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Slingshot Spectacular: The Front-Engine Dragster Era
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Covering what many drag racing fans consider the best years of drag racing, this book is filled with great photos and interesting captions/personal stories.
For the few drag racing fans who don't know, Mr. Reyes is one of the best-ever drag racing photographers and he proves it again with this collection!
If you are a drag racing fan, you probably know that most Top Fuel dragsters were front-engined until about 1971-1972. This book contains photos of dragsters from that era - all kinds of cars with all kinds of engines.
As I was reading through this book, memories of cars from my childhood days came flooding back. I am old enough (and fortunate enough to have an older brother who liked drag racing way back when) to have seen a few front engine dragster races and they were great! It was nothing like today's Top Fuel racing. In my opinion it was better!
Don't miss out - buy this book now!
David Dilbeck
Editor, GeorgiaDragRacing.com
Product Description
Among these awestruck fans was a young photographer named Steve Reyes, and capturing these early four-wheeled asphalt missiles was his passion. Like so many fans, Steve got hooked on the smell of nitro and burning rubber. He photographed this bygone style of dragsters from 1963 to 1971, gathering great images and behind-the-scenes stories along the way. Follow the history of the front-engine dragster in Slingshot Spectacular: The Front-Engine Dragster Era, with over 400 vintage photos and personal stories to help you smell the nitro and feel the horsepower of the good old days of front-engine, top-fuel racing.
Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #187079 in Books
- Published on: 2007-12-01
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Binding: Paperback
- 192 pages
Editorial Reviews
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An excellent effort that any drag racing fan will appreciate. --Hemmings Muscle Machines, March 2008
Reyes deals with his subject in a manner that only a passionate photographer of such things could do. --Area Auto Racing News, reviewed by Herb Anastor, February 26, 2008
These are not just collections of old photos, these are fantastically illustrated history books written by someone who shared the passion of the drivers and the racecar builders of the time. --Custom Car (UK), reviewed by Mike Pye, June 2008
About the Author
Customer Reviews
FANTASTIC VISUAL HISTORY
In drag racing's classic era Steve Reyes was considered the sport's greatest action photographer, mesmerizing fans every month with his work in Drag Racing USA magazine. This book has hundreds of front-engined top fuel dragsters, the sport's most iconic class. Fantastic stuff and not to be missed. All the big stars and the lesser-known weekend warriors too. I lived through this era and saw many of these cars. This book is as good as it gets. A+.
Spectacular Images from an Icon in the Drag Racing World
In SLINGSHOT SPECTACULAR Steve Reyes once again shares some of his archive of images from what is now called the 'Golden Era' of drag racing. I spent many a weekend standing next to Steve at numerous drag races and it's truly a joy to look at this well produced book. If you're a drag racing fan, this is a must have book.
