{"id":751313,"date":"2015-05-17T14:58:37","date_gmt":"2015-05-17T14:58:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/?p=751313"},"modified":"2024-01-04T22:02:11","modified_gmt":"2024-01-04T22:02:11","slug":"book-review-riverside-international-raceway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/book-review-riverside-international-raceway\/","title":{"rendered":"[Book Review] Riverside International Raceway"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">Riverside International Raceway<\/h2>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">By Pete Lyons<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Among the most over-used terms in our lexicon is \u201cIconic,\u201d but in some cases there is simply no other word that fits, and this is one of those, a book about an iconic place, written by perhaps the most iconic motorsports writer of his generation. I refer, of course, to Pete Lyons\u2019 new book about the late, lamented Riverside Raceway in Southern California.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Comprehensive is another word that applies here, both to the book and the track itself, for virtually every kind of racing imaginable was held at Riverside. There were sports cars, Indycars, Formula One, Can-Am, Trans-Am, Formula 5000, GTP, NASCAR, IROC, motorcycles, drag racing, midget racing, even off-road racing and, of course, vintage cars. Pete\u2019s imaginative text capsules about the various eras and disciplines are the core of the book, but they are surrounded by an excellent selection of photography from a variety of sources, all embellished with captions that tell even more of Riverside\u2019s riveting tale.\u00a0I could go on, but why? All you really need to know is that if you have any interest at all in Riverside, you need this book.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Available for US$49.95 from enthusiast bookstores, direct from Spry Publishing at (877) 722-2264 or <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sprypub.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.sprypub.com<\/a> or straight from Pete at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.petelyons.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.petelyons.com<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/PR201505-p2.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-709890 size-full alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/PR201505-p2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1080\" height=\"559\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/PR201505-p2.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/PR201505-p2-300x155.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/PR201505-p2-1024x530.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/PR201505-p2-100x52.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/PR201505-p2-770x399.jpg 770w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/PR201505-p2-293x152.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Riverside International Raceway By Pete Lyons Among the most over-used terms in our lexicon is \u201cIconic,\u201d but in some cases there is simply no other word that fits, and this is one of those, a book about an iconic place, written by perhaps the most iconic motorsports writer of his generation. I refer, of course, to Pete Lyons\u2019 new book about the late, lamented Riverside Raceway in Southern California. Comprehensive is another word that applies here, both to the book [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":751316,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[263,11339],"tags":[2942,17152,17940,3297],"class_list":["post-751313","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] Riverside International Raceway<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Product Reviews 2015\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" 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