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Dirt Tracks to Glory: The Early Days of Stock Car Racing As Told by the Participants

RACING TO THE
FINISH: My Story

DRIVE: 9 Lessons
to Win in Business
and in Life

RICK MEARS: THANKS
The Story of Rick Mears and the Mears Gang

Second to One:
All But For Indy

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

AN AMERICAN RACER
- Bobby Marshman and the Indianapolis 500

Wally Dallenbach: Steward of the Sport

THE LAST DAYS OF
HENRY FORD

KING OF THE BOARDS:
The Life and Times of

Jimmy Murphy

SUNSHINE, SPEED,
AND A SURPRISE:
The 1959 Grand Prix

of the United States

CARIBBEAN CAPERS: The Cuban Grand Prix Races of 1957,1958,
and 1960

THE CELLINI
OF CHROME

LOST IN TIME:
Formula 5000 in
North America

A History of Auto Racing in New England-23

Distant Thunder:
When Midgets Were Mighty


Fabulous Fifties:
American Championship

Racing

Riverside Raceway: Palace of Speed

Roaring Roadsters:
The Road to Indy

Seventies Championship Revolution

LET’S GO RACING!
The Amazing Story of the American Speed Association


Let 'Em All Go!

On Top of the World:
The Life and Times of a Racing Pioneer

I LOVE TO MAKE THE DIRT FLY  - A Biography of Carl G. Fisher 1874–1939

Pole Position -
Rex Mays

FLORIDA MOTORSPORTS RETROSPECTIVE,
Vol. 1, Second Edition


IInside Herman's World

Racers at Rest –
the Checkered Flag

PAVED TRACK
DIRT TRACK

Kurtis-Kraft Midget
Genealogy Companion
Edition, An Illustrated History

BUGSY!
The Life and Times
of Bugs Stevens,

three-time NASCAR
National Modified Champion

STEADY EDDIE!
Memories of Ed Flemke
Modified Racing’s

Fastest Professor

DAREDEVILS OF
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Dirt Tracks to Glory: The Early Days
of Stock Car Racing As Told by the Participants


by Sylvia Wilkinson

More than forty years ago, Sylvia Wilkinson took her note pad, a tape recorder and an open mind to the dirt bull rings and backwoods of garages in the American South in the hopes of capturing the reflections of the people who made NASCAR stock car racing happen. What she encountered were the folksy origins, colorful characters and rough beginnings of today's billion-dollar sport.

In this all-new, beautifully designed and illustrated edition of Dirt Tracks to Glory we return to the very personal and often hilarious inside stories of sharp-witted people who became legends in the early days of NASCAR. Bill France Sr, Humpy Wheeler, Curtis Turner, "Little Joe" Weatherly, Glenn "Fireball" Roberts, the Flock Brothers, Banjo Matthews, Smokey Yunick and a host of others emerge from these pages with their personal reflections and wry commentary on the way it was in the days of "haulin' shine", bangin' fenders and out-smartin' the other hot-shoes on Saturday nights.


Author Wilkinson says: "This book was told to me by and about the people who went with stock car racing from its beginnings...It is not an encyclopedia of stock car racing biographies, but a series of individual remembrances and perspectives of one special revelation of the American dream - from Dirt tracks to Glory!"

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RACING TO THE FINISH: My Story

by Dale Earnhardt Jr. with Ryan McGee

Dale Earnhardt Jr.’s only authorized book revealing the inside track on his final year of racing and retirement from the driver’s seat.

It was a seemingly minor crash at Michigan International Speedway in June 2016 that ended the day early for Dale Earnhardt Jr. What he didn’t know was that it would also end his driving for the year. He’d dealt with concussions before, but concussions are like snowflakes, no two are the same. And recovery can be brutal, and lengthy. When NASCAR star Dale Earnhardt Jr. retired from professional stock car racing in 2017, he walked away from his career as a healthy man. But for years, he had worried that the worsening effects of multiple racing-related concussions would end not only his time on the track but his ability to live a full and happy life.

Torn between a race-at-all-costs culture and the fear that something was terribly wrong, Earnhardt tried to pretend that everything was fine, but the private notes about his escalating symptoms that he kept on his phone reveal a vicious cycle: suffering injuries on Sunday, struggling through the week, then recovering in time to race again the following weekend. For the first time, he shares these notes and fully reveals the physical and emotional struggles he faced as he fought to close out his career on his own terms.

