The Early Laps of Stock Car Racing: A History of the Sport and Business through 1974

by Betty Boles Ellison

Book Overview

The first organized, sanctioned American stock car race took place in 1908 on a road course around Briarcliff, New York--staged by one of America's early speed mavens, William K. Vanderbilt, Jr. A veteran of the early Ormond-Daytona Beach speed trials, Vanderbilt brought the Grand Prize races to Savannah, Georgia, the same year. What began as a rich man's sport eventually became the working man's sport, finding a home in the South with the infusion...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0786479345
• ISBN13: 9780786479344
• Release Date: September 2014
• Publisher: McFarland & Company
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.9" x 9.9"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher