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Between The Covers By Brian Lohnes Starting this issue, we are introducing Between The Covers. If you have any type of drag racing media to review, please send it to: Brian Lohnes c/o CompetitionPlus, 524 Washington St. Suite 2R, Abington MA 02351. Let the sender beware, though, as these are honest reviews and not just blind lip service! Let the world see your work Between The Covers!
"Gasser Wars" by Larry Davis Gasser Wars is the second drag racing book penned by Larry Davis and it is just as comprehensive as the first. Davis’ last offering was "Super Stock drag racing the family sedan" and was chocked full of vintage photos and blow-by-blow race results. This book is excellent in the fact that it highlights the gassers but it also includes some of the coolest cars that have slipped through the historical cracks including those that ran in Modified Production, Street Roadster and Modified Sports. From the hundreds of color photos showing gassers in all of their nose-high glory to the wild Modified Sports class entries (how about an Austin Healey with a blown Hemi?!) this book covers all of its bases very well. a
d v e r t i s e m e n t Do not look for a catch-all here. There is nothing of note on fuel dragsters or funny cars; it specializes on specific cars and topics and does that very well. Year-by-year rule revisions are covered. Match race stories are covered, you name it and it’s in there.
Although not as slow of a read as his previous publication, Davis is very thorough in his recounting of these classes year-by-year. If you are a nut for stats and results you’ll love this. If you are just a history buff, you may find yourself skimming the text at points to oogle the unbelievable volume of photos that you simply will not see in any other book. a
d v e r t i s e m e n t All in all I really enjoyed this book. We have all seen many photos of the big names in the gasser wars, Ohio George, Big John, Jack Merkel, Stone, Woods and Cook, etc. It is the photos of the wild AA/Street Roadsters and wacky Modified Production and Sports cars that really made this book especially entertaining. If you love the Gassers and some of the off-beat machinery that took to the strip back in the "golden age," get a copy of this book! Between The Covers Buy Rating: Very Strong a
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are few in this publication. While many times drag racing books tend to
cover the same stories and topics over and over, Davis makes his own path
here. Many of his stories have not been told on this scale and in this
detail. Detail may be the only sticking point in this one.
© Competitionplus 2005
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