Terry O'Neil

Runways & Racers (eBook, ePUB)

Sports Car Races held on Military Airfields in America 1952-1954

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Runways and Racers focuses on sports car races held at military installations throughout America in the early 1950s. It was a marriage of convenience for the Sports Car Club of America and the Strategic Air Command, with both parties gaining advantages from the arrangement. The thorn in the side turned out to be a Congressman whose own aspirations exceeded his standing, but who found himself in a position to be able to influence the outcome of events ...

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: NYU Press
• Seitenzahl: 208
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. Februar 2022
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781787118430
• Artikelnr.: 72251662

Autorenporträt

Terry O'Neil has been living and working in Stourbridge for the past 34 years, retiring in 2007 from his commercial stationary business to concentrate on motor racing research and writing. Terry is married and has two daughters, who have each produced him a grandchild. He is an active member of the Ferrari Owners Club of Great Britain, and holds the role of Archivist for the Club. He has written two books about the Bahamas Speed Weeks, and has a book about sports car racing in Northeast America during the 1950s scheduled for publication in the fall of 2010. He has written numerous articles for the Ferrari magazine, and has contributed articles to Cavallino, Healey Marque and Vintage Racecar Journal. Terry has plans to follow up this book with a title on famous, and not-so-famous hill climbs in 1950s America.