{"id":460628,"date":"2005-11-01T05:00:56","date_gmt":"2005-11-01T13:00:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportscardigest.com\/\/?p=79903"},"modified":"2024-01-04T22:05:20","modified_gmt":"2024-01-04T22:05:20","slug":"product-reviews-87","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/product-reviews-87\/","title":{"rendered":"[Book Review] Vukovich"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">Vukovich<\/h2>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">By Bob Gates<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2005\/11\/PR200511-p1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-712019 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2005\/11\/PR200511-p1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"879\" height=\"1080\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2005\/11\/PR200511-p1.jpg 879w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2005\/11\/PR200511-p1-244x300.jpg 244w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2005\/11\/PR200511-p1-833x1024.jpg 833w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2005\/11\/PR200511-p1-81x100.jpg 81w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2005\/11\/PR200511-p1-770x946.jpg 770w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2005\/11\/PR200511-p1-293x360.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 879px) 100vw, 879px\" \/><\/a>With wins at Indianapolis in 1953 and 1954, it looked as if Bill Vukovich was destined to be the first man to win a third consecutive event in 1955. However, it was not to be as Vuky was involved in someone else\u2019s accident that took his life. Now, 50 years after his death, Bill Vukovich is still thought of as being \u201cthe greatest driver who ever turned a wheel at Indianapolis.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Vukovich is a serious book for anyone who is serious about motor racing and its history. It tells the story of how a young man born of immigrant Yugoslavian parents rose to the top of U.S. West Coast midget racing before setting his sights on the big one, the Indianapolis 500.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">I found that it took me a little time to get into the story but, after some perseverance, I was looking forward to page after page and, while I knew what was coming, I was also wishing it wasn\u2019t to be. After Vuky\u2019s death, the book then moves on to the racing careers of Bill Vukovich Junior and Bill(y) Vukovich III who was also destined to lose his life in the sport he loved.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">It is a very interesting and enjoyable read plus contains a number of substories as well, including Bill Vukovich\u2019s involvement in the Pan-American Road Race driving a Lincoln. The rise of the American Automobile Association is also of interest as well as its withdrawal from the sport forever after Vuky\u2019s accident in 1955. Clearly, a work of passion by the author and highly recommended.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Available for U.S. $35.00 hc or $27.50 sc from Motolit Motor Literature at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.motolit.com\">www.motolit.com<\/a> or Pitstop Books at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pitstopbooks.com\">www.pitstopbooks.com<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vukovich By Bob Gates With wins at Indianapolis in 1953 and 1954, it looked as if Bill Vukovich was destined to be the first man to win a third consecutive event in 1955. However, it was not to be as Vuky was involved in someone else\u2019s accident that took his life. Now, 50 years after his death, Bill Vukovich is still thought of as being \u201cthe greatest driver who ever turned a wheel at Indianapolis.\u201d Vukovich is a serious book [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":192,"featured_media":712019,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[263,11339],"tags":[2942,17152,12369,17940,3297],"class_list":["post-460628","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-car-culture","category-product","tag-car-books","tag-car-culture","tag-bill-vukovich","tag-product-reviews","tag-products"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>[Book Review] Vukovich<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/product-reviews-87\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"[Book Review] Vukovich\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Vukovich By Bob Gates With wins at Indianapolis in 1953 and 1954, it looked as if Bill Vukovich was destined to be the first man to win a third consecutive event in 1955. 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