Harley-Davidson Racing Data Book 1953-1971 - Paperback

by Rick Conner (Author)

Want to amaze friends with your Harley-Davidson knowledge of those thrilling days of motorcycle sports? Did you remember Bart Markel had won the Billy Huber Memorial Race in 1964? Maybe you wondered where your distant H-D racing relative placed in the 1965 Charity Newsies 10-Mile National Championship Race, or what year Harry Feary won the 100-mile Grand Prix Race at Dodge City?We all have heard of riders Andres, Lawwill, Brelsford, Rayborn, White, DeMay, Nix and of course Dot Robinson with her sidecar passenger Lester McKay. But what of private racers Volkmar, Swing, Zwarka, Stufflebeam, Muffler, Pink, Tice, "Pops" or "Boots" and all those other H-D riding private racers and their earned accomplishments?Well look no further, the Harley-Davidson Racing Data Book 1953-1971 pays homage to all those factory and private racers with compiled records of every Harley-Davidson rider who competed in any nationally published motorcycle event. Included are names, dates, locations, times and scores for the many known and lesser known heroes of two-wheel competition who chose to ride a Harley-Davidson for the love of both sport and machine during those historic glory years of motorcycle competition.The information contained within was researched from both period magazine collections and internet archives containing period copies of the American Motorcycling magazine, as well as various period newspapers.This publication is one of a series of Data Books designed to provide accurate details and authoritative information regarding the subject matter covered. Other books in the series include: -Harley-Davidson Data Book Revised 1903-1939 -Harley-Davidson Data Book Revised 1940-1979-Harley-Davidson Data Book Revised 1980-2006-Harley-Davidson Company Minutes Data Book 1903-2006-Harley-Davidson Aermacchi Data Book 1961-1978-Harley-Davidson Accessory Data Book 1950-1984-Harley-Davidson Racing Data Book 1904-1921-Indian Motorcycle Company Timeline 1901-1953