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67 THE SOUL OF A MODIFIED Lenny Boehler’s Ole Blue Trickle And Reffner A Coastal 181 Title by Lew Boyd by Fr. Dale Grubba Lenny Boehler seemed to communicate with his race car as In 1972 and ’75, short-track legends and Tom Reffner effectively as with people, and “Ole Blue” seemed to respond. each won 67 features. 67 tells how they Together they compiled hundreds of victories at speedways got their start, the years leading up up and down the East Coast over four decades. With fewer to the record-setting events, and the resources than their competition, they consistently won drivers who actually beat Trickle in ’72. Soft cover, 490 pp., championships. Lenny’s aura still envelopes the garage where Ole more than 200 color/B&W photos. S-1618: $32.00 Blue has been housed for the last 65 seasons. And still run by Lenny’s family and crew, Ole Blue is one of the most enduring and beloved sights in all of MODIFIEDS OF THE VALLEY A History . Soft cover, 216 pp., 200 color/B&W photos. S-1660: $29.95 of Racing at Lebanon Valley Speedway by Lew Boyd RACER Colorful stories and images from Lebanon Valley Speedway, New York’s ultra-racy by with Jade Gurss half-mile dirt track. Famous for high banks Thankfully, John Andretti was able to complete his memoir and high speeds, the Valley is a showcase for before his untimely death in January 2020. RACER looks the mighty Big Block Modifieds and Sprinters. Seven decades back on a very full life dedicated to family, competition, and of pioneers including Westervelt, Garrison, Jelley, Tremont, charitable efforts that raised millions for children’s hospitals. Hearn, Marshall, and the stars of today. Soft cover, 288 pp., The book traces John’s origins in a racing royal family and his 280 color/B&W photos. S-1600: $29.95 own successful career in almost every kind of motorsports. Hard cover, 256 pp., color/B&W photos. S-1658: $34.95 HOT SHOE! A Checkered Past: My Story by Gary Balough with Bones Bourcier TIME FLIES The History of PacWest Racing Gary Balough was a comet, streaking across by John Oreovicz the racing sky, blazing in Late Models, At the height of the CART era, PacWest Racing entered the Modifieds, and Sportsman cars, Indy Car world and soon challenged established frontrunners shining in victory lanes across the country. like Penske and Newman/Haas. But a combination of But when that comet flamed out, Balough’s misplaced loyalty, industry politics and a failing economy world went notoriously dark. Brash, bold, and honest, this is sidelined the team before it could really make its mark. Time Flies documents Gary’s story, told in his own words. It’s a gripping ride. Soft cover, 272 pp., 144 color/B&W photos. S-1587: $29.95 the organization’s rapid rise and fall. Soft cover, 344 pp., 360 color/B&W photos. S-1654: $49.95 LIFE WITH LUKE by Jimmy Sills with Dave Argabright THE BROWN BULLET Jimmy Sills enjoyed a Rajo Jack’s Drive to Integrate career and became one of America’s most by Bill Poehler popular racing stars. His story is funny, The AAA’s Contest Board barred everyone who wasn’t a white honest, and entertaining, including his male from the sport. But Dewey Gatson, a black man who went famous—and brief—retirement in 1988 by the name Rajo Jack, drove into the center of “outlaw” auto that led to one of the most famous aliases in racing in , refusing to let the pervasive racism of his racing: “Luke Warmwater from Hot Springs, Arkansas.” Hard day stop him from competing against entire fields of white cover, 312 pp., 32 pp. of color/B&W photos. S-1629: $29.95 drivers. Journalist Bill Poehler uncovers the life of a long-forgotten trailblazer AN AMERICAN RACER and the great lengths he took just to get on the track, showing ultimately how Bobby Marshman and the 500 Rajo Jack proved to a generation that a black man could compete with some of by Michael Argetsinger the greatest white drivers of his era. Hard cover, 240 pp. S-1655: $28.95 In a fine narrative of Marshman’s BLINK OF AN EYE (DVD) meteoric rise to the top of American championship racing, author Argetsinger From Triumph to Tragedy, the Greatest Sports Story Never Told captures the career of one of America’s great talents, whose A feature-length documentary about , his journey to a life was sadly cut short by a tragic testing accident at Phoenix complex victory, and his star-crossed friendship with . in November 1964. Hard cover, 300 pp., 220 photos. Very well reviewed. Features Michael Waltrip, Dale Earnhardt Jr., S-1611: Orig: $75.00 , and . Color, 1 hr. 40 min. V-1642: $19.95 Holiday Special: $49.95

