Shirley Muldowney S Tales From The Track

Author : Shirley Muldowney
Publisher : Sports Publishing LLC
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 1582611076

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Shirley Muldowney's Tales from the Track by Shirley Muldowney Pdf

In the 1970s, when the idea of a woman competing successfully with men in any form of motorsports was radical notion, a young woman from Schenectady, New York, began her singular quest to change the chauvinistic mindset that prevailed in professional drag racing. Shirley Muldowney not only broke the gender barrier in the National Hot Rod Association, but also completely rewrote the record books in Top Fuel Eliminator, the sport's quickest and fastest category. She was the first woman ever to receive a Top Fuel license from the NHRA, and none other than "Big Daddy" Don Garlits was one of the veteran drivers who signed off on it. Between 1977 and 1982, Muldowney won three NHRA Top Fuel championships--the first female ever to win a title in any professional motorsport--and added an AHRA Top Fuel championship to her resume, as well. She won the prestigious NHRA U.S. Nationals in 1982 and, before her retirement at the end of the 2003 season, had become one of the most recognized and celebrated race car drivers in history, male or female. She was recently inducted into the International Motorsports Hall of Fame in Novi, Michigan, and has been the subject of countless features in newspapers, magazines, and network television from coast to coast. Shirley Muldowney's Tales from the Track is an unabashed collection of stories, anecdotes, and opinions in her own unvarnished style of storytelling, laced with her straightforward, take-no-prisoners approach. She has spent her entire lifetime telling it like it is, standing up to the establishment, and refusing to do anything other than in her own way. Politically correct? Hardly. Readers are encouraged to strap themselves in when she shares her manytales. It's the whole truth and nothing but the truth according to the legendary Shirley Muldowney.

Author : Kelly Boyer Sagert,Steven J. Overman
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 703 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2012-02-13
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9798216100614

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Icons of Women's Sport [2 volumes] by Kelly Boyer Sagert,Steven J. Overman Pdf

This collection of fascinating biographies of outstanding women athletes past and present including superstars such as Nadia Comaneci, Mia Hamm, Jackie-Joyner Kersee, Danica Patrick, and Serena and Venus Williams. Icons of Women's Sport identifies and examines the individuals who have impacted history, challenged the status quo, influenced sport culture, and garnered wide public interest. Including stars from the past and present, ranging from Babe Didrikson Zaharias and Billie Jean King to Dara Torres and Venus and Serena Williams, the featured athletes are iconic not only because of their achievements in the sports arena, but also because of their contributions to society: advancing cultural diversity and gender equity, breaking class barriers, and transcending stereotypes. The book contains biographies of 36 women athletes—American and international—who excelled in competitive sports from the post-World War I era through the modern era in a dozen different sports. Icons of Women's Sport spotlights athletes across a wide range of women's sports, with appropriate attention given to the major sports. Readers will enjoy learning about stars from both amateur and professional sports arenas, including Olympic athletes, as well as female competitors who have reached the top of their game in newer arenas such as golf and snowboarding.

Author : Shirley Muldowney
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2013-11-01
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781613216224

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Tales from a Top Fuel Dragster by Shirley Muldowney Pdf

Shirley Muldowney not only broke the gender barrier in the National Hot Rod Association in the 1970s, but she also completely rewrote the record books in Top Fuel Eliminator, drag racing’s quickest and fastest category. She was the first woman to receive a Top Fuel license from the NHRA. Between 1977 and 1982, Muldowney won three NHRA Top Fuel championships—the first female ever to win a title in any professional motorsport. She won the prestigious NHRA US Nationals in 1982 and was recently inducted into the International Motorsports Hall of Fame. By the time she retired at the end of the 2003 season, Muldowney had become one of the most recognized and celebrated race car drivers in history. Tales from a Top-Fuel Dragster is an unabashed collection of stories, anecdotes, and opinions in Muldowney’s own unvarnished style of storytelling, laced with her straightforward, take-no-prisoners approach. She has spent her entire lifetime telling it like it is, standing up to the establishment, and refusing to do anything other than in her own way. Politically correct? Hardly. Readers are encouraged to strap themselves in when she shares her many tales. It’s the whole truth and nothing but the truth according to the legendary Shirley Muldowney.

Author : Gregory A. Fournier
Publisher : Wheatmark, Inc.
Page : 293 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2021-10-06
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 9781627879026

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Detroit Time Capsule by Gregory A. Fournier Pdf

Detroit Time Capsule is a collection of seventy-five articles that first appeared as Fornology.com blog posts. The original posts have been revised and re-edited for inclusion in this anthology. Topics vary from significant historical events to biographical profiles of people who left their mark on Detroit history. Although this collection can be read from beginning to end, most chapters are self-contained with no narrative thread binding them. This eclectic collection makes a great springboard for readers interested in learning more about Detroit's rich past.

