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| Ab & Marvin Jenkins: The Studebaker Conn |
| Ab Jenkins drove for Studebaker in speedway and road races during the late 1920s and early 30s, then took a Pierce-Arrow roadster to Bonneville, Utah, for the first-ever timed run on the Salt Flats. ... |
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| Bluebird CN7: The Inside Story of Donald |
| This book records the development, construction and operation of the last wheel-driven land speed record breaking car that the UK produced, and shows how the tragic demise of Donald Campbell prevente... |
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| Bonneville: The Fastest Place on Earth |
| "Landspeed Louise" drops the clutch to deliver riveting tales of conquest on the Bonneville Salt Flats. The stories and the early records of the mishaps and victories of countless hot rodders ... |
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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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| Dry Lakes and Drag Strips: The American |
| Illustrated with evocative period photos, this paperback reprint of The American Hot Rod (0-87938-982-6) traces the evolution of the cars built and modified specifically for street, track and salt fl... |
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| Leo Villa's Bluebird Album |
| This is the definitive photographic record of Donald Campbells legendary Bluebirds, captured through the twin lenses of Leo Villas Stereo Realist Camera, and other images of the time. An amazing bod... |
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| MG Record-Breakers from Abingdon Photo A |
| M.G. established its reputation as a world-class sports car manufacturer by winning races and breaking class speed records. In the 1930s Cecil Kimber, the founder of M.G., ran the fledgling motorcar ... |
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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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| The Land Speed Record 1898-1919 |
| This portfolio of reports tells how the first Land Speed Record of 39.24 mph was set in 1898 by Count de Chasseloup-Laubat in an electric Jeantaud. And how, by 1919 the record had been officially pus... |
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| The Land Speed Record 1920-1929 |
| This portfolio of reports tells how the Land Speed Record criss-crossed the Atlantic during the 1920s. And, how fearless drivers such as Milton, Guinness, Thomas, Eldridge, Campbell, Keech, Lockhart ... |
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| The Land Speed Record 1930-1939 |
| This portfolio of reports tells how the Land Speed Record was raised from 231.46 mph in 1930 to 368.85 mph in 1939. Featured are articles on Kaye Don_s Silver Bullet, Sir Malcolm Campbell_s Blue Bird... |
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| The Land Speed Record 1940-1962 |
| This portfolio of reports tells how the Land Speed Record was raised from 369 mph to 394 mph by John Cobb in the Railton Mobil Special. Also featured are record attempts by Donald Campbell in Bluebir... |
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| The Land Speed Record 1963-1999 |
| This portfolio of reports tells how Cobb_s 1947 Land Speed Record 394 mph still stood in 1963, but was soon broken by Donald Campbell in the wheel-driven Proteus Bluebird. Then entered the jet-powere... |
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| The World's Fastest Diesel: The inside s |
| At the Bonneville Salt Flats on August 23, 2006 the fastest man on earth, Andy Green, sped to 350.092mph in a yellow torpedo-shaped car called JCB Dieselmax, creating a sensational new land speed rec... |
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