American Sports Car Racing in the 1950s [Hardcover]

Michael T. Lynch (Author), William Edgar (Author), Ron Parravano (Author)

Product Details

• Hardcover: 160 pages
• Publisher: Motorbooks International; 1st edition (October 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0760303673
• ISBN-13: 978-0760303672
• Product Dimensions: 10.4 x 10.1 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.6 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,942,084 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars "American Sports Car Racing in the 1950s" is a WINNER!, March 14, 1999

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Thomas H. Burnside "Tbside" (Santa Rosa, CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: American Sports Car Racing in the 1950s (Hardcover)

When my book "American Racing ~ Road Racing In The 50s and 60s" was published I was deluged by calls from the West coast. Everybody wanted to know, "When are you going to do a book about West coast racing." I had to tell them I never photographed over there.

Well here it is "American Sports Car Racing in the 1950s" by Michael Lynch. And it is a winner! I learned things about the racing scene on the left coast that boggled my mind.

Michael Lynch's words hooked me and I could not put the book down. He owes a couple of nights sleep!

"American Sports Car Racing in the 1950s" is the perfect companion to my book.

I highly recommend it. Buy it today.

Tom Burnside

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An amazing book for being written some 40 years afterward., February 1, 1999

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This review is from: American Sports Car Racing in the 1950s (Hardcover)

I was there at St Jo and Elkhart and Sebring and the airport circuits in the Midwest and this book is awash in memories. The pictures are perfect for bringing back the cars and the people that as a teenager I worshiped...remembering the ride with neighbor Masten in the Allard to the Leawood drug store on snowy streets to buy the lone copy of Road & Track. We didn't have California, but the trickle down was pretty good...Denise at Meadowdale, Hall in Kansas, Bunker and Katskee and the rest. I sold my '32 Ford for an MG and never looked back...American Sports Car racing as I recall and Lynch describes formed a life long love for the era and the cars...as I read now sitting in my '54 Morgan in my garage with a can of Schlitz. This book is a keeper.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars If you like racing, get it!, December 4, 1998

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This review is from: American Sports Car Racing in the 1950s (Hardcover)

This book covers the events that dominated the early years of my life. I felt being a part of the timing and scoring team with the Long Beach MG Club gave me an insiders look at all the happenings but after reading the book I see there were a lot of things I didn't realize. It was a facinating look back at racing when it was still fun. Looking at the pictures makes you realize these guys were the real super-heros. Five inch wide tires racing at tracks literally line with trees and telehone poles all graphically covered in this book! I'm waiting for volume II !!