Drag Racing in the 1970s (eBook)

Doug Boyce (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2025
414 Seiten
CarTech Inc. (Verlag)
978-1-61325-874-3 (ISBN)

Infos

<p>Re-live the 1970s with this book that covers a sensational and unique decade of drag racing history!<p>In the 1950s, drag racing was in its infancy. The sport made incredible technological advancements in the 1960s, and that technology was streamlined and refined with a sense of professionalism in the 1970s. It became more difficult for a local, homebuilt, shoestring-budget team to compete at the national level. These teams were priced out of the top classes by larger teams that had more sponsorship money. So, the low-budget teams dropped to less-expensive classes or simply sold their gear and stopped competing. <p>However, drag racing in the 1970s was fascinating in its own right. There was still a significant amount of development as well as new classes to celebrate. Funny Cars morphed from altered-wheelbase doorslammers in the early 1960s to full-blown, tube-chassis, flip-top fiberglass-bodied beasts by 1970. This led to the creation of the Pro Stock class, which was a popular child of the 1970s, with its rivalries and connections to the Detroit manufacturers. In the interest of safety, Top Fuel cars became mid-engine beasts, and they turned out to be faster as well. By the end of the decade, Funny Cars nearly became full-bodied versions of the Top Fuel cars. Many of these developments are still evident in NHRA racing today.<p>In <i>Drag Racing in the 1970s</i>, veteran racing author Doug Boyce takes you chronologically through the entire exciting decade, covering the cars, the classes, and the future hall-of-fame drivers who raced them. The transition to professionalism, the big-money sponsors, the many sanctioning bodies, the rivalries, and even the lower classes (such as Modified Eliminator and Super Stock) are chronicled in this illustrated tribute. Add a copy to your drag racing library today.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 13.3.2025
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Natur / Technik ► Fahrzeuge / Flugzeuge / Schiffe ► Auto / Motorrad
• Themenwelt: Natur / Technik ► Fahrzeuge / Flugzeuge / Schiffe ► Nutzfahrzeuge
• Schlagworte: AHRA • Barrie Poole • Blue Max • Bob Glidden • Boss 429 • Candies & Hughes • Chevy Vega • Chi-Town Hustler • Cobra Jet Mustang • Comp Eliminator • Dale Armstrong • Dale pulde • don garlits • don prudhomme • Dyno Don • Ed Donovan • ford pinto • Frontier Dragway • funny car • Gapp & Roush • Gary Beck • Gas Rhonda • Gene Snow • Grumpy Jenkins • HEMI • IHRA • Jeb Allen • Jerry Ruth • Keith Black • Ken Veny • Lee Shepard • Lingenfelter • Lions Dragway • Maverick • mickey thompson • Modified Eliminator • Motown Missile • NHRA • Pomona • Pro Comp • Pro Stock • Ramchargers • Reher and Morrison • Roland Leong • Ronnie Sox • Shirley Muldowney • SOHC 427 • Sox&Martin • Spring Nationals • summer nationals • super stock • Swamp Rat • tom mcewen • top eliminator • top fuel • top gas • Wally Booth • Warren Johnson • Winternationals
• ISBN-10: 1-61325-874-7 / 1613258747
• ISBN-13: 978-1-61325-874-3 / 9781613258743