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Highlights the careers of six professional drag racers: Bob Glidden, Tom McEwen, Don Prudhomme, Don Garlits, Gary Beck, and Shirley Muldowney. ... Read more

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Presents a history of drag racing in addition to special focus on such individual drivers as Don "Big Daddy" Garlits, Don Prudhomme, Bob Glidden, and Shelly Anderson. ... Read more

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One of the best books on Drag racing
Dag racing is an exciting sport and have enjoyed racing for some time now. Learing how to spruce up your car is a must.A great book to read ... Read more

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Money well spent
I've had the book for four years and read it front to back every off season to try and break bad habits picked up during the racing season.Frank breaks it down to simple terms and writes it to where it is fun to read.best money spent for a useful tool in everyone's tool box.Terry Bolin,Springdale, AR

Excellent mental approach towards the sport of drag racing.
This book is an excellent approach towards the sport of drag racing from a mental standpoint.Numerous examples, demonstrations, and mental tactics that are keys to success are reviewed, and they work!Also there are chassis tips, sponsorship techniques, and other aspects discussed.If you're a drag racer, or even just a spectator, this book make a great reading material for a true insight ito the mind of a drag racer. ... Read more

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This book takes you behind the scenes with the group of Chrysler engineers who, from the 1950s through the 1970s, became one of the most successful and influential drag racing teams of all time. The only team of engineers from an automobile manufacturer to drag race successfully, the Ramchargers broke the most time barriers in drag racing history and earned the most National Hot Rod Association (NHRA) Super Stock titles during the sport's golden era of factory competition. ... Read more

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they where more than the ramchargers.
as a young boy growing up in australia any information about drag racing was like a bible.i was able read drag world, drag news and national dragster that came to the speed shop.i always looked forward to reading and learn what i could about the ramchargers.with this book i am able to read their story,plus fill in all the gaps.

Great Book
Very well written.The author is actually one of the Ramchargers.I've recommended this to every car crazy friend and MoPar fan I know.

Fact is fact, honest reports from the men who were there...
This book was an absolute dream to read, i felt as if I were a fly on the wall, Dave Rockwell did a fantastic job researching and putting it all on paper.Forget any attitudes, showboating, etc...these guys were the real deal, family men who wanted to get the power to the ground and make it work for them.Honestly, I get the feeling that I missed out being born late, but this book takes me back.a must have for any MOPAR enthusiast !!! 5 stars !!! you'll have hard time putting it down !

We are the Ramchargers
This book offered me a facinating insight into the development of Mopar's factory-based superstock, factory experimental, funny car and top fuel efforts through the eyes and ears of the factory engineers and their peers who made up the legendary Ramchargers Drag Racing Team.What I found especially interesting was how influential these dedicated and loyal Mopar engineers were in both changing the internal thinking of Chrysler's "old-guard"(from developing oversize performance luxury cars to the development of youth-oriented, no-frills, total-performance vehicles), and the external promotion and technical sharing of performance products and techniques in bringing both Dodge and Plymouth to the forefront of the muscle car and initial factory super stock era.

The major players and competitors are all there, from the unbeatable Garlits, to the Mopar factory drivers like Sox, Landy, etc., to the competition like Nicholson, Jenkins, etc.

If you like the era, the cars, the drivers and the competition both on and off the track, you will enjoy this well written book!

We Were The Ramchargers
Overall I thought the book informative and entertaining. Others have properly noted some grammatical errors, notably the Homophone errors, e.g. Bonsai as opposed to Banzai, but in all honesty, theses distractions are minor, if a bit disconcerting.

The book illuminated many of the aspects of Chrysler's racing effort and how it manifested itself within the corporate structure. I knew of the Ramchargers, although I never saw them run personally.

When I started drag racing, around 1972, I was inspired by teams such as Sox & Martin, Dick Landy, Herb McCandless and the like. I hadn't realized how much the Ramchargers had contributed to their efforts. I've always been more inclined to Stock/Super Stock/Modified Production/Pro Stock rather than to Rails and Funny cars, although the latter were enjoyable to watch.

These cars (S/SS/MP/Pro Stock) were based on real cars that the public could actually buy (granted, much modified) whereas today's Pro-Stocks are little more than stylized Funny Cars on Gasoline. Today's Funny Cars bear hardly any resemblance to real cars and I submit that a person would be terribly hard-pressed to identify what 'brand' of car they were watching if unpainted with corporate logos.I digress here, my apologies.

I do wish that the Ramchargers (Chrysler) would have devoted more time and research to the MoPar Small block and Big-Blocks as those were really the backbone of the typical racer. I wouldn't argue that the Hemi had the most potential, but a lot was "left on the table" regarding the wedge engines. I think that corporately, the decision was made to focus on the Hemi in the classical engineering waterfall requirements methodology, and in that vein, the Hemi made the most sense. An excellent race engine, not so great on the street.

I would definitely recommend the book to any MoPar enthusiast, and even to owners of the competing brands.

It has been said that we stand on the shoulders of giants, and I believe that this book vividly represents that. It must have been personally difficult for them to accommodate their wishes to race and demands of their personal and professional lives to achieve what they did achieve.
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Factory Lightweighs; Detroit's Drag Racing Specials of the '60s
This book is a wealth of information for those who remember the days of drag racing super stocks and factory altered wheelbase cars that were lightened with "swiss cheese" frames and bare bones interiors. Prior to the one-piece bodys known as "floppers" this is what was a radical departure to what was driven on the street. Plenty of great archival pictures, this book is a must-have for anyone who atteneded the drags in the 60s.

Drag Racer, yeah!!
fantastic book! I bought it for my boyfriend but I read it, too. It is really great and he loved it, too.

History buffs guide
On of the best writen histories on the how the auto industry got into racing

great service,great book
great book brings back past great pic.& reviews


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Just awesome!
Great book! If you are a musclecar fan, drag racing fan, modeler, or just a car junkie, you need this book! Great stories and detailed info, and tons of great pics, especially of the lesser-known or seen cars. Feeds the visual and the technical guys cravings. ... Read more

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Money well Spent !
I've had the book for four years and read it every off season to try and break bad habits. Frank breaks it down to simple terms and is written at a level that is very interesting. Best money spent for a useful tool in mysecret tool box! Terry Bolin, Springdale, Ar. ... Read more

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Introduces drag racing and discusses different categories of drag racing cars and drag racing. ... Read more

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Describes motorcycle dragsters and their sport; includes a history. ... Read more

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The only book on the subject and very well done!
I am building a dragster motorcycle and with the book I saved many hours of search in magazines looking for this kind of motorcycles, the book is the only one that I know of the subject, very well ilustrated and veryinformative, always you learn something new! ... Read more

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Introduces the sport of drag racing, in which special stripped-down competition model cars are raced in a straight line along a quarter-mile track at speeds of up to 300 miles per hour. Includes a glossary. ... Read more

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Describes top fuel dragsters and their sport; includes a history. ... Read more

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OK for a childrens book
outdated and inaccurate information, book reads as if written by an amateur ... Read more

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Brief text and illustrations introduce the various vehicles competing in drag racing. ... Read more

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Introduces drag racing, a relatively new form of automobile racing in which cars engage in a contest of acceleration. ... Read more

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An overview of drag racing with descriptions of the drag strip, Christmas tree lights, driver gear, racing fuel, time trials, and race day. Includes a glossary of terms. ... Read more