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This excerpt is from Chapter 1 of Finding the Groove. In each chapter, author Hal Higdon asks the drivers: "How do you go fast around a racetrack?" Find out how Mario Andretti’s mastery over the “groove” made him one of the sport’s most legendary drivers.
The white racer came around the last turn, seemed to hesitate at the head of the home straightaway, then rushed past the pits…
Indy Split is a fascinating, authoritative and overdue account of the big money battle that nearly destroyed the sport of Indy car racing. The book traces the roots of Indy car racing’s dysfunction, which began in 1945 when Tony Hulman rescued the Indianapolis Motor Speedway from potential redevelopment. In this post, read about the first appearance of NASCAR at Indy. Photo by Dan R. Boyd.
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This excerpt is from Obsessions Die Hard: A Motorcycle Adventure Across the Pan-American Highway's Darién Gap by Ed Culberson. Here he describes his encounter with another adventurer and his role in perpetuating the myth that this region was impassable for outsiders.All royalties from the sale of Obsessions Die Hard will be donated to ALS of Texas.
“Contemporary man has rationalized myths, but…
Indy Split is a fascinating, authoritative and overdue account of the big money battle that nearly destroyed the sport of Indy car racing. The book traces the roots of Indy car racing’s dysfunction, which began in 1945 when Tony Hulman rescued the Indianapolis Motor Speedway from potential redevelopment. In this post, read about changes in ownership as an early cause of tension.…
In Botts Aboard, the second volume in the Alexander Botts and the Earthworm Tractor series, Botts and his wife, Gadget, travel to Europe on a tractor selling mission! Fresh off the boat, they decide the best way to spread the word about their solid, American-made machines is with a cross-country tractor parade! In this excerpt, the parade travels through France, in search of its first sale.…
This TX-178 Prototype was developed by engineer Rich Hale at International Harvester in 1977 and 1977. The machine appears in TRACTOR by Lee Klancher. This blog offers official IH documentation, photos, and drawings of the tractor, tracing its design evolution. Scroll all the way down for factory documents talking about the concept and it's performance. If you would like to receive …
This fall, Octane Press published the first installment of Alexander Botts and the Earthworm Tractor, a series of humorous short stories about a bumbling salesman's trial and tribulations selling crawler tractors. His unusual sales tactics send the machines through seemingly impervious swamps, murky lakes, and high snowbanks. His schemes consistently backfire but, in the end, he never fails to…
Enthusiasts will learn all there is to know about Scouts in the revised edition of the International Scout Encyclopedia. This book gives the only Scout book you'll ever need a shelf-mate! The companion edition features new information on the most collectible trucks, a new section identifying all the appliqués offered, an expanded index, and tweaks and updates throughout.
This blog salutes the…