Check out Pete’s column in our newsletter, “Motorsports Racing Legacies“, where he talks about his trip in December to Iowa to help that SCCA Region kick off their 50th anniversary year. While there, he took a sidetrip to Vichy (wow, what a sidetrip), Missouri (not France!) where he found good wine…and another Ghost Track in [...]
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Posted in Cars, History, Pete Hylton, SCCA, porsche, tagged Flickr Tags:ghost tracks, Pete Hylton, Porsche 356, racing history, SCCA, sports car racing, vintage racing on February 7, 2008 | No Comments »
Ghost Tracks is not only a look at race tracks, but at cars and characters. That’s what Gordan Maltby of Porsche 356 Registry. Here is the complete review.
Ghost Tracks is a fascinating look not only at the venues, but the cars and characters that made up early SCCA racing across this country. Pete Hylton weaves [...]
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Posted in Books, Cars, History, museum on November 25, 2007 | No Comments »
Beverly Little,from the Forney Museum of Transportation, in Denver, Colorado, recently wrote us about Ghost Tracks.
“Mr. Hylton has done what many would love to do—researched once
popular sports car racing tracks and gone searching for their remains.
The resulting book is informative, entertaining, and worth keeping for
that day when one feels a need to go exploring.
Former race tracks [...]
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The sports car racing season is winding down…at least for this year. But even though your friends can’t be at the races for a few months, they can visit the tracks. The Ghost Tracks, that is. Let them settle down in their favorite easy chair with Pete Hylton’s “Ghost Tracks” to take a trans continental [...]
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That’s what 41-year SCCA veteran writes about “Ghost Tracks”. Check out the the rest of his comments…and those of many other readers here.
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Are you a writer or editor with a newsletter or website on motorsports history? We are looking for contributors to a blog site devoted to motorsports history….events, cars, people.
Interested? Add a post or email me at information@legacyinkpublishing.com.
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Picked up the finished book yesterday. Shelley set up a marathon signing session in Brownsville with Pete. We will ship all the pre-orders today and Friday. So watch the mail for your copy.
We drove up in two separate vehicles to get the books. With everyone waiting for delivery, we didn’t want to wait for trucking. [...]
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Posted in Books, Cars, History on September 5, 2007 | 1 Comment »
For your reading enjoyment….here is an excerpt from Chapter One of Ghosttracks.
“When I went searching for the remains of Meadowdale, I knew where to look from old track literature, but I wasn’t sure what I would find. As I approached the area, I began to fear that I would find nothing, as a major shopping [...]
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You can order Ghost Tracks at http://www.legacyinkpublishing.com/. We use PayPal, so you can pay by check or credit card. For those of you who prefer mail order, email us at information@legacyinkpublishing for mail order instructions.
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Posted in Books, Cars, History, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania Turnpike, Pete Hylton, Race Tracks, Road Racing, SCCA, Sports Cars, Vintage cars on July 19, 2007 | No Comments »
In “Ghost Tracks”, Pete Hylton’s gives the history of renown and little-known race courses. There are names familiar to most sports car drivers, including Mid America Raceway, Marlboro, Meadowlands and Brooklands. But did you know that there was once a race scheduled on the Pennsylvania Turnpike? In his book, Hylton recalls racing legen Bill Milliken’s determined effort [...]
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