Vintage American Road Racing Cars, 1950-1970

Vintage American Road Racing Cars, 1950-1970
by Harold Pace

Vintage American Road Racing Cars, 1950-1970
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Author: Harold Pace
Edition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2004-12-25
ISBN: 0760317836
Number of pages: 304
Publisher: Motorbooks

Book Reviews of Vintage American Road Racing Cars, 1950-1970

Book Review: Excellent reference book
Summary: 5 Stars

The pictures and articles are excellent and of great historical analysis of sports cars in north America. Highly recommend.

Summary of Vintage American Road Racing Cars, 1950-1970

American road racing began just after World War II and quickly blossomed into a movement. The Sports Car Club of America (SCCA) and the United States Auto Club (USAC), clubs that became fierce rivals in the 1950s and 1960s, were the principal race promoters. Race tracks popped up everywhere, at first on city streets, then at airports and U.S. Air Force bases, and finally at purpose-built circuits like Road America and Laguna Seca.Although most of the cars that competed in American road racing were built in Europe, an underground movement sprang up of "special builders" who constructed their racers in home garages and small-town machine shops. Some were so homely and slow that only the builders could love them. Others trounced every Ferrari in sight and are now on the wish lists of wealthy collectors the world over.Vintage American Road Racing Cars 1950-1970 is the first book devoted exclusively to American road racing cars of all types and sizes. Hundreds of race cars built in America have never before been mentioned in print, and this book chronicles those and other cars with vintage and modern photography, specifications, memorabilia, and the stories and characters behind each car.About the AuthorHarold Pace's writing and photography has appeared in such magazines as Automobile Quarterly, Class & Sportscar, Excellence, Sports Car International, Vintage Racecar Journal, and others. He lives in Weatherford, Texas. Mark Brinker is a vintage race car enthusiast who has raced at the Monterey Historics. He is a doctor with three published medical textbooks and 70+ published scientific papers. He hails from Houston, Texas.

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