Author : Peg A. Lamphier,Rosanne Welch
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 1942 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2017-01-23
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781610696036

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Women in American History [4 volumes] by Peg A. Lamphier,Rosanne Welch Pdf

This four-volume set documents the complexity and richness of women's contributions to American history and culture, empowering all students by demonstrating a more populist approach to the past. Based on the content of most textbooks, it would be easy to reach the erroneous conclusion that women have not contributed much to America's history and development. Nothing could be further from the truth. Offering comprehensive coverage of women of a diverse range of cultures, classes, ethnicities, religions, and sexual identifications, this four-volume set identifies the many ways in which women have helped to shape and strengthen the United States. This encyclopedia is organized into four chronological volumes, with each volume further divided into three sections. Each section features an overview essay and thematic essay as well as detailed entries on topics ranging from Lady Gaga to Ladybird Johnson, Lucy Stone, and Lucille Ball, and from the International Ladies of Rhythm to the International Ladies Garment Workers Union. The set also includes a vast variety of primary documents, such as personal letters, public papers, newspaper articles, recipes, and more. These primary documents enhance users' learning opportunities and enable readers to better connect with the subject matter.

Author : Dave McClelland, Tom Madigan
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 270 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2024-06-26
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1610609387

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Fuel and Guts by Dave McClelland, Tom Madigan Pdf

Author : James Monaco
Publisher : Perigee Trade
Page : 1200 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Motion pictures
ISBN : STANFORD:36105000440987

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The Movie Guide by James Monaco Pdf

From The Big Sleep to Babette's Feast, from Lawrence of Arabia to Drugstore Cowboy, The Movie Guide offers the inside word on 3,500 of the best motion pictures ever made. James Monaco is the president and founder of BASELINE, the world's leading supplier of information to the film and television industries. Among his previous books are The Encyclopedia of Film, American Film Now, and How to Read a Film.

Author : Don Garlits
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2013-06-01
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781613217559

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Tales from the Drag Strip by Don Garlits Pdf

Since the moment that young men began modifying and personalizing their automobiles back in the 1940s and ’50s, “Big Daddy” Don Garlits was squarely in the thick of this intoxicating pursuit. Tales from the Drag Strip with “Big Daddy” Don Garlits is a first-person account of the many memorable experiences this drag racing icon has lived through in his half-century of nitromethane-fueled exploits. The many races, racers, race fans, and race tracks that have touched his colorful career are recounted as only Big Daddy can, painting a vivid picture of his life at speed and the triumphs and tragedies that came along the way. Insightful, ironic, humorous, and touching—but all true—Big Daddy’s remembrances are the next best thing to reliving the glory days of America’s quickest and fastest motorsports through the eyes of an American institution.

Author : John C. Super,Tracy Irons-Georges
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 416 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : History
ISBN : WISC:89082384975

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The Seventies in America by John C. Super,Tracy Irons-Georges Pdf

Presents volume two of a three-volume encyclopedia that describes the events, movements, trends, people, sports, science, music, politics, and more of the 1970s listed in alphabetical order.

Author : Don Garlits
Publisher : Sports Publishing LLC
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2004-01
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781582617749

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Big Daddy Don Garlits Tales from the Drag Strip by Don Garlits Pdf

Drag racing icon Garlits gives a humorous and insightful first-person accountof the many memorable experiences he has lived through in his half-century ofnitromethane-fueled exploits.

Author : Richard Allen,Bruce Hershenson
Publisher : Bruce Hershenson
Page : 84 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Film posters
ISBN : PSU:000060323866

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Sports Movie Posters by Richard Allen,Bruce Hershenson Pdf

This is an overview of the more than one thousand films that have been made about dozens of sports, both amateur and professional. The films included were chosen from four categories: films that have a sport theme; memorable films that have a major scene involving a sport; films that have poster art depicting a sport; and films that don't concern sports, but have a prominent athlete in a starring role.

Author : Jean François Bouzanquet
Publisher : Veloce Publishing Ltd
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2009-07
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781845842253

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Fast Ladies by Jean François Bouzanquet Pdf

It took a great deal of determination on the part of women to sweep aside male resistance from the inner circles of the motoring world. A veritable saga with a wealth of illustrations spanning almost a century of motor racing. Over forty unique portraits of daring, brave women who took part in speed records events, rallies and Grand Prix races.

Author : Tom Cotter
Publisher : Motorbooks
Page : 243 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2011-03-04
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 9781610601276

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"TV" Tommy Ivo by Tom Cotter Pdf

2011 International Automotive Media Gold Award Winner In the early 1960s, Tommy Ivo had the world in the palm of his hands. Still a young man, he was already a star of television and film with a promising Hollywood future ahead of him. Then his producers told him he had to quit drag racing. He quit the entertainment industry instead. This is the official story of Ivo’s incredible life and racing career. Readers will follow “TV” Tommy as he becomes the most ambitious drag racer in the nation, building his own cars in the garage behind his Burbank home; becoming the first driver to pilot his dragsters to 170, 175, and 180 miles per hour and towing his cars to match races at small-town drag strips across the United States. Always the showman, Ivo pioneered promotional techniques that are today taken for granted. In this regard especially, his impact on the sport cannot be understated, and his legacy is detailed in this incredible bio of one of drag racing’s most irrepressible characters.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 590 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Automobile racing
ISBN : UOM:39015065054622

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Road & Track by Anonim Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Universe Publishing(NY)
Page : 164 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0789302330

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Stories of Triumph by Anonim Pdf

A look at the athletes who have redefined the parameters of sports for women. Athletes include Jackie Joyner-Kersee, Tara Lipinski, Sheryl Swoopes, Picabo Street, and Shirley Muldowney.