Blood, Sweat & Gears. The Story of the Gray Ghost and the Junkyard Firebird

Blood, Sweat & Gears. The Story of the Gray Ghost and the Junkyard Firebird
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Publisher : David G. Barnes
Total Pages : 284
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ISBN-10 : 1941536468
ISBN-13 : 9781941536469
Rating : 4/5 (68 Downloads)

Book Synopsis Blood, Sweat & Gears. The Story of the Gray Ghost and the Junkyard Firebird by : David G. Barnes

Download or read book Blood, Sweat & Gears. The Story of the Gray Ghost and the Junkyard Firebird written by David G. Barnes and published by David G. Barnes. This book was released on 2014-10-14 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1971, could a little group of unknown automotive engineers independently design and build a race car from an old 1964 Pontiac sedan and really compete against professional, factory-backed racing teams? Blood, Sweat & Gears is based on the true story of a small group of GM Pontiac Division engineers who did just that - they independently created a race car in 1970 from an old 1964 Pontiac Le Mans with 80,000 miles on its odometer. Without factory support and on a shoestring budget, they seriously competed in the 1971 televised Trans-Am road racing circuit against professional, well-financed, factory-backed racing teams and won the hearts of fans and the press, who dubbed their car the "Gray Ghost." The following year they did it again, starting with a wrecked Firebird from a junkyard, and shocked the racing world at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course. Blood, Sweat & Gears is an inspiring, fact-based underdog story of hard work, ingenuity and competitive American grit that has never before been fully told.


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Blood, Sweat & Gears. The Story of the Gray Ghost and the Junkyard Firebird
Language: en
Pages: 284
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Type: BOOK - Published: 2014-10-14 - Publisher: David G. Barnes

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