- Funny
Car Summer 1974 - This DVD contains some amazing footage
of 1960's and 1970's drag racing, and a chance to see current
TV drag racing commentator Mike Dunn as a teenager working
with his father.
- Funny
Cars - Funny Cars in color.
- Garlits
Collection: Cars That Made Drag Racing History - The most
significant cars in Big Daddy's museum, and probably the most
significant cars in all of drag racing. From primitive machines
like The Bug - so rough it'll tear your pants - to Garlits'
own Swamp Rat 34 - a high-tech top fueler with thousands of
horsepower on tap, and everything in between. Funny cars,
Pro-Stocks, Fuel Coupes,
roadsters, streamliners, Super Stocks, Gassers and more -
this book covers them all, with spectacular color photos
of the restored machines, right alongside vintage black-and-white
images from Garlits' own collection. By the time you're done
with this book, you'll understand not just the cars, but the
history of drag racing and the life and times of one of its
legendary figures - Don Garlits.
- Gasser
Wars: Drag Racing's Street Classes, 1955-1968 - In the
late 1950s, thousands of street legal hot rods participated
in organized drag races across the country-they ran in three
major classes: Gas, Modified Production, and Modified Sports.
As the racers got more serious, these cars were street legal
in appearance only. Yeah, they had headlights, taillights,
and interiors, but they were full-on race cars, with huge
blown Hemi engines, wide racing slicks, raised front suspensions.
Racers soon discovered that small, lightweight cars were the
fastest, and the classic Gasser was born-cars like the Stone
Woods & Cook '40 Willys.
- 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.
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