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EASTERN SPRINT CAR
2024 CALENDAR

THE PFROMMER OFFY
A History of An
Iconic Sprint Car

SAMMY!
50+ Years of Winning

Racers in the Sun,
Volume One:
The Story of Florida's
Sprint Car Legends

Racing with
"the Doctor"

MODERN THUNDER: The Illustrated History of USAC National Sprint Car Racing 1981 - 2017

HEWITT’S LAW
Expanded Edition

Sprint Car
C
hallenge


Sprint Car Showdown

Dirt Road to
a Silver Crown

Dialed In -
The Jan Opperman Story

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EASTERN SPRINT CAR
2024 CALENDAR


The 2024 Eastern Sprint Car calendar includes $50 in coupon savings, a pull-out Speed Week poster, track phone numbers, and photos of some of the finest Sprint Car drivers in the country.











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THE PFROMMER OFFY
A History of An Iconic Sprint Car

by Alan F. Gross

Through a 15-year search to uncover and verify the provenance of a Sprint Car that was ultimately revealed to be the famous Pfrommer Offy, owner Alan Gross has documented every owner and driver from 1954 to thepresent:

Thirty drivers, including 15 Indianapolis 500 veterans and 8 National Sprint Car HoF inductees, including Tommy Hinnershitz, who won the 1959 USAC Eastern Championship in the car.

Now meticulously restored to its 1960 livery, it proudly wears #1, denoting the 1959 championship.

Soft cover, 156 pp., 200+ color/B&W photos/illustrations.



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SAMMY!  50+ Years of Winning

By Sammy Swindell
with Bones Bourcier and Bob Mays

Foreword by Dick Berggren

Sammy Swindell, is among the most successful and most interesting drivers in the history of American automobile racing. From his start as a teenager at local tracks until an age at which most athletes are no longer willing or able to compete successfully, Sammy has been a winner.

You may be surprised to learn how well Sammy did in the few Indy Car drives he had. You'll also find out how he feels about his time in NASCAR and how close he came to driving for Dale Earnhardt. Also obvious is the importance of the mechanical edge he gained by working on and living with the cars he has raced.

A big part of Sammy's secret is no secret at all: He'll beat a competitor because, in his words, "I'll work harder."

This is the story of how a man conquered his world.

Hard cover, coffee-table book, 352 pages,
336 photos - 243 color, 93 B&W.



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Racers in the Sun, Volume One:
The Story of Florida's Sprint Car Legends


by Richard Golardi

 

This book is a collective biography, with 13 individual biographies and the story of one iconic Florida race track. It covers both pavement sprint car racing and the historic Little 500, through the stories of some of the famed drivers in those arenas.

 

Two authorized biographies of National Sprint Car Hall of Fame inductees are included for Pete Folse and Frank Riddle.

There are six biographies of Little 500 Hall of Fame inductees: Wayne Reutimann, Dave Scarborough, Robert Smith, Jack Nowling, George Rudolph, and Frank Riddle. Additional biographies for Ralph Liguori, Johnny Hicks, Pancho Alvarez, Cush Revette, Larry Brazil, and Dick Byerly are included.

Tampa's auto racing history is told through the life story of Tampa racing legend Johnny Hicks and the other subjects, with the story of Golden Gate Speedway added to increase the excitement level of the rip-roaring, pedal-to-the-floor, all-out NASCAR, Indy car, and sprint car racing stories that are told by award-winning journalist and author Richard Golardi, who interviewed 92 people and gathered more than 95 hours of recorded interviews and spent five years writing the book. 

 

Soft cover, 569 pages, B&W photos.




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Racing with "The Doctor"

by Todd Thomas

Jerry Crabb and his white and red 12x sprint car were familiar sights at Knoxville Raceway and central Iowa tracks in the 1990s and early 2000s, mainly in the 360 class. He began racing motocross in the ’60s and raced flat-track motorcycles, three-wheelers, four-wheelers, and nearly anything else with wheels, well into the 2010s.

However, he didn’t set foot in a sprint car until the age of 47 in 1990, at the spring World of Outlaws race in Knoxville.
He was the winner of the 1998 Masters Classic at Knoxville. Learn about the old-school and charismatic Crabb, the interesting cast of characters that supported him, what it’s like to be a crew member during a night at the races, and entertaining episodes throughout his sprint-car career.

Written by one of Crabb’s crewmembers and compiled from notes taken at the time, author Thomas invites you to grab a wrench, mud-scraper, and tire tape and come along as he reflects on 15 years of chasing big dreams with a local grassroots sprint-car team.

Soft cover, 206 pages. 



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MODERN THUNDER: The Illustrated History of USAC National Sprint Car Racing 1981 - 2017

by Dave Argabright, John Mahoney,
and Patrick Sullivan


Years in the making, Modern Thunder is much more than a history book. It is a narrative, telling the story of several generations of racers through powerful words and spectacular photographs. Award-winning writers Dave Argabright and Patrick Sullivan provided the text, while legendary racing photographer John Mahoney reached deep into the archives to provide over 1,300 memorable images. You’ll find:

Year-by-year coverage of every USAC National Sprint Car season.
Each season from 1981 to 2017 is detailed with eight full pages of photos, a season summary, race results, and statistics.
Each of the 1956 to 1980 seasons is recapped with a full page of statistics and race results.
Detailed series statistics.
A complete listing of Indiana Sprint Week competition.

Hard cover, 380 pages, over 1,300 color and B&W photographs.

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HEWITT’S LAW
Expanded Edition

by Dave Argabright


Jack Hewitt remains one of the most memorable characters in modern motorsports. His autobiography is finally back in print after the original printing sold out long ago.

Updated with two new chapters and an additional gallery of photos, Hewitt’s Law continues to entertain and inspire.

Jack’s spectacular career took him from
extremely humble roots to the Indianapolis 500 to the National Sprint Car Hall of Fame.

Hard cover, 336 pp. 64 pp. of color and B&W photos.

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Sprint Car Challenge

by Dave Argabright

Jimmy Wilson is back with Sprint Car Challenge, the 4th novel in the highly regarded series based on the USAC Sprint Car trail of the 1970s.

Intense racing action, fascinating characters and situations demonstrate why this series has developed a cult following.

Hard cover, 128 pp.

 

 

 


 

 

 



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Sprint Car Showdown

by Dave Argabright


Sprint Car Showdown is Dave Argabright’s third title in the popular Jimmy Wilson saga. This book covers Jimmy and the Ellison Special through their third and highly eventful season on the USAC trail.

The entire cast is here: Jimmy, Harvey, Slim, Sonny, Bobby, Steve Graffan, and a few new characters. Each page is filled with dramatic racing action.

The long-running "Best of Times" fictional series in Sprint Car & Midget Magazine is the basis of this edition, thrilling readers with the cheers and tears of sprint-car racing in the 1970s.

Hard cover, 288 pages











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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.