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| City of Speed: Los Angeles and the Rise |
| City of Speed traces the rise of Southern California's racers and speed merchants from the days of hopped-up Model Ts to tomorrows phenom. Insider Joe Scalzo details the stories behind the race shops,... |
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| Crazy Horses: The History of British Dra |
| This colorful and entertaining book, the first comprehensive history of drag racing in the UK, is a must for all fans of this exciting sport. Dramatically illustrated, it traces the roots of drag rac... |
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| Diggers, Funnies, Gassers & Altereds: Dr |
| In the 60s, drag racing evolved from a "run what ya brung" grass roots effort to a full-blown professional motorsport - along the way, it created some of the most exciting racing and race cars eve... |
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| Drag Racing Basics: Christmas Tree to Fi |
| Drag Racing Basics, Christmas Tree to Finish Line has something for all drag racing enthusiasts. Author Cindy Crawford (no, not that Cindy Crawford) covers everything an individual needs to know in ... |
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| Drag Racing Fuel Altereds Photo Archive: |
| The Fuel Altered, one of the most brutal and exciting cars that ever covered the quarter mile, consisted of a wheel base average less than 100 inches that was fitted with a blown-supercharged 1500 hp... |
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| Drag Racing Funny Cars: Factory Flyers t |
| Since the early 1960s, dealer-sponsored Super Stockers battled for supremacy on the quarter-mile and in the dealer showrooms. Evolving into the Factory Experimental class, these wild steel bodied, al... |
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| Drag Racing Gassers Photo Archive |
| One of drag racings very popular classes formed was the Gassers. During the `50s, Model A and 1932-`34 Fords were considered the hot set-up for these gas classes. Using Ford V-8 "flatheads" and later... |
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| Drag Racing's Exhibition Attractions: Fr |
| This book showcases photographically the wide variety of cars and drivers that fit into the exhibition theme: the jets, wheelstanders, rockets and other exhibition vehicles which have thrilled millio... |
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| Factory Lightweights: Detroit's Drag Rac |
| Factory Lightweights: Detroits Drag Racing Specials of the 60s chronicles these rare cars that still inspire admirers and imitators today. Among racers its never been a secret that a lighter car is a... |
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| Ford Racing Century: A Photographic Hist |
| "An incredible array of photographs...hours of satisfaction in turning the pages of this book." Classic Motorsports This oversized book is a photo-driven look at Fords vo... |
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| Fuel Altereds Forever |
| What type of drag car makes race goers shutter, shriek, and cheer? A 200-mph, 7-second, 96-inch wheelbased AA/Fuel Altered, thats what! These supercharged, 2,000-horsepower cars from the bygone day... |
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| Fuel and Guts: The Birth of Top Fuel Dra |
| This is the story of how Top Fuel drag racing started, told by those who lived it. An insider from the beginning, author Tom Madigan draws on interviews with builders and racers like Mickey Thompson,... |
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| How to Drag Race |
| Americas love affair with drag racing has been going strong for over 50 years, and it has never been easier to get involved and go racing. You can bet that on any given weekend, theres a drag race ha... |
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| John Force: The Straight Story of Drag R |
| The stars of the drag race circuit may be 6,000-horsepower nitro-burning drags cars, but the 300-miles-per-hour superstar of the sport is funny car racer John Force. Johns popularity is about more t... |
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| Kings of the Quarter-Mile: Rail-Jobs, Sl |
| When our young heroes began returning from World War II, they applied the knowledge gained from Uncle Sam towards the fledgling hot rod movement. While speeds increased, rodders learned the hard way ... |
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| Maximum Performance: Mopar Super Stock D |
| “Maximum Performance,” Chrysler dubbed them, and these remarkable cars and engines took the Super Stock racing world by storm in the ’60s—and helped bring about what is now recognized as the golden era of stock drag racing. |
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| Mickey Thompson: The Fast Life and Tragi |
| When Mickey Thompson and his wife Trudy were assassinated in their driveway in the pre-dawn hours of March 16, 1988, the salacious details of the crime and the years of legal wrangling that followed ... |
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| Proving Ground: A History of Dodge, Chry |
| From the early decades of the Indy 500 to the modern superspeedways of NASCAR, from the 24 Hours of Le Mans sports car race to drag racings 4.5-second quarter-mile runs, this is the story of one comp... |
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| Quarter Mile Chaos |
| Quarter-Mile Chaos looks at the treacherous side of drag racing’s golden age. |
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