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\"\"<\/a>holman-moody: The Legendary Race Team<\/h2>\n

By Tom Cotter and Al Pearce<\/h3>\n

This second edition of a book originally published more than a decade ago chronicles one of America\u2019s all-time great racing teams. The story begins in 1957 when two guys with a shared dream became partners and shortly found themselves guiding Ford\u2019s efforts during arguably NASCAR\u2019s finest era, when factory teams from Detroit\u2019s Big Three battled for victory every weekend.<\/p>\n

They didn\u2019t stop there, however, instead reaching out to tackle endurance racing, drag racing and the Can-Am, as well as initiating a project that would have taken them to Indianapolis, and many pages here catalog their efforts with Ford GT40s for Sebring and Le Mans. Like Dan Gurney\u2019s All American Racers, HM was a university where young technicians could learn their craft, and there was even a marine division for prepping nautical engines.<\/p>\n

Southern Stock Car Racing remains understandably the focus of this book, as HM\u2019s \u201cCompetition Proven\u201d logo graced the front fenders of countless winning cars as they built the template upon which today\u2019s super teams are modeled. Despite a stellar list of race-winning alumni\u2014Fred Lorenzen, Fireball Roberts, Curtis Turner, Joe Weatherly, Nelson Stacy, Dick Hutcherson, Bobby Allison, Gurney, Mario Andretti\u2014HM did not claim a NASCAR Cup championship until David Pearson replaced the retiring Lorenzen for the 1968 season, and then repeated the feat in \u201969.<\/p>\n

Intimately illustrated with superb photography from veteran Don Hunter and others, this book is available for US$75<\/strong> from better bookstores or directly from publisher Octane Press at www.Octanepress.com<\/a><\/p>\n

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