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SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 20
11:00 – 2:00
Oliver Wang
Cruising J-Town: Japanese American Car Culture in Los Angeles explores how generations of Japanese Americans in Southern California shaped, and were shaped by, local automobile cultures and industries, from desert lakebeds to concrete speedways, gas stations to design centers, souped-up import tuners to humble gardening trucks. Along the way, cars and trucks became literal and figurative vehicles for Japanese American self-expression, social mobility, community identity, and much more.
Oral histories throughout the book chronicle how Japanese Americans have played vital roles in countless car scenes throughout the region. Cruising J-Town is filled with vintage and contemporary photographs, drawings, and ephemera that tell the story of a community in a state of constant transition and growth, using cars as a platform for creativity, dreams, and the enduring quest for freedom. It’s a story of generations coming together to pass down knowledge and their love of cars.
Cruising J-Town is a companion publication to a new exhibition from the Japanese American National Museum, Cruising J-Town: Behind the Wheel of the Nikkei Community, which also chronicles how Japanese Americans have played vital roles in countless car scenes across Los Angeles.
The companion exhibition, Cruising J-Town: Behind the Wheel of the Nikkei Community, produced by the Japanese American National Museum and hosted at ArtCenter College of Design, is on view from July 31 through November 12.
SATURDAY OCTOBER 25
11:00 – 3:00
John Oreovicz
For a huge number of IndyCar racing fans, October 31, 1999, was the day the music died. On that blackest of Halloweens, the sport lost its brightest young star: Greg Moore. No one person was capable of saving Indy car racing from destroying itself, but if anyone stood a chance, it was Moore. He was just twenty-four years old when he died, and already he had captivated a legion of fans and conquered the world-class drivers he fought against on the track in the CART series. Moore ultimately didn’t factor in the 1999 CART championship battle that ended in a points tie between Franchitti and brash twenty-three-year-old rookie Juan Pablo Montoya after a modern-era record twenty races. But that remarkable title clash—and its tragic conclusion—was just one of many storylines during what was arguably the most compelling single season of competition in the one-hundred-year history of American open-wheel championship racing. Class of ’99 recounts the 1999 CART season in detail, combining contemporary reporting and new interviews conducted by author John Oreovicz with many of the key players to bring the year’s personalities and storylines to life with nuance, depth, and reflection.
SATURDAY NOVEMBER 8
11:00 – 3:00
Don Emde
Flying Floyd. The Motorcycling Life of Floyd Emde, written by Don Emde, tells the story of his father, Floyd Emde’s legendary years in motorcycle racing, multiple dealerships and building race bikes for his three sons and a daughter. Those familiar with the “Harley and Indian Wars” of the 1940s will enjoy the week-to-week coverage back in Floyd’s racing years including his personal written notes after every race, plus his wife Florence’s hand-written results in many souvenir programs.
While they traveled coast to coast to many major AMA Nationals in the post-war years such as Daytona, Laconia and Springfield, Floyd maintained an exhausting racing schedule in Southern California, sometimes competing 2-3 times a week at local tracks like Box Springs, Carrell Speedway, Pomona and Lincoln Park, where monthly daytime TT races were held, as well as Class A Speedway races on Friday nights.
Flying Floyd. The Motorcycling Life of Floyd Emde is a highly illustrated, 420-page hardbound book featuring over 1,000 photos taken by noted Southern California racing photographers Bob Magill, Shorty Campbell, Dave Friedman and others, as well as many from Floyd’s and Florence’s personal scrapbooks. Floyd’s story is also the story of Southern California’s other top stars that he competed against. Read all about “Iron Man” Ed Kretz, Chuck Basney, Tex Luse, Jimmy Phillips, Ted Evans, Ernie Roccio, Ray Tanner, Win Young and many others. At the Nationals, he competed against all the top riders on the AMA circuit, including Jimmy Chann, Leo Anthony, Dick Klamfoth, Paul Albrecht, Bobby Hill, and Bill Tuman, to name a few.
SATURDAY NOVEMBER 15
11:00 – 3:00
Version 1.0.0
Dave Wolin
A long time in the making, this 704 page book documents an important part of Riverside Raceway history. A masterful piece of research, the book covers every event, race by race, with black and white photos, newspaper articles and interviews with those that were there.
