Can-Am 50th Anniversary

Can-Am 50th Anniversary
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Publisher : Motorbooks International
Total Pages : 267
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ISBN-10 : 9780760350218
ISBN-13 : 0760350213
Rating : 4/5 (18 Downloads)

Synopsis Can-Am 50th Anniversary by : George Levy

Phototgraphs accompany allok at the history of the Canadian-American Challenge Cup from 1966 to 1974.

Can-Am 50th Anniversary

Can-Am 50th Anniversary
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Publisher : Motorbooks
Total Pages : 256
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ISBN-10 : 9781627888783
ISBN-13 : 1627888780
Rating : 4/5 (83 Downloads)

Synopsis Can-Am 50th Anniversary by : George Levy

Forget the rule book and relive one of the most exciting race series ever with Can-Am 50th Anniversary! The first rule of Can-Am: There are no rules. Or at least damn few rules. The bodywork had to enclose the wheels and there had to be something that loosely resembled a passenger seat--if your passenger was a badly misshapen human or perhaps a lab monkey. Otherwise, set your racing mind free. No limits to engine options or output, no restrictions on aerodynamic aids or body shape. It was as close to unrestricted road racing as racing had ever gotten or would ever get again. And it was fantastic. From its introduction in 1966 to the end of its classic period in 1974, North America's Can-Am series was the most exciting, technologically advanced, and star-studded racing series of the day. Its essentially rules-free formula attracted everyone from crazed backyard engineers to specialists like McLaren, Chaparral, Shadow, and Lola to manufacturers like Ford, Ferrari, Chevrolet, and Porsche. Top drivers including Mario Andretti, Jackie Stewart, Parnelli Jones, Bruce McLaren, Denis Hulme, Dan Gurney, Phil Hill, Mark Donohue, Peter Revson, Jim Hall, Jody Scheckter, Chris Amon, George Follmer and John Surtees competed on tracks across the US and Canada taking time off from Formula One schedules and other duties to drive in Can-Am because the racing and the cars were so exciting. Can-Am 50th Anniversary offers a heavily illustrated look back at what is arguably the greatest race series ever to grace the roadracing circuits of North America. Photographer Pete Biro was Goodyear Tire’s official photographer and followed the series throughout the entire run from 1966-'74. The vast majority of the book’s images are unpublished or long out of circulation. Biro brings his unique perspective and his close relationship with the drivers, team owners, and constructors to bear on the captions while former AutoWeek editor George Levy provides an exciting text reflecting the thrill of Can-Am racing.

Can-Am Cars in Detail

Can-Am Cars in Detail
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Publisher : David Bull Publishing
Total Pages : 0
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ISBN-10 : 1935007114
ISBN-13 : 9781935007111
Rating : 4/5 (14 Downloads)

Synopsis Can-Am Cars in Detail by : Pete Lyons

The original Canadian-American Challenge Cup series lasted only 8 1/2 seasons, from 1966 into 1974, but what ground-shaking, car-shaping years those were. With minimal rules and lavish prize money, the Can-Am attracted top-flight teams and superstar drivers. It also encouraged innovation, and racing's most inventive minds brought out novel and astounding ideas. Chaparral, Lola, McLaren, Porsche and Shadow are among 22 of these epic machines revisited through stunning studio photography by Peter Harholdt and vivid descriptions by Pete Lyons, long considered the dean of Can-Am journalists.--Publisher's description.

Can-Am Racing Cars

Can-Am Racing Cars
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Publisher : Enthusiast Books
Total Pages : 0
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ISBN-10 : 1583881344
ISBN-13 : 9781583881347
Rating : 4/5 (44 Downloads)

Synopsis Can-Am Racing Cars by : Karl Ludvigsen

It was a golden era. Horsepower was unlimited; designers, builders, and drivers just needed to harness the horses of massive engines and deliver their thrust to the track. It was an age of 8-liter aluminum Chevys, turbocharged Oldsmobiles, flat-12 Porsches, and the best and brightest designers from McLaren, BRM, Lola, March, Shadow, AAR, Caldwell, Kar Kraft, and others who designed cars to suit them.

The Revolt of the Black Athlete

The Revolt of the Black Athlete
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Publisher : University of Illinois Press
Total Pages : 222
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ISBN-10 : 9780252051548
ISBN-13 : 0252051548
Rating : 4/5 (48 Downloads)

Synopsis The Revolt of the Black Athlete by : Harry Edwards

The Revolt of the Black Athlete hit sport and society like an Ali combination. This Fiftieth Anniversary edition of Harry Edwards's classic of activist scholarship arrives even as a new generation engages with the issues he explored. Edwards's new introduction and afterword revisit the revolts by athletes like Muhammad Ali, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Tommie Smith, and John Carlos. At the same time, he engages with the struggles of a present still rife with racism, double-standards, and economic injustice. Again relating the rebellion of black athletes to a larger spirit of revolt among black citizens, Edwards moves his story forward to our era of protests, boycotts, and the dramatic politicization of athletes by Black Lives Matter. Incisive yet ultimately hopeful, The Revolt of the Black Athlete is the still-essential study of the conflicts at the interface of sport, race, and society.

