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S-226
Price: $59.95
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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.
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S-90
Price: $39.95
While They Last!
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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".
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S-1138
Price: $39.00
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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.
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S-187
Price: $39.95
Sale Price: $29.95
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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!
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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.
Available Again!
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S-83
Original Price: $15.00
Sale Price: $11.95
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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.
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S-926
Price: $69.95
Special Price:
$49.95
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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.
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S-913
Price: $49.95
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Decades of Daring – Midget Racing in the Rocky Mountains
by Bill Hill
Relish tales of the midget racing clubs that roamed the Rockies
including the RMMRA, CARC, CMRA, AAA and USAC. Encounter one of
racing’s best-kept secrets, the highly competitive Utah midget
circuit. Revisit Lakeside Speedway with stopovers at Englewood and
Merchants Park, as well. Sojourn to the tracks in Grand Junction,
Colorado Springs, Pueblo, and many more.
Meet the speedsters who ravaged the Rockies during the daring
decades of the 1930s through the mid-1970s.
This beautiful coffee-table quality book is printed on 384 glossy
pages and includes 490 black and white vintage photos, 72 racer
biographies.
This is indeed a
collectors’ item.
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S-296
Price: $29.95
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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.
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S-722
Price: $29.95
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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.
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