In this candid reflection, Earnhardt opens up about his frustration with the slow recovery, his admiration for the woman who stood by him through it all, and his determination to share his own experience so that others don’t have to suffer in silence. Steering his way to the final checkered flag of his storied career proved to be the most challenging race and most rewarding finish of his life.

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DRIVE:  9 Lessons to Win in Business
and in Life


by Kelley Earnhardt Miller

An inspirational, practical guide to success in business and life learned through the opportunities and challenges of growing up as the daughter of NASCAR legend Dale Earnhardt Sr. and becoming one of the most influential women in professional sports.

A successful businesswoman shares her story of growing up in the world of NASCAR and the lessons she learned along the way. Kelley never felt she was winning at anything until she began to deal with the thoughts and feelings that were driving her decisions and taking her in the wrong direction.

Her journey of transformation is what empowered her to run the family business in an entirely different way than she had previously and to lead people not only with her head but also with her heart.

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RICK MEARS: THANKS
The Story of Rick Mears and
the Mears Gang

by Gordon Kirby

 Foreword by Roger Penske

Rick Mears retired in 1992 at age 41 while still at the height of his powers, with a record of four Indy 500 victories, three CART Indy Car World Series championships, 29 individual race victories and 40 pole positions.

Mears is also recognized as one of the fairest, most ethical drivers; his behavior on the track was impeccable, the standard by which all others were judged.

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Second to One: All But For Indy

by Joe Freeman and Gordon Kirby

foreword by Michael Andretti


Second to One: All But For Indy is a set of remarkable stories of 40 racing drivers who but for a stroke of bad luck, an unfortunate last-minute mistake, or just the intervention of fate, were never able to win America’s greatest race, the Indianapolis 500.

Written by automotive historian Joseph Freeman and racing journalist Gordon Kirby, with a foreword by Michael Andretti, it is a beautifully produced hard cover book covering the years 1911-2014. The book celebrates the careers of these 40 great competitors, who in many cases were true champions, having won many other important races, scoring numerous wins and championships on a wide range of racetracks, from road courses and high-banked board speedways to the local dirt track “bullrings” at the heart of American racing history.


This select group of men includes names such as Earl Cooper, America’s first three-time National Champion; Harry Hartz, a national title-winner who finished second no fewer than three times and became a winning car owner; Lou Moore, whose team was to enter winning cars for three straight years; and great champions such as Ted Horn, Rex Mays, Tony Bettenhausen, Eddie Sachs, Len Sutton, Dan Gurney, Michael Andretti, Paul Tracy and a host of others.

Second to One also provides an intriguing look at the 100-year history of the Indianapolis 500 and includes an appendix of “Second To One” existing cars.

Hard cover, 400+ archival images, 303 pages.


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AN AMERICAN RACER
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Bobby Marshman and the Indianapolis 500

by Michael Argetsinger

In a fine narrative of Marshman’s meteoric rise to the top of American championship racing, author Argetsinger captures the amazing career of one of America’s greatest talents behind the wheel, whose life was sadly cut short by a tragic testing accident at Phoenix in November of 1964. 

Hard cover, 300 pp., 220 photos.





 



 



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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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Wally Dallenbach: Steward of the Sport

By Gordon Kirby

Celebrated author Gordon Kirby traces the long and significant life of Wally Dallenbach, whose contributions to the sport of automobile racing as a driver, official, and all-around good guy, have been enormous over the 50 years of his remarkable career. 

Hard cover.

190 pages, with 140 B&W and color photos.

 

 

 

 

 

 



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THE LAST DAYS OF HENRY FORD

by Henry Dominguez

A dynamic and thoroughly researched biography from a leading Ford historian; delivers a huge amount of new information, and revealing family detail.

Hard cover, 366 pp.,
100+ images.




















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KING OF THE BOARDS:
The Life and Times of Jimmy Murphy

by Gary D. Doyle (2002)

Beginning as a riding mechanic and young colleague for the Duesenberg Brothers and racing greats Eddie O’Donnell and Tommy Milton, Jimmy Murphy rapidly rose to become one of the greatest drivers of the 1920s. He drove championship Duesenberg and Miller cars, winning on America’s high-banked board track speedways at Indianapolis and at the French Grand Prix.

