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THE MIGHTY MIDGETS

George Benson:
The Racing Years

Kurtis-Kraft
Midget Genealogy
Companion Edition,
An Illustrated History

Indoors! A History of
West Coast Indoor
Midget Racing  

A Hand For The Wheel
– The Mel Kenyon Story

Midget Chassis
Technology

Smoke, Sand & Rubber:
A Former Racer's Tale of Colorful Drivers, Unique Cars, and Forgotten Speedways

Tattersall – The Legend

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S-226
Price: $59.95
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-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.







S-187
Price: $39.95
 Sale Price: $29.95

Kurtis-Kraft Midget Genealogy Companion Edition, An Illustrated History

By Bill Montgomery

This “Companion Edition” is a full volume update of Bill Montgomery’s December 1999 publication, Kurtis-Kraft Midget- A Genealogy of Speed.”

The companion is hard bound, 167 indexed pages, and it contains hundreds of remarkably good photographs of Kurtis-Kraft midgets everywhere they raced. It is inconceivable that any open wheel enthusiasts would not enjoy this book.

Hard cover, 8 3/8” x 9 7/16”, 167 pages.
over 200 black and white photos.


Available Again!





S-84
Price: $20.00


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.

Available Again!

 

 

 

 


S-83
Original Price: $15.00
Sale Price: $11.95
 

Tattersall – The Legend

By Ed Watson & Dennis Newlyn

The story of USAC Midget Champion
Bob Tattersall and the legend he created
for thirteen years in Australia.

Bob won 50% of the races he participated in "Down Under" and was one of racing's truly colorful characters.

Soft cover, 256 pages,
56 pages of photos.















 

S-926
Price: $69.95
Special Price: $49.95

Indoors! A History of West Coast
Indoor Midget Racing


by Tom Motter

Tom Motter’s complete history of indoor midget racing on the West Coast covers racing at the Oakland Exposition Building from 1949-1968, as well as at the San Jose Fairgrounds, the San Francisco Cow Palace, and the Sonoma County Fairgrounds in Santa Rosa.

In all, 30 years of the loudest, most exciting, close-up and wildly crashing midget racing the West had ever seen.

Hardcover, 208 pages, over 200 black and white photos.

S-296
Price: $29.95

Midget Chassis Technology

by Steve Smith & Wally Pankratz


A brand new book for both dirt and asphalt midgets.

Includes: Complete chassis setup and alignment, suspension systems, coil-overs and torsion bars, spring selection, chassis tuning with shock absorbers, tires – selection, grooving, reading, scaling and weight distribution, adjusting the chassis to track conditions, and identifying and solving handling problems.

Includes Ford Focus midgets as well.

Soft cover.





 

S-722
Price: $29.95
 

Smoke, Sand & Rubber: A Former Racer's Tale of Colorful Drivers, Unique Cars, and Forgotten Speedways

by Mel Anthony

Between these covers lies a glimpse into the daring West Coast midget racers who led an early era in auto racing. Author Mel Anthony discloses first-hand Northwest auto racing history, from the 1930's through the 1950's.

Learn how hazardous midget racing was in the beginning. Read how some were attracted to this risky business. Mel tells what it was like to start his first race in 1946. He raced for ten years with some of the best drivers to compete in the Northwest and beyond.

224 pages.