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With its rural farmlands, rolling landscape, locally owned businesses, and tranquil setting, Holland embodies small-town charm. Yet for 54 summers, since 1960, the quiet splendor is interrupted on many Saturday nights by a particular type of roar. It is Holland�s racing heritage, known to locals as...

Mario de Araujo Cabral became Portugal's first Formula One driver when he qualified for the Grand Prix of Portugal in 1959. His name was soon blackened by an incident when he pulled onto the track at Monsanto in front of F1 great Jack Brabham. The incident has been linked with Cabral ever since. A...

With 70 million fans, NASCAR is the #2 spectator sport, after football. But unlike football, going to a race is a full weekend of events. From the tailgating, to the qualifying, to the checkered flag and post-parties--there's enough to fill several days at every event, and that's just at the track. Liz...

Prince Bira was a member of the Thai Royal family, descended from his grandfather HM Mongkut of Siam. Bira's cousin, another royal named Prince Cula, funded his racing career from the 1930s through the mid 1950s. Bira was educated at Eton and Cambridge in England. Following his eventful career...

Book for the real petrolheads: Voice in the ear - WRC Co-Drivers Behind The Success Since 1973 World Rally Championship has been a really competitive series measuring the striking power of man and machine. During the years many books about the drivers and the teams has been published. Not...

Grand Prix racing on public roads--trees, walls, fences, houses. Racing in the 50's and 60's bore little resemblance to what is done today, some say no resemblance. The circuits, Spa, Monza, Nurburgring were deadly dangerous, and the racing was deadly dangerous. The driver who went off the...

In the fertile farmlands of Delaware, there is a monster�a one-mile, concrete oval that has earned a reputation for being one of the toughest NASCAR� tracks since its first race in 1969. Built upon a farmer�s field and airstrip, Dover International Speedway has a story filled with dreams and determination....

The early 20th century was a time of greatness and prosperity for New York�s Capital Region. Economically powerful cities like Albany and Schenectady were home to emergent companies that employed a growing population. This influx gave way to an abundance of stores and retail establishments that catered...

Bill France, founder of NASCAR, felt that Daytona wasn't big enough. So he bought some land in Alabama and had a race track built.A big track, a wide track, and a wicked fast track.If you're a NASCAR fan do you think you know lots about Talladega Superspeedway?What was...

Kris Meeke and Peugeot UK defied the odds by winning the driver’s title in the Intercontinental Championship in their rookie year. Kris has always been quick, but he has had a lot of bad luck along throughout his career. When Peugeot UK confirmed him as its driver, things looked up. However, on round...

Follow along on our journey to street legalize our UTVs in our home state. Inside the book you will find my reasoning for street legalization. Listing of additional equipment I had to add. Costs of the added equipment as well as tips on insurance,dealing with the license bureau and the inspection process. This book is a must read before starting to legalize your UTV!

This book describes the birth, development, and rallying career of the original Ford Escort, one of Europe‘s Landmark Rally Cars in the early 1970s, providing a compact and authoritative history of where, how and why it became so important to the sport.

This is a comprehensive study of the career of one type of rally car the BMC Mini-Cooper/Mini-Cooper S. In the 1960s the Mini became famous as Britain's most successful rally car. It combined superb handling, a tiny body shell, high-performance engines and the excellence of front-wheel-drive in an irresistible...

The terms "blue collar" and "working class" remain incredibly vague in the United States, especially in pop culture, where they are used to express and connote different things at different times. Interestingly, most Americans are, in reality, members of the working class, even if they do not necessarily...