{"product_id":"lost-road-courses-riverside-ontario-bridgehampton-more-2","title":"Lost Road Courses: Riverside, Ontario, Bridgehampton \u0026 More","description":"Road racing has long-storied roots in North America that reach from \ncoast to coast and to Canada. Some of the greatest drivers to ever \ncompete raced wickedly fast machines, staged epic duels on winding \nstrips of asphalt, and created history. This history left an enduring \nlegacy that is revealed and celebrated in Lost Road Courses. Road racer \nand road racing expert Martin Rudow retraces road racing’s glorious past \nand visits the defunct classic road courses across the United States and \nCanada.\n\nMany road courses were built during the golden age of American road \nracing and fell victim to changing times, poor business decisions, urban \nsprawl, safety standards, and increasing real estate prices. Rudow \nrecounts the breathtaking races and fascinating history of more than 16 \ntracks from around North America. Riverside International Raceway, \nBridgehampton Race Circuit, Ontario Motor Speedway, Continental Divide \nRaceway, and many others were once major race venues that have since \nclosed. The exploits of Chaparral, McLaren, Bud Moore, Lotus, Penske, \nand other race teams as well as racing greats Mario Andretti, Parnelli \nJones, Jim Hall, A. J. Foyt, Al Unser, Jim Clark, and Dan Gurney are \ncovered.\n\nIn the pages of this book, a nostalgic tour of these famous races at \nthese vintage road circuits unfolds. Many period photos illustrate the \nracing action and the tracks themselves in their former glory, and \nmodern color shows the tracks as they currently stand.\n\nComprehensive retrospective on prominent classic road course race tracks \nin each region of the United States and Canada\n\nCovers defunct yet revered race tracks including Riverside, Ontario, and \nBridgehampton\n\nRecounts classic races of historic race teams and legendary race drivers\n\nAbout the Author\n\nMartin Rudow is a lifelong road racing enthusiast, authority, and \npublisher of Vintage Drift, a vintage road racing magazine in the \nPacific Northwest. He has authored two regional sports car racing \nhistory books, Weekends of Glory and Long Straights and Hairpin Turns, \nand has been awarded national and international recognition for them. \nRudow has attended numerous regional sports car races in the latter half \nof the 1950s and first half of the 1960s.","brand":"CarTech","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50702637990168,"sku":"B05030#POD","price":36.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0057\/9813\/3831\/files\/b05030_ab7a50eb-8af2-4ffd-af80-ffd02383738b.jpg?v=1772272761","url":"https:\/\/www.midlifeclassiccars.com\/bs\/products\/lost-road-courses-riverside-ontario-bridgehampton-more-2","provider":"MidlifeClassicCars.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}