Racing To The Top

Author : Kathryn Harrison
Publisher : UBC Press
Page : 321 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780774812269

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Racing to the Bottom? by Kathryn Harrison Pdf

The spectre of a "race to the bottom" is increasingly prominent in debates about globalization and also within federal systems where the mobility of both capital and individuals prompts fears of interjurisdictional competition with respect to taxes and environmental and welfare standards. While there has been no shortage of either political rhetoric or academic theorizing on this subject, empirical studies have been in shorter supply. This volume seeks to fill that gap by asking: Are Canadian provinces engaged in a race to the bottom and, if so, what are the consequences? The contributors apply insights from economics and political science to several policy fields. What emerges is a theoretical and empirical picture of interprovincial competition that shows it to be more complex than the popular image of a race to the bottom and that also contradicts predictions of an inexorable downward spiral. This timely, practical volume will be of interest to public policy practitioners, as well as to students and scholars of economics and political science.

Author : Dave McClelland, Tom Madigan
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 270 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2024-06-26
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1610609387

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Fuel and Guts by Dave McClelland, Tom Madigan Pdf

Author : Angus Dougall
Publisher : BalboaPress
Page : 541 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2013-11-27
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781452510972

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The Greatest Racing Driver by Angus Dougall Pdf

Who has been the worlds greatest driver, and how do you prove it? With an eye for detail and a flair for storytelling, this book explores motor racings rich history in pursuit of the best driver the world has ever seen. Most enthusiasts have a strongly held opinion as to racings finest driver over the century of the motor car. By putting aside bias and personal opinion, this books exhaustively researched, results-based analysis provides a definitive answer through clear and logical evaluation. These carefully considered, significant statistics, when merged together, reveal with incisive objectivity motor sports greatest driver as well as the qualities that define greatness. Contentious? Possibly. Thought-provoking? Definitely. Author Angus Dougall captures many aspects of the motor racing world with a selection of revealing anecdotes on the highlights of racings biggest stars, together with stories that bring to life people, places, insiders opinions of drivers, circuits, constructors, politics, insights, and comments on many of the drivers. For readers wishing to peruse the actual detail, there is a vast array of appendices displaying extensive race results lists, charts on driver performance, and car analysis. Motor racing fans, climb on board and hold on for an intriguing ride to the pinnacle of greatness.

Author : Lew Freedman
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 969 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2013-03-14
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9780313387104

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Encyclopedia of Stock Car Racing [2 volumes] by Lew Freedman Pdf

This two-volume encyclopedia is the Daytona 500 of stock car racing books—an essential "Bible" that provides an all-encompassing history of the sport as well as an up-to-date examination of modern-day stock car racing. How did stock car racing become firmly entrenched in American pop culture, especially in light of the lack of interest in motorsports overall as a spectator activity in the United States? And what has been the secret to NASCAR's financial success and growth over the last six decades? Encyclopedia of Stock Car Racing highlights approximately 250 subjects that have defined the sport since stock car racing was first organized. Organized in A-Z order, it covers all of the greatest drivers, such as Richard Petty, Jimmie Johnson, Junior Johnson, and David Pearson; the special races such as the Daytona 500 and Brickyard 400; and the famed tracks across the country, from Bristol Motor Speedway to Darlington Raceway to Talladega Superspeedway. This unprecedented resource collects information about every element of NASCAR history in one place: the early personalities who shaped the sport and set things in motion, the past greats who have now retired, and today's rising stars who continue to make stock car racing one of the most popular sports in the United States.

Author : Dale Earnhardt Jr.
Publisher : Thomas Nelson
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2018-10-16
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9780785221968

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Racing to the Finish by Dale Earnhardt Jr. Pdf

