Racers in the Sun, Volume One: The Story of Florida's Sprint Car Legends - Paperback

by Richard Golardi (Author)

This book is a collective biography with 13 individual biographies and the story of one iconic Florida race track. Two authorized biographies of National Sprint Car Hall of Fame inductees are included for Pete Folse and Frank Riddle. There are six biographies of Little 500 Hall of Fame inductees: Wayne Reutimann, Dave Scarborough, Robert Smith, Jack Nowling, George Rudolph, and Frank Riddle. Additional biographies for Ralph Liguori, Johnny Hicks, Pancho Alvarez, Cush Revette, Larry Brazil, and Dick Byerly are included. Tampa's auto racing history is told through the life story of Tampa racing legend Johnny Hicks and the other subjects, with the story of Golden Gate Speedway added to increase the excitement level of the rip-roaring, pedal-to-the-floor, all-out NASCAR, Indy car, and sprint car racing stories that are told by award-winning journalist and author Richard Golardi.