Stock Car Racing in the '50s - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Stock Car Racing in the '50s write by Ford Easton. This book was released on 2014-07-01. Stock Car Racing in the '50s available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Human beings have always been driven to compete. Foot racing became horse racing became automobile racing, and we continue to redefine the word “fast.” Whether you prefer the tales of American bootleggers customizing Prohibition-era automobiles to outrun the law or the natural progression of cars replacing horses on the streets and on the racetrack, automobile racing flourished as a sport for many years in the United States before stock car racing truly came into its own in the 1950s. The economy rebounded after the end of World War II. The GIs brought home skills and knowledge about advances in technology, and civilians had learned how to get the most out of old machines during the war. Scrap steel was no longer reserved exclusively for the War Effort, and the junkyards were filling up with worn out cars as people started to invest in new ones to replace them. A very competitive stock car could be purchased at the junk yard for $25 or so. By adding another $75, a clever builder could make it race ready. Teams of weekend warriors could compete head to head against well-funded, highly trained teams and have a real shot at winning. It was a perfect combination: knowledgeable mechanics and fearless drivers in cars that the public recognized from their daily life. The grandstands filled and new tracks turned up all across the countryside to satisfy the public's interest in watching these race cars compete. Associations formed to standardize the tracks, which were often farm fields that had been lovingly sculpted and paved by the farmers themselves to give the drivers and their crews a place to showcase their talent. These men and women entertained, awed, and inspired a generation of "motor heads" and race fans. This book is a tribute to the drivers and other figures from Western New York and Northwestern Pennsylvania who shaped stock car racing in the 1950s.
American Sports Car Racing in the 1950s
American Sports Car Racing in the 1950s - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook American Sports Car Racing in the 1950s write by Michael T. Lynch. This book was released on 1998. American Sports Car Racing in the 1950s available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Traces the history of stock car racing and looks at major drivers, teams, and racetracks.
Modified Stock Car Racing of the '60s and '70s
Modified Stock Car Racing of the '60s and '70s - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Modified Stock Car Racing of the '60s and '70s write by Steve Kennedy. This book was released on 2012-10-15. Modified Stock Car Racing of the '60s and '70s available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Never before has a national publication featured a collection of photos of the Northeast’s favorite stock car racing’s division – the modifieds. The author brings together photos and text of the region’s best-loved drivers and their cars, as well as the “also-rans,” during the ‘60s and ‘70s when modifieds were built in backyards by local mechanics utilizing junkyard parts, no two cars looked alike, and there were so many tracks to race at. See them now as they were!
Northeast American Sports Car Races 1950-1959
Northeast American Sports Car Races 1950-1959 - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Northeast American Sports Car Races 1950-1959 write by Terry O'Neil. This book was released on 2022-02-02. Northeast American Sports Car Races 1950-1959 available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This book focuses on the different aspects that contributed to the development of Northeast American sports car racing during the 1950s. The evolution from amateur drivers racing on public roads in 1950, to both professional and amateur drivers racing at private, purpose-built tracks in 1959, demanded huge leaps of faith, trust and understanding. The transition was neither easy nor uneventful for drivers, clubs or track owners, and the tragedy, politics and intrigue that came to characterise the period are covered here in fascinating detail.
Glory Days
Glory Days - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Glory Days write by Paul A. Lind. This book was released on 2008-01-01. Glory Days available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Glory Days documents the early history of stock car racing in the Duluth-Superior area. It is a journal of the racing activity, both on the track and off, and describes the racing experiences of hundreds of drivers who competed at tracks in Proctor, Duluth, Cloquet and Iron River.
