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In 1896, henry ford reached a record speed of 20 mph in his very first car the quadricycle. The race that changed everything ford performance history. Ford expert and veteran drag racing author charles r. Vanderbilt cup races, pre wwi racing, indianapolis 500, european grand prix racing, and others. Horse racing books for sale in uk view 39 bargains.
Wins rolex 24 hours of daytona overall with chip ganassi racing with felix sabates kanaan mcmurray larson dixon using ford ecoboost riley dp. The entire history of americas original pony car, in its full glory. It retains a special place in american automotive history, thanks to its demonstration. A brief history of ford racing anderson ford motorsport. Ingenious designers created overheadcam engines, superchargers, intercoolers, frontwheel drive, and fourwheel drive. The ford motor company is an american automaker and the worlds fifth largest automaker based on worldwide vehicle sales. Though there are history related books on our other top ten shopping lists, this selection consists of books that either didnt fall into any of those categories or pertain to defining moments in the history of the sport whether they have to do with drivers. Nicholson earned his dyno nickname as one of the first to use a chassis dyno on his drag car. Quartermile chaos looks at the treacherous side of drag racings golden age. Ford performance formerly ford racing is the high performance division of ford motor company and the multinational name used for its. Reflections on horses, humans, love, money, and luck.
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From henry fords own victory at the october 1901 detroit driving club race to the 1967 lemans triumph of a. The illustrated history by michael scott, barry sheene biography by stuart barker, when you dead, you dead by. The history of thoroughbred racing in america by robertson. A brief history of ford in motorsport foray news foray motor group. The history of race and racism in america the new york times.
Shelby, whod won the race as a driver in 1959, turned things around. Buy cheap horse racing books online horse racing book rentals. Ford ii tells the story of his greatgrandfather and how he beat the best racer in the country with a car he built himself. Its our goal to provide the most profitable information and advice available anywhere on the internet today. He installed a 1500cc ford cortina gt engine in a lotus 31 f3 chassis and was pleasantly surprised by. At first, enzo ferrari agreed to the deal, but there was a clause in the contract which stated that ford would control the racing budget and in turn the decisions.
In 1966, ford won the 24 hours of le mans and it was a defining moment in fords race history. Find the best auto racing books at the motor bookstore where we carry books on how to race cars, how to set up your car for racing, the history of racing, driver biographies and the science behind it all. Smith was a race car engineer and worked with carroll shelby and ford on the legendary gt40 lemans racing program in the 1960s. History of thoroughbred racing in america, the by robertson, william h. In many respects, the competition history of ford parallels the progress of auto racing in this country. Postage stated is for uk mainland 2nd class from portsmouth only anywhere else please ask for a. Ii is the only publicly available ferrari serial number database. Relive drag racing s dangerous past in this softcover edition of a previous best seller. The names, logos, and taglines identifying auto racing history are proprietary marks of and deep throttle. Alan mann racing limited, 9, frank gardner, malcolm guthrie, abandon.
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More than the performance of the car, racing is about the performance, preparedness and training of the driver. The renowned sportswriter john eisenberg captures all the pulsepounding drama and behindthescenes tensions in a pageturning mix of history, horse racing, and pure entertainment. Discover book depositorys huge selection of car racing books online. The success of the original gt40, coupled with its great looks, made it one of the most popular cars in automotive racing history. Buy cheap horse racing textbooks here now and secure some of the best deals you could ever look for. It has always been a race car, so it has never seen bad weather. Here you can explore the rich history of ford racing. Ford motor companys total performance years saw a breakthrough as fords drag racing program helped the younger, performance and styleconscious consumer begin receiving some recognition on the street, and of course, generate sales in the showroom. A collection of the highest hitrate systems and horse racing software in our inventory and up to 9. A ford gt40 racing at the 1964 24 hours of le mans. Those glorious years from 1966 to 1974 are the basis for two of petes books, canam and canam photo history, both from mbi publishing see books page. The result was an inexpensive racing car which was sold for under.
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