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S-1167
Price: $55.00
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Coastal 181 only from Oct 1 , 2011 through April 15, 2012.
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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.
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S-1172
Price: $4.95
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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.
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S-983
Price: $19.95
Back in Print!
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Echoes of
Thunder in the Hills
– Photographic Memories of 1960s Auto Racing in Southeastern Ohio
and Adjoining West Virginia
by Tony Martin
Echoes of Thunder in the Hills covers the history of auto racing
along the Ohio Valley from 1958 through 1972. The 262-page soft
cover book is printed on glossy stock, enhancing the more than 200
original photographs shot by two of the era/area's prominent racing
photographers. The story of the evolution from the old coupes and
sedans to today's sprint cars is conveyed largely through the many
photos and photo captions.
The book primarily focuses on Alma, OH’s Atomic Speedway (now K-C
Raceway), the old Portsmouth Speedway, the Ohio Valley Speedway, and
West Virginia International. Several others are depicted as well.
Featured are many of the local gendarmes who ruled the racing in the
area, week-in and out, along with such marauding mercenaries as Rick
Ferkel, Chuck Amati, Larry "Boom -Boom" Cannon, and Dick Gaines and
Carl Williams who both drove for legendary car owner Diz Wilson.
Readers will find photographs of the first-ever winged race car
driven by Columbus' Jim Cushman and Chuck Engel's unique six-wheeled
supermodiifed among the wide variety of racing concepts. Race cars
and race car parts were generally not store-bought – home-spun
ingenuity was the mode of operation for these racing pioneers.
Outspending the competition didn't always guarantee victory back in
the day.
The book's foreword was penned by Tom Schmeh, Curator of the
National Sprint Car Hall of Fame and Museum. Schmeh was recently
named the "Outstanding Contributor to the Sport of Sprint Car
Racing.”
Soft cover, 262 pages.
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S-1147
Price: $29.95
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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.
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S-947
Regular Price:
$37.00
Limited Quantity now
Available at $29.95!
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SOUTHERN SUPERMODIFIEDS
and
Other Early Racers
by Gerald Hodges
Veteran syndicated racing journalist and former supermodified owner
Gerald Hodges refers to his book as the “reference bible for early
Southern racers.” Stories from tracks such as Mobile, Five Flags,
Gulf Coast, Speedbowl, Lakeview and Boyd’s – and of hot shoes like
Armond Holley, Rat Lane, Wayne Niedecken, Red Farmer, Rod Perry, and
Hooker Hood fill the book.
A must read for any supermodified enthusiast. Cool period
photography too.
Soft cover, 320 pp, 309 B&W photos.
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S-1123
Price: $21.95
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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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V-1118
Price: $24.95
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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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S-1111
Price: $64.95
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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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S-1066
Price: $57.95
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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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S-1053
Price: $21.95
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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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S-819
Price Was: $50.00
SuperSpecial: $29.95
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STIMULUS SPECIAL
Regularly $50.00
SPECIAL: $29.95
50
Years: Oswego Speedway
International Classic
by
George Caruso Jr.,
with Carol D. Haynes
This 400-page hard bound book relives all 50 Oswego Speedway
International Classics, including Sept. 3 2006, the oldest, most
prestigious supermodified race in the country.
Hundreds and hundreds of black and white photos plus 32 pages of
full color Classic memories.
A must for any collector!
Hard cover.
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S-1043
Price: $69.95
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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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S-785
Price: $69.95
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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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S-1006
Price: $9.95
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Thunder Road -
Fifty Years of Exceitement
by Justin St. Louis and Dave Moody
Thunder Road – Fifty Years of Excitement celebrates the 50th season
of the famous Thunder Road Speedbowl in Barre, Vermont. The book is
an 88-page pictorial that details the history of the track and the
colorful personalities who have contributed to a half-century of
memories at Thunder Road, recognized nationwide for its success and
longevity.
Over 250 black-and-white and full-color photographs illustrate
important moments since the track’s opening in 1960. Included are
stories of legendary Thunder Road racers Ronnie Marvin, Johnny
Gammell, Chester T. Wood, Dave Dion, Robbie Crouch, the Dragon
family, and more, and recaps of every division of racing from the
rag-tag 1960s Sportsman Coupes to the sleek Late Models of the
2000s. The book also includes an up-to-date list of the track’s
all-time race winners.
Soft cover.
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S-731
Price: $40.00
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THE GHOSTS
OF JUNGLE PARK
by Tom Williams
Tom Williams' recently released Ghosts is one of the very best racing
history books ever. It covers the affect-laden seasons, 1926 to
1960 at Jungle Park, a legendary dirt track in West Central
Indiana.
Hundreds of great wheelmen such as Duke Dinsmore, Spider Webb, Jimmy
Wilburn, and Duke Nalon matched wits and bravery on the dusty banks.
