos.
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S-160
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My road to Indy
by Len Sutton
Coastal 181 is very
pleased to be offering this newly reprinted edition of Len Sutton’s
spectacular racing autobiography.
With insight and intelligence, Len has chronicled his incredible
road through early open wheel racing to the infamous Indy roadster,
to the advent of rear engine design.
There are 175 photographs throughout this hardcover book and an
introduction by Donald Davidson, Indianapolis Speedway historian.
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S-744
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LONE WOLF
by Doug Wolfgang
with Dave Argabright
Doug Wolfgang,
winner of five Knoxville Nationals, is one of the finest sprint car
drivers of all time; Dave Argabright is one of the finest writers.
This is a brand new and haunting volume, full of the intensity,
triumph, tragedy, and controversy so much a part of the sport.
Hard cover, 300
pages, color and B&W photos.
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S-855
Price: $39.95
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Damn Few Died in Bed
by Andy Dunlop and Thomas
Saal
The remarkable story of Andy Dunlop, a master mechanic and crew
chief who spent almost 50 years in American automotive competition.
In a book that captures the essence of American dirt track racing,
Saal's skillful interviews with Dunlop bring out the highs and lows
of the amazing life of a chief mechanic on the championship trail in
the Fifties and Sixties.
This volume is a true testament to Andy and many others who lived
and sometimes died on the edge, preparing cars and driving them to
their limit.
Hardcover, 300 pages, with
B&W and color photos, 7 1/4' x 10 1/4"
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S-660
Price: $40.00
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The Unser
Legacy:
Four Generations of Speed
by Gordon Kirby
The dynasty was first established on Pikes Peak with
Bobby and Al. The second generation continued the Indy dominance as
Al Unser Jr. won in both 1992 and 1994.
Eventually, Robby Unser became the seventh member of the family to
start at the big Brickyard, and now the newest racing Unser, Alfred
Richard looks to add yet another Unser name to the Indy 500
competitor list.
Hard cover, 256 pages
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S-236
Price: $32.95
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The Marvelous Mechanical
Designs of
Harry A. Miller
By Gordon E. White
Harry A. Miller designed racing
cars that were among the finest of the golden age of
American auto racing for nearly two decades. This book
portrays Miller's racing cars of the glorious roaring
twenties along with his speedboat and aircraft engines
- even his design for a high-speed combat vehicle engine.
An exciting collection of photos of the work of one
of America's mechanical geniuses, along with commentary
on Miller's work by auto racing historian Gordon Eliot
White.
Soft cover, 142 black & white
photographs.
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S-721
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Wooden Rails & Rooster Tails: An Autoracing Anthology
by Earl C. Fabritz & Allan
G. Krause
Travel into the past and read about the beginnings of auto racing.
This book is a collection of short stories previously published in
magazines over the last twenty plus years.
By putting them in a book, you can understand the history behind the
race tracks, men and machines which created a foundation for today's
modern auto racing.
Included are several stories about the Mile and racing in Milwaukee
& Wisconsin area, and there is also a story on the Fresno,
California's mile dirt track and Sioux City, Iowa's two-mile dirt
track.
Hard cover. 136 pages, 9” by 6”, black and white photos throughout.
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S-833SC Soft Cover
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UMBRELLA MIKE:
The True Story of the Chicago Gangster Behind the Indy 500
by Brock Yates
Umbrella Mike is Michael Joseph Boyle, the corrupt leader of
Chicago’s most powerful union and on friendly terms with Al Capone.
Umbrella Mike was one of the few who could afford the luxury of
racing during the hardship of the Depression. In 1937, dogged by
adverse publicity and a barrage of disasters, the prestigious
Vanderbilt Cup was held on Long Island. This book remarkably
chronicles the dramatic events that unfolded during this most
controversial of races — pitting against one another a Nazi poster
child, a German-hating Swiss, and the brilliant American underdog
who has a trick or two up his sleeve.
Soft cover
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S-834
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Rodger Ward: Superstar of
American Racing's Golden Age
by Mike O’Leary
For a generation of racing fans, and for racing history buffs to
this day, Rodger Ward embodies the post-war era of open wheel racing
in the United States. In Wards day, drivers didn’t specialize, they
raced every chance they got, so he competed in Mexican road races,
the Monza Race of Two Worlds, Grand Prix (Formula 1), and he even
won a AAA stock car points title.
He raced from 1948-1966 and he was inducted into the Motorsports
Hall of Fame in 1992. He died in 2004 at age 83.
