The classic history of America s greatest auto race, updated with twenty years of new material
With a foreword by Motorsport Hall of Fame inductee Robin Miller, arguably Indy car racing's most vocal advocate, this is the real story of The Split from one of the sport's most respected voices.
In this tight, fast-paced narrative, Art Garner brings to life the bygone era when drivers lived hard, raced hard, and at times died hard.
This book discusses the fast, thrilling world of Indy cars!
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“ About 5:15 that afternoon Kelly reappeared with his wife and little kid . Petillo was nearly in tears . No one would work on his engine because in the early days the race driver was not a very good credit risk .
I hope this book will help to provide clarity in this regard as well as educate. During high school, many of us chose to use CliffsNotes to assist in the education process. This book is somewhat patterned after that concept.
When E. Marvin Neville left Indianapolis, Indiana, in 1980, it could have been called the most boring place on earth.
The six-cylinder Thorne Special won in 1946 and Indys only six-wheeled car competed as well. This new Ludvigsen Library book brings to dramatic life the spectacle and excitement of the 1940-1949 era at the Speedway.
"Amazing photography accompanies engaging information about Indy cars. The combination of high-interest subject matter and light text is intended for students in grades 3 through 7"--Provided by publisher.
Yet he was fully aware of thesocial and intellectual problems of the secular Third Republic which militated against his Dante-inspired Catholic humanism, embodied in the work of the Schola Cantorum, the Paris institution founded by d'Indy ...