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050		4	_aGV1034.15.A1.C437 2007
100	1		_aCharters, David.
245	1	0	_aChequered Pasts : _bSports Car Racing and Rallying in Canada, 1951-1991.
250			_a1st ed.
264		1	_aToronto : _bUniversity of Toronto Press, _c2007.
264		4	_c©2007.
300			_a1 online resource (389 pages)
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
505	0		_aIntro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- PART ONE: THE AMATEUR AGE, 1951-1960 -- 1 The Visionaries and Their Vision: The Founding of the Canadian Automobile Sports Clubs -- 2 Canadian Club: Origins of the Sports Car Subculture, 1950-1960 -- 3 Run What Ya Brung: Sports Car Competition in the Amateur Age -- 4 Rules and Regs: Professionalizing the Amateurs -- 5 Powershift: The Rise of Commercial Professionalism -- PART TWO: GATHERING SPEED, 1961-1966 -- 6 Behind the Wheel: Power Politics in the CASC -- 7 Trans-Canada: The Shell 4000 and the National Rally Championship, 1961-1966 -- 8 Making Tracks: Commercializing Canadian Racing -- 9 Reach for the Top: Canadian Racing Driver Development in the 1960s -- 10 The Cutting Edge: Bill Sadler and the Can-Am Series -- PART THREE: FROM SPORT TO SPECTACLE, 1967-1991 -- 11 Coming of Age? Canadians and International Racing -- 12 Winning Formula: Formula Racing and the National Championship -- 13 Stage by Stage: Transforming the National Rally Championship -- 14 Downshift: The Crisis in Amateur Auto Sport, 1969-1975 -- 15 Final Laps: The Decline and Fall of the CASC -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Select Bibliography -- Illustration Credits -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z -- Illustrations.
520			_aBased on extensive research into the CASC's records and dozens of interviews with former competitors and officials, The Chequered Pastopens a window into the rich but virtually unknown history of the auto sport, and claims for it a place in Canadian sports history.
588			_aDescription based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
590			_aElectronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
650		0	_aCanadian Automobile Sport Clubs-History.
650		0	_aSports car racing-Canada-History.
650		0	_aSports car events-Canada-History.
650		0	_aAutomobile racing-Canada-History.
650		0	_aAutomobile rallies-Canada-History.
655		4	_aElectronic books.
776	0	8	_iPrint version: _aCharters, David _tChequered Pasts _dToronto : University of Toronto Press,c2007 _z9780802093943
797	2		_aProQuest (Firm)
856	4	0	_uhttps://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/orpp/detail.action?docID=4672366 _zClick to View
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