Larry Upton: 2 books
by Larry Upton, Judy McDonald, Stock Car Racing Association
Language: English
Release Date: January 30, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: January 30, 2012
Phoenix's Manzanita Speedway, the last of the big dirt tracks located near the central corridor of a major metropolitan area, is now gone. The track opened in the early 1950s when Jack Holloway, president of the Arizona Jalopy Racing Association, along with Avery Doyle and Gene Gunn, set about convincing...
by Larry Upton, Jonathan Jeffrey
Language: English
Release Date: June 21, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: June 21, 2010
Bowling Green became the city of speed immediately after World War II as America began its love affair with the automobile. Stock car racing took the city by storm in its inaugural season of 1951, drawing crowds of up to 7,000 in a city of only 18,000. Soon thereafter, the city attracted the Chevrolet...