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Chequered Pasts: Sports Car Racing and Rallying in Canada, 1951-1991
by Charters, David | PB | Good
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- Binding
- Paperback
- Weight
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- Product Group
- Book
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- ISBN
- 9780802093943
- Publication Year
- 2007
- Type
- Textbook
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Publication Name
- Chequered Pasts : Sports Car Racing and Rallying in Canada, 1951-1991
- Item Height
- 1in
- Item Length
- 9in
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press
- Item Width
- 6in
- Item Weight
- 20.5 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 382 Pages
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In the forty-year period between 1951 and 1991, Canadian sports car competition underwent a massive change, transforming itself from an amateur recreational pastime to a commercialized profession and from an individual sport to a spectacle for mass consumption. The Chequered Past is the story of the struggle over power and purpose within the Canadian auto sport that led to this transformation. The first comprehensive history of sports car racing and rallying in Canada, The Chequered Past traces the efforts of the national governing body - the Canadian Auto Sport Clubs (CASC) - to bring its sports car competition up to a 'world class' level, and to manage the consequences of those efforts in the second half of the twentieth century. David Charters traces the social origins of the sport and the major trends that shaped it: professionalism, technological change, rising costs, and the influence of commercial sponsors. Charters argues that while early enthusiasts set the sport on a course toward professionalism that would eventually produce world-class Canadian events and racers, that course would also ultimately change the purpose of the sport: from personal recreation to mass entertainment. As technological innovations drove up the costs of competing at the top ranks, racers were forced to rely on sponsors, who commercialized and ultimately gained control of the sport. The end result, Charters argues, was the marginalization of the amateur competitor and of the CASC itself. 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.
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Publisher
University of Toronto Press
ISBN-10
0802093949
ISBN-13
9780802093943
eBay Product ID (ePID)
57094671
Product Key Features
Publication Name
Chequered Pasts : Sports Car Racing and Rallying in Canada, 1951-1991
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Publication Year
2007
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
382 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
9in
Item Height
1in
Item Width
6in
Item Weight
20.5 Oz
Additional Product Features
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College Graduate Student
Edition Number
2
Reviews
[A thoroughly fascinating and enjoyable book that looks at ordinary enthusiasts as well as the heroes of the sport … For anybody with an interest in Canadian motorsport, it’s a must read.” -Bob English, Globe and Mail, 'It's a great read and Charters has made an invaluable contribution by researching and writing it.' -Norris McDonald
Copyright Date
2007
Topic
Canada / General, Motor Sports, History
Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional
Illustrated
Yes
Genre
Sports & Recreation, History
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