Posted in Books, History, Pete Hylton, Race Tracks, Vintage cars, book order form on November 19, 2007 | No Comments »
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 [...]
Posted in History, Race Tracks, Road Racing, SCCA, Sports Cars, Vintage cars on October 22, 2007 | No Comments »
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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 [...]
Posted in Books, Cars, History, Pete Hylton, Race Tracks, Road Racing, SCCA, Sports Cars, Vintage cars on July 19, 2007 | No Comments »
“They were once the asphalt playgrounds of race car drivers, echoing with the roar of engines and the squeal of skinny bias-ply tires. The paddocks were filled with gentleman racers tinkering on Ferraris, OSCAs, bathtub Porsches and Coopers. Now, they sit silent and the engines scream only in memories.
They are the ghost tracks of SCCA’s [...]
Posted in Books, Cars, History, Pete Hylton, Race Tracks, Road Racing, SCCA, Sports Cars, Vintage cars on July 19, 2007 | No Comments »
Why do you think this history is important to today’s drivers?
I find that the newest generation of both drivers and motorsports fans have very little idea of what racing was like in its earlier days. It isn’t that they are not interested. Quite the contrary, they seem to be avid readers of my articles, and [...]
Posted in Books, Cars, History, Pete Hylton, Race Tracks, Road Racing, SCCA, Sports Cars, Vintage cars on June 27, 2007 | No Comments »
Marsha’s been working her magic again! Check out the additional pages up there to find out more about the author, the SCCA, and the book!
Keep checking back here for upcoming information about the progress of the book, and how you can get your paws on one!
"Pete Hylton weaves historical data with personal stories and lots of great old photos from tracks that were famous, and some that most of us have never heard of."
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