Name: Lost Drag Strips: Ghosts of Quarter Miles Past | 537CT514
Brand: SA Design Books
SKU: 537CT514
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Lost Drag Strips: Ghosts of Quarter Miles Past | 537CT514

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$46.59

During the 50s & 60s, drag racing exploded in popularity. In its early days, drag racing had a class for everyone, from professional rails to 4-door sedans. As a participant sport, drag racing made itself very accessible, resulting in drag racing facilities all over the country, some national in scale & others small & local. This was great, but with the sprawl of suburbia & various economic conditions (like the growing expense of racing) hundreds of drag racing facilities were lost. Many of these were where the biggest names in the sport got their start or ran their most memorable passes. Others were mostly unknown, but served a local area's needs for a safe place to run cars. For whatever reason, they are no longer in business, but evidence of their existence remains. This book takes a look at many of the lost quarter-mile tracks across the country. Some of them are gone completely, others are ghostly remnants of what once was, offering a sad & eerie subject for the photographer. The images are paired with vintage shots of drag racing's glory days. For fans of drag racing's past, it's a sobering study. The stories are true & the photos are thought provoking. Lost Drag Stripsis a 2013 International Automotive Media Competition award winner & won "best-of" in the book category. Tracks include: Lions Associated Drag Strip, Orange County International Raceway, Riverside International Raceway, Bee Line Dragway, Motion Raceway, Motor City Dragway, Oswego Dragway, U.S. 30 Drag Strip, Dover Drag Strip, Pittsburgh International Dragway, Connecticut Dragway, Pocono Drag Lodge, Lakeland International Raceway, Green Valley Raceway, Dallas International Motor Speedway, Hudson Drag Strip, Shuffletown Dragway, Brainerd Optimist Club Drag Strip, Brainerd Optimist Drag Strip, Paradise Drag Strip, Double H Drag Strip, Southeastern International Dragway, Smithville Drag Strip, Lloyd's Drag Strip, Harriman Drag Strip, Green Valley Raceway Drag Strip, Drag City, Loudon Raceway.

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