Overview
Every spring, hordes of fans descend upon Florida for the Daytona 500, the famed first race in the NASCAR season. But how many know that racers have been bringing fast cars to the beach for more than one hundred years?""""Beach Racers"""" portrays the thrills and dangers of the first automobile races in Daytona. In an era of poor roads, the flat, wide sands of Ormond and Daytona beaches proved to be the ideal venue for engineers and drivers pushing the technological envelope, looking for ways to make their cars go ever faster. Dick Punnett has scoured libraries, auto museums, and historical societies throughout Florida, the Northeast, and the Midwest to track down stunning photographs and primary sources to learn what really happened during these early races.Filled with riveting photographs, fascinating anecdotes, and authoritative lists of winners, contestants, and record-setters, """"Beach Racers"""" is a must-have for every true fan of NASCAR.
Full Product Details
Author: University Press of Florida
Publisher: University Press of Florida
Imprint: University Press of Florida
Dimensions:
Width: 15.80cm
, Height: 1.10cm
, Length: 22.60cm
Weight: 0.280kg
ISBN: 9780813032603
ISBN 10: 0813032601
Pages: 208
Publication Date: 09 March 2008
Audience:
General/trade
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General
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Reviews
Captures the excitement of the early twentieth century automotive industry and the automobile racing tournaments held on the beaches of Ormond and Daytona Beach. In the process, Punnett effectively separates truth from fiction. - Daniel Pierce, author of White Liquor and Red Clay: NASCAR in the Era of Big Bill France Punnett not only sets the record straight on the Ormond-Daytona Beach initial racing tournaments, he does it in a very readable style that will hold the interest of both the serious historian and the inquisitive fan. - Russell Jaslow, autoracinghistory.com
""Captures the excitement of the early twentieth century automotive industry and the automobile racing tournaments held on the beaches of Ormond and Daytona Beach. In the process, Punnett effectively separates truth from fiction."" - Daniel Pierce, author of White Liquor and Red Clay: NASCAR in the Era of ""Big"" Bill France ""Punnett not only sets the record straight on the Ormond-Daytona Beach initial racing tournaments, he does it in a very readable style that will hold the interest of both the serious historian and the inquisitive fan."" - Russell Jaslow, autoracinghistory.com""
Author Information
Dick Punnet is a long-time resident of Ormond Beach. His first book, Thrills, Chills, and Spills - written with his wife, Yvonne - is a photographic history of early aviation on the beach.