Hard cover, 160 pages S-834 Price $40.00
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S-808
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NEVER LOOK BACK
by Johnnie Parsons with
Gary Delph and Charles C Bolton
In this new book, Johnnie Parsons reveals his innermost thoughts as
he competed against the very best racing drivers in the world during
one of auto racing’s most dangerous eras.
A great insight into the
life and thoughts of “An Auto Racing Champion” with special insights
from Johnnie’s friends and competitors and the story of “the trip
around the world in 80 delays” by IMS historian, Donald Davidson.
Hard cover, 256 pages, 92 photos
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S-663
Price: $25.00
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The Iron Duke
by George
Peters
George and Barbara Peters’ energetic new historical racing book
details the incredible career of Duke Nalon, 1934-1954.
Nalon was
just as big as they come in midgets, sprinters, and champ cars. He
won several AAA titles and capped his career with a 100 mile midget
win at Terra Haute.
The Iron Duke’s most infamous laps, however,
were behind the wheel of the ultra-powerful, man-eating Novi entries
at Indy. He snatched the pole position twice, took home a third, and
lived through it. Duke Nalon was the best record of any of the Novi
chauffeurs.
Soft cover, 270 pages – vintage B&W photography throughout
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S-648
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HERK Hurtubise
By Bob Gates
"Open Wheel" feature writer, Bob Gates, has captured dramatically
the complex life of Jim Hurtubise, the ultra-popular roadster era
racer known as Hercules.
It was Herk who was Indy's most sensational rookie, who made the
greatest ever comeback in racing following savage burns, who ended
the Offy domination in sprinters with his Chevy, who tamed the
powerful NOVI, and who challenged the establishment with the most
publicized protest in the history
of Indianapolis.
Hardbound - 296 pages - black and white photography
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S-646
Price: $29.95
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ALONG FOR THE RIDE
by Dorie Sweikert
This is a brand new release of one of the most unusual motorsports
books ever written.
Dorie Sweikert tells the poignant story of the
amazing life of her Indy-winning husband, Bob Sweikert and his
violent death at Salem, Indiana.
It is a haunting look at racing’s
most dangerous era.
Hard cover, 5 ¾” x 8 ¾” , 224 pages, 2 dozen plus black & white
photos
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S-600
Price: $35.00
(Hard Cover)
S-605
Price: $27.50
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VUKOVICH
by Bob Gates
This is an inspiring but painfully tragic tale of Indy’s greatest
driver and the two generations of his family following him to the
famous “Brickyard”.
In 320 pages, packed with 260 photos (72 in
color), the book covers this amazing American racing family from Vukie’s early post-war exploits to Bill III’s death in a sprint car
in 1990.
Hard Cover and Soft
Cover Versions
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S-228
Price: $19.95
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Jack Arute's Tales from the Indy 500
By Jack Arute with Jenna Fryer,
foreword by A.J. Foyt
On his very first trip to The
Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Jack realized just how
special Indy was and how he wanted to somehow be a part
of it. Arute eventually made that dream come true through
his job as pit reporter for ABC Sports.
From his initial
fear of approaching A.J. Foyt in the garage as a cub
reporter to waiting out Gil de Ferran's tears after
he won the 87th running of the Indy 500, "Jackie"
has seen it all.
Hard cover, 6” x 8.5”,
173 pages.
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S-166-B
Price: $32.50
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Barney Oldfield—The
Life and Times of America’s Legendary Speed King
by William F. Nolan
This book is
the only title ever devoted to Barney Oldfield, the
man who got his start at the turn of the century racing
Ford’s 999 and winning the Manufacturers’
Challenge Cup, at Grosse Pointe, Michigan, on October
25, 1902. He raced his cars against planes and played
chicken with trains, barnstormed the county fairs, and
brawled in saloons. He was the first man to go faster
than a-mile-minute on a dirt oval. He set records at
the dirt tracks and on the beach, raced the road courses
and circled the banked board and brick tracks with the
fastest of the era.
In this full-bodied, colorful account,
William F. Nolan superbly recreates the flavor and raw
tempo of early-day America when Barney Oldfield was
called the Speed King of the World.
Cloth cover, 6x9, 232 pages,
40 pages of photos, 112 black & white photos
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S-86
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Safe At Any Speed
By Ed Watson & Jim Russell
The great double
career of Joie Chitwood. This book has more racing history
than most racing books and you get the story of America's
oldest thrill show to boot.
256 pages, 175
photos
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