Quarter-Mile Muscle: Detroit Goes to the Drags [Paperback]

Larry Davis (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: August 6, 2005

In many ways, drag racing spawned the muscle car era of the '60s. Super Stock drag racing was huge in the early '60s, and the factories encouraged their teams' success by building high-power, lightweight cars that'd be sure hits at the drags. Then in '64, Pontiac introduced the GTO, with the classic "small car, big engine" formula that hot rodders had been using for years. Other manufacturers responded with their own pony cars and muscle cars, and for nearly 10 years, muscle cars ruled the drags. Quarter Mile Muscle covers the development and success of the muscle cars at the drags in all classes, from Super Stock to the early muscle car-based funny cars. Special attention is paid to low-production factory cars that were intended specifically for the drags - cars like the COPO Camaros, Ford Thunderbolts, and the dealer-built specials from Yenko, Motion, and others.

Editorial Reviews

Review

Mopar Collector's Guide, February 2006
"The impressive thing about Larry Davis's new book is the incredible amount of color photography it contains. Even better, the text accompanying the photos is well written, emotionally researched, and laid out in an easy to read format."

--Mopar Collector's Guide, February 2006

Product Details

• Paperback: 128 pages
• Publisher: Car Tech (August 6, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1932494006
• ISBN-13: 978-1932494006
• Product Dimensions: 10.9 x 8.5 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,335,371 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Must-have book for fans of 60-70s stock class drag racing, August 9, 2005

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Jack Smith (Howell, MI) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Quarter-Mile Muscle: Detroit Goes to the Drags (Paperback)

Larry Davis has another great book out as a follow up to Super Stock - Drag Racing the Family Sedan. This one mainly covers the factory built stockers and cars that made places like Woodward Avenue famous. Good clean photos (wish they could have been bigger though) of a lot of stockers. The focus is on the Midwest/Ohio are where Davis grew up. Great book, highly recommended!

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Quarter Mile Muscle, September 11, 2005

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C. Wassondart (Middletown, OH) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Quarter-Mile Muscle: Detroit Goes to the Drags (Paperback)

This is the third book by Mr. Davis about, "doorslammers,". They just get better and better!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Must-have fr the Musclecar or Drag Racing fan, December 27, 2008

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iraceitall (Montana) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Quarter-Mile Muscle: Detroit Goes to the Drags (Paperback)

Great companion to Super Stock. I actually got this one first. If you like musclecars or vintage stock and super stock racing, right to the birth of pro-stock, this is a great book. It covers from the early days all the way to pro-stock, with info about what Detroit was doing as well as the racers. Alot of photos of the not-as-popular cars and drivers as well as some neat match-racers and of course the big-name racers.