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Blood, Sweat & Gears. The Story of the Gray Ghost and the Junkyard Firebird
Contributor(s): Barnes, David G. (Author)

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 ISBN: 1941536468     ISBN-13: 9781941536469
Publisher: David G. Barnes an Imprint of Telemachus Pres
OUR PRICE: $12.59  

Binding Type: Paperback
Published: October 2014
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BISAC Categories:
- Sports & Recreation | History
Physical Information: 0.64" H x 6" W x 9" L (0.92 lbs) 284 pages
 
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In 1971, could a little group of unknown automotive engineers independently design and build a race car from an old 1964 Pontiac sedan and really compete against professional, factory-backed racing teams? Blood, Sweat & Gears is based on the true story of a small group of GM Pontiac Division engineers who did just that - they independently created a race car in 1970 from an old 1964 Pontiac Le Mans with 80,000 miles on its odometer. Without factory support and on a shoestring budget, they seriously competed in the 1971 televised Trans-Am road racing circuit against professional, well-financed, factory-backed racing teams and won the hearts of fans and the press, who dubbed their car the "Gray Ghost." The following year they did it again, starting with a wrecked Firebird from a junkyard, and shocked the racing world at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course. Blood, Sweat & Gears is an inspiring, fact-based underdog story of hard work, ingenuity and competitive American grit that has never before been fully told.
 
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