His brilliant but all-too-brief career spanned the period from September 1919 to his tragic death in a 1924 September 100-mile dirt track race at Syracuse, New York. Author Gary Doyle’s highly readable and extensively illustrated book provides an excellent analysis of Murphy’s life, the significance of his accomplishments and the high drama of championship racing in the era of the roaring twenties.

Hard cover, 336 pages, heavily illustrated with B&W and color photos.



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SUNSHINE, SPEED, AND A SURPRISE:
The 1959 Grand Prix of the United States

by Joel E. Finn (2006)

This is a story of speed, challenge and champions. In the decade after WW ll, in an America gone patriotic and car crazy, racing promoter Alec Ulmann created an unlikely sports car race circuit on an airfield near Sebring, a sleepy town in central Florida. Within a few years, tens of thousands of fans made the trek to the events he organized there.

However, it was after years of negotiation and effort that Ulmann scored motor racing’s biggest prize: his circuit in Sebring would host the first Formula 1 Grand Prix race to be staged in America. Better still, it would be at the end of the racing season when the 1959 FIA World Drivers Championship would be decided in what turned out to be a surprising finish.

Hardcover, 216 pages, lavishly illustrated with 330 black & white photographs.



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CARIBBEAN CAPERS: The Cuban Grand Prix Races of 1957, 1958, and 1960

by Joel E. Finn  (2010)

The three Cuban Grand Prix races brought the excitement of the world’s best sports cars to one of the world’s most glamorous playgrounds. This is a compelling story, filled with unexpected twists and maneuverings.

Author Joel Finn, who was one of the timing officials at the races in 1958, has gathered a riveting account from original correspondence and interviews with participants as well as rare records from the organizers.

Includes more than 500 images of memorabilia and historic photographs of the cars, drivers and events—many never before published—as well as meticulously compiled charts of the race entries and race results ensure that this will remain the authoritative account of the events in Cuba during the Golden Age of sports car racing.

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THE CELLINI OF CHROME:
The Story of George W. Walker / Ford Motor Company’s First Vice President of Design

by Henry Dominguez


Henry Dominguez’s newest book, The Cellini of Chrome, introduces the surprisingly unknown but truly fascinating career of George Walker, the Ford Company’s first full Vice President of Styling. In the same flamboyant vein as other design greats such as Harley Earl, Gordon Buerig, Vergil Exner, Raymond Loewy and William “Bill” Mitchell, Walker developed the standard for key Ford Motor Company Products for the 1950s and ‘60’s. Beginning with the enormous success of the 1949 Ford, George became the catalyst for the iconic appearance of Ford, Mercury and Lincoln models, elevating Henry’s company to one of the all-around best-selling Automotive operations in the World.

With a personal history anything but bland, his elegant style of dress, appeal to attractive women, signature winning smile, and willingness go toe to toe with industry giants such as Henry Ford II (“The Deuce”) and other top executives, Walker made himself a key figure in the highly competitive environment of mid-20th Century automotive design. His story is a must for any automotive enthusiast looking for an inside view of how the stylistic character of Ford products was created by Walker and his associates.

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LOST IN TIME: Formula 5000 in
North America

 by John Zimmermann

During the 1960s and 1970s, American road racing flourished, with hard-fought championships for the Can-Am, the Trans-Am and last but not least the Formula 5000 series.
 Built around the idea of a standard engine size for American V-8s, Formula 5000 attracted excellent entries from well-known teams such as Dan Gurney, Jim Hall, Carl Haas, Parnelli Jones, Roger Penske and Carl Hogan. The series led manufacturers to develop relatively affordable chassis designed to compete on the numerous North American road courses spread across the U. S. and Canada.

In this volume John Zimmermann’s excellent round-up of Formula 5000 provides the first comprehensive overview of all the elements of this great racing series. Fully researched and extensively illustrated, the book provides an essential history for students of racing history and fans alike, a must for the true enthusiast.
Hard cover coffee-table book, 224 pages heavily illustrated with color & B&W photos.



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A History of Auto Racing in New England

- A Project of the North East
Motor Sports Museum



There has never been a book like this one, a carefully researched and written biography of automobile racing in New England.

A History of Auto Racing in New England celebrates the colorful past of racing cars in the six states on road courses, up mountains, along the ocean’s beaches, around dirt and paved ovals, and down strips of concrete and asphalt.

More than the cars, we have focused on the people who drove them and those who created the stages on which the drivers exhibited their courage and their skill. The early races that make up much of the book were profoundly dangerous; participation required abnormal courage. As we celebrate the winners, we mourn with the families and friends of those who paid racing’s ultimate price.