Williams covers the progression over the years thoughtfully, as the
program morphed between big cars, midgets, hot rods, and stock cars
and took its full toll of drivers and spectators in savage
accidents.
Hard cover, 314 pages, black & white photography.
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S-960
Price: $24.95
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Bill Horner has
lovingly produced 3 volumes that will be a trip down memory lane for
anyone who grew up watching racers compete on the dirt in Western
Pennsylvania in the fifties through the late ’90s.
Windber Speedway and the
Penn Western Racing Association,
Volume 1, 1956-1967
is a 300-page book full of black and white photos and information
from this dirt track located in Windber, Pennsylvania. The book
features many stories written by the former drivers themselves.
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S-961
Price: $34.95
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Bill Horner has
lovingly produced 3 volumes that will be a trip down memory lane for
anyone who grew up watching racers compete on the dirt in Western
Pennsylvania in the fifties through the late ’90s.
Windber Speedway,
Volume 2, 1985-1999
continues the story of Windber Speedway with stats and results in
200 pages of full-color photographs printed on heavy glossy paper.
This volume contains comprehensive drivers’ lists, racing results,
racing action and posed photos on all classes of cars (and even
bicycles) that raced at Windber in those years, along with photos
taken at car shows and annual banquets.
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S-962
Price: $21.95
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Bill Horner has
lovingly produced 3 volumes that will be a trip down memory lane for
anyone who grew up watching racers compete on the dirt in Western
Pennsylvania in the fifties through the late ’90s.
Greater Johnstown Speedway
1958-1962 is 200
pages full of facts and black and white photos on such great Western
Pennsylvania drivers as Fuzzy Rubritz, Jimmy Burns, Blackie Watt,
Tom Serokman and many more. The book also has information on
quarter-midget and powder puffs from this long-forgotten dirt track
located in Johnstown, Pennsylvania.
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S-957
Price: $9.95
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LINCOLN SPEEDWAY
ANNIVERSARY
1952–2002
With Barry Skelly,
Bryan Householder,
and Doug Rothenbach
This Lincoln, PA, history, published on the track’s 50th anniversary
in 2002, is in glossy program format.
It covers Hilly Rife’s world-class speedway from the early modified
shows, through the invasion of the “bugs,” to the sprinters in the
current era.
Soft cover, 80 pages, over 250 photos, some color, and yearly stats.
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S-887
Price: $39.95
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Florida
Motorsports
Retrospective Pictorial
By Eddie Roche
Eddie Roche, ISC’s historian, put together an incredible pictorial
of Florida racing history from the 1930s to the present day (2002).
It includes over
825 drivers and 1350 photos on good, glossy stock. There are images
of every kind of race car imaginable, still shots and action –
coupes, late models, modifieds, and the infamous “skeeter” cars.
Also includes great shots of drivers from the North who visited
Florida tracks during the off season.
Soft Cover, 208 pages, b&w photography.
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S-915
Price: $24.95
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56
YEARS OF RACING – 1951-2007
– AND STILL WINNING
By Harold Smith
Harold Smith of Bassett, VA, has self-published this personal and
informal record of his life’s path, including time in the service,
running a drag strip in the late 1950s, working on the famous
Mason’s Garage modifieds in the ‘60s, and building/crewing some 50
cars over the next three decades under the banner of Harold Smith
Racing.
The book is gritty and unedited, but there are loads of anecdotes
describing the colorful racing people Smith met along the way. The
book includes hundreds of photos, some color, including images of
guys like Carl Burris, Perk Brown, and Paul Radford.
56 YEARS is for the serious racing historian, not for the casual
reader.
276 pages, photography throughout.
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V-794
Price: $16.00
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REBEL SPEEDWAY
by Mark
Osborne
A highly unusual, captivating, “down
home”
book capturing the history of Sumter (SC) Speedway from 1957
through 1976.
It’s illustrated with both black and white photography and
many original paintings of people and cars on the dirt.
There were Tom Terrific, HC Pritchard, Ralph Earnhardt, Cale
Yarborough, and all manner of old time broadsliders in both
coupes and late models.
Soft cover, 142 pages
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S-738
Price: $19.95
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South Boston
Speedway:
The FIRST 50 Years
This photo-filled
history of Virginia’s famous asphalt oval was compiled by SoBo’s
staff and published by Coastal 181.
Full of records and stories of the Mattiolis’ legendary track,
including competitors from Ray Hendrick to Tommy Ellis, the Sadler
Brothers and Denny Hamlin.
Soft cover, 160
pages, 100 B&W photos.
