The early laps of stock car racing : a history of the sport and business through 1974 /
The first organized, sanctioned American stock car race took place in 1908 on a road course around Briarcliff, New York--staged by one of America''s early speed mavens, William K. Vanderbilt, Jr. A veteran of the early Ormond-Daytona Beach speed trials, Vanderbilt brought the Grand Prize r...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Jefferson, North Carolina :
McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers,
2014.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Sumario: | The first organized, sanctioned American stock car race took place in 1908 on a road course around Briarcliff, New York--staged by one of America''s early speed mavens, William K. Vanderbilt, Jr. A veteran of the early Ormond-Daytona Beach speed trials, Vanderbilt brought the Grand Prize races to Savannah, Georgia, the same year. What began as a rich man''s sport eventually became the working man''s sport, finding a home in the South with the infusion of moonshiners and their souped-up cars. Based in large part on statements of drivers, car owners and others garnered from archived newspaper ar. |
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Descripción Física: | 1 online resource |
Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
ISBN: | 1476616221 9781476616223 |