Drag Bike Racing in Britain

Author: Keith Lee
Publisher: Veloce Publishing
ISBN: 9781845843144
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
This book showcases amazing machines and their riders in the ultimate acceleration sport – drag bike racing. Great photographs are combined with the author’s in-depth knowledge, to explore, for the first time, the sport in the UK, and chart its relentless pursuit for ever more speed. The diversity of motive power and machine design is examined, as is the influence of racers from the home of drag racing – America – in this unique and fascinating look at the most thrilling sports on two wheels.

Drag Bike Racing in Britain – From the mid ‘60s to the mid ‘80s

Author: Keith Lee
Publisher: David and Charles
ISBN: 1787114988
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 189

Book Description
Showcases amazing machines and their riders in the ultimate acceleration sport - drag bike racing. Great photographs are combined with the author's in-depth knowledge, to explore, for the first time, the sport in the UK, and chart its relentless pursuit for ever more speed. The diversity of motive power and machine design is examined, as is the influence of racers from the home of drag racing - America - in this unique and fascinating look at the most thrilling sport on two wheels.

British Drag Racing

Author: Nicholas Pettitt
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781787113572
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :

Book Description

Dead Men Don't Tell Tales

Author: Guy Martin
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 1473586933
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 320

Book Description
Guy Martin can't sit still. He has to keep pushing - both himself and whatever machine he is piloting - to the extreme. He's a doer, not a talker. That applies whether Guy's competing in a self-supported 750-mile mountain bike race across Arizona, or trying to reach 300mph in a standing mile on the 800-horsepower motorbike he built in his shed. And during his TV adventures, travelling through Japan, winning records for the world's fastest tractor, re-creating the famous Steve McQueen Great Escape jump, discovering the toil and sacrifice of the D-Day landings and trying to cut the mustard as a Battle of Britain pilot. Guy's become a dad now and he's hoping that one day his daughter will grow up to be a better welder than he is. Oh, and he's still getting up at 5am to work on trucks in for service or to be out on his tractor, working the Lincolnshire land he's always called home. This is Guy Martin's latest book, in his own words, on the last four years of his life that make the rest of us look like we're in slow motion. We're here for a good time, not a long time. To Guy, if it's worth doing, it's worth dying for.

Drag Racing

Author: Liz Burn
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 1449039006
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 123

Book Description
This is my innocent and humorous recollection of the disasters and successes I have encountered in the male dominated sport of Drag Racing, when it was in it's infancy, back in the 1970's in the UK. I became only the second woman in the UK to race a Top Fuel dragster. How I survived a 200mph crash and came back to win the European Championship two years in a row. Yes, I beat the men at their own game!

Return to Glory!

Author: Robert Ackerson
Publisher: David and Charles
ISBN: 178711886X
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 144

Book Description
This book chronicles the development and racing career of a car regarded as the ultimate example of the purebred sports car of the 20th century and the epitome of functional beauty and extraordinary performance: the 1952 Mercedes-Benz 300 SL. Taking second place at its 1952 Mille Miglia debut, it went on to win every one of its races that season.

Harley-Davidson Drag Racing

Author: Scooter Grubb
Publisher: Enthusiast Books
ISBN: 9781583882627
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
There is nothing like the sound of two Harley-Davidsons leaving the line to get your adrenaline pumping. Harley-Davidson Drag Racing uses over 300 color photos and 144 pages to capture that same raw energy of unleashed V-twin power. From your neighbor’s Sportster to the Top Fuel machines, the bikes are all here. Each chapter describes one of sixteen classes, with pictures of the bikes and an explanation of the rules that make that class unique. Sidebars scattered throughout the book take the action inside the pits. Meet the riders capable of turning a 6 second quarter mile, the mechanics that keep it all running at 200 miles per hour, and the track officials who make each event possible. With an abundance of color photos, Harley-Davidson Drag Racing is a visual feast. Whether you just want to drink in the action or learn more about the bikes and the classes, this book is sure to satisfy that need for speed.

Runways & Racers

Author: Terry O'Neil
Publisher: David and Charles
ISBN: 1787118436
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 208

Book Description
Runways and Racers focuses on sports car races held at military installations throughout America in the early 1950s. It was a marriage of convenience for the Sports Car Club of America and the Strategic Air Command, with both parties gaining advantages from the arrangement. The thorn in the side turned out to be a Congressman whose own aspirations exceeded his standing, but who found himself in a position to be able to influence the outcome of events ...

Motorcycle GP Racing in the 1960s

Author: Chris Pereira
Publisher: David and Charles
ISBN: 1787118797
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 176

Book Description
This book examines the classic period of Grand Prix racing from 1960 to 1969, and the men and machines involved. Covering the emergence of the Japanese factories and the struggle for supremacy between 2- and 4-stroke technologies, it is a fascinating exploration of the last decade of 'traditional' Grand Prix racing, before significant events changed the nature of the sport forever.

American Motorcyclist

Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 60

Book Description
American Motorcyclist magazine, the official journal of the American Motorcyclist Associaton, tells the stories of the people who make motorcycling the sport that it is. It's available monthly to AMA members. Become a part of the largest, most diverse and most enthusiastic group of riders in the country by visiting our website or calling 800-AMA-JOIN.