Snake vs. Mongoose: How a Rivalry Changed Drag Racing Forever - Hardcover

Madigan, Tom

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0760334862 ISBN 13: 9780760334867

Verlag: Motorbooks, 2009

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Don “The Snake” Prudhomme  in his Barracuda.  Tom “The Mongoose” McEwen in his Duster.  The “Snake vs. Mongoose” racing feud had been making headlines long before they got their Funny Cars, but it wasn’t until they made a deal with Mattel that drag racing became the multimillion-dollar business that it is today.  Happily co-opted by Mattel, the rivalry described in Snake vs. Mongoose was nonetheless real.  Author Tom Madigan tells the story from the beginning, when engine builder Ed Donovan, with a nod to “The Jungle Book,” dubbed his driver “The Mongoose”--the one creature who could strike faster than a Snake.  The book chronicles the bad press, the toe-to-toe standoffs, and some of the best races in drag racing history.  And within that story, Madigan captures the transformation of drag racing from the gritty, gut-driven sport of the 60s into the full-fledged money-making machine of our day.

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Tom Madigan has been part of the California car culture since the end of World War II. As a journalist, he has covered all kinds of motorsports, but his first love has always been the sport in which he participated: Top Fuel drag racing. Madigan is the author of several books, including Motorbooks’ critically acclaimed Fuel and Guts: The Birth of Top Fuel Drag Racing; Edelbrock: Made in the USA; and Hurricane: The Bob Hannah Story. He resides in Sonora, California, with his extremely patient wife, Darlene.

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Don the Snake Prudhomme vs. Tom the Mongoose McEwen. Their racing feud made headlines for years. But it wasn t until toymaker Mattel entered the picture and made the Snake and Mongoose Funny Car rivalry a Hot Wheels promotion that drag racing became a multimillion-dollar business. Snake vs. Mongoose tells the story of this very real rivalry the drivers, the kids Mattel introduced to the sport, and some of the best drag racing of the era. And along the way, the book captures the transformation of drag racing from the gritty, gut-driven sport of the 1960s into the full-fledged money-making machine it is today.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Motorbooks
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2009
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0760334862
• ISBN 13: 9780760334867
• Einband: Gebundene Ausgabe
• Anzahl der Seiten: 160
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