The chequered past sports car racing and rallying in Canada, 1951-1991 / David A. Charters.
| Author/creator | Charters, David A., 1949- |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Toronto ; Buffalo : University of Toronto Press, |
| Description | xv, 348 p., [24] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
| Subjects |
| Contents | 1: The amateur age, 1951-1960 -- The visionaries and their vision: the founding of the Canadian automobile sports clubs -- Canadian club: origins of the sports car subculture, 1950-1960 -- Run what ya brung: sports car competition in the amateur age -- Rules and regs: professionalizing the amateurs -- Powershift: the rise of commercial professionalism -- 2: Gathering speed, 1961-1966 -- Behind the wheel: power politics in the CASC -- Trans-Canada: the shell 4000 and the national rally championship, 1961-1966 -- Making tracks: commercializing Canadian racing -- Reach for the top: Canadian racing driver development in the 1960s -- The cutting edge: Bill Sadler and the Can-Am series -- 3: From sport to spectacle, 1967-1991 -- Coming of age? Canadians and international racing -- Winning formula: formula racing and the national championship -- Stage by stage: transforming the national rally championship -- Downshift: the crisis in amateur auto sport, 1969-1975 -- Final laps: the decline and fall of the CASC. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. [307]-320) and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2007276906 |
| ISBN | 9780802090935 (bound : acid-free paper) |
| ISBN | 0802090931 (bound : acid-free paper) |
| ISBN | 9780802093943 (pbk. : acid-free paper) |
| ISBN | 0802093949 (pbk. : acid-free paper) |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |