Kramer Williamson, Sprint Car Legend

Author: Chad Wayne Culver
Publisher: McFarland
ISBN: 1476628572
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 212

Book Description
Sprint Car Hall of Famer Kramer Williamson began his 45-year professional career as a grassroots racer from Pennsylvania and became one of the most successful and beloved professional drivers of all time. Drawing on interviews with those who knew him best, this first ever biography of Williamson covers his life and career as a driver and sprint car builder, from his humble beginnings racing the legendary #73 Pink Panther car in 1968 to his fatal crash during qualifying rounds at Lincoln Speedway in 2013.

Kramer Williamson, Sprint Car Legend

Author: Chad Wayne Culver
Publisher: McFarland
ISBN: 1476666970
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 212

Legends of Delaware Auto Racing

Author: Chad Wayne Culver
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 1467138290
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 176

Book Description
Sit back and buckle up for a fast-paced thrill ride into Delaware's rich racing history! The earliest Delaware drivers raced on dusty tracks carved into a farmer's field. Characters like Johnny Martin and Paul Walker helped establish racing in the state shortly after World War II. The latest generation races at the famed Georgetown Speedway and Delaware International Speedway, and drivers, owners and promoters like Ricky Elliott, Curt Michael and Brett Deyo make racing the thriving sport it is today. Through interviews and extensive research, author, Delaware native and racing historian Chad Wayne Culver has captured the stories of some of the state's best-known racing legends.

Tommy Hinnershitz, the Life and Times of an Auto-Racing Legend

Author: Gary Ludwig
Publisher: Basket Road Press
ISBN: 9780981509945
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
Many have called him the greatest dirt-track Sprint car driver of all time. This exciting biography of Tommy Hinnershitz, by veteran writer Gary Ludwig, is a superb account of the life and times of this racecar driver who became an auto-racing legend. This beautifully printed hardcover book is a fascinating history of the Sprint car, telling how it evolved, beginning during the first few years of the 1900s, to become the true American racecar. Racing and winning on the dusty dirt horse tracks at state and county fairs across America earned Hinnershitz a chance to race in the Indianapolis 500. On the dirt he was there at the beginning, one of a handful of daredevil athletes, the champions who invented the broad slide; going in low and coming off high, or vice versa. After leading the way, setting the pace, and developing the style, Hinnershitz set himself apart from all the others; he went in high and stayed there. This history of his life and amazing career includes over 20 pages of photographs and his complete race-by-race career statistics. Hinnershitz was inducted into the Pennsylvania Sports Hall of Fame and the National Sprint Car Hall of Fame. This first edition book is already becoming a treasured collector's item for thousands of Hinnershitz's fans.

Dirt Track Legends

Author: Lee O'Brien
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Automobile racing
Languages : en
Pages :

Book Description

Legends of Delaware Auto Racing

Author: Chad Wayne Culver
Publisher: History Press Library Editions
ISBN: 9781540241580
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 178

Book Description
Welcome to a fast-paced thrill ride into Delaware's rich racing history. The earliest drivers raced on dusty tracks carved into a farmer's field. Early characters like Johnny Martin and Paul Walker helped establish racing in Delaware shortly after World War II. The latest generation races at the famed Georgetown Speedway and Delaware International Speedway, and drivers, owners and promoters like Ricky Elliott, Curt Michael and Brett Deyo make racing the thriving sport it is today. Through interviews and extensive research, author Chad Wayne Culver has captured the stories of some of Delaware's best-known racing legends.

Sprint Car Legends

Author: Bill Holder
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781574271126
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :

Book Description
In-depth biographies & excellent color photographs of the very best drivers, past & present, in the sport of sprint car racing. From the author of the critically acclaimed Sprint Car Racing (named the best book of 1999 by the American Auto Racing Writer's & Broadcaster's Association).

Win It Or Wear It

Author: Joyce Standridge
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780978926151
Category : Automobile racing drivers
Languages : en
Pages : 260

Book Description
Win It or Wear It is a headlong rush into the wild world of sprint cars, the pinnacle of racing on America's dirt tracks. Standridge profiles the sport, mid-20th century to present, illustrating it with hundreds of captivating images from drivers¿ personal files and many of racing¿s foremost photographers. The soul of Win It or Wear It, however, is in the intimate and heartfelt interviews with some of the most colorful and legendary characters ever to wheel a sprinter. From 82-year-old Hooker Hood to 28-year-old Daryn Pittman, a fascinating spectrum of drivers share memories of personal and public triumph and disappointment. Legendary stars like Bobby Allen and Rick Ferkel share space with Saturday Night aces Lenard McCarl and Mares Stellfox, the accomplished female for whom sprint cars were the destination instead of a stepping stone. Other captivating drivers profiled include Shane Carson, Richard ¿The Gas Man¿ Griffin, Johnny Herrera, Skip Jackson, Bubby Jones, Lealand McSpadden, Curt Michael, Lynn Paxton, Jimmy Sills, Danny Smith and Gary Wright, among others.Standridge approaches the book with unusually deep knowledge and enthusiasm. She has been on the Election Committee of the National Sprint Car Hall of Fame since its inception and she has written extensively for the open wheel media. Her courtship with husband Rick, an active and highly respected racer, was spent in a garage rebuilding a sprint car. Sprint Car Hall of Fame member Dick ¿Dr. Dirt¿ Berggren has written the foreword.

Sprint Car Racing, America's Sport

Author: William G. Holder
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781574270648
Category : Automobile racing
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
Down and dirty, short track racing is where such drivers as Johnny Rutherford, Mario Andretti, Ken Schrader, and Jeff Gordon got their starts.

Caged Heat

Author: Tony Loxley
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780980858976
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 520

Book Description
The most powerful, thrilling, and popular cars and drivers ever to race on dirt track ovals spring from these pages! Sprint car racing competition in and between the US, Australia and New Zealand has never been better than it is today. Sprint car fans are among the most loyal in motorsports, they are truly dedicated to the tracks, the drivers ......