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NEBRASKA DIRT eGreat Gift Idea! A Century of Racing in the Cornhusker State 1901–1999 by Bob Mays PAUL OXMAN 2021 SPRINT CAR CALENDAR A year of breathtaking Sprint Car photographs—an Historian Bob Mays is back with another wonderful pictorial annual treat for the Sprint Car lover. history, this time of the outstanding open-wheelers who have S-1663: $14.95 kicked up Nebraska’s dust over the decades, including among others King Rhiley, EASTERN SPRINT CAR 2021 CALENDAR Ronney Householder, Gordie Shuck, and Joe Saldana. Transplants Jan Opperman The 2021 Eastern Sprint Car calendar includes $40 in and Don Maxwell turned Nebraska into a destination; Jim Schuman and Sam Briscoe coupon savings, a pull-out SpeedWeek poster, track invented 360 Sprints, while Roger Rager built a school bus that qualified for the Indy phone numbers, and photos of some of the finest 500. Hard cover, 200 pp, 300+ B&W photos. S-1657: $49.95 Sprint Car drivers in the country. S-1664: $12.00

SPRINT CAR COURAGE HEWITT’S LAW Expanded Edition by Dave Argabright by Dave Argabright The sixth book in the popular Jimmy Wilson series includes another Jack Hewitt’s career from his humble roots to “season” for Jimmy as he battles intense competition in the USAC the Indiannapolis 500 to the National Sprint Sprint Car ranks, circa 1975. The series has become a beloved Car Hall of Fame. One of the most memorable institution among its loyal followers, and each book has been eagerly characters in modern motorsports, Hewitt’s awaited by readers. Hard cover, 334 pp. S-1668: $24.95 2003 autobiography has been updated with two new chapters and additional photos. Hard MODERN THUNDER cover, 336 pp. plus 64 pp. of color/B&W photos. S-1569: $29.95 The Illustrated History of USAC STILL WIDE OPEN Second Edition National 1981–2017 by Brad Doty and Dave Argabright by Dave Argabright, John Mahoney, and Patrick Sullivan Back in Print! This 2011 revised edition Powerful words and spectacular photographs by legendary racing contains the entire original 1999 text, plus photographer John Mahoney, supporting year-by-year coverage of every USAC two new chapters. Doty’s story remains one National Sprint Car season and major series. Includes driver bios and detailed stats. of the most inspiring and powerful in all Hard cover, 380 pp., 1,300+ color/B&W photos. S-1590: $49.95 motorsports. Hard cover, 286 pp., including 32 pp. of color/B&W photos. S-1142: $29.95 THE HISTORY OF And The Marion County Fairgrounds, Vol. 1, Pre-1954–1970 GENTLEMEN, START YOUR ENGINES by Bob Wilson The Rest of the Story... Knoxville’s history from the time the now-iconic track was by with new text by Bob Gates constructed, to the growth of horse racing, to the events leading up A reprint (scan) of the original 1955 racing to weekly racing and the origins of the Knoxville Nationals. Author classic, updated with further insight into Bob Wilson is a native of Marion County and grew up at the Raceway. Wilbur Shaw’s extraordinary life through He has seen every Knoxville Nationals and has been the Track Historian at Knoxville personal remembrances from his son, Wilbur Raceway for decades. First of three planned volumes. Hard cover, 320 pp., and nearly Shaw Jr. Hard cover, 384 pp. with 64 pp. of new 300 photos. S-1625: $40.00 text by Bob Gates and 67 new color/B&W photos. S-1591: $40.00

