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Holiday Catalog 2017 – 2018 Reading for Racers Hot New Titles Most Popular This Year Brand New from Coastal 181! CAGES ARE FOR MONKEYS Unleashed with Kevin Olson, Racing’s TOBY The Star-Crossed Story of an Zaniest Hall of Famer American Racing Family by Kevin Olson with Lew Boyd by Lew Boyd Laugh-out-loud memoir of one of America’s Dick Tobias, legendary Pennsylvania racer, could drive most accomplished and enduring open- anything. He won over 300 events in Modifieds and wheel racers—and without a doubt one of its Sprinters, became one of USAC’s ten most popular wackiest. Candid, nostalgic, and consistently outrageous! competitors, built over 1,000 race cars, and was dad to Soft cover, 204 pp., 98 B&W photos. S-1523: $24.95 a devoted family, including sons Ronnie, Scott, Richie, and son- in-law Paul Lotier, all top-notch racers in their own rights. Fate, however, RON BOUCHARD would test the Tobiases to the core with a serial string of unthinkable Remembering the Kid from Fitchburg misfortunes. This is the story of their resilience and survival and how compiled and edited by Bones Bourcier “Toby” remains one the most admired names in American racing. Rivals, teammates, friends and family recall Soft cover, 192 pp., 150 color & B&W photos. S-1570: $29.95 one of the Northeast’s most popular drivers, whose spectacular Modified career was MIDGETS OF WISCONSIN An Illustrated Year-by-Year followed by a Cup victory at Talladega History of Midget Racing in America’s Dairyland and NASCAR Rookie of the Year honors. Soft cover, 264 pp., by Loren Olson 100 B&W photos. S-1520: $27.95 Brother of Kevin and himself a former Midget driver JEFF GORDON and long-time race scorer, Loren Olson has been piecing His Dream, Drive & Destiny together this definitive Wisconsin Midget statistical by Joe Garner history for over 40 years. Annual racing summaries, First-ever authorized biography of Jeff photographs and finishes from the entire state are included, Gordon, four-time champion racing legend. but the iconic Angell Park in Sun Prairie is the focal point, just as it has Based on extensive interviews with Gordon, been since 1938. Soft cover, 200 pp., B&W photos. S-1558: $20.00 family, friends, competitors, and colleagues, the book covers Jeff’s long career; includes a wealth of rare JUST CALL ME RAGS Rags Carter’s Racing Life material from Gordon’s personal photo and memorabilia by Alan Carter Jr. collection. Hard cover, 192 pp., fully illustrated. S-1532: $39.95 Alan “Rags” Carter was a standout dirt-track driver who raced up and down the East Coast from the late ROCK-EM, SOCK-EM, TRAVELIN’ 1940s into the ’80s. Rags’ son, Alan Jr., has compiled SIDEWAYS DIRT SHOW a loving memoir of traveling with his dad, constantly A History of Robert Smawley’s NDRA on the road, as with so many racing families in those by Gary L. Parker days, sharing the joys and disappointments of a Robert Smawley, founder of the first national hardscrabble life they wouldn’t have traded for any trophy. Soft cover, touring series for Dirt Late Models, the 96 pp., 67 B&W photos. S-1550: $16.00 National Dirt Racing Association (NDRA), was a visionary promoter who brought money and national fame to Late Model dirt racing and its drivers. The NDRA changed dirt racing forever. Today’s national touring series Back in Print! owe their start to Smawley and his “travelin’ dirt show.” Soft HEWITT’S LAW Expanded Edition cover, 186 pp., 164 photographs, most in color. S-1495: $24.95 By Dave Argabright Jack Hewitt remains one of the most memorable characters in THRU MY LENS – DVD modern motorsports. His autobiography is finally back in print An Intimate Look at the Syracuse Finale after the original printing sold out long ago. Updated with two new A close-up of the Syracuse Fairgrounds final chapters and an additional gallery of photos, Hewitt’s Law continues race and events of the week leading up to it, to entertain and inspire. Jack’s spectacular career took him from with cameras inches away from wide-open, extremely humble roots to the Indianapolis 500 to the National Sprint full-throttle Big Block Dirt Modifieds. Car Hall of Fame. Color, 103 min. V-1494: $29.95 Hard cover, 336 pp. 64 pp. of color and B&W photos: S-1569: $29.95 Autographed Collector’s Edition with add’l. photos: S-1569C: $49.95 Turn the Page for More Dynamite Deals > 29 WATER STREET • NEWBURYPORT, MA 01950 • TOLL FREE: 1-877-907-8181 WWW.COASTAL181.COM Super Savings on Closeouts, Overstocks & Special Purchases Some limited quantities so don’t wait! See $uper $avings here and throughout the catalog. POLE POSITION – DAREDEVILS OF $uper $avings! REX MAYS THE FRONTIER The Life of America’s by Keith Herbst Most Popular Race Midgets and Sprinters Driver and a Long dueling in the Buffalo Look Back at American Auto Racing and Civic Stadium in the 1940s and ’50s. Life circa 1931–1949 Hard cover, 192 pp., 350 photos. by Bob Schilling S-810: Was: $16.95 Now: $9.95 Massive, thoroughly researched biography of “arguably the greatest driver of his STEADY EDDIE generation,” although victory in the Memories of Ed Flemke, Indianapolis 500 eluded him. Covers Modified Racing’s Dick Wallen Classics American auto racing and life from the Fastest Professor Check out these fabulous prices! Great Depression to WWII and beyond. edited by Bones Bourcier Mays went from boy wonder to elder One of the East’s most statesman of the sport, winning multiple influential short-trackers DISTANT THUNDER When Midgets Were Mighty AAA championships and 4 Indianapolis recalled by Ron Bouchard, Pete Hamilton, 395 pp. S-1288: Orig: $125.00 Special: $39.95 pole positions before his death at Del Mar Junie Donlavey, Gene Bergin and more. in 1949. Hard cover, 11 1/2 x 8 3/4, 496 pp., Soft Cover, 256 pp., 100 B&W photos. FABULOUS FIFTIES 800 B&W photographs. S-2X: Was: $16.95 Now: $9.95 S-1422: Orig: $100 Now: $69.95 American Championship Racing 576 pp. S-1287: Orig: $125.00 Special: $65.00 PAVED TRACK NASCAR’S DIRT TRACK GREATEST DRIVERS HARD DRIVING MEN Images of Speed 1895–1960 by Lew Boyd 192 pp. S-1289: Orig: $140.00 Special: $50.00 AND PERSONALITIES Tales of NJ’s Old Bridge Vol. 1 Speedway and PA’s RIVERSIDE Palace of Speed by Gerald Hodges Nazareth Raceway, 352 pp., 1000+ photos. 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Belleville’s Amazing Track SECOND TO ONE All But for Indy and the Men Who Tried to Tame Her, 1910–1997 Remarkable stories of 40 racing drivers, in by Beryl Ward, L.A. Ward and Bob Mays many cases true champions, who but for Chronicles the first 87 years of one of America’s most famous and a stroke of bad luck, an unfortunate last- perhaps the fastest half-mile dirt track in the world. From 1938, minute mistake, or just the intervention of the PR team of L.A. and Beryl Ward provided detailed and colorful race reports until fate, were never able to win the Indianapolis 1997, when Jason Leffler defeated Billy Boat and Tony Stewart to win the Belleville Midget 500. Beautifully produced, covers the years 1911–2014 with an Nationals. Hard cover, 296 pp., heavily illustrated with B&W photos. S-1557: $49.95 appendix of “Second To One” existing cars.