"Dyno Don": Cars and Career of Dyno Don Nicholson Book ~ BRAND NEW!

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"Dyno Don": The Cars and Career of Dyno Don Nicholson
by Doug Boyce
PUBLISHED JULY 2018
If you are a fan of a certain era of racing, a Ford fan, or certainly a Dyno Don fan, this book will be a welcome addition to your library. Follow his Hall of Fame career on the match race circuit.
Many fans of drag racing consider the most interesting era to be from the 1950s through the 1970s, the years when the sport really took off. During that period, so much changed from a speed and technology standpoint that people often refer to this time as the golden age of drag racing.
Drivers often became associated with a particular manufacturer, such as Chevy, Ford, or Chrysler through sponsorship, factory team rides, or sometimes simply their own preference. The more successful drivers became household names in the drag racing community. Chevy had Grumpy Jenkins, Pontiac had Arnie "the Farmer" Beswick, Mopar had Sox & Martin and Dandy Dick Landy, and Ford's most successful driver of the era was the legendary "Dyno Don" Nicholson.
Nicholson's first wins on a national level were actually in the early 1960s in Chevrolet products. He became extremely successful on the match-race circuit. Then, in 1964, he switched over to Mercury with the new Comet after General Motors enacted a factory ban on racing activities. He won 90 percent of his match races that year. He stuck with Ford and Mercury products and won throughout the 1960s and 1970s, even after Ford also pulled the plug on factory team sponsorship. He made it to the final rounds in nearly 50 national events during that period, in addition to winning championships, awards, and match races along the way. If you are a fan of a certain era of racing, a Ford fan, or certainly a "Dyno Don" fan, this book will be a welcome addition to your library.
Doug Boyce has had a life-long addiction to drag racing. He turned his first wrench at age 8 and attended his first race at age 10. The essence of burning rubber and screaming open pipes filled his head and by his early teens, he was elbow deep in building classic Chevys. He continued to fuel the fire while working 9 to 5 in the automotive field. Doug has filled what little spare time he has had writing numerous club and magazine articles related to drag racing's golden years. He has an ongoing love of drag racing and the way it used to be. He is the author of Grumpy's Toys, Junior Stock, Drag Racing's Quarter Mile Warriors: Then & Now, 1001 Drag Racing Facts, and Match Race Mayhem.
CONTENTS:
Introduction
Chapter 1      Birth of a Legend (1927–1961)
Chapter 2      A Bevy of Chevys (1961–1963)
Chapter 3      Mercury Rising (1964–1965)
Chapter 4      Dyno Soars (1966–1968)
Chapter 5      Heads Up (1969–1973)
Chapter 6      Mustang Country (1974–1977)
Chapter 7      Foxy Bodies (1978–1981)
Chapter 8      It’s In the Blood (1983–2001)
Chapter 9      The Legend Lives
In Memoriam
Appendix
Index
Softcover. 8 1/2 x 11. 176 pages. 194 color, 136 black and white photos.
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