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A carregar... Match Race Mayhem: Drag Racing's Grudges, Rivalries and Big Money Showdownspor Doug Boyce
Nenhum(a) Ainda não há conversas na Discussão sobre este livro.   Esta crítica foi escrita no âmbito dos Primeiros Críticos do LibraryThing. ) RobtCM | Nov 21, 2017 |  Esta crítica foi escrita no âmbito dos Primeiros Críticos do LibraryThing. ) LaurynG | Nov 1, 2017 | Esta crítica foi escrita no âmbito dos Primeiros Críticos do LibraryThing. ) rblmm69 | Oct 21, 2017 | Esta crítica foi escrita no âmbito dos Primeiros Críticos do LibraryThing.By just glancing at the title, you may be led to believe that this book is just about funny cars, or west coast fuel dragsters. However, this book shows the wider picture, and covers all the bases, from the Super Stocks to the Gassers to the Funny Cars, etc. This book contains detailed accounts of many of the best or most game-changing match races in the history of the sport, including names, names of cars, engine builders, fuel configurations, ETs, MPH, tracks raced at, events, and dates. That is a lot of information, but the author seems to actually know what he is writing about, and he gets his information uncommonly accurate. This, in my mind, sets him leaps and bounds above many other automotive authors. The author also keeps the book from getting boring by adding interesting trivia and stories about the different cars and drivers, and he scatters his sense of humor throughout, saying things like narcoleptic Wild Willie Borsch was "caught napping" as his opponent pulled out ahead of him. Overall, having thoroughly read this book, I think that it is one of the best books on the subject of drag racing. Definitely worth the five stars I gave it. ( ) SDaisy | Oct 20, 2017 | Esta crítica foi escrita no âmbito dos Primeiros Críticos do LibraryThing.The narrative is full of interesting information and stories. ( ) mstrust | Oct 3, 2017 | sem críticas | adicionar uma crítica
Drag racing is a very regulated sport. In the history of the NHRA, IHRA, and other sanctioning bodies, many classes existed in an effort to make sure the cars racing against each other are as equal as possible. It is a noble, if not futile, pursuit. You have two cars facing off that have very similar statistics in terms of weight, transmission type, fuel type, estimated horsepower, and all other sorts of measurables. The byproduct is that often the races that were "fair" were not the races that the fans wanted to see. During the golden age of drag racing, fans didn't care as much about class racing as much as they wanted to see scores settled, rivalries battled, and interesting match-ups. There were the manufacturer rivalries, Ford versus Chevy, Chevy versus Mopar, Mopar versus Ford, as well as numerous driver rivalries. Match races were also a great way to feature wildly popular cars that no longer had a class in which to compete, yet the fans still wanted to see them. So popular and intense were these races that many track promoters didn't bother to promote class racing at all. Instead, they used the match races as headliners, similar to the marquee at your local arena or a billboard in Las Vegas, all resulting in putting more fans in the stands. And the drivers loved it too. Although the prize money for national events was fairly average for the day, the extra appearance fees and prize money to lure the most popular match racers to events increased the driver's take exponentially. Many of the most popular pro drivers quit class racing altogether just to go match racing. Veteran drag race author Doug Boyce tells the tale of the history of match racing through the cars, the drivers, the events, the classes, the rivalries, and everything else that was fun about match racing during the golden era. It's all here, complemented by wonderful vintage photography provided by fans and professionals in attendance. If you are a fan of any class of drag racing, from any era, Match Race Mayhemis a fun addition to your racing library. Não foram encontradas descrições de bibliotecas. |
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