Runways & Racers: Sports Car Races Held on Military Airfields in America 1952-1954
- ISBN-10
- 1845842553
- ISBN-13
- 9781845842550
- Category
- Sports & Recreation
- Pages
- 208
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2011-07-01
- Publisher
- Veloce Publishing Ltd
- Author
- Terry O'Neil
Description
Runways and Racers focuses on sports car races held at military installations throughout America in the early 1950s. It was a marriage of convenience for the Sports Car Club of America and the Strategic Air Command, with both parties gaining advantages from the arrangement. The thorn in the side turned out to be a Congressman whose own aspirations exceeded his standing, but who found himself in a position to be able to influence the outcome of events ...
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