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• Big Daddy Don Garlits Tales from the Drag Strip - Since the moment that young men began modifying and personalizing their automobiles back in the 1940's and 50's, "Big Daddy" Don Garlits was squarely in the thick of this intoxicating pursuit. By the time he had built his first serious dragster, drag strips were popping up all over the country- primitive at best-but wild and untamed racing venues where home-built creations laid the groundwork for today's multimillion-dollar high-performance industry. For the last 50 years, Big Daddy has been on the move, traveling from coast to coast with his series of "Swamp Rat" Top Fuel dragsters, electrifying fans and adding to his already immense legend as an innovator, a visionary, and a champion.
• Car Coloring Books - Of all kinds. Great for youngsters.
• Darrell Gwynn: At Full Throttle: Truimphs and Tragedies from a Life Lived at Speed - This is Darrell's personal and revealing story, beautifully illustrated with previously unpublished photos from his family scrapbooks. Detailed descriptions of important races and commentary by Darrell himself provide an insider's perspective on the technology and teamwork behind a winning Top Fuel car. The experiences recounted tell a fascinating tale of one man's journey to the top of his sport, and a second courageous journey back from devastating injuries to lead a new, full life.
• Drag Racing Basics: Christmas Tree to Finish Line - Drag Racing Basics: Christmas Tree to Finish Line.
• Fast Lane: The History of NHRA Drag Racing - The Fast Lane captures the heart and soul of NHRA. With more than 230 bold, full-color photographs, this lavish book showcases the achievements, the glory, the drivers, the fans, and the highenergy spectacle that make NHRA drag racing a national passion. The Fast Lane is also a dazzling photographic celebration of innovative technology -- dragsters and Funny Cars burning nitromethane; stock cars, trucks, and motorcycles on high energy spectacle that make NHRA drag racing a national passion. The Fast Lane is also a dazzling photographic celebration of innovative technology -- dragsters and Funny Cars burning nitromethane; stock cars, trucks, and motorcycles on highoctane gasoline -- machines whose power and fury are truly unmatched. If you love drag racing, you must have this book!
• Funny Cars - Funny Cars in color.
• High Performance : The Culture and Technology of Drag Racing, 1950-2000 - If you are looking for a history of drag racing from its inception to the present day, this book is for you. It is a fascinating look at the sport from the outlaw street racing days to the highly organized events that we see today. Lots of information and stories about the personalities and organizations that have been involved over the years, including engine builders, drivers, chassis builders and backers. The origins of the major organizing bodies and their battles for supremacy are all recounted.
• John Force: The Straight Story of Drag Racing's 300-mph Superstar - John Force: The Straight Story of Drag Racing's 300-mph Superstar
• Kenny Bernstein: King of Speed - Kenny Bernstein: King of Speed is a picture book that details the triumphs of Top Fuel Eliminator racer Kenny Bernstein. Bernstein and co-author Bill Stephens describe Bernstein's lust for speed, his rise through the Funny Car circuit, his bittersweet breakthrough in 1996, and his long list of epic battles with drag racing stars that ultimately resulted in a championship in 2001. Sit back, but don't forget to hold on, and enjoy the ride of your life with Kenny Bernstein: King of
• Shirley Muldowney's Tales From The Track - In the 1970s, when the idea of a woman competing successfully with men in any form of motorsports was a radical notion, a young woman from Schenectady, New York, began her singular quest to change the chauvinistic mindset that prevailed in professional drag racing. Shirley Muldowney not only broke the gender barrier in the National Hot Rod Association, but also completely rewrote the record books in Top Fuel Eliminator, the sport’s quickest and fastest category. She was the first woman ever to receive a Top Fuel license from the NHRA, and none other than "Big Daddy" Don Garlits was one of the veteran drivers who signed off on it. Between 1977 and 1982, Muldowney won three NHRA Top Fuel championships—the first female ever to win a title in any professional motorsport—and added an AHRA Top Fuel championship to her resume, as well.
• Those Wild Fuel Altereds: Drag Racing in the Sixties - Before the 1957 ban on running alcohol and nitro fuels the author ran a very successful Fuel Coupe.After the ban he gave up and switched to competing in the Supercharged Gas Coupe class.Before that in 1956 he put together the Fuel Coupe Invitational at the Santa Ana drag strip. It was the first drag race eliminator program for any individual,non-dragster class.It was a big success but the fuel ban was introduced only a few months later.Although the author had moved on it was exciting to see the fuel guys come back in the early 1960s.Several of them were cars that the author had previously raced such as the Gene Mooneyham '34 coupe.

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