Fabulous Fifties: American Championship Racing (Dick Wallen)

Chronicles of the formative years of America’s post-war National Championship, when very brave and very tough young men vied for victory at Indianapolis and a host of dirt ovals, with little more than an inexpensive helmet to protect themselves.

Fabulous Fifties: American Championship Racing, with a foreword by Champion Rodger Ward, is packed with hundreds of vintage photos and championship results, and includes a host of great first-hand stories about the era’s prominent drivers, mechanics, builders, promoters, and owners.

With box scores and statistics of all the National Championship races throughout the 1950s, this fine book chronicles the formative years of America’s post-war National Championship, when very brave and very tough young men vied for victory at Indianapolis and a host of dirt ovals, with little more than an inexpensive helmet to protect themselves.