WOODSLANE PRESS
Racing Humpy Holdens
Racing Humpy Holdens
The 48-215's Golden Decade and Legacy With insights from Spencer Martin, Barry Seton and Others
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Joel introduces us to the 48-215, the Humpy, and describes how this modest car, designed for a particular time and place, burst the boundaries of its expectations. He tells the tale of how it became a much-loved road car, for a decade a fearsomely competitive racing car, and ultimately a definitive model Holden that helped define Australian culture and history. There is a touch of the miraculous about this story: a simple car that broke its boundaries to define a motoring era, and a bunch of mates that built a racing car on a shoestring but through hard work, skill and sheer nerve still reached the pinnacle of their sport.
By Joel Wakely
Imprint: WOODSLANE PRESS
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Format: HARDBACK
Pages: 180
THE AUTHORFOREWORD1. THE BIRTH OF THE 48-2152. TEN SUPERLATIVE EXAMPLES3. ENGINEERING A RACING 48-2154. HUMPY RACING IN THE 1950s5. INTO THE ‘60s: APPENDIX J RACING6. THE GREAT 48-215 RACING CIRCUITS7. THE GREAT 48-215 RACING DRIVERS 8. TEAM BOOMERANG9. OUR GOLDEN YEARS OF RACING10. WHAT CAME NEXT11. KEEPING THE DREAM ALIVEACKNOWLEDGEMENTS AND SOURCE MATERIAL
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Author Bio
Joel Wakely has worked with and been around cars almost his entire life, owning several significant and very rare models. These include the ‘Boomerang’ 48-215 that his team (Spencer Martin, Barry Seton, Bob Gray and himself) raced with dominating success during the 1962-64 Appendix J touring car seasons, and is a major focus of this book. Joel has previously written four popular books for Woodslane Press, including The Passion for Holden.