A few have become wealthy beyond their wildest dreams through New England racing. The majority have participated for the love of going fast, the joy of turning wrenches while looking for more speed or better handling or to hear the cheers of the crowd following a winning Saturday night or Sunday afternoon.

Go inside this book’s covers to discover how racing in New England has made so many lives more thrilling and fulfilling – and in ways that could never happen again.

Proceeds benefit NEMSM.

Hard cover, 400+ B&W photos, 304 pages.

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Distant Thunder: When Midgets Were Mighty

by Dick Wallen

Distant Thunder: When Midgets Were Mighty presents a thorough history of the birth and flowering of the California midget car racing craze from 1914 to 1950.

Nearly 400 pages long, it is crammed with over a thousand photographs, original color paintings and detailed information about the "Doodle-Bug" racers that captivated Californians and the nation from the late 1930s through 1950. Many great American champions and Indy 500 winners such as Sam Hanks, Bill Vukovich, Bob Sweikert and others learned their track skills in these fast and dangerous little cars.

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Fabulous Fifties:
American Championship Racing


by Dick Wallen
with Foreword by Champion Rodger Ward

Fabulous Fifties: American Championship Racing is packed with hundreds of vintage photos and championship results and includes a host of great first-hand stories about the era's prominent drivers, mechanics, builders, promoters, and owners.

With box scores and statistics of all the National Championship races throughout the 1950s, this fine book chronicles the formative years of America's post-war National Championship, when very brave and very tough young men vied for victory on a host of dirt ovals and Indianapolis, with little more than an inexpensive helmet to protect themselves.

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Riverside Raceway: Palace of Speed

by Dick Wallen

Riverside: Palace of Speed revives great memories of the extraordinary demanding Southern California championship road course that sadly closed in 1989 to make way for a shopping mall. Dick Wallen covers everything from the construction of the track in 1957, through late 1950s and early 1960s sports car racing, to NASCAR stock car racing, National Championship Indy car events and International contests such as the United Stated Grand Prix and the Los Angeles Times Grand Prix.

Legendary drivers like sports car racing's Phil Hill, Jimmy Clark and Mark Donohue, NASCAR's Junior Johnson, Richard Petty, and Dale Earnhardt, Indy Car racing's Parnelli Jones, Mario Andretti, A. J. Foyt and Rick Mears, and off-road racing's Mickey Thompson, Walker Evans and Roger Mears are all covered in this wide-ranging volume. Not forgotten are several seasons of drag races, most of them over a half-mile strip instead of the conventional quarter-mile.

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Roaring Roadsters: The Road to Indy

by Dick Wallen
with Foreword by A.J. Watson

Dick Wallen's acclaimed coffee-table volume covers the post-World War II years when young hot-rodders hopped up their street cars to go racing on oval tracks. As it quickly proved, this very popular California phenomenon produced wheel-to-wheel action and some of the most famous drivers in American racing history, including Indianapolis 500 winners Troy Ruttman, Rodger Ward and Parnelli Jones.

With a foreword by master mechanic A. J. Watson telling the full history of the roadsters, this book features over 800 black and white photographs, along with colorful artwork, programs and maps of the famous tracks.

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Seventies Championship Revolution

by Dick Wallen
with Foreword by Al Unser

Seventies Championship Revolution provides the exciting history of the nearly 150 American National Championship races run during the 1970s, when numerous chassis and engine makers struggled to find the right combination of power and downforce, as wings and aerodynamics became the key defining force in top-level racing.

Offering stories of races on ovals, road courses and street circuits, with over 500 color photos throughout the 240 pages, this book provides the full history of how American and foreign ingenuity adapted to the challenges of modern automotive competition.

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LET’S GO RACING!
The Amazing Story of the American Speed Association

by Rex Robbins with Dave Argabright

Foreword by Darrell Waltrip

ASA was one of the most influential and dynamic racing series in history, and Rex Robbins was the man who gave it life.

This is the fascinating story of how ASA came about, how it soared to dizzying heights, and the politics that brought the series’ premature demise.

Robbins joins noted author Dave Argabright in telling his story.

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Let 'Em All Go!

by Chris Economaki
with Dave Argabright

Chris Economaki is the world’s best-known reporter of the auto racing scene. No man, with either the written or electronic word, has had an effect on auto racing like Economaki.