Stock cars saved the day at Riverside. Originally built as a world class sports car track and even hosting Formulas One, wasn’t making any money. Along came stock cars, drawing crowds as large as 70,000. The first stock car event, held in December 1957, was a 250 mile USAC championship event won by Jerry Unser. Then came the Crown America 500, a three day weekend of midgets, sprint cars and stock cars promoted by J.C. Agajanian. Lloyd Dane won the May 1961 NASCAR Grand National race. 1962 had a two 27 lap USAC races.
Then Les Richter negotiated a deal with NASCAR bringing Cup racing and profitability to Riverside. January 1963 brought the first Riverside 500, won by Dan Gurney, perennial winner, marking the first of many years with the NASCAR opener at Riverside. November of that year was the Golden State 400. Supporting races of late model stock cars and later Southwest Tour were added in 1967. In 1970 a second race in June was added. In 1981 the opening race was moved to Daytona and Riverside got June and November dates with the last NASCAR race, in June 1988, won by Rusty Wallace. You’ll meet Eddie Gray, Sonny Easely, Bobby Allison, A.J. Foyt, Parnelli Jones, Herschel McGriff, Jimmy Insolo, Ray Elder, David Pearson, Cale Yarborough, Ivan Baldwin, Terry Labonte, Darrrell Waltrip, Tim Richmond and many more.
There were twenty different winners and forty-eight NASCAR Cup races plus the supporting events and a few Winston West races. The book comes with a DVD containing all the photos and newspaper articles.
New Arrivals
Twice Around the Clock: The Yanks at Le Mans, Vol IV-V 1980-1989
Tim Considine
Continuing the late Tim Considine’s award-winning work on the memorable contributions of the Americans that have competed in the world’s most fabled endurance race, Volumes IV-V of Twice Around the Clock: The Yanks at Le Mans examines their experiences during the 1980s and 1990s, revealing the details behind their triumphs and tragedies. With a host of friends and colleagues helping take Considine’s original story across the finish line, this book is certain to thrill and entertain racing fans eager to relive one of the most exciting eras in motorsport.
Two volumes, hard cover in slipcase
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Vol. IV (1980 – 1989): 352 pages, 330 images
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Vol. V (1990 – 1999): 416 pages, 435 images
Slot Car Racing in Popular Culture
Eddie Shorer
Eddie Shorer, a 23-year veteran of Slot Car Racing, offers an insider’s view of this hobby/sport in a very personal narrative from 1963 to the present. Between 2007 and 2021 “Fast Eddie” presented these papers at Popular Culture Association National Conferences in San Francisco, Seattle, San Diego, Washington, DC, and Los Angeles. Topics cover his involvement in the Golden Age of the hobby, its rise and fall, rebirth and growth, and profiles of racers, collectors and builders in both club and commercial racing. Included are photos from his accompanying presentations and links to the full-resolution PowerPoint presentations online.
Sound Of Speed – Collector’s Edition
Dean Kirkland
THE SOUND OF SPEED (1962)
Filmed at Riverside International Raceway, The Sound of Speed is Bruce Kessler’s pioneering short film that put audiences in the driver’s seat of Lance Reventlow’s Scarab, with Chuck Daigh along for the ride. It was a stripped-down, dialogue-free film that captured racing as it was — fast, loud, and unfiltered. With help from George Burns, Ronnie Burns, and input from Howard Hawks, Bruce created something unlike anything else of its time. Shot with hard-mounted cameras and raw determination, it’s as close as film gets to racing on pavement.
THE MAKING OF THE SOUND OF SPEED (2020)
The centerpiece of this release is a deeply personal, never-before-seen interview with Bruce Kessler — recorded in 2020 at his home in Marina Del Rey. Just a few years before his passing in 2024, Bruce sat down with Dean Kirkland to reflect on the original film, his time with Lance, his work in both racing and directing, and how The Sound of Speed came to life in the early ’60s. It’s candid, emotional, and filled with humor and insight from a man who lived every frame of it.
THE SOUND OF SPEED SLIDESHOW
This film also includes a slideshow of rare still photographs taken during the 1962 Riverside shoot — giving fans a look behind the camera. These images capture Bruce, Lance, Chuck, the Scarab, and the crew mid-production. You’ll see how they rigged the cars, set up the shots, and made movie magic with race gas and sweat. These are the frames you’ve never seen, until now.
The History of Lions Drag Strip
Lou Hart
Discover how Lions Drag Strip became the face of quarter-mile competition!
