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Lost Drag Strips: Ghosts of Quarter Miles Past by CarTech®. During the 1950s and 1960s, the sport of drag racing exploded in popularity. In its early days, drag racing had a class for everybody, from professional rails to four-door sedans. As a participant sport, drag racing made itself very accessible, and as a result, drag racing facilities sprang up all over the country, some national in scale and others very small and local. This was great, for a while, but with the sprawl of suburbia and various economic conditions including the growing expense of racing, hundreds of drag racing facilities were lost across the country. Many of these were places of legend where the biggest names in the sport got their start or ran some of their most memorable passes. Others were relatively unknown, but served a local area's needs for a safe place for local speed addicts to run their cars. For whatever reason, they are no longer in business, but evidence of their existence remains. This service manual by Access Tools provides the most comprehensive repair information in paper format available on the market. This manual is produced using the highest quality printer available.
Specifications
| Pages: 178 Pieces |
| Size: 8.5" x 11" |
| Format: Paperback |
| Illustrations: b/w and color photos |
| ISBN: 9781613254769 |
Features
- Crafted with the finest workmanship
- Offered at a reasonable price
- Designed to help you take care of your vehicle
This book takes a look at many of the lost quarter-mile tracks across the country. Some of them are gone completely, paved over to make room for housing developments or strip malls. Others are ghostly remnants of what once was, offering a sad and even eerie subject for the photographer.
The images are teamed with vintage shots of drag racing's glory days, sharing what once was one of America's most popular pastimes with the modern reality facing these facilities today. For fans of drag racing's past, it's a sobering and interesting study. The stories are true and the photos are thought provoking, which makes this book hard to put down.
Lost Drag Strips is a 2013 International Automotive Media Competition award winner and won "best-of" in the book category.
Tracks include: Lions Associated Drag Strip, Orange County International Raceway, Riverside International Raceway, Bee Line Dragway, Motion Raceway, Motor City Dragway, Oswego Dragway, U.S. 30 Drag Strip, Dover Drag Strip, Pittsburgh International Dragway, Connecticut Dragway, Pocono Drag Lodge, Lakeland International Raceway, Green Valley Raceway, Dallas International Motor Speedway, Hudson Drag Strip, Shuffletown Dragway, Brainerd Optimist Club Drag Strip, Brainerd Optimist Drag Strip, Paradise Drag Strip, Double H Drag Strip, Southeastern International Dragway, Smithville Drag Strip, Lloyd's Drag Strip, Harriman Drag Strip, Green Valley Raceway Drag Strip, Drag City, Loudon Raceway.
Table of contents
Foreword
- by Don Garlits
Introduction
Acknowledgments
Chapter One: The Rise
- The Cars
- More Speed and More Fun
Chapter Two: The Fall
- Safety
- The Economy
- Population and Politics
- Moving On
- The Alternative
Chapter Three: The Wild West
- Lions Associated Drag Strip
- Orange County International Raceway
- Riverside International Raceway
- Bee Line Dragway
Chapter Four: Somewhere in the Middle
- Motion Raceway
- Motor City Dragway
- Oswego Dragway
- U.S. 30 Drag Strip
Chapter Five: East-Bound and Down
- Dover Drag Strip
- Pittsburgh International Dragway
- Connecticut Dragway
- Pocono Drag Lodge
Chapter Six: Southern Comfort
- Lakeland International Raceway
- Green Valley Raceway
- Dallas International Motor Speedway
- Hudson Drag Strip
- Shuffletown Dragway
Chapter Seven: Chattanooga Hotspots
- Brainerd Optimist Club Drag Strip
- Brainerd Optimist Drag Strip
- Paradise Drag Strip
- Double H Drag Strip
- Southeastern International Dragway
- Smithville Drag Strip
- Lloyd's Drag Strip
- Harriman Drag Strip
- Green Valley Raceway Drag Strip
- Drag City
- Loudon Raceway
Chapter Eight: The Modern Era
- The Rebound
Index
CarTech® provides over 100 titles available for the enthusiast in a wide variety of formats – from print to digital to video. CarTech publishing efforts include its traditional performance "CarTech" titles along with race histories, biographies of industry icons, as well as a number of series that further assist readers with their projects. Many of these books have gained wide recognition as "the bible" of high performance engine design and assembly.
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