You Might Also Enjoy: & SONS SECOND TO ONE All But for Indy An American Racing Family Album by Joe Freeman and Gordon Kirby by Gordon Kirby Forty drivers, some true champions, who but RACING WITH “THE DOCTOR” Hard cover, 225 pp., 350+ photos, full stats. for a stroke of bad luck were never by Todd Thomas S-1515: Orig. $59.95 able to win the . Jerry Crabb and the 12x Sprinter were familiar sights Holiday Special: $49.95 Covers 1911–2014, with appendix at Knoxville Raceway and central Iowa tracks in the of “Second to One” existing cars. BLACK NOON The Year They Stopped the Indy 500 1990s and early 2000s. Thomas, one of Crabb’s crew- Hard cover, 303 pp., 400+ archival by Art Garner members, compiled this book from notes taken at the images. S-1434: Orig: $75.00 Superb, deeply researched chronicle of the tragic 1964 time, reflecting on 15 years of with a local grassroots Holiday Special: $39.95 Indy 500 that took the lives of Eddie Sachs and Dave Sprint Car team. Soft cover, 206 pp. S-1644: $12.00 MacDonald. Soft cover, 352 pp., B&W photos. MIDGETS OF WISCONSIN An Illustrated Year-by- S-1391SC: $17.95 17 MINUTES ON SUNDAY Two Drivers Year History of Midget Racing in America’s Dairyland Battle to Reach the Top of a Dangerous Sport ART POLLARD The Gentleman Racer by Loren Olson A Novel by Rich Gilberg by Bob Kehoe A definitive Wisconsin Midget racing history, with A realistic story of two early ’60s Sprint Car racers, Art Pollard’s story, from his birth to his untimely death annual racing summaries, photographs and stats from Rich in characters and technical detail. on Pole Day at Indianapolis in 1973. Soft cover, 284 pp., the entire state. Soft cover, 200 pp. B&W photos. Soft cover, 246 pp. S-1643: $15.95 200+ photos. S-1632: $12.00 S-1558: $20.00

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TWO-LANE ROADS AND TOBY The Star-Crossed Story of an American Racing Family COUNTY FAIRS The History of the by Lew Boyd former IMCA Stock Car Series With more than 300 wins in Modifieds and Sprinters, Dick Tobias by Bill Haglund became one of USAC’s 10 most popular competitors, built over 1,000 Chronicles the Series, which ran from 1949 race cars, and was dad to a devoted family of top-notch racers in their through 1977, and includes summaries and synopses of each own rights. Fate, however, tested the Tobiases with a serial string of race held across mid-America and in Canada. Stories about the unthinkable misfortunes. Their resilience and survival are why “Keokuk Komets” (Ernie Derr, Don White, , “Toby” remains one the most admired names in American racing. Soft cover, 192 pp., and IMCA’s “uncrowned” champion ) ... plus a story 150 color/B&W photos. S-1570: $29.95 about the racing Harrison family from Topeka, KS, and much more. Hard cover, 528 pp., 500+ B&W photos, including head LEGENDS OF DELAWARE AUTO RACING shots of most of the stars each year. S-1646: $39.95 by Chad W. Culver Early characters like Johnny Martin and Paul Walker helped THE ASPHALT MODIFIED YEARS establish Delaware’s rich racing history shortly after WWII. Drivers, AT owners and promoters like Ricky Elliott, Curt Michael and Brett Deyo By the Grace of God and 600 Horsepower continue the tradition at famed Georgetown Speedway and Delaware by Phil Smith International. Soft cover, 160 pp., 99 photos. S-1630: $23.95 Racing journalist Phil Smith has fully documented what many consider the Golden FOUR … AND MORE Years of Modified Racing at Stafford Speedway, The Standridge Brothers: Big Wins, Big Wrecks, Big Fun year by year, race by race. The book focuses by Joyce Standridge on the era’s personalities—drivers, owners, officials and track The four Standridge brothers—Rick, Randy, Ron and Robbie—won management. Sr. was co-owner of the Garuti-Arute approximately 700 Sprint and Late Model feature events in the Midwest Modifieds—among the top Mods at the time; most important during their driving careers. They also just had a lot of fun. A memoir in the history of the period was when Jack and Chuck Arute filled with wry humor, recounting lives shaped by racing—and racing stepped up to purchase the track when it was in dire straits and shaped by them. Soft cover, 232 pp., 100s of color/B&W photos. S-1631: $24.95 faced closure. Soft cover, 240 pp. S-1666: $17.95 MODIFIED MODIFIEDS OF THE MONTH 2021 RACING CALENDAR Of the ’60s and ’70s Featuring top Northeast Modifieds competing in by Steve Kennedy the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour, with sharp A perennial favorite! Images and stories of photos of the cars driven by , Justin the Northeast’s best-loved drivers and their Bonsignore, Woody Pitkat, Craig Lutz, Matt Swanson, cars in the glory days. Soft cover, 128 pp., and many more. Images by Dick Ayers and custom 300 color/B&W photos S-1237: $29.95 calendar sponsored by Coastal 181. S-1665: $12.00