Hot rodders and the “drag” cars that they raced in unsanctioned exhibitions had become a nuisance with law enforcement in Los Angeles, California. So, in an effort to make racing safer, C. J. “Pappy” Hart (founder of the Santa Ana Drag Strip), Norris Poulson (mayor of Los Angeles), John Chadwick (member of the Wilmington Lions Club), and others collaborated to create the world-famous Lions Associated Drag Strip. With an approved proposal, shovels sunk into the sand in August 1955 in Wilmington, California, christening the birth of the world’s greatest drag strip.
Mickey Thompson was hired to operate Lions Drag Strip (also known as “the Beach”), quickly turning it into Southern California’s wildest venue to watch drag racing. Innovations, including staging lights, track lighting for night racing, and concession stands, made Lions Drag Strip the place to be.
The world’s greatest drag racers, such as Jack Chrisman, Tom McEwen, Art Chrisman, Don Prudhomme, Chris Karamesines, Connie Kalitta, and Don Garlits, as well as a cast of thousands of others, descended upon Lions Drag Strip for exhibition and match racing. Fabled East-West showdowns, Fuel Altereds, Funny Cars, and Jet cars broke attendance records and set national records throughout the 1960s. In addition, thrill-seeker Evel Knievel leaped over 13 cars at Lions Drag Strip to the excitement of 14,000 fans in December 1970.
Sadly, Lions Drag Strip closed on December 3, 1972, due to being valued as industrial real estate and the approaching urban sprawl.
Lions Automobilia Foundation Museum volunteer Lou Hart brings forth this year-by-year illustrated history of Lions Drag Strip’s most memorable events with never-before-seen images in Lions Drag Strip: 1955–1972!
The Spirit of Competition: The Simeone Foundation Automotive Museum 2nd Edition
Michael Furman
Enlarged to include cars acquired since the publication of the original book.
The Simeone Foundation Automotive Museum, located near Philadelphia’s International Airport, features sports racing cars from the early 1900’s through 2007. This landmark collection is presented in the updated Second Edition of The Spirit of Competition for all to enjoy.
This mythical assembly by a legendary collector has resided in Philadelphia for more than 50 years. In the Fall of 2008, Dr. Frederick Simeone opened the doors to his new museum which allowed him to share his extraordinary collection of historic sports racing cars with the public. Among its many accolades, The Simeone has been ranked as the number one collection in the world by The Classic Car Trust!
Our dear Dr. Fred left us a few short years ago, but his legacy continues as he gifted the collection for future generations to enjoy. Since its opening, the collection has grown, and those new cars and features are well represented in this updated, Second Edition.
As the first edition has been sold out for the past three years, we took this opportunity to better tell the museum’s story; Spirit of Competition has been enlarged to an oversized square format and an additional 60 pages! The larger page size has also allowed for new material on the cars continuing from the first edition.
Dr. Simeone, with his encyclopedic knowledge of each car, is our tour guide through the collection of racing Alfa Romeo, Bentley, Bugatti, Aston Martin, Stutz, Ferrari, Jaguar, Porsche and other famous racing marques. Rare historical images and documents are presented and complimented by modern automotive portraits by renowned photographer Michael Furman. Historian Harry Hurst contributed new content and guided this publication to Dr. Fred’s demanding standards. Insightful introductions from racing legends Mario Andretti and Sam Posey provide the opening lap to this important presentation.
Joe Schubeck
Get ready to fire up your imagination with tales straight from the fast lane! Legendary drag racer and entrepreneur “Gentleman Joe” Schubeck shares unforgettable stories from his high octane life in this exclusive new release. From hot rods and racetracks to trains and planes, this memoir is a ride through American innovation and speed.
You might call it a story book because there are short stories about drivers, car owners and business owners. Colorful names that you will recognize, but you will not have heard these stories because, until now, they have never been in print.
“Big Daddy” Don Garlits in his forward to the book says “Young people just starting out, as well as elders should read this book for inspiration.”
Lions Automobilia Foundation Museum volunteer Lou Hart brings forth this year-by-year illustrated history of Lions Drag Strip’s most memorable events with never-before-seen images in Lions Drag Strip: 1955–1972!
ROARING
A richly illustrated catalog exploring the cultural significance and role of automobiles in interwar France.