Pontiac Firebird

Pontiac Firebird
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Publisher : Motorbooks International
Total Pages : 211
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9780760350423
ISBN-13 : 0760350426
Rating : 4/5 (23 Downloads)

Synopsis Pontiac Firebird by : David Newhardt

Pontiac Firebird: 50 Years chronicles the Firebird's rich history, from its inception in 1960 to its continued popularity today.

Chaparral

Chaparral
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Publisher : Enthusiast Books
Total Pages : 0
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ISBN-10 : 1583880666
ISBN-13 : 9781583880661
Rating : 4/5 (66 Downloads)

Synopsis Chaparral by : Karl Ludvigsen

Few sports-racing cars have captured the imagination as did the Chaparrals. The menacing white machines from Texas oil country cut a swathe through American sports car racing in the 1960s, and even won at the Nurburgring and Brands Hatch. Created by Jim Hall and Hap Sharp -- and ultimately with the help of GM and Chevrolet -- the Chaparrals pioneered such innovations in racing as the wing for aerodynamic down force and the automatic transmission. Great photos from the author, Stanley Rosenthall, and Max Le Grand show the exotic Chaparrals at rest and in action. Photographs include the first front-engine cars, the 2, 2C, 2E and 2G sports-racers, the 2D and 2F endurance racecars, and the wildest of all, the 2H and 2J -- the first car to use a fan to generate suction down force. The book is a rare treat for fans of the exciting and popular Can-Am racing series.

Shadow: the Magnificent Machines of a Man of Mystery

Shadow: the Magnificent Machines of a Man of Mystery
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Publisher : Evro Publishing Limited
Total Pages : 0
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ISBN-10 : 1910505498
ISBN-13 : 9781910505496
Rating : 4/5 (98 Downloads)

Synopsis Shadow: the Magnificent Machines of a Man of Mystery by : Pete Lyons

This book reveals the story of Man of Mystery Don Nichols's Shadow, the only US-based team to win a Can-Am championship, and one of only three to win in F1.

Can-Am

Can-Am
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Publisher : Osceola, Wisc. : Motorbooks International Publishers & Wholesalers
Total Pages : 0
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ISBN-10 : 0760300178
ISBN-13 : 9780760300176
Rating : 4/5 (78 Downloads)

Synopsis Can-Am by : Pete Lyons

The first-ever complete history of the unique race cars, racers, and races, including all 71 races including starting grids, results, and annual points standings.

F1 Mavericks

F1 Mavericks
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Publisher : Motorbooks
Total Pages : 243
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9780760362211
ISBN-13 : 0760362211
Rating : 4/5 (11 Downloads)

Synopsis F1 Mavericks by : Pete Biro

F1 Mavericks is the story of the grandest, most influential, and most fondly remembered era in Formula 1 racing as seen through the lens of master motorsports photographer, Pete Biro. The period from 1960 to 1982 saw the greatest technological changes in the history of Formula 1 racing: the transition from front engines to rear engines, narrow-treaded tires, massive racing slicks, zero downforce, and neck-wrenching ground effects—and, of course, a staggering increase in performance and reduction in lap times. In short, the period saw the creation of the modern Formula 1 car. This is also the time when legendary names who defined F1 were out in full force: Jim Clark, Jack Brabham, Dan Gurney, Sir Jackie Stewart, Graham Hill, Niki Lauda, James Hunt, Bruce McLaren, Jody Scheckter. We’ll see and meet all of them. But F1 Mavericks also focuses on the designers and engineers behind the cars—men like Colin Chapman, Sir Patrick Head, Maurice Philippe, Franco Rochhi, Gordon Murray, and many others. We’ll hear directly from many of them, including a foreword from 1978 F1 World Champion, Mario Andretti. Every chapter is a photographic account of key races throughout the period, supplemented with sidebars featuring key designers and technologies, like wings, ground effects, slick tires, turbochargers, and the Brabham “fan” suction car. F1 Mavericks is an international story, and includes loads of information on designs from Japan (Honda), Britain (McLaren, Tyrrell, Cooper, BRM) Italy (Ferrari, Maserati, Alfa Romeo), France (Matra, Ligier, Renault), Germany (Porsche, BMW) and the United States (Eagle, Shadow, Penske, Parnelli). Strap yourself in for the story of the greatest era in Formula 1 racing—it's all here in F1 Mavericks.