{"id":461129,"date":"2007-05-01T05:00:42","date_gmt":"2007-05-01T12:00:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportscardigest.com\/\/?p=64791"},"modified":"2024-01-04T22:05:01","modified_gmt":"2024-01-04T22:05:01","slug":"product-reviews-71","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/product-reviews-71\/","title":{"rendered":"[Book Review] Westwood"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">Westwood &#8211; Everyone\u2019s Favourite Racing Circuit<\/h2>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">By Tom Johnstone<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/PR200705-p3.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-648830 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/PR200705-p3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1080\" height=\"818\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/PR200705-p3.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/PR200705-p3-300x227.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/PR200705-p3-1024x776.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/PR200705-p3-100x76.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/PR200705-p3-770x583.jpg 770w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/PR200705-p3-293x222.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\" \/><\/a>While it is often overlooked by the rest of the racing world, Canada possesses a long and rich road-racing history. Of the many purpose-built tracks in Canada, Westwood\u2014located near Vancouver, in British Columbia\u2014was the first, and some would argue the best, of Canada\u2019s many circuits.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">In \u201cWestwood,\u201d Canadian racer Tom Johnston, examines the 32-year history of this West Coast, club-owned track, both in terms of the racing, as well as the people that made the racing possible. While this book covers the usual track history that one would expect in a book of this genre, one of the interesting things that makes this book different, is its dedicated historical sections covering everything from concession sales and the people who ran the track, to racing in the rain, the significant cars and drivers, and all the various turns and landmarks that made the facility special. All this combined with an appendix of major race results, and even portraits of the hundreds of drivers who raced at Westwood over the years, makes this book a very unique look at Canada\u2019s racing heritage.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Available for US$54.95 (softbound) or $300 (leatherbound with a slipcase) at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.granvilleislandpublishing.com\">www.granvilleislandpublishing.com<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Westwood &#8211; Everyone\u2019s Favourite Racing Circuit By Tom Johnstone While it is often overlooked by the rest of the racing world, Canada possesses a long and rich road-racing history. Of the many purpose-built tracks in Canada, Westwood\u2014located near Vancouver, in British Columbia\u2014was the first, and some would argue the best, of Canada\u2019s many circuits. In \u201cWestwood,\u201d Canadian racer Tom Johnston, examines the 32-year history of this West Coast, club-owned track, both in terms of the racing, as well as the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54,"featured_media":648830,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[263,11339],"tags":[2942,17152,17940,3297],"class_list":["post-461129","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-car-culture","category-product","tag-car-books","tag-car-culture","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] Westwood<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Norm Sippel, Patrick Quinn, Casey Annis of Vintage Racecar review products\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, 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