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CHRIS POOK & THE HISTORY OF DRIVE THE LONG BEACH GP 9 Lessons to Win in Business and in Life by Gordon Kirby by Kelley Earnhardt Miller Foreword by An inspirational, practical guide to success Frank and detailed memoir of Chris Pook, founder of America’s in business and life, learned through the longest-running and most successful street race. Co-author Gordon opportunities and challenges of growing up as Kirby, who covered the inaugural LBGP race in 1975, takes Pook through the ups and the daughter of Dale Earnhardt Sr. Her journey downs of a fascinating life, his involvement with the FISA/FOCA war, the IRL/CART of transformation empowered her to run the split, and the ultimate decision by the City of Long Beach not to return the race to an family business in an entirely different way and to lead people not F1 sanction under Pook. Beautifully produced and illustrated, hard cover, 320 pp., many only with her head but also with her heart. Hard cover, 224 pp. color/B&W photos. S-1645: $80.00 Holiday Special: $69.95 S-1649: $26.95

MICKEY THOMPSON RACING TO THE FINISH My Story The Lost Story of the Original Speed King in His Own Words by Dale Earnhardt Jr., with Ryan McGee by Tom Madigan The physical and emotional struggle Earnhardt In the early 1970s, motorsports writer Tom Madigan and Mickey Jr. faced as he fought to close out his career on Thompson embarked on a project to write Thompson’s autobiography. his own terms after a serious concussion. After two years, extensive interviews, and a near-finished manuscript, Steering his way to the final checkered flag the whole enterprise fell apart for a of reasons. Typewritten sheets were boxed, of his storied career proved to be the most stored, and mostly forgotten. Mickey Thompson: The Untold Story of the Original Speed challenging race and most rewardin­ g finish King is the original title of that never-published work—an amazing biographical artifact of his life. Hard cover, 208 pp. S-1602: $26.95 from the golden age of automotive racing. Hard cover, 240 pp. S-1641: $50.00 CHRYSLER’S MOTOWN MISSILE His Dream, Drive & Destiny Mopar’s Secret Engineering Program at the Dawn of Pro Stock by Joe Garner by Geoff Stunkard First-ever authorized biography of Jeff Gordon, The drama of 1970s Chrysler Pro Stock and the racing and four-time champion and racing legend. Covers technological evolution of the legendary Motown Missile and Mopar Gordon’s long career and includes a wealth of Missile racing programs, 1970–1977. From the Challengers and ’Cuda rare material from Gordon’s personal photo to the Demons and Colts, the book showcases the cars that made and memorabilia collection. Hard cover, Chrysler so much a part of this racing era, as well as Ted Spehar’s never-before-revealed 192 pp., fully illustrated. S-1532: $39.95 information on the 1970s Pro Stock engine program. Soft cover, 176 pp., 400 photos. S-1656: $36.95 You Might Also Enjoy: COOL CARS SQUARE ROLL BARS THE CARS OF TRANS-AM RACING 1966–1972 Photos FORD vs. and Recollections of Fifties Road Racing Muscle from GM, Ford, Chrysler and AMC The Battle for Supremacy Hotrodding in New England by David Tom, Foreword by Bud Moore at Le Mans 1966 edited by Bernie Shuman Focuses on the cars used in the legendary SCCA Trans-Am racing by John Starkey The authoritative history of series, which led to the popular “pony” cars for enthusiasts. Vintage Soft cover, 128 pp., color/ hotrodding in New England Mustangs, Camaros, Challengers, Barracudas, Firebirds, Cougars and B&W photos. S-1639: $19.95 in the 1950s. 100s of B&W Javelins in their original “full competition” versions will bring back photos and a true classic. Soft fond memories to fans of this series. Soft cover, 192 pp., 485 color photos. S-1398: $39.95 cover, 240 pp. S-746: $29.95 Remembering the Kid from THE NEW “POCKET CHEVY DRAG RACING Fitchburg 1955–1980 compiled and edited by SMOKEY” Best Damn by Doug Boyce Bones Bourcier Garage in Town—My Life A comprehensive and nostalgic history of the first 25 years of Chevy Rivals, teammates, friends and Adventures drag racing. Drag racers loved 1955’s compact new V-8, which and family members recall by Smokey Yunick rendered Ford’s flathead obsolete almost overnight. gave one of the Northeast’s most There was only one Smokey. rise to such stars as Bill “Grumpy” Jenkins, “Jungle Jim” Liberman, popular drivers. Soft cover, Condensed soft-bound ver- “Sneaky Pete” Robinson, “Dyno Don” Nicholson, Sox & Martin, and 264 pp., 100 B&W photos. sion of original edition. Soft many more. Soft cover, 176 pp., 300+ color/B&W photos. S-1653: $36.95 S-1520: $24.95 cover, 650 pp. S-169: $34.00 MEMORIES OF THE INSIDE HERMAN’S I WAS A NASCAR REDNECK CALIFORNIA JALOPY WORLD Recollections of the transformation of a Yankee farm boy to a ASSOCIATION by with Southern redneck in the Golden Era of NASCAR and beyond by Thomas Luce Joyce Standridge by Will Cronkrite, Foreword by H.A. “Humpy” Wheeler Extraordinary photo One of racing’s nicest guys, As a NASCAR car builder, crew chief, and team owner, Will Cronkrite chronicle of the ’50s and early Kenny Wallace is also a was responsible for many innovations, as well as launching the careers ’60s West Coast jalopy era, talented commentator and of greats like and Dale Earnhardt Sr. In this candid with over 1,000 period racer. Soft cover, 264 pp., 300 memoir, Cronkrite opens up the shop door to his life and invites you images. Soft cover, 288 pp., B&W photos. B&W photos. in with fast-paced tales that take you from NASCAR to Hollywood and back, with S-723: Orig: $23.95 S-851: $34.95 Now: $14.95 countless adventures in between. Soft cover, 611 pp., 145 photos. S-1667: $44.95

