Father Dale Grubba takes you on a history of stock car auto racing in Wisconsin staring in the 1930s up to the year 2000. Great stories of race tracks all over Wiscinsin and near by states. Over 200 black and white photos and a gallery of the drivers. How Alan Kulwicki started in go karts and Matt Kensth made their way to NASCAR fame. The book is complete with an index and 120 thumbnail pictures of the race drivers.
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Father Dale Grubba has followed auto racing since the 1960's, when drivers began asking him to bless their cars before races. He is the author of numerous magazine articles on auto racing and of three previous books. Father Grubba is a Roman Catholic priest based in Princeton, Wisconsin.
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IF you're a big racing fan of the Wisconsin's history of stock car racing,
this bood is for you. Many chapters devoted to the historic drivers... such as Dick Trickle, Jimmy Back, Marv Marzofka, Tommy Reffner and more. Plus some chapters go year by year of it's history... these chapters are quick outlines and some brief short stories of the bigger races held those years. Lots of pictures of drivers and their cars. A hard to put down book for the race fan ... Enjoy the RACES !!! Don D.
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Great history & ancedotes of the Midwest Short Track World,
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If you are remotely a fan of the days of early short track racing in the Midwest; and the mention of Walbeck, Trickle, Nabbefeldt, Somers, Marcis, Detjens, etc bring good times to mind; then this book is for you. Not a table of statistics, just good reading (somewhat chronological) on when "run what you brung" meant just that. Good read for not a lot of $$.
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Why is the Catholic Church paying for this?!,
This review is from: The Golden Age of Wisconsin Auto Racing (Paperback)
After convincing his superiors at the Diocese of Madison (Wis.) that he is God's "Minister to NASCAR" (the author's own phrase), Fr. Grubba seems to have been given free rein to wander the country taking pictures of race car drivers and indulging in his favorite hobby. This, while Catholic Church continues to close parishes and shutter churches due to a shortage of available priests. Amazing!
It's beyond me as to why the Church would tolerate this (and why the people of the Madison Diocese would want to foot the bill for it). The book provides a fine example of how the Catholic Church has completely lost sight of its mission and--yet again!--failed to control the behavior of its priests.
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You have got to come over to the Wisconsin Dells Speedway and see what is going on. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
spring opener, trophy dash, feature victory, track championship, feature win, point champion, victory circle, heat race, final race, roll cage, championship race, home track Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Dick Trickle, Tom Reffner, Marv Marzofka, Mike Miller, Joe Shear, Jimmy Back, Larry Detjens, Jim Sauter, Golden Sands, Wisconsin Dells, Capital Speedway, Johnny Ziegler, Jim Back, Marlin Walbeck, Griffith Park, Ted Musgrave, Lyle Nabbefeldt, Rich Somers, Steve Burgess, Mark Martin, Steve Holzhausen, Fourth of July, Canadian Jack, Dave Marcis, Dave Watson New!
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You have got to come over to the Wisconsin Dells Speedway and see what is going on. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
spring opener, trophy dash, feature victory, track championship, feature win, point champion, victory circle, heat race, final race, roll cage, championship race, home track Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Dick Trickle, Tom Reffner, Marv Marzofka, Mike Miller, Joe Shear, Jimmy Back, Larry Detjens, Jim Sauter, Golden Sands, Wisconsin Dells, Capital Speedway, Johnny Ziegler, Jim Back, Marlin Walbeck, Griffith Park, Ted Musgrave, Lyle Nabbefeldt, Rich Somers, Steve Burgess, Mark Martin, Steve Holzhausen, Fourth of July, Canadian Jack, Dave Marcis, Dave Watson New!
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Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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