Richard D Arnold wrote:
>
> >Interesting to see all the folks who read The Red Car. Others might
> >include Crash Club. Others that don't come to mind immediately but
> >that are out there....
>
> I remember Crash Club! By Henry Gregor Felsen, I believe. I think he
> also wrote Boy Gets Car and Hot Rod.
>
> Another one from my youth was Road Race. Can't think of the author's
> name, but it was a 'coming of age' book about a teenager named Dave who
> loves cars, builds a Model A out of old parts, and gets drug into trouble
> by the local ne'er do well. The town's rich guy takes Dave under his
> wing, lets him help work on the Duesenbergs that he races at Pike's Peak,
> and generally teaches him a 'Safety Fast' kinda thing.
>
> Rich
> (feeling old this evening after realizing that most new college students
> have never listened to a 45 or 8-track, or played Pong)
I remember Road Race, I read it about the smae time as "Catcher with the
glass arm" and those other Matt Christopher type books. I was
remembering that book while I was reading some of the other books in
this thread, but couldn't remember the title. That book taught me the
meaning of a "Grand Prix slide", and I always remembered that.
Thanx for the memory
Mark Snowdon
Greensboro NC
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