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Drag Racing's Quarter-Mile Warriors : Then and Now by Doug Boyce (2014, Trade Paperback)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherCartech, Incorporated
ISBN-101613251335
ISBN-139781613251331
eBay Product ID (ePID)201567349
Product Key Features
Book TitleDrag Racing's Quarter-Mile Warriors : Then and Now
Number of Pages192 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicMotor Sports
Publication Year2014
IllustratorYes
GenreSports & Recreation
AuthorDoug Boyce
FormatTrade Paperback
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Item Height0.4 in
Item Weight23.4 Oz
Item Length11 in
Item Width8.5 in
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Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2014-001337
Reviews Drag Racing's Quarter-Mile Warriors: Then & Now is a joy for automobile connoisseurs to page through from cover to cover., If you're a nostalgia drag racing fan this is a must-read and one you'll want in your car book library., Congrats to Doug Boyce for pulling this one off, it's a keeper and we can't recommend this one highly enough. Five stars, two thumbs up, all that jazz; if you like old drag cars, you're not going to put this one down.
Dewey Edition23
Number of Volumes1 vol.
Dewey Decimal629.228
Table Of ContentAcknowledgments 6 Introduction 6 Chapter One: Diggers: The Top Dogs 8 Tommy Ivo's Twin Engine 10 England's First Dragster 13 Mickey Thompson's Assault I Dragster 15 Hellzapoppin A/Dragster 18 VanRonk and Bumgarner The Vagabond 20 Syndicate Scuderia 22 Winkel, Trapp & Fuller Magicar 24 Bob Langley's Scorpion V 27 Don Tognotti's Bushwacker 29 Warren, Coburn & Miller 31 The Stone Age Man 34 D.A. Santucci's Bubble Gum Car 36 Petersen & Fitz 38 Stephens & Venables 40 Great Expectations II 42 Gary Cochran's Rear-Engine Dragster 43 John Peters' Freight Train 45 Chapter Two: Funny Cars and Not So Funny Cars 47 Dick Landy's AWB 1965 Dodge 48 Gas Ronda's Long-Nose Mustang 51 Pete Gates' Gate Job Comet 53 Dave Koffel's Experimental Stock Barracuda 56 Ingénue 1967 Buick Skylark 58 Jim Kirby/Dick Harrell Camaro 60 Ed Schartman's Rattler Cougar 62 Jungle Jim Liberman's Twin Novas 64 Chi-Town Hustler Charger 66 Ramchargers 1972 68 Chapter Three: Rockin' Pro Stocks 70 Al Joniec's Match-Race Mustang 71 Don Nicholson's 1970 Maverick 73 Red Light Bandit 1970 Challenger 75 Sandy Elliot/Barrie Poole 1971 Comet 78 Dutch Irrgang's 1972 Vega Wagon 81 Bob Glidden's 1973 Pinto 84 Wally Booth's AMC Brigade 86 Sox & Martin 1973 Duster 88 Dick Landy's 1973 Dart Sport 90 Ronnie Sox's Hemi Colt 92 Grumpy's Toy XI 1974 Vega 95 The Mopar Missile That Wasn't 98 Chapter Four: The Wild Bunch 101 Stone, Woods & Cook Willys 102 Jolly Dolly C/Gas 1939 Chevy 105 Moody-Jones C/Gas 1937 Chevy 107 Gene Moody's D/Gas 1955 Chevy 109 Jersey Jimmy's Altered 111 Lil Screamer II 1934 Ford 113 Dave Hales' S&S Race Team 1937 Willys 115 Hugh Tucker's AA/SR Chevy 117 Mr. C Competition Roadster 120 The Grove Boys 1940 Willys 122 Jack Merkel's 1933 Willys 124 Kohler Brothers' King Kong 128 Jim Oddy's AA/GS Austin 130 Fred Hurst's A/GS Barracuda 132 Mondello & Matsubara AA/FA 134 Ron Bizio's AA/GS 1933 Willys Pickup 138 George Montgomery's AA/GS 1969 Mustang 139 Schley Brothers' Lightning Bug 141 Kroona & Sandberg 144 Chapter Five: Door Slammers Galore 148 Dave Strickler's The Old Reliable II 149 Dave Kempton's Plymouth Fury 151 Frank Sanders' Z-11 Chevy 153 Osburn Trucking's Lightweight Ford 155 Golden Commandos' Barracuda 157 Sox & Martin 1967 Plymouth 160 Al Joniec's Cobra Jet Mustang 162 Larry Griffith's Super Stock 1968 Hemi Dart 164 Anderson Oldsmobile's W-31 Cutlass 167 AMX-1 Super Stock 1969 168 McMaster & Gunning 1957 Chevy 171 Hubert Platt's Ford Drag Team Mustang 173 Scotto & Blevins Chevy Nomad 175 High School 1957 Chevy 177 Granny Goose II 1969 Camaro 179 Dianna & Ripes Corvette 181 Stark Hickey's Super Stock Mustang 183 Arlen Fadely's Super Modified Maverick 185 Epilogue: What Goes Around . . . 189
SynopsisThe true beginnings of racing is an argument never really settled. One could argue that as soon as the second car was manufactured, a contest of speed ensued against the first. While the roots of modern drag racing go back to the dry lakes of California in the 1930s, drag racing became a sanctioned affair in the early 1950s with the forming of the National Hot Rod Association. In the 60 years that have followed the first NHRA sanctioned race in 1953, the changes in technology have been astounding, as well as the categories and classes in which racers have competed. And of all of the eras, the golden era of the late 1950s through the early 1970s is the clear fan favorite. Drag Racing's Quarter-Mile Warriors: Then & Now takes a unique look at the most memorable, interesting, and successful cars from this golden age of drag racing. Chronicled are Diggers and Rail dragsters, Funny Cars, wild Altereds, door slammers including Super and Junior Stock cars, early 1970s Pro Stock cars and more. Vintage and modern photography in a unique "then and now" format cover the cars as they first competed, through their evolution (or inactivity) over the years, and how they look today. Cars driven by legends such as Mickey Thompson, Tommy Ivo, Dick Landy, Grumpy Jenkins, Sox & Martin, Don Nicholson, Bob Glidden, and more are featured in evolutionary detail. Never before has a book covered the cars from the golden age of drag racing and combined it with a modern look at where the cars are today. From full restorations to cars still competing in nostalgia events, from museum pieces to those collecting dust in a dark corner waiting for another day in the sun, Drag Racing's Quarter-Mile Warriors: Then & Now gives you a unique look at how these cars have fared over time. No drag racing library is complete without it., Legendary Drag Cars: Then and Now takes a unique look at the most memorable, interesting, and successful cars from this golden age of drag racing.
LC Classification NumberTL236.2.B68 2014
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- 12 Dec, 2015
Great book.
Full of great pictures. Lots of history and how the cars came to their present state of restoration. Very interesting reading, or just flip through and look at the pictures when you eyes aren't working well enough to read.Verified purchase: YesCondition: New
- 31 Jan, 2025
Attention grabbing!
Loved the history of Drag Racing from back in the day.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 18 Jan, 2025
grreat times
not muh of pam or the outher ladysVerified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 18 Dec, 2018
Another one!
IT WAS A TOTAL LOSS NEVER DELIVERED!Verified purchase: YesCondition: New
