The Cars of Vel Miletich and Parnelli Jones
From the original sponsorship of Parnelli Jones' humble early racing career, to the pinnacle of motorsports - back-to-back Indianapolis 500 race wins and three consecutive United States Auto Club National Championships - Vel Miletich and Parnelli Jones and their Vel's Parnelli Jones (VPJ) Racing team of drivers, engineers, designers, fabricators and mechanics dominated American Automobile racing in the 1970s.
Dean Kirkland and Auto Effigies were commissioned to photograph and produce the superb photographic history of the VPJ team.
Sammy 50 + Years of Winning
Sammy Swindell, is among the most successful and most interesting drivers in the history of American automobile racing. From his start as a teenager at local tracks until an age at which most athletes are no longer willing or able to compete successfully, Sammy has been a winner. He’s been and remains his own man, an independent guy who expends uncommon energy doing it his way to achieve uncommon results. This book is a clear road map for those who want to race successfully. A big part of Sammy’s secret is no secret at all: He’ll beat a competitor because, in his words, “I’ll work harder.” His edge has been his unlimited effort. This is the story of how a man conquered his world.
There’s so much to learn here for those who are racing now, or would like to do so in the future.
Fendered Fury: The Complete History of USAC Stock Car Racing
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The combined work of four award-winning racing historians, Fendered Fury recounts the days of the USAC Stock Car series beginning with the birth of the club in 1956 through the 1984 season, and the decade of late model racing which followed.
Learn of the exploits of stock car pioneers Johnny Mantz, Jerry Unser and Fred Lorenzen as well as the success of open wheel legends such as Troy Ruttman, A.J. Foyt, Parnelli Jones, Rodger Ward and Roger McCluskey. Follow along as men like Don White, Norm Nelson, Paul Goldsmith, Butch Hartman, Dean Roper and Billy Moyer made their mark on the sport and forged hall of fame careers.
- Detailed yearly summaries
- Comprehensive list of race winners & season points
- Extensive Biographies of Champion Drivers
- Historic Notes & Sidebars
- Nearly 300 photos
- Complete Coverage of the AAA & USAC Late Model Series
Competition Portraits
Brought to you by Museum of American Speed in-house historian, Bob Mays: "No form of American auto racing has a longer or more prestigious history than the dirt champ car. No form of racing photography has a longer or more respected history than the posed photograph. 'Competition Portraits, The Dirt Championship Cars,' follows the history of the big car from 1946 to 1987, featuring some of the most recognizable stars and cars from the greatest era in racing. The good, the bad; the winners, the losers; the champions and their chariots, are featured in the moments before the call to fire engines. Many of the best shorts from the top photographers in the history of the sport are presented in a format that lends itself to the study of the man and a critical analysis of the machine just before the battle on some of the most impressive speedromes ever carved into the earth."
The High Banks!
Brought to you by Museum of American Speed in-house historian, Bob Mays: "Within these pages is the history of one of America's most famous dirt track venues, the Belleville High Banks. Starting on a flat horse track in 1910, Belleville's first auto racing star was Harry White in a Model 10 Buick. From there the story is told how this palace came to be, first as a circling 1926 and then a bowl, starting in 1932, until the high banks were fully realized in 1934. From that point on, Belleville became the fastest half-mile dirt track in the world. Much of that story is told by the Hall of Fame team of L.A. and Beryl Ward. The Ward's race reports put you in Belleville on each race day for 60 years from 1938, when Everett Saylor battled Jimmy Wilburn in one of the greatest dirt track duels ever witnessed, through 1997, when Jason Leffler defeated Billy Boat and Tony Stewart to win the Belleville Midget Nationals. Ride along with these stars and many others recounting the highs, the lows, the good and bad times that made Belleville a true gathering of the clans!"
Nebraska Dirt Book
Brought to you by Museum of American Speed in-house historian, Bob Mays: "When you think of the things Nebraska has produced at a level of sustained excellence, corn, cows, and insurance companies are usually the first items mentioned. But for its size, the Cornhusker state has developed more than its share of outstanding racers since the first motorized wheel was turned in competition in 1901. King Rhiley and Noel Bullock carried their rivalry from the dusty county fairgrounds, all the way up Pikes Peak and back in the 1920s, while midget racers, Ronney Householder and Carl Forberg, led the charge through the Great Depression. Gordie Shuck and Andy Anderson restarted things in the 1950s while Lloyd Beckman, Willie Hecke and Joe Saldana grew into national stars in the 1960s. Transplants, Jan Opperman and Don Maxwell turned Nebraska into a destination, then Jim Schuman and Sam Briscoe invented 360 sprints while Roger Rager and Wayne House built a school bus that qualified for the Indy 500. Pretty good for acres of corn, a bunch of cows, a group of underwrite and a lot of dirt!"
Ford Model T Coast to Coast
"When driverless cars are the norm, what will that mean to the great American road trip? Will the car still be a vehicle of freedom and discovery? Author Tom Cotter and photographer Michael Alan Ross set out on the Lincoln Highway-America's first trans-continental road- to contemplate these and other questions from behind the wheel of an icon of internal combustion: a century old Ford Model T. See what they discover in life's slow lane."
Hot Rod Dreams Book
Hot Rod Dreams is a delightful ride. Lavish rod and custom extravaganzas in mid-century America showed car-crazy kids all over the country what they could do with their own wheels. The rodding magazines were influential, but nothing beat the appeal of the big indoor shows - the bright lights, the dazzling cars, the action, the music, and the trophies. They're all right here, captured in time, as Bob Larivee, the undisputed Impresario of Chrome, escorts you through an unforgettable era.
Rolling Bones - Book
Photographer Peter Vincent was among the first to recognize the sublime artistry of the Bones' hot rods. His photographs of Keith and Ken's first coupes helped the Bones get noticed. Today the Bones' creations are recognized around the world as real-deal hot rods that look and sound like something built in the late 1940s or 1950s but with an aggressive attitude all their own.
