High Performance The Culture and Technology of Drag Racing, 1950-2000

Name: High Performance The Culture and Technology of Drag Racing, 1950-2000
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ISBN: 9780801866647

ISBN-10: 0801866642

ISBN-13: 9780801866647

Edition: 2nd 2001 (Revised)

Authors: Robert C. Post

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High Performance is a dramatic, firsthand history of this daring sport, from the earliest "legal" drags run on rural airfields to the spectacular--and sometimes tragic--careers of drag racing's most daring innovators. Post, a former racer himself, was an eyewitness to many of the episodes he describes. He has interviewed many of drag racing's legends and superstars, such as "Pappy" Hart, who opened the first commercial strip in Santa Ana, California, in 1950, and Florida's "Big Daddy" Don Garlits, the first person to define himself as a professional drag racer. Post looks at all aspects of drag racing: the sport, the business, the means of personal affirmation. But most of all he explores…

Book details

List price: $25.00
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 2001
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
Publication date: 5/18/2001
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 452
Size: 7.25" wide x 10.00" long x 1.25" tall
Weight: 2.046
Language: English

Matthew W. Finkinis Albert J. Harno and Edward W. Cleary Chair in Law, the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, College of Law. He lives in Champaign.Robert C. Postis Dean and Sol & Lillian Goldman Professor of Law, Yale Law School. He lives in New Haven, CT.



Preface to the Revised Edition


Preface


Introduction: A New Theater of Machines



Warming Up



Staging



Gathering Speed



Power



Fame



Fortune



Competition



Hustling



Revolution



Finesse



Television



Men and Women



Enthusiasm



Choice


Appendixes


Notes


Essay on Sources


Index