Gary L. Parker

Gebundenes Buch

Red Clay and Dust

The Evolution of Southern Dirt Racing

Beschreibung

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.

Autor

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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Waldenhouse Publishers, Inc.
• Seitenzahl: 182
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. Juli 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 222mm x 145mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 478g
• ISBN-13: 9781947589599
• ISBN-10: 1947589598
• Artikelnr.: 65014544