Jim Hall: Chaparral and the Invention of Modern Racing
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| Rating | : | 4.61 (956 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0760353948 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 304 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-05-17 |
| Language | : | English |
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Author George Levy is a longtime automotive journalist and marketer with a strong focus on motorsports. Levy is based in Detroit, Michigan. . He is the former editor of Autoweek magazine and sits on the board of the Motorsports Hall of Fame of America
The Chaparral phenomenon reached Europe and Asia, and into seemingly every American home.Hall’s achievements made him more famous than understood; he was a famously private individual. And he’s ready to tell his story for the first time.From racing's earliest days, the men who designed and built these land-bound rocket ships viewed the air that moved over, under, and around a car as it hauled toward 200 miles per hour as a nuisance with which they had to contend. How he changed race car design. Part of it was a natural introspection and an almost obsessive focus on his goals. TheNew York Times alone published 250 stories about Hall over the period. Part of it was the Texas-cowboy ethos that a man’s actions should count for more than his words. Today, racers call it “downforce”--the amount of downward force that can be exerted on a car’s tires to improve how well the vehicle stops, goes, and most of all, grips the corners. The man who change
He is the former editor of Autoweek magazine and sits on the board of the Motorsports Hall of Fame of America. . About the Author Author George Levy is a longtime automotive journalist and marketer with a strong focus on motorsports. Levy is based in Detroit, Michigan