Heavily illustrated, this catalog explores the role of the automobile as both object and subject in interwar France, a period of exceptional creativity, innovation, and turbulence. It untangles the impact of fashion, interiors, architecture, aviation, and the avant-garde on French automobile design and production. In turn, it highlights the bold, untethered visions of artists like Josephine Baker, Le Corbusier, Sonia and Robert Delaunay, and Jacques-Henri Lartigue who embraced the automobile as a provocative expression of the modern age.
Expansive and interdisciplinary, Roaring illuminates the richly creative ecosystems that nourished this golden age of French automotive design.
Meyers Manx 60th Anniversary
Basem Wasef
The definitive Meyers Manx Coffee Table Book celebrates the 60th anniversary of Meyers Manx in stunning detail.
Award-winning author and journalist Basem Wasef traces the original fiberglass dune buggy’s roots from Bruce Meyers’ garage, spanning its evolution over the decades.
Featuring striking graphics and a range of historical and modern photography under the auspices of acclaimed art director Peter Allen, this 220-page love letter to the iconic buggy is the authorized account of Meyers Manx’s paradigm-shifting past and its exciting next chapter.
GT-R The Journey
Alex Qureitem
GT-R THE JOURNEY is a 208-page book documenting the journey of Alex Qureitem’s unplanned trip around the world with the goal of discovering the generation behind the GT-R. The book focuses on the RB-engined Skyline generations and features some of the legendary characters, cars and locations that have helped forge the reputation over the past decades. The photographs are vividly accompanied by personal anecdotes about Alex‘s experiences along the way.
Mister Showman
Bob Larivee, Sr.
Mr. Showman: The man who created the custom car show phenomenon
When you think of Detroit Autorama, you think of Mister Showman. Bob Larivee Sr., Bob has lived an exciting life and while he is well known for his custom car exploits, little has been shared about his later activities. This book not only covers the custom car show scene, but Bob’s involvement in the Meadow Brook Concourse, Pebble Beach, racing, car collecting, artwork, and his family.
Bob was involved in circle track racing for 25 years until 1977. Then in the early 1980s, he became involved in western art. In addition, he began putting together a major car collection. That endeavor eventually included 55 very select vehicles from Bonneville cars to hot rods to classics and Ferraris which have been exhibited in many shows.
MALLOY: Beyond the Speed Limit
Tom Malloy
Jake Grubb
MALLOY takes you on an odyssey of racing, racecars of every kind and variety, rare racing memorabilia, on-track duals, business wins and near-misses, and above all — relentless determination. The insistence of one man to become accomplished at the challenge he desired most to master: Automobile racing. He had nothing to prove, except to himself. And he did — at age 52 and beyond — throughout North America, Down Under and Abroad, owning, collecting and competing in the actual cars of his heroes. When asked why he committed himself to the ill-advised risks of racing all-out in iconic racecars on world class racetracks on five continents at an advanced age, he answered: “I didn’t want to embarrass the car.”
The Vehicles of James Bond (Volume I)
Matthew Field and Ajay Chowdhury
Myles Kornblatt
This fascinating story charts the career of Max Hoffman, the US car dealer who represented Jaguar, Porsche, Mercedes, Volkswagen, Fiat, Lancia, BMW, and many other European car brands during the decades following WWII. He pushed for distinguished now-classics like the Mercedes 300 SL Gullwing, Porsche Speedster, BMW 507, and Alfa Romeo Giulietta Spider. Hoffman built a reputation as an effective middleman, but as the car companies he represented became more successful under his watch, the less they needed their go-between. When it was inevitably time to say goodbye to Maxie, he showed his teeth with everything from lawsuits against his suppliers, to threatening executives with a mob hit. However, Hoffman also had a very good reason to be defensive. He understood the American market, and he pushed manufacturers specifically for cars that would strike a chord and make everybody involved richer. Sometimes the hero, sometimes the villain, but more often than not, Max Hoffman was the unseen puppet master behind some of today’s best classics.
When Wedge had the Edge
Gautam Sen
When the 1968 Paris Motor Show opened a surreal wedge-shaped sculpture of steel, glass, and layers of scaly metal astounded showgoers with its daring shape and extraordinary form. The Alfa Romeo Carabo was an exercise in lateral thinking at just about every level. With headlamps covered by retractable slats and doors that opened, for the first time ever, with a scissor action, the Carabo rewrote the rules of automobile design, kickstarting an avalanche of extreme wedge forms—a trend that remained in vogue for the best part of the next two decades.