The most powerful leaders of the sport take great care to cultivate a favorable relationship; drivers and mechanics listen carefully to his honest, revealing, direct questions; and the everyman hurries to read Chris’s take on what’s happening in the sport of Auto racing.

Now, with award winning author and columnist Dave Argabright, Economaki tells the story of the sport from the perspective of the man who was there for all to see.

Hard cover, 8 5/8” x 5 1/2 “, 352 pages,
32 pages of black & white and color photos.
 

 

 

 



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On Top of the World: The Life and Times of a Racing Pioneer

by Larry Moore with Dave Argabright

Across four decades Larry Moore was synonymous with winning, innovation, and a larger-than-life personality. In this groundbreaking book Larry opens up to share the story of his fascinating life and career, and how the booming sport of dirt late model racing began. Larry reaches deep inside himself to reveal a complex man who rose to stardom in a complex sport. This isn't just fun and games; Larry describes the lowest lows right along with the soaring highs.

It would be difficult to find anyone in racing who has had a career quite like Larry Moore. On the dirt he was phenomenal, the first repeat winner of the World 100 and the first to win it three times. Today he is regarded as one of the greatest dirt drivers in history. Yet he was also an accomplished pavement racer, winning against the best in ARCA, ASA, and USAC. He also proved his mettle in USAC sprint car competition. Few racers have followed such a diverse path, and even fewer were as successful. Readers will also find themselves mesmerized by the story of one of the greatest personalities in the history of short track racing.

This is one of the most entertaining books Dave Argabright has produced. Hilarious, tragic, outrageous, colorful, revealing...this is the story of a man who has truly stood...On Top Of The World.

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I LOVE TO MAKE THE DIRT FLY
A Biography of Carl G. Fisher
1874–1939

by Carl Hungness


The fascinating story of serial entrepreneur Carl G. Fisher, who with 3 partners developed the Indianapolis Motor Speedway and the Indy 500, as well as creating Miami Beach, inventing superior car headlights, and other accomplishments.

Hungness spent 16 years researching this uncommon and ultimately tragic character, who died impoverished and alcoholic at age 64.

Hard cover, 192 pp., 251 colorized photos.




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Pole Position – Rex Mays:
The Life of America’s Most Popular Race Driver and a Long Look Back at American Auto Racing and Life circa 1931-1949

by Bob Schilling


Almost ten years in the making, this massive book is the thoroughly researched biography of “arguably the greatest driver of his generation,” although victory in the Indianapolis 500 eluded him. Its focus is the two decades of American auto racing and life from the Great Depression, through World War II and into the Cold War.

In that period, Mays went from boy wonder of the speedways to elder statesman of the sport, winning 2 AAA National Championships, 5 AAA Sprint Car Championships, and 4 Indianapolis pole positions among other achievements before his death at Del Mar in 1949.

Hard cover, 11 1/2 x 8 3/4, 496 pages, 800 B&W photographs.



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FLORIDA MOTORSPORTS RETROSPECTIVE, Vol. 1, Second Edition

by Eddie Roche

Back at last is Volume 1 of Eddie Roche’s classic Florida Motorsports Retrospective Pictorial, long out of print and much requested.

But the second edition is greatly enhanced with more track chapters; updated track records and point champs; major event winner listings, additional photos and much-improved photo quality. It’s now a comprehensive directory of 150 past and current Florida tracks (ovals, road courses, and dragways).

Even if you have the original, you will want this collectible second edition.


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Inside Herman's World

by Kenny Wallace
with Joyce Standridge


One of auto racing’s most likable personalities, Kenny Wallace is also a dedicated racer.

In a fascinating recounting of his roller coaster life and career, Wallace shares hilarious stories from a racing-obsessed youth, the pain of losing his best friend, and remarkable insights from a life well-lived.

A NASCAR crew chief before he was 21 years old, a nine-time winner in the Busch Series, and a go-to driver for Nextel Cup car owners, “Herman” provides an insider’s view of great drivers such as Dale Earnhardt, Jeff Gordon, Tony Stewart, Richard Petty and so many more, including brother Rusty Wallace, as well as a behind-the-scenes view of
motorsports TV.

Inside Herman’s World is the rollicking good-time fans would expect, but it’s also poignant and perceptive. Another must read for NASCAR and short track fans alike!

Soft cover, 264 pages, 300 B&W photos.

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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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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.


 





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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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