I
built this, because when I saw it, to me, it resembles the
Racer X (from Speed
Racer) Shooting Star race car. (which is not available
in model form).
So
with some spare decals, I made the car a Number 9. I may
have changed the wheels as well.
It's
not a bad kit, though simplified. There is no engine, I
think this kit was originally made for slot car use.
Trans-Am:
The Pony Car Wars 1966-1972 - This photographic retrospective
follows the Trans-Am series from its inception until the end
of the 1971 season, when significant rule changes forced the
withdrawal of North American manufacturer teams. The period
signified the golden age of the pony muscle car.
Vintage
American Road Racing Cars, 1950-1970 - “It’s
exceedingly difficult for me to understand how a book so wonderfully
comprehensive can be so very entertaining. How could such
a book crammed with hard facts and cold figures and exact
measurements be such a magic-carpet ride back to the halcyon
days of American road racing? I will just answer my own question
if you don’t mind. ‘Let Harold Pace and Mark Brinker
loose to research and write Vintage American Road Racing Cars
1950-1970 and you have a real masterwork.’SAH Journal
– for the Society of Automotive Historians, October/November
2005”.
Penske
Racing Team: 40 Years of Excellence - From its modest
beginnings behind a Philadelphia-area watchmaker's shop some
40 years ago, the Penske Racing Team, more than any other
organization, has influenced the development, growth and direction
of auto racing in the United States as both a sport and a
business. Led by former race driver turned "Fortune 500"
business mogul Roger Penske, this team has won more than 250
major auto races around the world, captured 19 national championships
(including 12 Indy-Car titles), and have enjoyed success in
all forms of racing—Indy-Cars, sports cars, Formula-1,
endurance racing and NASCAR. Penske
Racing Team...40 Years of Excellence documents the fascinating
history of this unique organization, focusing on the talented
drivers and innovative engineering that have been responsible
for the team's spectacular and enduring success. It also highlights
the key events that have defined American motorsports during
this timeframe; including the rise and fall of U.S. sports
car racing in the 1960s and 1970s; the politics of the USAC-CART
split in the late 1970s; the CART-IRL battle that unfolded
20 years later; and the phenomenal transformation of NASCAR
from its moonshine roots into the mainstream commercial phenomenon
that it is today.