Iconic examples like the Alfa Romeo Carabo, Ferrari Modulo, Lancia Strato’s Zero and the Maserati Boomerang, as well as series production cars such as the De Tomaso Pantera, Lamborghini Countach, and the Lotus Esprit, epitomized the wedge design ethos, captivating enthusiasts and shaping perceptions of automotive style for generations to come. Their striking silhouettes became synonymous with speed, power, and innovation.
- A definitive history of the cars from the Wedge Era, with more than 250 cars featured
- Personal quotes and experiences from six of the most important wedge designers
Nash-Healey
John Nikas
Nash-Healey – A Grand Alliance examines in exquisite and exacting detail the story behind America’s first postwar sports car and the unique Anglo-American partnership between Nash and Healey that gave it life, which became an international triumvirate with the later involvement of famed Italian coachbuilder Pinin Farina.
Raymond Henri Dietrich: Automotive Architect of the Classic Era & Beyond
Necah Stewart Furman
This biography of Raymond H. Dietrich, known as “the automotive architect of the classic era,” is not only an entertaining and well-researched societal history, telling the Dietrich story within the context of the times from the turn-of-the century through the eight decades of his life, it is also replete with over 350 photographs of art on wheels—the elegant Dietrich-designed classic cars of the 1920s and 1930s. Car collectors and restorers will find the “Cavalcade of Dietrich Designwork” chapter to be a treasure-trove of 78 archival-type automotive photographs tracing the development of Dietrich’s extraordinary talent and innovations. Historians and auto enthusiasts alike will appreciate how this handsomely illustrated book evokes a sense of time and place as the author skillfully transports the reader from one era to another in the life of a fascinating man who left such an impressive legacy of classic car design. This biography will interest both the general reader and the car collector. Pulitzer nominee and prize-winning author of six books and many articles and reviews, Necah Stewart Furman, Ph.D., was selected by the Dietrich family as his biographer. Granted numerous hours of taped interviews, she was also given access to Dietrich’s personal business and legal files, photographs, designs, and lithographs.
Well-known automotive author Richard Burns Carson employs his engaging literary style in writing the annotations for the photographs in the final chapter, while respected historian and coachwork specialist Walter E. Gosden lends his imprimatur with the Foreword.
- Originally written by Pulitzer Prize nominee Necah Stewart Furman, Ph.D. and placed under copyright in 1961, this revised, comprehensive and entertaining biography of famous classic car designer Raymond H. Dietrich is an accurate record of his life and times based upon records and interviews unavailable to others.
- Over 400 photographs and documents, many never previously published.
- Traces the eight decades of the designer’s life and times revealing little known aspects of his career; his triumphs over tragedy.
- Contains almost eighty archival photographs with annotations by automotive author, Richard Burns Carson.
- Includes a “Back to the Future” section of beautifully restored Classics renovated by present-day owners with loving care and technical expertise, photographed by acclaimed photographer Hugues Vanhoolandt
- Automotive historians, car collectors, and those simply looking for a good read will appreciate how this handsome biography of Raymond H. Dietrich evokes a sense of time and place, and also manages to correct published misinformation in the process
- Hard cover with dust jacket
1962 Weekend in Monaco
Dominique Vincent
The story of a race – A race in history
This book is part of a new collection of books that unveils « freeze-frames » from the great movie of motor racing history. Its purpose is to explore a particular weekend, the choice of which depends above all on the authors’ ability to gather the most original and complete documentation possible: photos, plans, programs, drawings, period reports and testimonies.
English and French text
1968 Weekend in Rouen
Patrice Moinet
July 1968 – The French Grand Prix succeeds the ACF Grand Prix on the famous circuit of Rouen-Les Essarts. The program is ambitious with the races of R8 Gordini, Formula France, F3 and F1. Unpublished documents, testimonies, never released photos shed a new light on this race weekend mixed with joy and tears. Hear the roar of the V12s and the blaze of the V8s, meet Rindt, Stewart, Hill, Brabham, Ickx, Rodriguez, Beltoise or Schlesser and let yourself be carried away by the story of this Grand Prix.
Text in English and French
ED PINK
The Remarkable Life and Times of Racing’s Most Versatile Engine Builder
Ed Pink’s gift for designing and building engines made him a motorsports icon. His handiwork has powered, among others, drag-racing superstars Don Prudhomme and Tom McEwen, Indy Car legends Al Unser and Tom Sneva, sports car heroes Bob Wollek and Brian Redman, and USAC champions Tony Stewart and Kasey Kahne.
