Red Clay and Dust: The Evolution of Southern Dirt Racing - Couverture souple

Parker, Gary L

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1935186612 ISBN 13 : 9781935186618

Editeur : Waldenhouse Publishers, Inc., 2015

Synopsis

History of automobile racing on dirt tracks in the southern United States. Focuses on the first Dirt Cars of the late 1950's, the "late models," the "super late models," and on the Dirt Racing Speedways and series. Includes short biographies of 25 famous drivers and 92 photographs.

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À propos des auteurs

Racing Historian Gary Parker attended his first dirt race at the famed Boyd's Speedway in Chattanooga, Tennessee, in 1955. Over 60 years, he has watched hundreds of races all over the South and at several historic tracks that no longer exist. He traveled and became close friends with some of the icons of Southern dirt racing and helped drivers in the pits. He was a member of Jody Ridley's crew from the late 1960's through all of the 1970's, and he was part of H.E. (Doc) Vineyard's pit crew for several years in the 1980's. He has written a number of articles for such racing publications as Dirt Late Model Magazine. Parker holds a PhD. in Anthropology. He lives with his wife in Chattanooga, Tennessee.

A native of Chattanooga, Tennessee, Karen Paul Stone holds a BA degree in French and Spanish from the University of Kentucky and founded Waldenhouse Publishers, Inc. in 1995 near Chattanooga. She serves as Editor in Chief and principal designer. She is also Editor of McCoy Farm & Gardens Newsletter in Walden, TN. She was co-founder of Ashland Press in 1975 and for ten years a principal of Transylvania Printing Company, both in Lexington, KY. She is author of several books.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Waldenhouse Publishers, Inc.
• Date d'édition: 2015
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1935186612
• ISBN 13: 9781935186618
• Reliure: Broché
• Illustrateur: Harrelson Kent
• Nombre de pages: 182
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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