- Diggers,
Funnies, Gassers, and Altereds: Drag Racing's Golden Age
- In the ‘60s, drag racing evolved from a "run
what ya brung" grass roots effort to a full-blown professional
motorsport – along the way, it created some of the most
exciting racing and race cars ever built. And Bob McClurg
was there with a camera. McClurg is an accomplished magazine
writer and photographer, but he’s best known for his
drag racing images of the ‘60s and ‘70s
– his lens captured all the action of the Roadsters,
Gassers, Altereds, Top Fuel, Thunderbolt Funny Cars, Pro/Stocks,
and even the modern age of nostalgia drag racing. Now for
the first time, McClurg’s best drag racing photos are
brought together in one volume – a book that every drag
racing fan will have to see. With more than 350 color and
black-and-white photos, this book is an exciting visual
history of the sport’s most exciting years – the
Golden Age of drag racing.
- American
Drag Racing - Top fuelers, funny cars, super stocks, pro
stocks, and fuel-altereds are all included in this look back
at the evolution of drag racing from the 1950s to today. Modern
color photography of these landmark cars is accompanied
by imagery from the NHRA archives and the stories of the legends
who built and drove the cars on drag strips across the nation.
- Factory
Lightweights: Detroit's Drag Racing Specials of the '60s
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Factory Lightweights: Detroit's Drag Racing Specials of the
'60s chronicles these rare cars that still inspire admirers
and imitators today. Among racers it's never been a secret
that a lighter car is a faster car--particularly in drag racing.
When Detroit's automakers got involved in organized drag racing,
they paid heed to this principle, issuing a series of rare
race-only cars that became legends in their own time. Unbound
by warranty and durability concerns, these wild cars featured
lightweight additions such as fiberglass and aluminum body
parts, Plexiglas windows and many more weight-saving tricks.
Under their hoods were wicked, raucous engines that only felt
at home on the quarter mile. Cars like the Ford Fairlane 427
Thunderbolt, Pontiac's Super Duty Catalina, Dyno Don Nicholson's
Chevy II Wagon, and a whole assortment of Hemi-powered Mopars
sit at the top of the heap when you're talking about the fastest
American muscle cars produced during the 1960s. Few of these
cars were produced and very few still survive today.
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