American Sports Car Racing In The 1950s. An amazing historical chronicle of the first real decade of sports car racing in north america north american classic mg. Reviewed in canada on december 4 1998.
It was the first american two seater sports car and it featured an innovative body construction made from fiberglass. It was introduced at the 1953 gm motorama and it was a crowd favorite. Due to the rising popularity of stock car racing the new strictly stock series is established as the grand national the series becomes phenomenally popular and attracts numerous domestic manufacturers.
An amazing historical chronicle of the first real decade of sports car racing in north america north american classic mg.
Movies television shows and countless museums and private collections go the extra mile to ensure the 1950s car culture is preserved especially when it comes to sports cars. This is a massive volume filled with racing statistics photos and text gleaned from a variety of sources including old racing programs newspaper articles and various club newsletters of the period 1950 1959. Tom burnside read more. 5 0 out of 5 stars if you like racing get it.
