Indy 500 Recaps The Short Chute Edition

Author : Pat Kennedy
Publisher : AuthorHouse
ISBN 13 : 1728348404
Total Pages : 482 pages
Book Rating : 4.07/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Indy 500 Recaps written by Pat Kennedy and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2020-03-23 with total page 482 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book started as a self-serving exercise to personally organize the major details and interesting facts of each Indianapolis 500 over the hundred-plus-year history of the greatest race in the world. For many of us passionate racing fans who have attended a multitude of 500s, there is a tendency for the details of the races to (somewhat) blend together. I hope this book will help to provide clarity in this regard as well as educate. During high school, many of us chose to use CliffsNotes to assist in the education process. This book is somewhat patterned after that concept. It falls somewhere between Donald Davidson and Rick Schaffer—the best and by far the most detailed book on the history of the Indianapolis 500—and a multitude of pictorial books with limited information. I hope it will prove to be an easy read with entertaining and educational information.

Author : Pat Kennedy
Publisher : AuthorHouse
ISBN 13 : 1481722247
Total Pages : 378 pages
Book Rating : 4.47/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Indy 500 Recaps the Short Chute Edition written by Pat Kennedy and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2013-03-21 with total page 378 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book started as a self-serving exercise to personally organize the major details and interesting facts of each Indianapolis 500 over the 100-year history of the greatest race in the world. For many of us passionate racing fans who have attended a multitude of 500s, there is a tendency for the details of the races to (somewhat) blend together. I hope this book will help to provide clarity in this regard, as well as educate. During high school, many of us chose to use CliffsNotes to assist in the education process. This book is somewhat patterned after that concept. It falls somewhere between Donald Davidson and Rick Schaffers Autocourse Official History of the Indianapolis 500the best and by far the most detailed book on the history of the Indianapolis 500and a multitude of pictorial books with limited information. I hope it will prove to be an easy read with entertaining and educational information.

Author : James Craig Reinhardt
Publisher : Red Lightning Books
ISBN 13 : 168435076X
Total Pages : 222 pages
Book Rating : 4.66/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Indianapolis 500 written by James Craig Reinhardt and published by Red Lightning Books. This book was released on 2019-04-01 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Known as the "Greatest Spectacle in Racing," the Indy 500 humbly began in 1911. Labeled as the first speedway, this two-and-a-half-mile oval is now home to many of today's top races, including the Brickyard 400, the Verizon IndyCar Series, the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series, the SportsCar Vintage Racing Association, the Red Bull Air Race World Championship, and its most famous race, the Indianapolis 500. In The Indianapolis 500: Inside the Greatest Spectacle in Racing, speedway tour guide and racing afficionado James Craig Reinhardt shares what makes the legendary racetrack special. He reveals the speedway's unbelievable history, fast-flying action, notorious moments, and its secrets, including facts about the beginning of the brickyard, why the drivers kiss the finish line, how milk became the drink of choice, and much more. The perfect gift for the veteran or rookie, The Indianapolis 500 is a must-have for all race fans.

Author : Sonny Kleinfield
Publisher : Open Road Media
ISBN 13 : 1480484652
Total Pages : 203 pages
Book Rating : 4.58/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Month at the Brickyard written by Sonny Kleinfield and published by Open Road Media. This book was released on 2014-04-29 with total page 203 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An all-access pass to Pit Row and beyond at the world’s most famous auto race, the Indianapolis 500 The Indianapolis 500 auto race is the most prestigious event in all of motor sports. Race cars roar two hundred times around the track at dizzying speeds of more than two hundred miles per hour in front of a massive crowd—and millions more watching on television. Every spring, drivers, teams, sponsors, and pit crews all come together to make auto-racing history. Since the inaugural race in 1911, the Indy 500 has become one of the most popular sporting events in the world. Award-winning reporter Sonny Kleinfield takes readers inside the world of high-risk, high-speed open-wheel racing. A Month at the Brickyard follows the day-to-day race prep of Indy up-and-comer Johnny Parsons and team, showing the endless fine-tuning and customization up to the big day, as well as capturing the personalities and stories that surround the speedway. With Kleinfield at the wheel, there is much more to racing than just the roar of the engines.

