Mickey Thompson (eBook)

The Lost Story of the Original Speed King in His Own Words

Tom Madigan (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2019
256 Seiten
Motorbooks (Verlag)
978-0-7603-6600-4 (ISBN)

Infos

Mickey Thompson offers a now-impossiblefirst-person telling of the legendary racer and motorsport impresario's high-speed life, from his earliest days through the height of his competition exploits on drag strips, at Bonneville, the Indy 500, Baja, and morecomplemented by some 100 rare images culled from family archives, the NHRA museum, and the collections of friends and fellow racers. Four decades after his tragic death, Mickey Thompson's name and accomplishments remain legendary among motorsports and automotive enthusiasts. Thompson did it all on four wheels: land-speed racing, drag racing, off-road, NASCAR, Indianapolisanything involving speed. Armed with a restless mind and a keen business sense, Thompson moved from success to success. In the early 1970s, motorsports writer (and former drag racer) Tom Madigan and Thompson embarked on a project to write the latter's autobiography. After two years, extensive interviews, and a near-finished manuscript the whole enterprise fell apart for a number of reasons. Type-written sheets, neatly stacked, were boxed, stored, and mostly forgotten.Mickey Thompson: The Lost Story of the Original Speed King in His Own Words is that never-published workan amazing biographical artifact from what many consider the golden age of automotive racing.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 5.11.2019
• Vorwort: Alex Xydias
• Zusatzinfo: 150 color & b-w photos
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Romane / Erzählungen
• Themenwelt: Natur / Technik ► Fahrzeuge / Flugzeuge / Schiffe ► Nutzfahrzeuge
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Sport ► Motor- / Rad- / Flugsport
• Schlagworte: art chrisman • assination • Automotive Aftermarket • baja 1000 • baja 500 • Baja Peninsula • Bonneville • Bonneville Salt Flats • brickyard • Carrera Panamericana • dan gurney • danny Thompson • dean Jeffries • don prudhomme • drag racer • drag strip • El Mirage • el mirage dry lake • Hot Rod • indianapolis 500 • Indy • Indy 500 • jack chrisman • john buttera • judy Thompson • Land Speed Record • lyons drag strip • mag wheels • mickey Thompson entertainment group • mickey Thompson equipment company • mike Goodwin • Motorsports • M/T • Murder • off-road racing • parnelli jones • Peter Bryant • Phil Hill • Race car • race driver • Racing Driver • Riverside • riverside raceway • Score • sema • Smokey Yunick • specialty equipment manufacturers association • speed equipment • Sports Car Racing • stadium racing • street racing • Trudy Thompson
• ISBN-10: 0-7603-6600-4 / 0760366004
• ISBN-13: 978-0-7603-6600-4 / 9780760366004