Awards
- Commended for Independent Publisher Book Awards (Transportation) 2015
Overview
A photographic history of one of racing's greatest lost tracks.
Full Product Details
Author: Pete Lyons
Publisher: Spry Publishing LLC
Imprint: Spry Publishing LLC
Edition: Illustrated edition
Dimensions:
Width: 25.40cm
, Height: 2.30cm
, Length: 29.20cm
Weight: 1.460kg
ISBN: 9781938170119
ISBN 10: 1938170113
Pages: 208
Publication Date: 02 April 2015
Audience:
General/trade
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General
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Temporarily unavailable
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Reviews
Long a fascination of competition car enthusiasts from around the world, the Riverside International Raceway has never before been the subject of such a comprehensive and enlightened historical review. It would be difficult to imagine a better selection of images integrated with a more engaging story about the creation, heyday, and ultimate demise of the track that has become synonymous with one of the most fondly remembered eras in the history of auto racing in America. Leslie Mark Kendall Curator, Petersen Automotive Museum It was a great time in my broadcasting career. Riverside International Raceway will always have a warm spot in my heart and this book beautifully brings the Raceway back to life. Ralph Lawler Radio-TV Broadcaster, Los Angeles Clippers
Long a fascination of competition car enthusiasts from around the world, the Riverside International Raceway has never before been the subject of such a comprehensive and enlightened historical review. It would be difficult to imagine a better selection of images integrated with a more engaging story about the creation, heyday, and ultimate demise of the track that has become synonymous with one of the most fondly remembered eras in the history of auto racing in America. Leslie Mark Kendall Curator, Petersen Automotive Museum It was a great time in my broadcasting career. Riverside International Raceway will always have a warm spot in my heart and this book beautifully brings the Raceway back to life. Ralph Lawler Radio-TV Broadcaster, Los Angeles Clippers
Author Information
To author Pete Lyons, childhood vacations meant traveling around the United States in the Rolls Royce owned by his father, Ozzie Lyons, an avid photographer, engineer, writer, editor, travel enthusiast, car restorer, and racing fan. Pete picked up his father's auto and photojournalistic enthusiasm from a very young age, and gradually covering motorsports became his career. Pete spent six seasons reporting for Autosport, where he attended events such as the Daytona 24-hour and 500-mile races, the Indy 500, and the Formula One Grand Prix in the United States, Canada, and Mexico. He found particular inspiration from the Can-Am Challenge Cup, which inspired three of his ten books. Later he moved to international races and contributed to a wide variety of automotive publications, including Vintage Racecar, AutoWeek, Racer, Road & Track, Corvette Quarterly, Car and Driver, Vintage Motorsport, Cycle, Cycle World, Private Pilot, and many others. His work has twice been honored with the Dean Batchelor Award from the Motor Press Guild for Excellence in Journalism, plus an Award for Journalism given by the Road Racing Driver's Club and the International Motor Press Association's Ken Purdy Award. Today Pete works writing books and photographing races with his wife, Lorna Fitts Lyons, and taking cross-country flights in their plane from their home in the beautiful mountain community of Big Bear, California.
