Indy: The Race and Ritual of the Indianapolis 500, Second Edition

by Terry Reed

Book Overview

In a nation that worships the automobile for the freedom, style, and status that it confers, the Indianapolis 500, run on or near Memorial Day eighty-seven times, is an annual rite of passage celebrating Americans' love affair with speed. Indy recounts the drivers (677 men and 3 women) who have gone to Indianapolis in the past ninety-five years to live their dreams, staking their lives on the outcome. It highlights the faces in the crowd: hardworking...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1574889079
• ISBN13: 9781574889079
• Release Date: March 2005
• Publisher: Potomac Books
• Length: 258 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 7.0" x 10.2"