Author : Philip Dalling
Publisher :
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 13,2 MB
Release : 2013-10-14
Category : Racetracks (Automobile racing)
ISBN : 9780857042125
This is a highly personal and richly illustrated exploration of more than 50 highly individual homes of speedway, including all of the UK's current tracks and a selection of iconic venues from the past. For the author, and thousands of others, these speedway tracks really do have the promise of Cinder Heaven.
Author : Philip Dalling
Publisher : The History Press
Page : 241 pages
File Size : 31,81 MB
Release : 2011-03-09
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 0752494619
The post-war era was British speedway’s golden age. Ten million spectators passed through the turnstiles of a record number of tracks at the sport’s peak. With league gates as high as 80,000, speedway offered a colourful means of escape from the grim austerity of the times.A determinedly clean image, with no betting and rival fans mingling on the terraces, made speedway the family night out of choice. The sport thrived despite punitive taxation and Government threats to close down the speedways as a threat to industrial productivity.A three-division National League stretched from Exeter to Edinburgh and the World Championship Final attracted a capacity audience to Wembley. Test matches against Australia provided yet another international dimension.Even at the height of its popularity, speedway was a sporting edifice built on unstable foundations, which crumbled alarmingly as the 1950s dawned and Britain’s economic and social recovery brought competing attractions like television.
Author : PHILIP. DALLING
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 27,43 MB
Release : 2022-11-30
Category :
ISBN : 9780857043610
An updated edition of this popular book exploring more than 50 highly individual homes of speedway throughout the UK
Author : Martin Rudow
Publisher : CarTech Inc
Page : 178 pages
File Size : 46,2 MB
Release : 2016-07-15
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 1613252226
Road racing has long-storied roots in North America that reach from coast to coast and to Canada. Some of the greatest drivers to ever compete raced wickedly fast machines, staged epic duels on winding strips of asphalt, and created history. This history left an enduring legacy that is revealed and celebrated in Lost Road Courses. Road racer and road racing expert Martin Rudow retraces road racing's glorious past and visits the defunct classic road courses across the United States and Canada. Many road courses were built in the 1950s and 1960s, the golden age of American road racing. These classic road courses built and hosted famous races for Trans-Am, Can-Am, IndyCar, Formula 1, and sports car racing, but did not survive the times. They fell victim to changing times, poor business decisions, urban sprawl, safety standards, and increasing real estate prices. Rudow recounts the breathtaking races and fascinating history of more than 16 tracks from around North America. Riverside International Raceway, Bridgehampton Race Circuit, Ontario Motor Speedway, Continental Divide Raceway, and many others were once major race venues that have since closed. The great race teams, legendary drivers, classic race series that visited the tracks, and cars that turned laps are brought into full focus. The exploits of Chaparral, McLaren, Bud Moore, Lotus, Penske, and other race teams as well as racing greats Mario Andretti, Parnelli Jones, Jim Hall, A. J. Foyt, Al Unser, Jim Clark, and Dan Gurney are covered. Rudow also digs beneath the surface to reveal the story behind the story. The visionaries and businessmen who saw potential and risked capital to build these palaces of speed come back to life. He also recognizes the unsung heroes and regional racers who competed, staffed, and took on various roles at these tracks. In the pages of this book, a nostalgic tour of these famous races at these vintage road circuits unfolds. Many period photos illustrate the racing action and the tracks themselves in their former glory, and modern color shows the tracks as they currently stand. If you're a fan of classic sports car, Can-Am, Trans-Am, IndyCar, Formula 1, as well as classic and unique tracks of yesteryear, this book is a must-have.
Author : PHILIP. DALLING
Publisher :
Page : pages
File Size : 21,26 MB
Release : 2020-11-30
Category :
ISBN : 9780857043481
Saving Speedway tells how the road to recovery began when a small group of men of vision re-opened long-closed venues and then, in 1960, formed a new competition, the Provincial League, which doubled the number of speedway venues overnight and eventually led to a new Golden Age for the sport.
Author : Derek Bridgett
Publisher : Fonthill Media
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 29,19 MB
Release : 2017-01-24
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN :
It was by chance that the author stumbled across a long lost programme for the opening meeting of Hanley Car Speedway for 21 July 1938. The programme had been hidden away in family papers for almost sixty years and it sparked an enduring interest in Midget Car Speedway. Motor sport had been the preserve of the rich and glamorous, but now the ordinary man could build a car and race it on a shoestring budget. It was the start of motor racing as we know it today and without the development of midget car racing, we perhaps would not have seen the Formula Three, Formula Ford and other series that we take for granted today. Although a short-lived craze that hit the UK during the 1930s, midget car racing was an incredible motor phenomenon with some races and events attracting over 60,000 people from all over the country. Derek Bridgett's Midget Car Racing chronicles this bizarre but immersive little-known motorsport. Focusing specifically on the Belle Vue Speedway, this incredible book is profusely illustrated with photographs from the period.
Author : Causey Enterprises, LLC
Publisher : Causey Enterprises, LLC
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 18,63 MB
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Author : Causey Enterprises, LLC
Publisher : Causey Enterprises, LLC
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 48,81 MB
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Author : Tony Loxley
Publisher : Renniks Publications
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 24,75 MB
Release : 2010-04-15
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9780980524826
Full Throttle – Images of Australian Speedway 1970-2009, captures nearly 40 years of this awe inspiring sport in images and words that illustrate all the stars, their machines, the tragedies and gut wrenching thrills this sport has produced (and continues to produce) for the millions of fans who have witnessed the on- track action throughout this book’s time frame. It’s a wild ride, so sit back, strap your self in, and enjoy the methanol-fed trip down memory lane.
Author : John Albert Craft
Publisher :
Page : 140 pages
File Size : 15,74 MB
Release :
Category : Automobiles, Racing
ISBN : 9781610608848
As he did in his smash success, Vintage and Historic Stock Cars, Craft has filled this new book with fascinating histories of some of the most significant stock cars ever to battle on the highbanks and short tracks of NASCAR. His detailed accounts of the cars and their builders, tuners, and drivers are accompanied by beautiful color photography, most of which show cars that are faithfully restored. Readers are treated to the compelling stories behind these famous cars, some built by legendary craftsmen like Holman & Moody and others raced by champions such as Richard Petty.
