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Drag Racing Stories From The Road by Grady Bryant softbound 179 pages... photos $15.00 plus shipping
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ALL NEW from Don Montgomery
author of Supercharged Gas Coupes & Those Wild Fuel Altereds Dragster & Funny Car Memories Southern California in the 60's "Dragster and Funny Car Memories" shows drag racings 's greatest decade - the 60's/ More experimentation, developments and changes occurred to drag racing in that decade than in any other period. The 60's saw the invention of the funny car. During the decade, developments led to the flopper style funy car technology that is in use today. In addition, professional drag racing began in the 1960's and started on the way to become the huge success it is today. This book proceeds through the years from 1960-1969 showing many of the dragsters and funny cars in competition and the terrific progress made in the sport during the 60's Hardbound*192 pages*400 photos $42.00 postage paid within the US |
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Drag Racing In The Sixties competitors included Willie Borsch,Leon Fitzgerald, Mike Sullivan,Jim Miles, Leroy Chadderton, Rich Guasco, Don Green, Leon LeBaron, Glen Way, Sush Matsubara, Dave Hough, and many, many others. The popularity of the Fuel Altereds grew from the great performances of many racers in the early 1960s. Just a few of them were Mooneyham and Sharp, the Brissette Bros., Dunn, Merritt & Velasco, Gabby Bleeker, Boyd Pennington, the Cederquist Bros., Burkhart, Brammer & Burns and Denison, Arlasky & Knox. And there were many others. This book tells the story of the Fuel Altereds. It begins with the 1957 fuel ban when both nitro and alcohol were outlawed from drag racing. But just like Prohibition (of the other type of alcohol)the ruel makers could not completely shut off the nitro. The rebirth of the Fuel coupes and fuel Roadsters quickly generated more competition and improved performances. By 1965 the cars were called Fuel Altereds and drag strips in California were starting to scheduling Fuel Altered Elimination programs. The late 1960s were great for Fuel Altereds racing enthusiasts. there were numerous cars and lots of Fuel Altered Elimination programs. The racers could win some money and get some publicity. It was wonderful but it only lasted a few years. In the early 1970s the changes in drag racing soon led to the demise of the Fuel Altereds. Gone but not forgotten. The Fuel Altereds were the most exciting cars in drag racing. Hardboumd*192 pages*313 photos |
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A / Gas Supercharged B / Gas Supercharged C / Gas Supercharged This book tells the history of the Supercharged Gas Coupes. In the early 1960's the blown gassers were some of the most exciting and most publicized racers in drag racing. Drag Racing fans were eager to see racers like Stone-Woods- Cook, George Montgomery, K. S. Pitman, Junior Thompson, Jack Merkel, John Mazmanian, the Mallicoat Bros., Paul Frost, Bones-Dubach-Pisano, the Kohler Bros., Skip Hess, Eddie Sanzo, Jim Oddy, Bob Chipper, Gene Ciambella, and many, many others. This book explains how and why the Supercharged Gas Coupe classes were set up. The guys, cars, rules and performances are discussed and engine transmission combinations are described. Also the book shows the evolution of the car styles in the Supercharged Gas Coupe classes including Fords, Chevys, Willys', Anglias, Mustangs, Austins, Opels and others. The blown gasser history covers the time period from 1960 to 1975. In the early years the blown gas coupes were the fastest stock bodied cars on the drag strips. The racers generated large amounts of publicity with ads, challenges, accusations and charges, plus some great racing. The magazines and drag racing papers wrote often about blown gasser competitors. Many of these competitors profited as match racers. This is all covered with photos and a year by year history. Hardbound*192 pages |