Maximum Performance: Mopar Super Stock Drag Racing 1962 - 1969

Maximum Performance: Mopar Super Stock Drag Racing 1962 - 1969

<DIV><B><I>Maximum Performance</I> gives you the full details on Chrysler’s 1960's-era drag racing history, when they revolutionized the sport with top drivers, monster engines, and experimental cars.</B><BR /><BR /> Since the early days of racing, Chrysler, Dodge, and Plymouth have dominated drag strips and race tracks. In 1955 alone, Chrysler 300s won <B>37 major stock car races</B> and clinched both the <B>NASCAR and AAA stock car championships</B>.<BR /><BR /> Although the impressive engine options of 1950s consistently out-performed the competition, they were a mere <B>opening act for the extremes of performance </B>that would be unleashed throughout the 1960s--the golden era of drag racing and factory super-performance cars.<BR /><BR /><I>Maximum Performance: Mopar Super Stock Drag Racing 1962-1969 </I><B>details Chrysler's amazing dominance in this era</B>. Its drivers were among drag racing's first paid professional racers, and this book covers the complete story of Mopar drag racing accompanied by historical imagery as well as contemporary photos. <B>This is the real story</B> behind Super Stock and Factory Experimental drag racing as told the people who lived it!</DIV>