Dale Earnhardt Jr.’s only authorized book revealing the inside track on his final year of racing and retirement from the driver’s seat. “Time was running out on my charade… My secrets were about to be exposed to the world.” It was a seemingly minor crash at Michigan International Speedway in June 2016 that ended the day early for Dale Earnhardt Jr. What he didn’t know was that it would also end his driving for the year. He’d dealt with concussions before, but concussions are like snowflakes, no two are the same. And recovery can be brutal, and lengthy. When NASCAR star Dale Earnhardt Jr. retired from professional stock car racing in 2017, he walked away from his career as a healthy man. But for years, he had worried that the worsening effects of multiple racing-related concussions would end not only his time on the track but his ability to live a full and happy life. Torn between a race-at-all-costs culture and the fear that something was terribly wrong, Earnhardt tried to pretend that everything was fine, but the private notes about his escalating symptoms that he kept on his phone reveal a vicious cycle: suffering injuries on Sunday, struggling through the week, then recovering in time to race again the following weekend. For the first time, he shares these notes and fully reveals the physical and emotional struggles he faced as he fought to close out his career on his own terms. In this candid reflection, Earnhardt opens up about his frustration with the slow recovery, his admiration for the woman who stood by him through it all, and his determination to share his own experience so that others don’t have to suffer in silence. Steering his way to the final checkered flag of his storied career proved to be the most challenging race and most rewarding finish of his life.

Author : M. Ann Hall
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Page : 214 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2018-08-21
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780773555334

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Muscle on Wheels by M. Ann Hall Pdf

The majestic high-wheel bicycle, with its spider wheels and rubber tires, emerged in the mid-1870s as the standard bicycle. A common misconception is that, bound by Victorian dress and decorum, women were unable to ride it, only taking up cycling in the 1880s with the advent of the chain-driven safety bicycle. On the contrary, women had been riding and even racing some form of the bicycle since the first vélocipèdes appeared in Europe early in the nineteenth century. Challenging the understanding that bicycling was a purely masculine sport, Muscle on Wheels tells the story of women's high-wheel racing in North America in the 1880s and early 1890s, with a focus on a particular cyclist: Louise Armaindo (1857–1900). Among Canada's first women professional athletes and the first woman who was truly successful as a high-wheel racer, Armaindo began her career as a strongwoman and trapeze artist in Chicago in the 1870s before discovering high-wheel bicycle racing. Initially she competed against men, but as more women took up the sport, she raced them too. Although Armaindo is the star of Muscle on Wheels, the book is also about other women cyclists and the many men – racers, managers, trainers, agents, bookmakers, sport administrators, and editors of influential cycling magazines – who controlled the sport, especially in the United States. The story of working-class Victorian women who earned a living through their athletic talent, Muscle on Wheels showcases an exciting moment in women's and athletic history that is often forgotten or misconstrued.

Author : János L. Wimpffen,Bruce R. McCaw,Jon Shirley,Andrew Evans
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Automobile racing
ISBN : OCLC:48560863

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Time and Two Seats by János L. Wimpffen,Bruce R. McCaw,Jon Shirley,Andrew Evans Pdf

Author : Mark Gaster
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 42 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2012-04-11
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781326626419

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Horse Racing the Statistical Route Six Horses Ages by Mark Gaster Pdf

A Statistical Study of the Age of Horses-Older Horses or Younger Horses, which fare the best? Do older horses tend to run better than younger horses or vice versa. Is there is any relevance to the age of horses when looking through a race card. Race anal

Author : Heather Moore Niver
Publisher : The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc
Page : 34 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2014-12-15
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781499402292

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Racing's Greatest Records by Heather Moore Niver Pdf

Auto racing is known around the world for its high speeds and long races. Readers discover the drivers who’ve gone the fastest and won the most races as they learn about this sport’s most famous records. They’re introduced to different styles of auto racing, including open-wheel racing and stock car racing, with colorful photographs of cars and drivers. Stat boxes allow readers to compare information about the best drivers of the past and present using math skills. The best drivers are also discussed in informative sidebar biographies.

Author : Gerald Hammond
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 245 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2016-04-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9781135965020

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The Language of Horse Racing by Gerald Hammond Pdf

First Published in 2000. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Author : Brenda Wahler
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2019-09-02
Category : Games & Activities
ISBN : 9781439668733

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Montana Horse Racing by Brenda Wahler Pdf

For centuries, on prairie grasslands, dusty streets and racing ovals, everyday Montanans participated in the sport of kings. More than a century after horses arrived in the region, Lewis and Clark's Nez Perce guides staged horse races at Traveler's Rest in 1806. In response to hazardous street races, the Montana legislature granted communities authority to ban "immoderate riding or driving." Helena led the way to respectable racing, with Madam Coady's fashion course hosting the first territorial fair in 1868. Soon, leading citizens like Marcus Daly built oval tracks and glitzy grandstands. By 1890, a horse named Bob Wade set a world record for a quarter mile in Butte, a mark that stood until 1958. Horsewoman and historian Brenda Wahler highlights the Big Sky's patrons of the turf and courageous equine champions, including Kentucky Derby winner Spokane.

