Hot Rod & Stock Car Racing in Britain in the 1980s by Richard John Neil:
Short oval racing (hot rod and stock car racing) was, and remains, one of the best supported forms of motor racing in the country, in terms of both competitors and spectators. Hot rod and stock car racing had seen packed terraces throughout the sixties and seventies as the public went to their local circuits each week to cheer on their local heroes (and of course see the crash and bash). The sport had developed much through these two decades and arrived in the eighties as a slick, professional looking sport which now boasted national rather than local heroes. Whilst the top level of the sport became more costly, the promoters began to introduce new classes to cater to the drivers who had got left behind in the race for purpose-built equipment. The new classes were to become the training ground for the star drivers of the future. This book is the first ever such work on the sport looking at the 1980s, and shows how the existing formulae developed throughout the decade and how the UK promoters continued to work with each other to keep the sport at a truly national (and in some classes international) level. Complete with 100 nostalgic pictures from racing throughout the decade and a comprehensive listing of major championship dates, venues and winners.
Features:
- The first book to cover short oval racing in the 1980s
- Unique and comprehensive 1980s winners listing
- Nearly all of the pictures are colour and previously unpublished
Covers:
The book does not cover ‘models’ as such but short oval racing in different classes – mainly hot rod rod racing with some other classes also featuring such as Superstox, Stock Cars, Super Rods, Stock Rods, F1 Stox and Midgets
Author: Richard John Neil
Title: Hot Rod & Stock Car Racing - in Britain in the 1980s
Format: PB 96 pages
Publisher: Veloce Publishing
Pub date: July 2008
ISBN: 9781845841676
List Price: £12.99
