| Description |
1 online resource (238 pages) |
| Contents |
Foreword / Rex White -- The Natural -- Racing among the Cornfields -- The Mafia Race Track -- Winning with a Hot Rod -- Odd Man Out -- The Racing Capital -- Big Shoes to Fill -- Lilienthal's Revenge -- The Lost Season -- The Invasion -- The Ghost of Playland Park -- IMCA -- The Flying Frenchman -- Johnny Hoseclamp -- The Duntov Cam -- Champion for the Record Books -- Building a Beach Car -- Corvettes and the Black Widow -- Racing in the Sand -- Tough Times -- An Indy Track for Stock Cars -- The First Daytona 500 -- The Photo Finish Quagmire -- Success at Any Cost -- Covering Up and Rewriting History -- Scoring -- Connecting the Dots -- Out of the Air -- The Hard Charger Wins Slow -- Epilogue. |
| Summary |
Who won the first Daytona 500? Fans still debate whether it was midwestern champion Johnny Beauchamp, declared the victor at the finish line, or longtime NASCAR driver Lee Petty, declared the official winner a few days after the race. This book puts the controversial finish under a microscope. The author interviewed scores of people, analyzed film of the race, and pored over newspaper accounts of the event. He used this information and his deep knowledge of the sport as it worked then to determine what probably happened. But he also tells a much bigger story: the story of how Johnny Beauchamp - and his Harlan, Iowa, compatriots, mechanic Dale Swanson and driver Tiny Lund - ended up in Florida driving in the 1959 Daytona race. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Daytona 500 (Automobile race) -- History.
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Daytona 500 (Automobile race) |
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Stock car racing -- United States -- History.
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GAMES -- Gambling -- Sports. |
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SPORTS & RECREATION -- Business Aspects. |
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SPORTS & RECREATION -- Essays. |
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SPORTS & RECREATION -- History. |
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SPORTS & RECREATION -- Reference. |
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TRAVEL -- Special Interest -- Sports. |
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SPORTS & RECREATION -- Motor Sports. |
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Stock car racing |
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United States https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJtxgQXMWqmjMjjwXRHgrq |
| Genre/Form |
History
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Havick, John. Ghosts of NASCAR : The Harlan Boys and the First Daytona 500. Iowa City : University of Iowa Press, ©2013 9781609381974 |
| ISBN |
9781609382117 (electronic bk.) |
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1609382110 (electronic bk.) |
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9781609381974 (pbk. ; alk. paper) |
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1609381971 (pbk. ; alk. paper) |
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