Author : K. C. Kelley
Publisher : Marshall Cavendish
Page : 52 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Drag racing
ISBN : 0761443843

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Drag Racing by K. C. Kelley Pdf

"Provides comprehensive information on the history, the famous faces, the design, and the performance of the amazing machines behind Drag Racing"--Provided by publisher.

Author : Ijeoma Oluo
Publisher : Seal Press
Page : 214 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2019-09-24
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781541619227

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So You Want to Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo Pdf

In this #1 New York Times bestseller, Ijeoma Oluo offers a revelatory examination of race in America Protests against racial injustice and white supremacy have galvanized millions around the world. The stakes for transformative conversations about race could not be higher. Still, the task ahead seems daunting, and it’s hard to know where to start. How do you tell your boss her jokes are racist? Why did your sister-in-law hang up on you when you had questions about police reform? How do you explain white privilege to your white, privileged friend? In So You Want to Talk About Race, Ijeoma Oluo guides readers of all races through subjects ranging from police brutality and cultural appropriation to the model minority myth in an attempt to make the seemingly impossible possible: honest conversations about race, and about how racism infects every aspect of American life. "Simply put: Ijeoma Oluo is a necessary voice and intellectual for these times, and any time, truth be told." ―Phoebe Robinson, New York Times bestselling author of You Can't Touch My Hair

Author : Nathaniel Vinton
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2015-02-02
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9780393244786

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The Fall Line: America's Rise to Ski Racing's Summit by Nathaniel Vinton Pdf

“Great sports writing. . . . [Vinton] is taking us inside a world few ever visit.”—James Hill, Washington Post Harnessing nature’s most powerful forces, elite downhillers descend icy, rugged slopes at speeds cresting 90 miles per hour. For decades, American skiers struggled to match their European counterparts, and until this century the US Ski Team could not claim a lasting foothold on the roof of the Alps, where the sport’s legends are born. Then came a fledgling class of American racers that disrupted the Alpine racing world order. Led by Bode Miller and Lindsey Vonn, Julia Mancuso and Ted Ligety, this band of iconoclasts made a place for their country on some of the world’s most prestigious race courses. Even as new technology amplified the sport’s inherent danger, the US Ski Team learned how to win, and they changed downhill racing forever. The Fall Line is the story of how it all came together, a deeply reported reconstruction of ski racing’s most dramatic season. Drawing on more than a decade of research and candid interviews with some of the sport’s most elusive figures, award-winning journalist Nathaniel Vinton reveals the untold story of how skiers like Vonn and Miller, and their peers and rivals, fought for supremacy at the Olympic Winter Games. Here is an authoritative portrait of a group of men and women taking mortal risks in a bid for sporting glory. A white-knuckled tour through skiing’s deep traditions and least-accessible locales, The Fall Line opens up the sexy, high-stakes world of downhill skiing—its career-ending crashes, million-dollar sponsorship deals, international intrigue, and showdowns with nature itself. With views from the starting gate, the finish line, and treacherous turns in between, The Fall Line delivers the adrenaline of one of the world’s most beautiful and perilous sports alongside a panoramic view of skiing’s past, present, and future.

Author : Sigur E. Whitaker
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 281 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2022-08-31
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781476646657

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Racing with Roger Penske by Sigur E. Whitaker Pdf

Auto racing legend Roger Penske began as a successful sportscar driver before transitioning to owning a race team and opening a car dealership. Within eight years, Team Penske won the Indianapolis 500. Today, the team boasts more than 580 victories, including an unparalleled 18 Indianapolis 500 wins and two at the Daytona 500. Penske's efforts on the track have been intertwined with his business ventures. Penske Corporation, with $32 billion in revenues, includes Penske truck leasing and rentals, retail automotive centers and logistics. In 2019, he bought the Indianapolis Motor Speedway and related assets, including IndyCar, and led both through the coronavirus pandemic, when racing continued with no fans in the stands. This book chronicles more than 50 years of Roger Penske's racing history, with an overview of his business career, including the turnaround of Detroit Diesel.