Author: Joel E. FinnPublisher:
ISBN: 9780964776968
Category : Automobile racing
Languages : en
Pages : 213
Book Description
Motor Racing Heroes - The Stories of 100 Greats
Author: Robert NewmanPublisher: David and Charles
ISBN: 1845847962
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 376
Book Description
Covering the period from the first Grand Prix win in 1906, to Michael Schumacher’s 2006 retirement, this book is one man’s idea of the 20th century’s motor racing heroes. The sport has attracted many men and women whose determination, raw courage, and skill at the wheel has driven them into that special, rarified atmosphere of heroism – this book tells the stories of 100 of these heroes.
Motor Age
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Automobile industry and trade
Languages : en
Pages : 1302
Book Description
The 1912 Milwaukee Races
Author: Joel E. FinnPublisher:
ISBN: 9780964776968
Category : Automobile racing
Languages : en
Pages : 213
Book Description
Farmstead, Stock and Home
Author: The Automobile
Author: Automobile Journal
Author: There Will Always be a Mackinac Race
Author: Auto Racing in the Shadow of the Great War
Author: Robert DickPublisher: McFarland
ISBN: 1476672725
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 447
Book Description
From 1915 through the early 1920s, American auto racing experienced rapid and exciting change. Competition by European vehicles forced American car manufacturers to incorporate new features, resulting in legendary engineering triumphs (and, essentially, works of art). Some of the greatest drivers in racing history were active during this time--Ralph DePalma, Dario Resta, Eddie Rickenbacker, the Chevrolet brothers, Jimmy Murphy. Presenting dozens of races in detail and a wealth of engineering specs, this history recalls the era's cigar-shaped speedway specials and monumental board tracks, the heavy-footed drivers, fearless mechanics, gifted engineers and enthusiastic backers.
The Club Journal
Author: Auto Racing Comes of Age
Author: Robert DickPublisher: McFarland
ISBN: 0786488115
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 684
Book Description
The first quarter of the 20th century was a time of dramatic change in auto racing, marked by the move from the horseless carriage to the supercharged Grand Prix racer, from the gentleman driver to the well-publicized professional, and from the dusty road course to the autodrome. This history of the evolution of European and American auto racing from 1900 to 1925 examines transatlantic influences, early dirt track racing, and the birth of the twin-cam engine and the straight-eight. It also explores the origins of the Bennett and Vanderbilt races, the early career of "America's Speed King" Barney Oldfield, the rise of the speedway specials from Marmon, Mercer, Stutz and Duesenberg, and developments from Peugeot, Delage, Ballot, Fiat, and Bugatti. This informative work provides welcome insight into a defining period in motorsports.