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S-816
Price: $23.95
On Sale: $16.95
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PAVED
TRACK
DIRT TRACK
by Lew Boyd
Old Bridge Stadium in New Jersey and Nazareth
Raceway in Pennsylvania were gritty but dramatic
tracks that hosted the finest drivers from all over
the Eastern Seaboard.
Amazing tales of Schneider, Flemke, Tasnady, the
Reutimanns, Kelly, Frazee, Hildreth and many more.
Hundreds of pictures, most never before published.
The latest in our track book series.
Soft cover, 8 1/2" by 11",
220 pages, over 200 photos.
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S-851
Price: $39.95
Out of print – only a few
left.
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MEMORIES OF
THE CALIFORNIA JALOPY ASSOCIATION
by Thomas Luce
MEMORIES is an extraordinary new
book covering the West Coast jalopy era of the fifties and early
sixties. The racing, featuring mostly 32-34 Ford coupes and coaches,
was carried on national television from Gardena Stadium.
Drivers included the likes of
Parnelli Jones, “Lover Boy” Bob Hogle, and Art Atkinson.
This soft-cover, glossy volume
has lots of history and is crammed with over 1,550 incredible period
photographs.
Soft cover, 288 pages, black
and white photographs.
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S-829
Price: $35.00
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Silent Speedways of the Carolinas:
The Grand National Histories of 29 Former Tracks
by Perry Allen Wood
This is the story of every racetrack in North and South Carolina
that held at least one big time race through 1971, but is no longer
used for auto racing. Seven are one-race wonders, while others are
as much racing legends as the sport’s past champions.
Chapters cover each track’s big time history, from early background
through its racing years to its current status. Included are the
thrilling tales of the personalities and machines that shaped
NASCAR’s early days. Statistics chart every track’s past winners,
records, and wins by make.
Nearly 150 photographs give the reader a virtual tour of speedways
that are often inaccessible or nonexistent.
Soft cover, 7”x 10”, 398 pages, 140 photos.
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S-229
Price: $23.95
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Hot Cars
Cool Drivers
By Lew Boyd
Hot Cars Cool
Drivers is the story of three great Massachusetts speedways,
Norwood, Westboro, and The Pines. With four hundred
photographs and scores of interviews with the Northeast’s
most colorful competitors, the book chronicles the amazing
rise and fall of the midgets and then the stock cars.
If you ever attended a race in Massachusetts or if you
are serious about understanding the evolution of racing,
this book is an absolute must!
Soft cover, 240
pages,
400+ black & white photos.
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S-109
Price Was: $29.95
Now Reduced: $15.00
(Soft Cover)
S-109-1
Price Was: $44.95
Now Reduced: $24.50
(Hard Cover)
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A History of Oakland Stadium
1946-1955
By Tom Motter
Tom Mottor has written a captivating book replete with rare photos
that bring Oakland Stadium’s rich history back to life. The
chapters record the Stadium’s events featuring Big Cars, Sprints,
Midgets, Roadsters, and Hardtops.
Soft cover, Smythe-sewn binding, with over 200 black and
white photos.
Also available in hard cover.
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S-134
Price Was: $29.95
Now Reduced: $15.00
(Soft Cover)
S-134-1
Price Was: $44.95
Now Reduced: $24.50
(Hard Cover)
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A History of the Oakland Speedway
1931-1941
By Tom Motter
The book covers
the history of the Oakland Speedway, a one-mile, banked
dirt track built in Oakland California in 1931. The track
was the site of AAA National Championship races (Indy
cars and stars) from 1931 until 1936 when the AAA pulled
out of the West Coast. It was known as the "fastest
dirt track in the Nation".
Chapters cover all races
at the Speedway including Indy Cars, Big Cars, Stock Cars,
Midgets, Roadsters and Motorcycles.
More than 200 beautiful
black and white photos, most in full 8" x 10"
size, many never before published!
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S-119
Price: $39.95
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Saugus Speedway Scrapbook
Later Years: 1979-1995
By Harold Osmer & Lyn Pherigo
This book will
stir the memories and stories of all who ever raced the
place. Whether a fan, driver, or race official, the hundreds
of photos and comprehensive stats in this book will take
you back to “The Super Track” and “LA’s
Place to Race.” All divisions shown. All main event
winners listed. Season standings for each division listed.
Hard cover, 288 pages
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S-80
Price: $49.95
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Long Ride on a Short Track
By Ken Spooner
This is absolutely
THE book on the rich history of stock car racing on Long
Island. The book is 176 glossy pages in hard cover and
is liberally splashed with very interesting photographs.
Great stories with a personal slant by Ken Spooner, a
musician who in the 1960s raced under the name of Ken
Joseph.
Covered are tracks such as Islip, Freeport, Riverhead;
drivers such as Axel Anderson, Mousey Kempster, Fred Harbach,
the Bruhnhoelzls, Charlie Jarzombek, etc.
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