Caesars Palace Grand Prix

Author : Randall Cannon
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 443 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2021-09-24
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781476683775

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Caesars Palace Grand Prix by Randall Cannon Pdf

The path of Grand Prix racing in America wound through raceways at Sebring, Riverside, Watkins Glen, Long Beach, and finally Caesars Palace in Las Vegas. At each stop, the influence of organized crime seemed no more than a handshake away. But at Caesars the vast crime syndicate appeared deeply involved in the operations of the luxury-branded resort. The Caesars Palace Grand Prix then culminated in an unholy alliance of the world capital of gambling, the mob, and the international czar of Formula One. During its four-year run of successive Formula One and CART IndyCar events, the race hosted the biggest names in motorsport--Mario Andretti, Bernie Ecclestone, Roger Penske, Chris Pook, Alan Jones, Nelson Piquet, Niki Lauda, Danny Sullivan, Bobby Rahal and Al Unser among them. The podium celebration of the inaugural Grand Prix put the convergence of alleged organized crime influences and auto racing on public display, while the years that followed provided their own curiosities. This book traces the intertwined threads through decades of accounts, extensive interviews, and the files of the FBI.

Author : Randall Cannon
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 443 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2021-10-15
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781476642826

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Caesars Palace Grand Prix by Randall Cannon Pdf

The path of Grand Prix racing in America wound through raceways at Sebring, Riverside, Watkins Glen, Long Beach, and finally Caesars Palace in Las Vegas. At each stop, the influence of organized crime seemed no more than a handshake away. But at Caesars the vast crime syndicate appeared deeply involved in the operations of the luxury-branded resort. The Caesars Palace Grand Prix then culminated in an unholy alliance of the world capital of gambling, the mob, and the international czar of Formula One. During its four-year run of successive Formula One and CART IndyCar events, the race hosted the biggest names in motorsport--Mario Andretti, Bernie Ecclestone, Roger Penske, Chris Pook, Alan Jones, Nelson Piquet, Niki Lauda, Danny Sullivan, Bobby Rahal and Al Unser among them. The podium celebration of the inaugural Grand Prix put the convergence of alleged organized crime influences and auto racing on public display, while the years that followed provided their own curiosities. This book traces the intertwined threads through decades of accounts, extensive interviews, and the files of the FBI.

Author : Randall Cannon,Michael Gerry
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 430 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2018-09-24
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781476673899

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Stardust International Raceway by Randall Cannon,Michael Gerry Pdf

Professional motorsports came to Las Vegas in the mid-1950s at a bankrupt horse track swarmed by gamblers--and soon became enmeshed with the government and organized crime. By 1965, the Vegas racing game moved from makeshift facilities to Stardust International Raceway, constructed with real grandstands, sanitary facilities and air-conditioned timing towers. Stardust would host the biggest racing names of the era--Mario Andretti, Parnelli Jones, John Surtees, Mark Donohue, Bobby Unser, Dan Gurney and Don Garlits among them. Established by a notorious racketeer, the track stood at the confluence of shadowy elements--wiretaps, casino skimming, Howard Hughes, and the beginnings of Watergate. The author traces the Stardust's colorful history through the auto racing monthlies, national newspapers, extensive interviews and the files of the FBI.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1182 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 1984
Category : Automobile racing
ISBN : UOM:39015010626441

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Road & Track by Anonim Pdf

Author : Maurice Hamilton
Publisher : Bonnier Publishing Ltd.
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2015-09-24
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781910536544

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Alain Prost by Maurice Hamilton Pdf

Four-time Formula One Drivers' Champion Alain Prost is one of the best racing drivers of all time. Having discovered karting at the age of 14 during a family holiday, Prost progressed through motorsport's junior ranks, winning the French and European Formula Three championships, before joining the McLaren Formula One team in 1980 at the age of 24. In his six seasons with McLaren, Alain Prost won 30 races and three driving titles and in 1985 he became the first French World Champion. In 1986 he became the first back-to-back champion since Jack Brabham 26 years earlier. In 1987, his 28th Grand Prix victory beat Jackie Stewart's 14-year-old record. However, in 1988 his brilliant new team mate Ayrton Senna won eight races and the driving title. Thus began the sensational rivalry that conspired to push two of the sport's greatest drivers to unprecedented heights of success and controversy, and the most bitter feud in Formula One history.

Author : Tony Abou-Ganim
Publisher : Agate Publishing
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2010-04-01
Category : Cooking
ISBN : 1572846615

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The Modern Mixologist by Tony Abou-Ganim Pdf

Over the course of the past two decades, Tony Abou-Ganim has earned his reputation as one of the leaders in the craft cocktail movement. Through his work with food and hospitality legends like Mario Batali, Steve Wynn, and Harry Denton, Abou-Ganim has earned his reputation as "the Modern Mixologist," someone bringing the traditional art of mixology into the 21st century. Now, in The Modern Mixologist, Abou-Ganim has established the new standard in cocktail books — a must-have guide to home mixology in a beautiful, coffee-table–suitable format. Featuring gorgeous full-color photography throughout by the award-winning Tim Turner, this book instantly becomes the most beautiful guide to creating cocktails available anywhere. If you carry one high-end cocktail book, this is it — sure to be a terrific gift item all year round.

