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august 2008 ludvigsen library series white racers from zuffenhausen porsche 904 906 907 908 910 karl ludvigsen iconografix item 146637 isbn-13 978-1-58388-218-4 $29.95 us $33.95 can 10¼ x 8½ in 128 pages pb 121 b/w illustrations north american rights only booktrade racing 289 it was no small leap for porsche from its giantkilling spyders to the powerful type 917 that swept all before it the gap was bridged by its 900-series sports-racing cars here depicted in rare original photography from the ludvigsen library karl ludvigsen has personally selected both dramatic action images and intimate technical details of the 904 906 907 908 and 910 which with their air-cooled flat-six and flat-eight engines brought porsche to the fore in both international sports-car racing and the european hillclimb championship which porsche won in 1966 and 1968 these were the years of spare-no-expense building of fresh cars for every race funded secretly by volkswagen with exotic titanium and beryllium components led technically by the thrusting porsche expert karl ludvigsen introduces this must-have pictorial panorama for all fans of the white racers from zuffenhausen mbi distribution services september 2008 drag boats of the 1960s photo archive don edwards iconografix item 146641 isbn-13 978-1-58388-222-1 $29.95 us $33.95 can 10¼ x 8½ in 128 pages pb 40 color 80 b/w illustrations north american rights only booktrade racing the time has come to chronicle a photo archival book of drag boats of the 1960s aptly named the rebel decade this was the birth of whipstart dragsters which led to today s organized drag boat racing recognized and featured are those racing legends like larry schwabenland ray caselli gary gabelich dwight bale hot boat builders like rich hallett sanger jack davidson rudy raymos engine builders keith black dave zeuschel ed pink louis unser and many others who reigned in their heyday these mavericks dared to mix unleashed speed-on-thewater with smoke and fire thunderous nitro or powerful blown gas while avoiding the moment when their boat could take a deadly spin nose dive or flight­many failed drag boats of the 1960s photo archive is a team effort by many of those who were there only they could have created this riveting history on the fastest most exciting and dangerous era in water sports.

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