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American Road Race Specials, 1934-70

(Paperback) | Released: 26 Feb 2014

By: Allan Girdler | Publisher: Echo Point Books & Media | Publisher Imprint: Echo Point Books & Media

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Once upon a time, there was a guy named Max Balchowsky who decided he wanted to beat Ferrari and Jaguar at their own game-road racing. The trouble was, he didn't have the cash for a factory racer. So he built his own. Using a Ford homemade tube frame, a souped-up Buick V-8 and running on recapped whitewalls, Ol' Yaller whipped them all.

Welcome to American Road Race Specials 1934-70. These were the glory days of road racing in the United States, from the first races between imported MGs to the world-winning Made-in-the-USA Scarabs and Chaparrals, and on toe the downfall of the Shadow.

This is the story of the men who built and ran their own homemade cars in pioneer SCCA and Cal Club races on town streets, airports and then the first purpose-built American racetracks. Here is Jim Hall, Lance Reventlow, Ken Miles, Carroll Shelby, Ak Miller, Balchowsky, Troutman and Barnes, Phil Hill, Dan Gurney, Roger Penske, George Follmer, and all the rest. . . .

And the cars: Ol' Yaller, Cunningham, Scarab, Chaparral, Kurtis, Devin, Zerex Special, Bocar, Caballo de Hierro, Pooper, Shadow, Ferraries with Chevy V-8s and every other possible chassis-engine combination a racer could think of. Some were crude, others deceptively homespun; most were half hot rod, half sports car-all of them were unique and built with passion.

Historian Allan Girdler's straight-talking technical writing and colorful storytelling brings to life the home-builts' history as no other could. Girdler is a former Car Life and Cycle World editor and is currently an editor-at-large for Road & Track. His other books include Harley-Davidson Racing 1934-1986 and Harley-Davidson XR-750.

Readers interested in related titles from Allan Girdler will also want to see: Harley Davidson Sportster (ISBN: 1626549354), Harley-Davidson Racing, 1934-1986 (ISBN: 162654932X), Harley-Davidson Xr-750 (ISBN: 1626549346).

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Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781626549333
Publisher: Echo Point Books & Media
Publisher Imprint: Echo Point Books & Media
Height: 280 mm
No of Pages: 210
Series Title: English
Sub Title: Glory Days of Homebuilt Racers
Width: 216 mm

ISBN-10: 1626549338
Publisher Date: 26 Feb 2014
Binding: Paperback
Language: English
Returnable: N
Spine Width: 11 mm
Weight: 548 gr

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