Author : Ron Dorson
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN 13 : 9780393600070
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.76/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Indy 500 written by Ron Dorson and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2005-01-04 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is not so much about racing as it is about race people. These are the people who do the racing, or run the races, or go to races, or hang around racing, or make money from racing. They are generally lively people, sharp-edged, with-it. This is a book about the Indianapolis style of auto racing, and the story is told from the participant's point of view.

Author : John Oreovicz
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781642340563
Total Pages : 432 pages
Book Rating : 4.61/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Indy Split: The Big Money Battle That Nearly Destroyed Indy Racing written by John Oreovicz and published by . This book was released on 2021-05-30 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tradition, technology, and personal bravery combined to make the Indianapolis 500 one of the world's most famous sporting events. However, political infighting within the industry--which climaxed with a 12-year "Split" from 1996 to 2007 between competing forms of Indy car racing--prevented the sport from achieving its potential. The Split seriously tarnished the reputation of the Indianapolis 500 and allowed NASCAR to become America's most popular form of motorsport. But Indy car racing's dysfunction didn't originate in 1996. The story begins in 1945, when a businessman from Terre Haute, Indiana named Tony Hulman rescued the Indianapolis Motor Speedway from potential redevelopment. Over the next 75 years, the Hulman-George family used the stature of the Speedway to carve out a powerful position in American auto racing. Stewardship of the IMS often brought the family into conflict with Indy car competitors. A volatile period in the late 1970s resulted in the formation of Championship Auto Racing Teams (CART), and tensions ramped up even more when Hulman's grandson, Tony George, assumed power in 1990. The Split forced Indy car fans, sponsors, broadcasters and participants to choose sides. It created confusion and animosity and caused tremendous damage to the sport. With negotiations driven by legendary racer Mario Andretti and actor/racer Paul Newman, The Split was finally resolved in 2008, only for George to walk away less than three years later from the role he so desperately coveted. The long struggle for stability and leadership was finally resolved in 2020 when Roger Penske acquired IMS and the IndyCar Series.

Author : Tom Binford
Publisher : Cornerstone Press Chicago
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 156 pages
Book Rating : 4.13/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Checkered Past written by Tom Binford and published by Cornerstone Press Chicago. This book was released on 1993 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mr. Binford shares his twenty year span as Chief Stewardat the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, host to the "Indy 500."

Author : A. T. McKenna
Publisher : Abdo & Daughters
ISBN 13 : 9781562398354
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.50/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Indy Racing written by A. T. McKenna and published by Abdo & Daughters. This book was released on 1998 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examines Indy racing, a form of auto racing based on the Indianapolis 500 race; discusses racing worldwide, building the cars, and what happens during the race.

Author : Nancy Roe Pimm
Publisher : Darby Creek
ISBN 13 : 9781581960211
Total Pages : 68 pages
Book Rating : 4.12/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Indy 500 written by Nancy Roe Pimm and published by Darby Creek. This book was released on 2004 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Every year the world's greatest athletes compete in events that crown a champion. In baseball, it's the World Series. In football, it's the Super Bowl. In soccer, it's the World Cup. For auto-racing athletes, it's the Indianapolis 500. Every May, drivers from all over the world come to race in the Indy 500. They push themselves and their cars for 200 laps at more than 200 miles per hour. These men and women take sharp turns, fly down straightaways, make pit stops, and zigzag for position. At the end of the day, one car--one driver--will take the checkered flag. Only one can be the Indy 500 Champion! Take a spin in the fast lane--the inside track--to find out about the Indy 500!

Author : Tom Carnegie
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9785551670865
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.64/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Indy 500 written by Tom Carnegie and published by . This book was released on 1986-12-01 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Illustrated with more than 200 superb color photographs and many historic black-and-whites, Indy 500 captures the breathtaking excitement and color of a 75-year tradition in American auto racing.