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Chequered Pasts : Sports Car Racing and Rallying in Canada, 1951-1991.
Based on extensive research into the CASC's records and dozens of interviews with former competitors and officials, The Chequered Past opens a window into the rich but virtually unknown history of the auto sport, and claims for it a place in Canadian sports history.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Toronto :
University of Toronto Press,
2007.
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| Edición: | 2nd ed. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Intro
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- PART ONE: THE AMATEUR AGE, 1951-1960
- 1 The Visionaries and Their Vision: The Founding of the Canadian Automobile Sports Clubs
- 2 Canadian Club: Origins of the Sports Car Subculture, 1950-1960
- 3 Run What Ya Brung: Sports Car Competition in the Amateur Age
- 4 Rules and Regs: Professionalizing the Amateurs
- 5 Powershift: The Rise of Commercial Professionalism
- PART TWO: GATHERING SPEED, 1961-1966
- 6 Behind the Wheel: Power Politics in the CASC
- 7 Trans-Canada: The Shell 4000 and the National Rally Championship, 1961-1966
- 8 Making Tracks: Commercializing Canadian Racing
- 9 Reach for the Top: Canadian Racing Driver Development in the 1960s
- 10 The Cutting Edge: Bill Sadler and the Can-Am Series
- PART THREE: FROM SPORT TO SPECTACLE, 1967-1991
- 11 Coming of Age? Canadians and International Racing
- 12 Winning Formula: Formula Racing and the National Championship
- 13 Stage by Stage: Transforming the National Rally Championship
- 14 Downshift: The Crisis in Amateur Auto Sport, 1969-1975
- 15 Final Laps: The Decline and Fall of the CASC
- Epilogue
- Notes
- Select Bibliography
- Illustration Credits
- Index
- A
- B
- C
- D
- E
- F
- G
- H
- I
- J
- K
- L
- M
- N
- O
- P
- Q
- R
- S
- T
- U
- V
- W
- Y
- Z
- Illustrations.