But this is not a technical book. Pink began his long-awaited autobiography with one goal: that it would be more about people than engines.
Mission accomplished, yet again, for auto racing’s Old Master.
Alfa Romeo Prototipi 1948–1962
Patrick Dasse
In times past, leading Alfa Romeo engineers were also great motorsports enthusiasts. Although they were presumably fully occupied with development of the firm’s production cars, in the years between 1948 and 1962 they nevertheless managed to create some spectacular sports prototypes. Many of these were created in close cooperation with outside firms.
Stefano Agazzi, former director of the Automobilismo Storico Alfa Romeo, and Alessandro Rigoni, who for years maintained the vehicles in the Alfa Romeo Museum, permitted access to the cars in the museum and unreservedly shared their knowledge. Dr. Marco Fazio, former director of the company archives, the Automobilismo Storico Alfa Romeo – Centro Documentazione, made available a variety of very interesting documents and informative photos showing many of the vehicles after they were damaged, often severely, in races or test sessions. The majority of the photographs presented in the book have not been previously released.
The book consists of two volumes,
totaling 600 pages:
Alfa Romeo Prototipi 1948–1962 – Volume 1
300 pages, 311 black and white photos and 28 colour photos
Alfa Romeo Prototipi 1948–1962 – Volume 2,
300 pages, 302 black and white photos and 49 colour photos
Size: 29 x 24,8 cm
Weight: 3,2 kg
Text in English and German
Alfa Romeo Giulia TZ
Martin Übelher Patrick Dasse
Alfa Romeo Giulia TZ documentation and register by Martin Übelher and Patrick Dasse.
Sixty years ago, in November 1963, Alfa Romeo’s Giulia TZ celebrated its competition debut in the Tour de Corse. The “Tubolare Zagato” – a reference to the tube frame chassis as well as the body designer – was to become one of the most successful models in the long list of race winners from Alfa Romeo.
The book consists of five volumes, totaling 1500 pages.
The first two volumes document in painstaking detail the development of the Giulia TZ and the racing history of the works cars:
Giulia TZ – Volume one
300 pages, 329 black and white photos, 53 colour photos, and one contemporary document
Giulia TZ – Volume two
300 pages, 318 black and white photos and 73 colour photos.
Volumes 3, 4 and 5 contain a complete registry of all Giulia TZs ever built, as well as the corresponding changes of ownership, registration numbers and race participation up to the end of homologation in 1974, insofar these can be attributed to individual cars. Volume 5 also contains an appendix with various contemporary documents, including homologation forms as well as a technical bulletin covering race preparation.
Giulia TZ – Volume three
300 pages with 258 black and white photographs, 62 colour photographs and one contemporary document.
Giulia TZ – Volume four
300 pages, 214 black and white photos, 71 colour photos and four contemporary documents
Giulia TZ – Volume five
300 pages with 132 black and white photos, 40 colour photos and 133 contemporary documents.
Dr. Marco Fazio, former director of the factory archives (the Automobilismo Storico Alfa Romeo – Centro Documentazione) allowed us to examine previously unreleased documents related to the Giulia TZ; their evaluation entailed several years of work. The majority of the photographs reproduced in the book have not been previously published.
Size: 29 x 24,8 cm
Weight: 8,2 kg
Language: English – German
Text in English and German
We Were the Ramchargers
We WInside Drag Racing’s Legendary Team
David Rockwell
With over 200 new images, the new edition of We Were the Ramchargers is perfect for drag racing enthusiasts. This book takes readers behind the scenes with the group of Chrysler engineers who, from the 1950s through the 1970s, became one of the most successful and influential drag racing teams of all time.
The only team of engineers from an automobile manufacturer to drag race successfully, the Ramchargers broke the most time barriers in drag racing history and earned the most National Hot Rod Association (NHRA) Super Stock titles during the sport’s golden era of factory competition.
Author Dave Rockwell, a Ramcharger himself, interviewed more than 40 team members, competitors, and track operators for We Were the Ramchargers, making it the first and only book to provide inside details on all elements of the Ramchargers story.
In addition to chronicling the races they won and legendary cars they developed (including the High and Mighty, 426 Hemi, and first Funny Car), Rockwell opens corporate and personal files to take readers behind the doors at Chrysler (showing, among other things, how the Ramchargers helped pioneer the platform team concept), while revealing the personalities of the men who made it all happen.
