Author: Philip Dalling
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780857042125
Category : Racetracks (Automobile racing)
Languages : en
Pages : 144
Book Description
This is a highly personal and richly illustrated exploration of more than 50 highly individual homes of speedway, including all of the UK's current tracks and a selection of iconic venues from the past. For the author, and thousands of others, these speedway tracks really do have the promise of Cinder Heaven.
Classic Speedway Venues
Author: Philip Dalling
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780857042125
Category : Racetracks (Automobile racing)
Languages : en
Pages : 144
Book Description
This is a highly personal and richly illustrated exploration of more than 50 highly individual homes of speedway, including all of the UK's current tracks and a selection of iconic venues from the past. For the author, and thousands of others, these speedway tracks really do have the promise of Cinder Heaven.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780857042125
Category : Racetracks (Automobile racing)
Languages : en
Pages : 144
Book Description
This is a highly personal and richly illustrated exploration of more than 50 highly individual homes of speedway, including all of the UK's current tracks and a selection of iconic venues from the past. For the author, and thousands of others, these speedway tracks really do have the promise of Cinder Heaven.
The Golden Age of Speedway
Author: Philip Dalling
Publisher: The History Press
ISBN: 0752494619
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 241
Book Description
The post-war era was British speedway’s golden age. Ten million spectators passed through the turnstiles of a record number of tracks at the sport’s peak. With league gates as high as 80,000, speedway offered a colourful means of escape from the grim austerity of the times.A determinedly clean image, with no betting and rival fans mingling on the terraces, made speedway the family night out of choice. The sport thrived despite punitive taxation and Government threats to close down the speedways as a threat to industrial productivity.A three-division National League stretched from Exeter to Edinburgh and the World Championship Final attracted a capacity audience to Wembley. Test matches against Australia provided yet another international dimension.Even at the height of its popularity, speedway was a sporting edifice built on unstable foundations, which crumbled alarmingly as the 1950s dawned and Britain’s economic and social recovery brought competing attractions like television.
Publisher: The History Press
ISBN: 0752494619
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 241
Book Description
The post-war era was British speedway’s golden age. Ten million spectators passed through the turnstiles of a record number of tracks at the sport’s peak. With league gates as high as 80,000, speedway offered a colourful means of escape from the grim austerity of the times.A determinedly clean image, with no betting and rival fans mingling on the terraces, made speedway the family night out of choice. The sport thrived despite punitive taxation and Government threats to close down the speedways as a threat to industrial productivity.A three-division National League stretched from Exeter to Edinburgh and the World Championship Final attracted a capacity audience to Wembley. Test matches against Australia provided yet another international dimension.Even at the height of its popularity, speedway was a sporting edifice built on unstable foundations, which crumbled alarmingly as the 1950s dawned and Britain’s economic and social recovery brought competing attractions like television.
Classic Speedway Venues - Updated Edition
Author: PHILIP. DALLING
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780857043610
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
An updated edition of this popular book exploring more than 50 highly individual homes of speedway throughout the UK
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780857043610
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
An updated edition of this popular book exploring more than 50 highly individual homes of speedway throughout the UK
WALNECK'S CLASSIC CYCLE TRADER
Author: Causey Enterprises, LLC
Publisher: Causey Enterprises, LLC
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 128
Book Description
Publisher: Causey Enterprises, LLC
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 128
Book Description
Midget Car Racing
Author: Derek Bridgett
Publisher: Fonthill Media
ISBN:
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 212
Book Description
It was by chance that the author stumbled across a long lost programme for the opening meeting of Hanley Car Speedway for 21 July 1938. The programme had been hidden away in family papers for almost sixty years and it sparked an enduring interest in Midget Car Speedway. Motor sport had been the preserve of the rich and glamorous, but now the ordinary man could build a car and race it on a shoestring budget. It was the start of motor racing as we know it today and without the development of midget car racing, we perhaps would not have seen the Formula Three, Formula Ford and other series that we take for granted today. Although a short-lived craze that hit the UK during the 1930s, midget car racing was an incredible motor phenomenon with some races and events attracting over 60,000 people from all over the country. Derek Bridgett's Midget Car Racing chronicles this bizarre but immersive little-known motorsport. Focusing specifically on the Belle Vue Speedway, this incredible book is profusely illustrated with photographs from the period.
