Author Topic: 6 Seconds to Glory: Don "Snake" Prudhomme's 1973 NHRA Funny Car Race  (Read 1594 times)

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The early career of Don Prudhomme is captured in this spine-tingling account of the 1973 Nationals at Indianapolis Raceway Park. Master writer Hal Higdon spent the race weekend shadowing Prudhomme during a race that was the turning point in The Snake's dominating Funny Car racing career. Higdon captured the weekend drama minute-by-minute as Snake fights for a chance to make history. Along the way, Higdon delves into Prudhomme s history as a racer, giving the reader insight into how Don Prudhomme became a household name in the early 1970s. The account includes Prudhomme s relationship with Tom Mongoonse McEwen the infamous Snake versus Mongoose rivalry that made both men s careers. Higdon takes the readers behind the wheel, into the pits and back along the hard road where years of planning and training reach their climax for a driver within a space of seconds.

Paperback: 160 pages
Publisher: Octane Press; 2 edition (September 6, 2013)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1937747271
ISBN-13: 978-1937747275
Product Dimensions: 5 x 0.5 x 7.9 inches
Shipping Weight: 4.8 ounces

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Re: 6 Seconds to Glory: Don "Snake" Prudhomme's 1973 NHRA Funny Car Race
« Reply #1 on: March 30, 2015, 04:13:20 AM »
The book has been donated to a young racer