Author : Steve Holmes
Publisher : Veloce Publishing Ltd
Page : 651 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2021-03-12
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781787117570

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Racing Camaros by Steve Holmes Pdf

Chevrolet created the Camaro in response to the runaway sales success of the Ford Mustang, the first pony car. The Mustang went on sale in April 1964, and by August that same year, General Motors launched an intensive program to bring its own pony car to market. In September 1966, the Camaro went on sale. Chevrolet wanted the Camaro to be better than the Mustang in every area, including style, ride-quality, and performance. To that end, with the Mustang having already achieved so much racing success, Chevrolet wanted to beat it on the track also. Racing Camaros: An International Photographic History 1966 - 1984 is a photographic celebration of road racing Camaros throughout the world. It focuses on production-based cars, rather than the heavily modified tube-frame silhouette machines that began appearing in the late 1970s. Included are images of big-budget factory-supported cars competing in the Trans-Am series, right through to low-buck independents, and cars competing throughout the world. For the first time, the international road racing representation of the Camaro is featured in a book, which includes countless photos that have never been published. Technical detail is provided throughout, from concept and design, right through its racing career, and the challenges and developments that took place to make it a winner. Only period images have been used. This is a true photographic history depicting the global popularity of the Chevrolet Camaro as a road racing car.

Author : Gustave Le Bon
Publisher : BoD - Books on Demand
Page : 450 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2022-12-21
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9791041941179

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The Psychology of Socialism by Gustave Le Bon Pdf

Author : Peter Higham
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2021-05-18
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 1910505625

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Formula 1 Car by Car 1990-99 by Peter Higham Pdf

The formative years of the 1950s are explored in this fourth installment of Evro's decade-by-decade series covering all Formula 1 cars and teams. When the World Championship was first held in 1950, red Italian cars predominated, from Alfa Romeo, Ferrari and Maserati, and continued to do so for much of the period. But by the time the decade closed, green British cars were in their ascendancy, first Vanwall and then rear-engined Cooper playing the starring roles, and BRM and Lotus having walk-on parts. As for drivers, one stood out above the others, Argentine Juan Manuel Fangio, becoming World Champion five times. Much of the fascination of this era also lies in its numerous privateers and also-rans, all of which receive their due coverage in this complete work. Year-by-year treatment covers each season in fascinating depth, running through the teams -- and their various cars -- in order of importance. Alfa Romeo's supercharged 11/2-litre cars dominated the first two years, with titles won by Giuseppe Farina (1950) and Fangio (1951). The new marque of Ferrari steamrollered the opposition in two seasons run to Formula 2 rules (1952-53), Alberto Ascari becoming champion both times, and the same manufacturer took two more crowns with Fangio (1956) and Mike Hawthorn (1958). Maserati's fabulous 250F, the decade's most significant racing car, propelled Fangio to two more of his five championships (1954 and 1957). German manufacturer Mercedes-Benz stepped briefly into Formula 1 (1954-55) and won almost everything with Fangio and up-and-coming Stirling Moss. Green finally beat red when the Vanwalls, driven by Moss and Tony Brooks, won the inaugural constructors' title (1958). Then along came Cooper, rear-engine pioneers, to signpost Formula 1's future when Jack Brabham became World Champion (1959).

Author : George Reinblatt
Publisher : Samuel French, Inc.
Page : 91 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Drama
ISBN : 9780573651397

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Evil Dead by George Reinblatt Pdf

Based on Sam Raimi¿s 80s cult classic films, EVIL DEAD tells the tale of 5 college kids who travel to a cabin in the woods and accidentally unleash an evil force. And although it may sound like a horror, it's not! The songs are hilariously campy and the show is bursting with more farce than a Monty Python skit. EVIL DEAD: THE MUSICAL unearths the old familiar story: boy and friends take a weekend getaway at abandoned cabin, boy expects to get lucky, boy unleashes ancient evil spirit, friends turn into Candarian Demons, boy fights until dawn to survive. As musical mayhem descends upon this sleepover in the woods, ¿camp¿ takes on a whole new meaning with uproarious numbers like ¿All the Men in my Life Keep Getting Killed by Candarian Demons,¿ ¿Look Who¿s Evil Now¿ and ¿Do the Necronomicon.¿

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 962 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 1982-04
Category : Television programs
ISBN : UCAL:B3537501

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TV Guide by Anonim Pdf

Author : Bernard Marr
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2016-03-22
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781119231394

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Big Data in Practice by Bernard Marr Pdf

The best-selling author of Big Data is back, this time with a unique and in-depth insight into how specific companies use big data. Big data is on the tip of everyone's tongue. Everyone understands its power and importance, but many fail to grasp the actionable steps and resources required to utilise it effectively. This book fills the knowledge gap by showing how major companies are using big data every day, from an up-close, on-the-ground perspective. From technology, media and retail, to sport teams, government agencies and financial institutions, learn the actual strategies and processes being used to learn about customers, improve manufacturing, spur innovation, improve safety and so much more. Organised for easy dip-in navigation, each chapter follows the same structure to give you the information you need quickly. For each company profiled, learn what data was used, what problem it solved and the processes put it place to make it practical, as well as the technical details, challenges and lessons learned from each unique scenario. Learn how predictive analytics helps Amazon, Target, John Deere and Apple understand their customers Discover how big data is behind the success of Walmart, LinkedIn, Microsoft and more Learn how big data is changing medicine, law enforcement, hospitality, fashion, science and banking Develop your own big data strategy by accessing additional reading materials at the end of each chapter

Author : Robert Frederick
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 48 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 0755430956

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Sports by Robert Frederick Pdf

Author : LeRoy Neiman
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 1983
Category : Sports in art
ISBN : UCSD:31822000019067

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Winners by LeRoy Neiman Pdf

Author : Steve Small
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 420 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Automobile racing drivers
ISBN : 0851127029

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The Guinness Complete Grand Prix Who's who by Steve Small Pdf