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Super Stock: Drag Racing the Family Sedan

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Larry Davis' new book, Super Stock - Racing the Family Sedan, is one of the best Drag Racing oriented books I've ever read. His knowledge of the topic and the very numerous photos in this book make it an absolute must own for fans of drag racing and the 1960s factory hot rods. I've displayed this book at model car shows and the response has always been amazing with nearly everyone asking for a source to purchase it. Larry is planning a sequel and I'll be on the list to purchase it as soon as it is available.

This book is a must-have for the drag racing historian or any car nut that missed out on the golden era of drag racing the 'family' car. Numerous photos depicting how the cars were set up and raced. A fun flashback!

This is an excellent book for anyone who likes drag racing, street racing, etc. It is about the evolution of drag racing in the 60's. This book has great pictures and commentary by the author, who has really done his research. I recomend this book to everybody who has ever had a 60's-70's muscle car.

If you loved drag racing during the 60's, particularly Super Stocks, then this book is for you. For Each year, it gives info on the cars (Chevy/Ford/Dodge/Plymouth/Pontiac) and who competed/won at the Major Drag Racing events. And it has lots of great pictures although I wish more were in color, most are just black and white. These were the Glory Years of Super Stock Drag Racing, intense competition and constant change.

What a book! Thank you Mr.Davis for taking the enormous amount of time to compile all this info in one place. With the wealth of unseen (by me) photos this book makes me feel like I was there even though I was too young in the 1960's to experience these cars live. The book is a great reference guide for me as I am now in the process of building a nostalgia super stocker of my own.

A great book, well written on quality art paper with all the photos you need to take you back to the time when Dick Landy battled it out with 'The Grump' while Ronnie Sox warmed up the 4-speed prior to hole-shotting Dyno-Don!
The perfect coffee table book - BUY IT!

I have really enjoyed Larry Davis's book on Super Stock Drag Racing. This 210 page,hardbound book is packed with easy reading, informative text and hundreds of period photographs. Mr. Davis's book covers the golden era (1955 thru 1968) of stock drag racing, involving both private and factory sponsored cars. There is an appendix and glossary at the back of the book,covering the drivers, cars,drag strips,race classes and rules. This book is a must have for fans of vintage drag racing. Equally recommended is Larry Davis's companion book, GASSER WARS.

I bought this book and read it. I hate to say it but I was pretty disappointed. It was just a big pile of names and records, a stats freaks dream but nothing for me. I wanted to know aboout the cars, the engines, how exactly did they create an AWB. I wanted more tech stuff on the cars, not a bunch of names and times.Tech talk was pretty shallow in my opinion. I will say it is a visual treasure, lots of nice pictures of these cars, and a full color section too.
Neal Zimmerman, Eugene Oregon

Very good vintage photos from the classic era of drag racing. Information on the beginnings of NHRA class racing is very in depth. I'd recommend this read for any serious enthusiast.

The book was a gift for friends. They seemed to enjoy it very much.