Many have called him the greatest dirt-track Sprint car driver of
all time. This exciting biography of Tommy Hinnershitz, by veteran
writer Gary Ludwig, is a superb account of the life and times of
this racecar driver who became an auto-racing legend. This
beautifully printed hardcover book is a fascinating history of the
Sprint car, telling how it evolved, beginning during the first few
years of the 1900s, to become the true American race car. You'll
read about the drivers, mechanics, owners, and promoters who spent
their American ingenuity and willpower to invent, innovate, and
engineer the development of the automobile through high speed rough
and tough competition. You'll learn about the early champions,
including Ted Horn, Joie Chitwood, Jimmy Bryan, Johnny Thomson, and
many more, who were Hinnershitz's rivals during his career that
began in 1928 and spanned five decades. Racing and winning on the
dusty dirt horsetracks at state and county fairs across America
earned him a chance to race in the Indianapolis 500.He was there at
the beginning, one of a handful of daredevil athletes, the
champions who invented the broadslide; going in low and coming off
high, or vice versa. After leading the way, setting the pace, and
developing the syle, Hinnershitz set himself apart from all the
others; he went in high and stayed there.This history of his life
and amazing career includes over 20 pages of photographs and his
complete race by race career statistics. This first ediion book is
a treasured collector's item for thousands of Hinnershitz's
fans.For the modern race fan this book serves as a catalyst for a
better understanding of the men who had to overcome awesome
obstacles to achieve success during the early years of auto-racing.
Hinnershitz raced during an era without safety equipment or
concerns. It was before seat belts, roll-bars and cages. He and his
contemporaries seemed to embrace a greater lack of fear, adopting
the adage that tragedy can't happen to them, only to the "other
guy." Because of this lack of safety equipment and much less
sophisticated racecars, many drivers died young. Tommy Hinnershitz
was there through it all, and he was one of those that survived. He
was a true pioneer of American auto-racing. He was inducted into
the Pennsylvania Sports Hall of Fame, the National Sprint Car Hall
of Fame, and honored by numerous other organizations.
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