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Title: Novi V-8: Indy Cars 1941 Through 1965 by Karl Ludvigsen, Andy Granatelli ISBN: 1-58388-037-2 Publisher: Iconografix Pub. Date: 01 March, 2001 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $21.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.5 (2 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: My Love Affair with the Novi
Comment: Growing up in Indiana, and first seeing the Novi as a teenager, I can still see the unmistakable Novi racing cars at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. After seeing (and hearing) these cars in person, all other racing cars, even today, seem less powerful and glamorous. No other cars captured the imagination the way the Novis did. Karl Ludvigsen's book brought back many fond memories of a time when the cars seemed faster and more dangerous, and the drivers braver, even though the speeds of that time pale by comparison with comtemporary racecar performance. As an example, when a Novi passed by on the Indy track, you could actually feel the concussion, and its sound made the hair on the back of your neck stand up. Forty years later, I have not heard anything else like that. The Novi drivers--Paul Russo, Bobby Unser, and Jim Hurtubise, all became larger than life just because they were piloting a Novi. It was the ultimate marriage of horsepower, frightening acceleration, and courage. I enjoyed the Ludvigsen book because it took me back to that time. Perhaps it was my age then, or how impressionable I was before reaching adulthood, combined with the unmatched mystique and history of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway that etched the memory of the Novis in my mind forever. Anyone who never got to seem them run at racing speeds at Indy truly missed something special, and those of us who did were truly fortunate.
Rating: 5
Summary: Novi story in pictures
Comment: Great pictures of this famous race car. This book is of the normal high quality associated with Ludvigsen books. I am especially fond of the 2 Kurtis 500F cars that were built for the '56 race and there a several really nice photos of them.
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Title: Indy Cars of the 1960s by Karl Ludvigsen ISBN: 1583880526 Publisher: Motorbooks International Pub. Date: 01 October, 2001 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: Indy Cars of the 1950s by Karl Ludvigsen, Ludvigsen Library ISBN: 1583880186 Publisher: Iconografix Pub. Date: 01 March, 2000 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: Indy Cars of the 1970s by Karl Ludvigsen, Introduction by Karl Ludvigsen ISBN: 1583880984 Publisher: Iconografix Pub. Date: October, 2003 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: Offenhauser by Gordon Eliot White, Kenneth Walton ISBN: 0879388838 Publisher: SAE International Pub. Date: 01 October, 1996 List Price(USD): $39.95 |
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Title: Indianapolis Roadsters 1952-1964 by Joe Scalzo ISBN: 0760306346 Publisher: Motorbooks International Pub. Date: 01 September, 1999 List Price(USD): $49.95 |
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