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Book Review: Factory Lightweights - Detroit's Drag Racing Specials of the '60s

Book Review:

Factory Lightweights - Detroit's Drag Racing Specials of the '60s
By Charles R. Morris

Review by David Dilbeck, Editor
GeorgiaDragRacing.com

Charles Morris' latest book, Factory Lightweights - Detroit's Drag Racing Specials of the '60s is now available (published by Car Tech Inc.)!

Mr. Morris does a great job of covering the history of factory lightweight drag racing vehicles, taking you through the 1960s in ten yearly chapters (plus an epilogue). The lightweight drag racing exploits of most of the major manufacturers are covered - even the beginning of funny cars.

The book is written in an easily-read style with a very generous amount of on and off track photos (250 color and 150 black & white). The reader is even treated to several "behind the scenes" stories and events!

This book will be a joy for the door slammer fans to read!

The previously mentioned ten chapters are:

1. 1960 - Detroit begins to see the light

2. 1961 - The factories are back

3. 1962 - The cars get lighter and faster

4. 1963 - Factory lightweights look like daily drivers

5. 1964 - It's mostly Ford and Mercury against Mopar

6. 1965 - The horsepower race accelerates

7. 1966 - Factory drag racing follows a more radical path

8. 1967 - Showroom Super Stocks live in the shadows

9. 1968 - Lightweight production cars are back

10. 1969 - A very good year for factory muscle

Epilogue - 1970-71 The sun sets on factory racing

I believe Factory Lightweights - Detroit's Drag Racing Specials of the '60s By Charles R. Morris is the most enjoyable book about lightweight factory cars that I've ever read! The 180 page, 9" x 9" softbound book has just enough technical information to get the details correct, but without making it seem like you are reading a textbook. The photos balance the book well and make this one a winner! You'll be glad to have this book in your library!

David Dilbeck
Editor, GeorgiaDragRacing.com

Purchasing Information:

You can order Factory Lightweights - Detroit's Drag Racing Specials of the '60s by Charles R. Morris here or you may also order direct from CarTech at 1-800-551-4754 or visit www.CarTechBooks.com. If you order direct from CarTech, a $6.95 shipping and handling fee is added to each order.

I'd like to thank Marie Norton at CarTech, Inc. for supplying my review copy of Factory Lightweights - Detroit's Drag Racing Specials of the '60s.

Please check the other GeorgiaDragRacing.com Drag Racing Book Reviews for more great Car Tech books!

Marvin T. Smith and David Dilbeck are currently writing a book (Atlanta Drag Racing: The Golden Years) about Atlanta area drag racing that we hope to have completed soon. We intend to honor many of the local drag racers from the Atlanta area and also provide an overview of the history of organized drag racing in Atlanta. Keep checking back on GeorgiaDragRacing.com for news about our book.

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