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Dale Earnhardt’s death is the most prominent moment in NASCAR history, and millions of people around the world know about the tragedy on the final lap of the 2001 Daytona 500. But, only a handful of people know what went on behind the scenes before and after that horrible crash. In the Red is an insider’s look at the 2001 NASCAR season with his son, Dale Earnhardt Jr. In this excerpt from the…
Winning came naturally for Al Unser, Jr. He had a gift for finding the fast line on the track and he possessed a boisterous and lovable personality. Fans and the press adored him, but behind this affable persona, his appetite for drugs and alcohol was destroying his private life. Unser's battle to climb out of that cave is one of the great stories in motorsports. A Checkered Past…
John Deere Evolution is a visually stunning work that blends tractors photographed in custom-built studios with concept drawings and behind-the-scenes looks at how the machines were designed and built. This encyclopedic history covers every model line built by John Deere since 1919. In this excerpt from the book, read about Jon Kinzenbaw repowering the 8430 and 8630.
Jon Kinzenbaw’s business…
John Deere Evolution is a visually stunning work that blends tractors photographed in custom-built studios with concept drawings and behind-the-scenes looks at how the machines were designed and built. This encyclopedic history covers every model line built by John Deere since 1919. In this excerpt from the book, read about Jon Kinzenbaw's introduction to agriculture.
Jon Kinzenbaw…
In 1983, Deere & Company stepped into the world of rotary engines, commonly known as Wankel engines, invented in the late 1940s by German engineer Felix Wankel. The company purchased patent rights and technology related to rotary engines from Curtiss-Wright, a company formed in 1929 with the merger of companies founded by the Wright brothers and Glenn Curtiss, who is considered the father of…
John Deere Evolution is a visually stunning work that blends tractors photographed in custom-built studios with concept drawings and behind-the-scenes looks at how the machines were designed and built. This encyclopedic history covers every model line built by John Deere since 1919. In this excerpt, written by Richard Michael, read about the revamping of the 50 Series power shift upgrades.…
John Deere Evolution is a visually stunning work that blends tractors photographed in custom-built studios with concept drawings and behind-the-scenes looks at how the machines were designed and built. This encyclopedic history covers every model line built by John Deere since 1919. In this excerpt from the book, read about a spy from International Harvester who tried to sneak intel about a…
John Deere Evolution is a visually stunning work that blends tractors photographed in custom-built studios with concept drawings and behind-the-scenes looks at how the machines were designed and built. This encyclopedic history covers every model line built by John Deere since 1919. In this excerpt from the book, read about the revamping of the Sound-Gard body.
William Crookes was ten years into…
John Deere Evolution is a visually stunning work that blends tractors photographed in custom-built studios with concept drawings and behind-the-scenes looks at how the machines were designed and built. This encyclopedic history covers every model line built by John Deere since 1919. In this excerpt from the book, read about the creation of the 7000 Series.
While the 6000 series was being…
Chuck Pelly, a well-known industrial designer, penned designs for BMW, Porsche, Samsonite, the Disney monorail, and many more. He went to work in the late 1960s for Henry Dreyfuss Associates (HDA) and was one of the last designers to work closely with the old master himself, Henry Dreyfuss. One of Pelly’s projects while at HDA was the design of the new John Deere Sound-Gard cab. After months…