Publisher: Fonthill Media
ISBN:
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 212
Book Description
It was by chance that the author stumbled across a long lost programme for the opening meeting of Hanley Car Speedway for 21 July 1938. The programme had been hidden away in family papers for almost sixty years and it sparked an enduring interest in Midget Car Speedway. Motor sport had been the preserve of the rich and glamorous, but now the ordinary man could build a car and race it on a shoestring budget. It was the start of motor racing as we know it today and without the development of midget car racing, we perhaps would not have seen the Formula Three, Formula Ford and other series that we take for granted today. Although a short-lived craze that hit the UK during the 1930s, midget car racing was an incredible motor phenomenon with some races and events attracting over 60,000 people from all over the country. Derek Bridgett's Midget Car Racing chronicles this bizarre but immersive little-known motorsport. Focusing specifically on the Belle Vue Speedway, this incredible book is profusely illustrated with photographs from the period.
WALNECK'S CLASSIC CYCLE TRADER, SEPTEMBER 2001
Author: Causey Enterprises, LLC
Publisher: Causey Enterprises, LLC
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 212
Book Description
Publisher: Causey Enterprises, LLC
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 212
Book Description
Classic Stock Cars
Author: John Albert Craft
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781610608848
Category : Automobiles, Racing
Languages : en
Pages : 140
Book Description
As he did in his smash success, Vintage and Historic Stock Cars, Craft has filled this new book with fascinating histories of some of the most significant stock cars ever to battle on the highbanks and short tracks of NASCAR. His detailed accounts of the cars and their builders, tuners, and drivers are accompanied by beautiful color photography, most of which show cars that are faithfully restored. Readers are treated to the compelling stories behind these famous cars, some built by legendary craftsmen like Holman & Moody and others raced by champions such as Richard Petty.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781610608848
Category : Automobiles, Racing
Languages : en
Pages : 140
Book Description
As he did in his smash success, Vintage and Historic Stock Cars, Craft has filled this new book with fascinating histories of some of the most significant stock cars ever to battle on the highbanks and short tracks of NASCAR. His detailed accounts of the cars and their builders, tuners, and drivers are accompanied by beautiful color photography, most of which show cars that are faithfully restored. Readers are treated to the compelling stories behind these famous cars, some built by legendary craftsmen like Holman & Moody and others raced by champions such as Richard Petty.
WALNECK'S CLASSIC CYCLE TRADER, NOVEMBER 1999
Author: Causey Enterprises, LLC
Publisher: Causey Enterprises, LLC
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 210
Book Description
Publisher: Causey Enterprises, LLC
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 210
Book Description
Classic British Motorcycles
Author: Colin Jackson
Publisher: Fonthill Media
ISBN:
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 323
Book Description
Publisher: Fonthill Media
ISBN:
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 323
Book Description
American Motorcyclist
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 108
Book Description
American Motorcyclist magazine, the official journal of the American Motorcyclist Associaton, tells the stories of the people who make motorcycling the sport that it is. It's available monthly to AMA members. Become a part of the largest, most diverse and most enthusiastic group of riders in the country by visiting our website or calling 800-AMA-JOIN.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 108
Book Description
American Motorcyclist magazine, the official journal of the American Motorcyclist Associaton, tells the stories of the people who make motorcycling the sport that it is. It's available monthly to AMA members. Become a part of the largest, most diverse and most enthusiastic group of riders in the country by visiting our website or calling 800-AMA-JOIN.