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Item specifics
- Condition
- ISBN
- 9780760326978
- Book Title
- Fuel and Guts : the Birth of Top Fuel Drag Racing
- Publisher
- Quarto Publishing Group USA
- Item Length
- 12 in
- Publication Year
- 2007
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Illustrator
- Yes
- Item Height
- 0.5 in
- Features
- Revised
- Genre
- Transportation
- Topic
- Automotive / History
- Item Weight
- 57.1 Oz
- Item Width
- 9 in
- Number of Pages
- 240 Pages
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Quarto Publishing Group USA
ISBN-10
0760326975
ISBN-13
9780760326978
eBay Product ID (ePID)
57279729
Product Key Features
Book Title
Fuel and Guts : the Birth of Top Fuel Drag Racing
Number of Pages
240 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2007
Topic
Automotive / History
Features
Revised
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Transportation
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
0.5 in
Item Weight
57.1 Oz
Item Length
12 in
Item Width
9 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2007-018068
Reviews
Road & Track, November 2007 "If you want an insider's view with detailed, first-person accounts from the independent-thinking, innovative mechanical wizards who turned drag racing into an extreme sport, reading this book is pure heaven. You can almost smell the nitro." Car Craft, December 2007 "As you read the book it becomes evident that the author isn't just a reporter - he is also a racer. His years of drag racing experience combined with his own eyewitness accounts of the postwar drag racing boom lends credence to an already well-written book. If you are a drag racer, this is a must-read. If you are a street-machine enthusiast, it might make you a drag racer.", Road & Track,November 2007 "If you want an insider's view with detailed, first-person accounts from the independent-thinking, innovative mechanical wizards who turned drag racing into an extreme sport, reading this book is pure heaven. You can almost smell the nitro." Car Craft,December 2007 "As you read the book it becomes evident that the author isn't just a reporter he is also a racer. His years of drag racing experience combined with his own eyewitness accounts of the postwar drag racing boom lends credence to an already well-written book. If you are a drag racer, this is a must-read. If you are a street-machine enthusiast, it might make you a drag racer." , Drag News Magazine , September 2007 “ Fuel & Guts tells the intimate stories that take you back in time and show you how it all started.� Hemmings Motor News, December 2007 “It’s comprehensive, anecdotal and occasionally profane, very much in keeping with the outrageous subject matter.�, Road & Track, November 2007 "If you want an insider's view with detailed, first-person accounts from the independent-thinking, innovative mechanical wizards who turned drag racing into an extreme sport, reading this book is pure heaven. You can almost smell the nitro." Car Craft, December 2007 "As you read the book it becomes evident that the author isn't just a reporter - he is also a racer. His years of drag racing experience combined with his own eyewitness accounts of the postwar drag racing boom lends credence to an already well-written book. If you are a drag racer, this is a must-read. If you are a street-machine enthusiast, it might make you a drag racer." , Road & Track, November 2007 “If you want an insider’s view with detailed, first-person accounts from the independent-thinking, innovative mechanical wizards who turned drag racing into an extreme sport, reading this book is pure heaven. You can almost smell the nitro.� Car Craft, December 2007 “As you read the book it becomes evident that the author isn’t just a reporter – he is also a racer. His years of drag racing experience combined with his own eyewitness accounts of the postwar drag racing boom lends credence to an already well-written book. If you are a drag racer, this is a must-read. If you are a street-machine enthusiast, it might make you a drag racer.�, Nitrogeezers.com, September 2007 "Must have for anyone interested in the history of Drag Racing." DragRaceCentral.com,Dec. 12, 2007 "This book is wonderful from start to finish and it will make a great addition to any drag racing fans collection." , Road & Track, November 2007 "If you want an insider's view with detailed, first-person accounts from the independent-thinking, innovative mechanical wizards who turned drag racing into an extreme sport, reading this book is pure heaven. You can almost smell the nitro." Car Craft, December 2007 "As you read the book it becomes evident that the author isn't just a reporter he is also a racer. His years of drag racing experience combined with his own eyewitness accounts of the postwar drag racing boom lends credence to an already well-written book. If you are a drag racer, this is a must-read. If you are a street-machine enthusiast, it might make you a drag racer." , Drag News Magazine, September 2007 "Fuel & Gutstells the intimate stories that take you back in time and show you how it all started." Hemmings Motor News,December 2007 "It's comprehensive, anecdotal and occasionally profane, very much in keeping with the outrageous subject matter." , Drag News Magazine , September 2007 " Fuel & Guts tells the intimate stories that take you back in time and show you how it all started." Hemmings Motor News, December 2007 "It's comprehensive, anecdotal and occasionally profane, very much in keeping with the outrageous subject matter." , Nitrogeezers.com, September 2007 "Must have for anyone interested in the history of Drag Racing." DragRaceCentral.com, Dec. 12, 2007 " This book is wonderful from start to finish and it will make a great addition to any drag racing fans collection.", Drag News Magazine , September 2007 " Fuel & Guts tells the intimate stories that take you back in time and show you how it all started." Hemmings Motor News, December 2007 "It's comprehensive, anecdotal and occasionally profane, very much in keeping with the outrageous subject matter."
