Northeast American Sports Car Races 1950-1959
- ISBN-10
- 1845842545
- ISBN-13
- 9781845842543
- Category
- Sports & Recreation
- Pages
- 432
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2010-10-15
- Publisher
- Veloce Publishing Ltd
- Author
- Terry O'Neil
Description
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.
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