Hurtubise
by Gates, Bob
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good in Very Good dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 096276535X
- ISBN 13
- 9780962765353
- Seller
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Charlottesville, Virginia, United States
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About This Item
E-383: Witness Production. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1995. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Hardcover. 8vo. Witness Productions, Marshall, IN. 1995. 302 pgs. Illustrated with 175 Black and White Photos First Edition/First Printing. DJ has light shelf-wear present to the DJ extremities. Bound in cloth boards with titles present to the spine. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. Previous owner's name present to the front pastedown. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. "Open Wheel" feature writer. Bob Gates, has captured the complex life of one of auto racing's most popular drivers. Jim Hurtubise beat the best sprint car drivers of the California Racing Association then the best in IMCA before taking on the greatest drivers in the world. When he won his first National Championship race in only four tries, he was promptly named "Hercules" by the sports writers. When the racing drivers most feared enemy, fire, was claiming Ed Elisian, Eddie Sachs, Dave MacDonald, Fireball Roberts and Bobby Marshman, Herk overcame his terrible burns and made a most remarkable return to the sport he loved. Dick Berggren called this book the best open wheel racing book in this decade. E-383; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 302 pages .
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- Bookseller
- Last Exit Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 68725
- Title
- Hurtubise
- Author
- Gates, Bob
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good in Very Good dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition; First Printing
- ISBN 10
- 096276535X
- ISBN 13
- 9780962765353
- Publisher
- Witness Production
- Place of Publication
- E-383
- Date Published
- 1995
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