Get the full details on Chrysler's drag racing history in the 60's, when they revolutionised the sport with top drivers, monster engines, and experimental cars. Since the early days or racing, Chrysler, Dodge, and Plymouth have dominated drag strips and race tracks. During 1955 alone, Chrysler 300s won 37 major stock car races and clinched both the NASCAR and AAA stock car championships. Although the impressive engine options of 1950s consistently out-performed the competition, they were a mere opening act for the extremes of performance that would be unleashed throughout the 1960s--the golden era of drag racing and factory super-performance cars. Maximum Performance: Super Stock Drag Racing 1962-1969 details Chryslers amazing dominance in this era. Its drivers were among drag racings first paid professional racers, and this book covers the complete story of Mopar drag racing accompanied by historical imagery as well as contemporary photos. This is the real story behind Super Stock and Factory Experimental drag racing as told the people who lived it!
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Quarto Publishing Group USA
ISBN-10
0760355657
ISBN-13
9780760355657
eBay Product ID (ePID)
240064749
Product Key Features
Book Title
Maximum Performance : Mopar Super Stock Drag Racing 1962-1969
Author
Jim Schild
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Features
Revised
Topic
Motor Sports, Automotive / History, Automotive / Pictorial