Samuel Hawley: 3 books
Speed Duel
The Inside Story of the Land Speed Record in the Sixties
Language: English
Release Date: December 23, 2011
The quest for the land speed record in the 1960s and the epic rivalry between two dynamic American drivers, Art Arfons and Craig Breedlove.
"Interesting and complex. . . .The best job I've seen done on the subject so far."
-- Craig Breedlove
Until the 1950s, the land speed...
I Just Ran
Percy Williams, World's Fastest Human
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2011
At the 1928 Amsterdam Olympics an unknown Vancouver runner named Percy Williams shocked the sports world by capturing the 100- and 200-metre gold medals. Some said the feat was a fluke. It wasn't. In 1929 Percy silenced naysayers by sweeping the US indoor track circuit, then he went on to set a world...
Ultimate Speed
The Fast Life and Extreme Cars of Racing Legend Craig Breedlove
Language: English
Release Date: October 2, 2018
An L.A. hot-rodder with a high school education, a family to support, and almost no money, Craig Breedlove set out in the late 1950s to do something big: harness the thrust of a jet in a car. With a growing obsession that would cost him his marriage, he started building in his dad's garage. The car's...