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Drag Racing's Exhibition Attractions: From Rockets to Ramp-Jumps

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This is a great book for the nostalgia drag racing fan. It contains many photos of the different exibition cars of the 60s' and 70s'. a great find if you remember these cars.

Some of the best photos of the sideshow of drag racing. Little known cars and drivers, who did not get a lot of ink, because they entertained fans at a lot of small,out of the way tracks all over the USA and Canada. Great showman all around. Lou Hart has done a wonderful job with a fun(but deadly)part of drag racing. A must buy for drag fans.

This is an "Oldie but a Badie" and that's good. Shows how far we've come when it comes to car chase movies. Not very far plot or story wise, except for CGI in todays flicks. The over acting is monumental, with only a couple of exceptions, but the hot rods are great fun to watch. The oil burning Corvette needed a ring job, but I guess it wasn't in the budget. I almost had to laugh out loud when Dana Andrew would bend over in pain (with his back injury) at the signal from the director saying action: "OK and the PAIN hits you "NOW"! Dana's daughter is cute, but so naive, it's hard to believe at least one guy didn't hit on her before running into these hot rod punks. Ah, restless youth. I remember when I was young and now I have a bad back. The movie is entertainment, so watch it as that. Too critical an eye will ruin it for you. I've seen it many times including on AMC TV, but had to have my own copy. This should be a cult classic like other B movies have become. How Dana Andrews kept from slapping his wife, played by Jeanne Crain, whilf filming this, is beyond me. Scheesch, calm down lady. Over all just fun campy stuff, like the good old days at the drive in. Grab a box of popcorn and enjoy. DeleteReplyForwardMove...