Price: $49.95
by Crocky Wright
This is a book designed for anyone who loves pre-World War II Midgets.
The Nutley Velodrome was unique in the annals of Midget auto racing. The track was a wooden bowl, built originally as a bicycle velodrome, the same type of bowl we see today's Olympic bicycle racers competing upon. It was only a fifth of a mile in length.
The cars circled the track in about eight seconds, and many a driver has said Nutley was the most terrifying track ever built.
The banking on this one-of-a-kind arena was 45degrees, too steep for a man to walk up! Author Crocky Wright was in attendance at every race ever held at Nutley and has recorded the action in a first-person voice that literally allows you to feel the place shake. Nutley was open for auto racing for only two years, 1938 and 1939.
The book opens to a full 22" wide and features not only a Class A Library Binding, but 80 pound paper as well. A fine four-color illustration graces the cover.
Price: $69.95
by Tom Motter
Tom Motter’s complete history of indoor midget racing on the West Coast covers racing at the Oakland Exposition Building from 1949-1968, as well as at the San Jose Fairgrounds, the San Francisco Cow Palace, and the Sonoma County Fairgrounds in Santa Rosa.
In all, 30 years of the loudest, most exciting, close-up and wildly crashing midget racing the West had ever seen.
Hardcover, 208 pages, over 200 black and white photos.
Price: $49.95
by Bill Hill
This very special book was out of print, reprinted, and now only a few copies are left before it will be gone forever. Meticulous researched over many years, it chronicles the rich history of midget racing in the Midwest, with a focus on Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, and Oklahoma from the 1930s up to the mid-‘90s.
Over 60 drivers, choice machinery, and selected race events are highlighted in 352 pages, with 382 black and white photos printed on heavy stock.
This and the companion volume, Decades of Daring, are collectors’ items.
Price: $49.95
by Bill Hill
Relish tales of the midget racing clubs that roamed the Rockies including the RMMRA, CARC, CMRA, AAA and USAC. Encounter one of racing’s best-kept secrets, the highly competitive Utah midget circuit. Revisit Lakeside Speedway with stopovers at Englewood and Merchants Park, as well. Sojourn to the tracks in Grand Junction, Colorado Springs, Pueblo, and many more.
Meet the speedsters who ravaged the Rockies during the daring decades of the 1930s through the mid-1970s.
This beautiful coffee-table quality book is printed on 384 glossy pages and includes 490 black and white vintage photos, 72 racer biographies.
This and the companion volume,
One Tough Circuit, are collectors’ items.
Price: $29.95
by Steve Smith & Wally Pankratz
A brand new book for both dirt and asphalt midgets.
Includes: Complete chassis setup and alignment, suspension systems, coil-overs and torsion bars, spring selection, chassis tuning with shock absorbers, tires – selection, grooving, reading, scaling and weight distribution, adjusting the chassis to track conditions, and identifying and solving handling problems.
Includes Ford Focus midgets as well.
Soft cover.
Price: $20.00
by Nat Kleinfield
Mere words can never be equal to the task of doing justice to the career of the amazing Bill Schindler.
His exploits on the speedways of the nation, from the midgets to championship cars, speak for themselves. The loss of a leg would have depressed any less determined man, but to Bill Schindler it was a challenge.
He faced it and won, then went on to meet the best drivers in the nation, winning over them on their own grounds, giving no quarter and accepting none.
Soft cover, 128 pages, 48 pages of photos.
Price: $14.95
Price: $12.00
by Ed Watson & Dennis Newlyn
The story of USAC Midget Champion Bob Tattersall and the legend he created for thirteen years in Australia.
Bob won 50% of the races he participated in "Down Under" and was one of racing's truly colorful characters.
Soft cover, 256 pages, 56 pages of photos.
Price: $45.00
Compiled by Ed Watson
This is Ed Watson’s final book, compiled and completed with the assistance of his wife Sue.
It’s a huge historical treasure trove covering 1933-2002 that includes AAA/USAC history, listings of National Feature winners by number of wins, Club champions by year, Who’s Who in midget racing, National Midget Auto Racing Hall of Fame honorees, stories on the drivers and clubs, and more.
Hard cover, 224 pp, 1260 photos
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Price: $39.95
By Bill Montgomery
This “Companion Edition” is a full volume update of Bill Montgomery’s December 1999 publication, Kurtis-Kraft Midget- A Genealogy of Speed.”
The companion is hard bound, 167 indexed pages, and it contains hundreds of remarkably good photographs of Kurtis-Kraft midgets everywhere they raced. It is inconceivable that any open wheel enthusiasts would not enjoy this book.
Hard cover, 8 3/8” x 9 7/16”, 167 pages. over 200 black and white photos.
Price: $29.95
by Mel Anthony
Between these covers lies a glimpse into the daring West Coast midget racers who led an early era in auto racing. Author Mel Anthony discloses first-hand Northwest auto racing history, from the 1930's through the 1950's.
Learn how hazardous midget racing was in the beginning. Read how some were attracted to this risky business. Mel tells what it was like to start his first race in 1946. He raced for ten years with some of the best drivers to compete in the Northwest and beyond.
Price: $39.95
By Bill Montgomery
This book contains over 20 years of research on the history of the famous midget racecars.
The histories of over 250 K.K. Midgets, 190 chassis serial numbers. Explores the mysteries surrounding the most famous production racecar from its inception in 1945 until the company was sold in 1953.
Hard cover, 450 photos, 224 pages
Price: $59.95
By Jack C. Fox
The classic book has been finally been reprinted, again! Now for the sixth time The Mighty Midgets takes you into the very beginnings of the sport in the mid-thirties and leads you through their memorable history.
The mighty Midgets represent not only a traditional training ground for the nation’s professional drivers, but a way of life, and even death, to those who become addicted to them. If you’ve ever wondered what the inside world of automobile racing is all about, you’ll know after reading this book.
Price: $29.95
By Edgar Otto and Joann Biondi
The gripping story of a Yankee who worked alongside Bill France from 1949-1963, helping transform a scrappy group of guys into the most successful racing organization in the world.
Full of photography and never-before-told stories – some that will surprise historians. A rollicking ride through the colorful early days of racing.
Price: $32.95
By Gordon E. White
Harry A. Miller designed racing cars that were among the finest of the golden age of American auto racing for nearly two decades. This book portrays Miller's racing cars of the glorious roaring twenties along with his speedboat and aircraft engines - even his design for a high-speed combat vehicle engine. An exciting collection of photos of the work of one of America's mechanical geniuses, along with commentary on Miller's work by auto racing historian Gordon Eliot White.