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SHADOW The Magnificent Machines of a Man of Mystery: PRESS ON REGARDLESS Can-Am - Formula 1 - F500 The Story of America’s Longest, Oldest, by Pete Lyons and Meanest Road Rally Enigmatic American Don Nichols—D-Day paratrooper, Army by Andrew Layton counter-intelligence officer and controversial entrepreneur—went on In 1973 the POR became the first World Rally to create a racing marque as unusual as the man himself. Shadow was Championship round held in the U.S. In the the only US-based team to win a Can-Am championship, and one years since, the POR has survived the ebb and of only three to score a victory in Formula 1. History lavishly celebrates his nominal flow of catastrophe, triumph, and tragedy, rivals and , while Nichols has long remained, yes, a shadowy enduring as the oldest continually held auto rally in America. figure—despite staying the difficult international course for 11 racing seasons, 1970 This is the complete story of the POR’s first 70 years and its core to 1980. Pete Lyons, who was there in the day, at last lifts the veil from this secretive cadre of Motor City rallyists who have kept pressing on toward man and the innovative, magnificent racing cars and world-class team he created. a dream—regardless. Hard cover, 240 full-color pp., 150+ photos. Hard cover, coffee-table quality, 468 pp., 600+ color/B&W photos. S-1661: $99.00 S-1647: $44.95

BULLITT The Cars and People Behind Steve McQueen LEGACY OF JUSTICE by Matt Stone An American Family Story A complete behind-the-scenes view of arguably the most iconic by Tom Madigan with Ed Justice Jr. automotive movie, car, and scene in history. Shot entirely on location This huge and gorgeous book is the complete in San Francisco in 1968, the movie not only features the historic behind-the-scenes history of the Justice chase but also many outdoor scenes filled with cars and architecture family, covering 100 years and taking the of the period, filmed in crisp, clear color. Fifth-highest-grossing film reader into the very beginnings of the for 1968, well-received by critics, and the chase scene won an Oscar legendary Kurtis-Kraft race shop, NASCAR stock car racing, for editing. Hard cover, 192 pp., 300+ color/B&W photos. S-1662: $42.95 Indy 500 triumphs, and more. Hard-cover, 496 pp., 540+ color/B&W photographs from the family archives. S-1609: $90.00 DUCT TAPE & GLORY My Semi-Professional Career in Semi-Professional Auto Racing CRASH! FROM SENNA TO EARNHARDT by Scotty Orme How the HANS Device Helped Save Racing With no family ties to racing, mechanical knowledge, or idea of by Jonathan Ingram with Dr. Robert Hubbard where to start, southern dreamer Scotty Orme set out on and Jim Downing a quest to become a professional race car driver. Not the story of a The 20-year struggle by Dr. Robert Hubbard hall-of-fame superstar, this is the story of the other 99 percent, the kid and Jim Downing to gain universal acceptance who learns that sometimes the finish is less important than the effort, for their life-saving HANS Device—now in the destination is less important than the journey, and the person you expected to be use by over 275,000 competitors worldwide. An amazing tale of is less important than the one you’ve become. Soft cover, color photos, 284 pages. family, genius, perseverance, tragedy and triumph. Hard cover, S-1659: $19.95 192 pp., 60+ color/B&W photos and illustrations. S-1634: $34.95

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