VIR History - related books and web sites
Virginia International Raceway History - 1957-74
please send me e-mail with any additional
info on this or any other VIR History subject
Magazine Article
September/October 2000 Vintage
Motorsport Magazine
"And Quiet Flows The Dan - Until It Reaches VIR"
- history article by David Whiteside
Books
Excellent book from Bill King - Click
Here for ordering info
Available from Arcadia Publishing
or Amazon.com
- a 128 page photo-history book about VIR 1957-74
- (by Chris Holaday, Nick England, and Phil Allen)
(Click here for a list of corrections - hey, we
aren't perfect!)
There are several other very interesting books about US sports car racing in
the 50's and 60's
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American Racing : Road Racing in the 50s and 60s
by Tom Burnside (Photographs), Denise McCluggage (Text)
Hardcover (January 1997)
Motorbooks International; ISBN: 3895082465
wonderful photos, including some of August 1957 opener at VIR
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American Sports Car Racing in the 1950s
by Michael Lynch, William Edgar, Ron Parravano, Zack Miller (editor)
Hardcover - 160 pages (October 1998)
Motorbooks International; ISBN: 0760303673
mostly west coast oriented, but excellent photos and stories
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The Last Open Road
by B.S. Levy
Hardcover - 400 pages Reprint edition (May 1998)
St Martins Pr (Trade); ISBN: 031218624X
"historical fiction" - account of sports car racing in the
early 1950's - great fun
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Watkins Glen 1948-1952 : The Definitive Illustrated History
by Philippe Defechereux
Paperback - 206 pages (July 1998)
Motorbooks International; ISBN: 092975817X
has gotten good reviews
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By Brooks Too Broad for Leaping
by Denise McCluggage
Paperback (December 1994)
Fulcorte Pr; ISBN: 0964230909
McLuggage was a well-known racer of the period and is an excellent
writer
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Pro Sports Car Racing in America 1958-1974
by Dave Friedman
Hardcover (October 1999)
Iconografix; ISBN: 0760306184
Links to Related Web Pages
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Vintage Motorsport
Magazine - covers current vintage races but also has articles about
cars, drivers, and race series from the good old days
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Victory Lane Magazine -
ditto (mostly west coast orientation)
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Vintage Racecar Journal -
ditto
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Watkins Glen Motor Racing Research
Library
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Austin
Raceway Park - another gone but not forgotten track
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Meadowdale Raceway
History - a 3.27 mile road course open 1958-68
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Wilmot Hills Road Racing
Course - vintage photos and info
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Lynndale Farms Road
Course - vintage photos and info
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Road Racing at Wisconsin
State Fair Park - vintage photos and info
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Midwest Council of Sports
Car Clubs-
vintage photos
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Cumberland Airport
Races
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Many More Cumberland
Airport photos
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Bridgehampton
Race Track - 1957 photos - web site is now gone
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Thompson & Lime Rock -
photos from 1950's
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www.limerockmovie.com -
TV show on history of Lime Rock
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Mid-America
Raceway history
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Tam's West Coast Vintage
Photos
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Tam's Links
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US Road Racing in the
50's
(West Coast)
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Frank Sheffield's west coast vintage photos
- Riverside, Ontario, Holtville, Tijuana, Torrey Pines, Palm Springs,
Pomona, Santa Barbara, Carlsbad, and more
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Sebring vintage
photos
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"Deep Throttle" Auto Racing
History links
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Vintage &
Historic Racers Web
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Gail
Totten at VIR & Marlboro
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Jim Fitzgerald Bio
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Race Program Covers
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F2 and F-Jr.
historical info and photos
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Racing Sports Cars -
photo archives - 1948-present
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Sept8th - Vintage Racing Info and
Great Photos (Louiseann & Walter
Pietrowicz)
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VIR Motorsport Country Club - VIR
revived and better than ever
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NC Region SCCA
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Blue Ridge Region SCCA
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