British Drag Racing: The Early Years (Those Were the Days) - Softcover

Pettitt, Nicholas John

 
9781845843373: British Drag Racing: The Early Years (Those Were the Days)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 1845843371 ISBN 13: 9781845843373
Verlag: Veloce Publishing, 2011

Inhaltsangabe

A detailed look at the first ten years of drag racing in Britain from 1960-1969, complemented by 100 color pictures. It includes the visits by American dragsters, and the running of drag races on RAF airstrips by a growing band of enthusiasts with home-built machines. 1966 saw the opening of Santa Pod Raceway, Britain's first permanent drag strip; this book takes a look at the first four seasons racing there, and the development of the facility as entries and performances increased.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Nick Pettitt is a recognized expert on British drag racing history. He has produced over 70 DVDs on the subject, using cine film and video footage combined with his own researched narration. From 1995-2000 he raced a Chevy-powered nostalgia slingshot dragster at various drag strips in the UK, and currently drives a Ford Popular hot rod on the street. Nick has written two articles on British drag racing history for Custom Car magazine. In 2008 he was asked to join the British Drag Racing Hall of Fame, both as a board member and as their historian, and has been writing the profiles for the new inductees.

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Verlag
Veloce Publishing
Erscheinungsdatum
2011
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
1845843371
ISBN 13 
9781845843373
Einband
Taschenbuch
Anzahl der Seiten
96
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