Dewey Edition
22
Dewey Decimal
796.72
Edition Description
Revised edition
Table Of Content
Foreword (by Dave McClellan) Introduction Chapter One The fuse is lit… How did it all start? Chapter Two Late 1950s to Early 1960s Chapter Three Mid 1960s Chapter Four The California Gang Goes on Tour Chapter Five Getting Serious about Going Fast Chapter Six The Late 1960s Chapter Seven The Late 1960s to Early 1970s Chapter Eight The Last Winning One-Man Team Epilogue
Synopsis
This is the story of how Top Fuel drag racing started, told by those who lived it. An insider from the beginning, author Tom Madigan draws on interviews with builders and racers like Mickey Thompson, Tony Nancy, Tommy Ivo, and Tom McEwen, to name just a few. Their words, and those of others such as engine builder Ed Pink and chassis builder Kent Fuller, give readers a real sense of a lost, and truly thrilling, world. This is Top Fuel drag racing of California in the 50s and 60s, and these are the racers who made its name. Fuel and Guts recreates a time of passion and pure adrenaline--a time before accountants and corporations saw a winner in drag racing. In sidebars, drivers like Don Garlits and Shirley Muldowney tell what it was like to leave home and try to make it on the Californians home turf. You werent really a winner until you beat the guys who started it all. And in this book, readers meet these winners and feel once more an excitement now gone forever., This is the story of how Top Fuel drag racing started, told by those who lived it. An insider from the beginning, author Tom Madigan draws on interviews with builders and racers like Mickey Thompson, Tony Nancy, Tommy Ivo, and Tom McEwen, to name just a few. Their words, and those of others such as engine builder Ed Pink and chassis builder Kent Fuller, give readers a real sense of a lost, and truly thrilling, world. This is Top Fuel drag racing of California in the 50s and 60s, and these are the racers who made its name. Fuel and Guts" recreates a time of passion and pure adrenaline--a time before accountants and corporations saw a winner in drag racing. In sidebars, drivers like Don Garlits and Shirley Muldowney tell what it was like to leave home and try to make it on the Californians' home turf. You weren' t really a winner until you beat the guys who started it all. And in this book, readers meet these winners and feel once more an excitement now gone forever., This is the story of how Top Fuel drag racing started, told by those who lived it. An insider from the beginning, author Tom Madigan draws on interviews with builders and racers like Mickey Thompson, Tony Nancy, Tommy Ivo, and Tom McEwen, to name just a few. Their words, and those of others such as engine builder Ed Pink and chassis builder Kent Fuller, give readers a real sense of a lost, and truly thrilling, world...This is Top Fuel drag racing of California in the 50s and 60s, and these are the racers who made its name. Fuel and Guts recreates a time of passion and pure adrenaline--a time before accountants and corporations saw a winner in drag racing. In sidebars, drivers like Don Garlits and Shirley Muldowney tell what it was like to leave home and try to make it on the Californians home turf. You werent really a winner until you beat the guys who started it all. And in this book, readers meet these winners and feel once more an excitement now gone forever.
LC Classification Number
GV1029.3.M23 2007
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Copyright Date
2007
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