Auto Racing in Charlotte and the Carolina Piedmont

by Marc P. Singer and Ryan L. Sumner

Book Overview

Charlotte and the Carolina Piedmont has an extensive and legendary tradition of automobile racing. Soon after 1904, when the first car was registered in Charlotte, autos became a part of everyday life.

Car racing was just around the bend: an open-road race was run through Charlotte as early as 1908. Many drivers themselves have hailed from the area, and some are said to have received early training by running moonshine and outrunning...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0738515159
• ISBN13: 9780738515151
• Release Date: April 2003
• Publisher: Arcadia Publishing (SC)
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.4" x 9.1"