Up on the Wheel Kansas City Auto Racing Midgets, Jalopy's, Supermodifieds and Sprints by Bud Hunnicutt.
Up on the Wheel Kansas City Auto Racing Midgets, Jalopy's, Supermodifieds and Sprints by Bud Hunnicutt. Walsworth Publishing Company. (2008). Signed 'Bud Hunnicutt' on the title page. I cannot verify signature. Black covered hard cover with bright gilt lettering and decoration on front cover and spine. 152 pages. 8 3/4" x 11 1/4". Black and white photographs on just about every page. Appears to have light cover edge bumping. Otherwise, no previous owner markings. No tears, folds or creases to pages. Binding is tight with no looseness to pages. Not ex-library, not remaindered and not a facsimile reprint. For sale by Jon Wobber, bookseller since 1978. GK14a
"In saw my first race in 1938. I was a 5 year old kid. My dad took me to see the races at the Goldman Stadium at 51st & Swope Parkway now called Satchel Paige Ballpark, and I thought car racing was the best thing I ahd ever seen. I have never changed my mind, becoming a life long race fan. The more I was around racing the more interesting it bacame. The people involved came from all walks of life. Being a people watcher from the time I 3weas a little kid, and maybe just a tad nosey, I enjoyed all facets of racing.
After I was grown, I became a race driver which put me in direct contact with race people. After observing many happenings, I was always telling some of my racing stories, people kept telling me that I should get some of these stories on paper. Ray Lee Gordon is a good story teller, I always tell people I got it from Ray Lee Gordon. Well, you know how us racers are, we hate to get out done by a fellow driver whether it be racing or story telling. So I got "Up on the Keyboard" and went to work." - from the author's introduction.
"In saw my first race in 1938. I was a 5 year old kid. My dad took me to see the races at the Goldman Stadium at 51st & Swope Parkway now called Satchel Paige Ballpark, and I thought car racing was the best thing I ahd ever seen. I have never changed my mind, becoming a life long race fan. The more I was around racing the more interesting it bacame. The people involved came from all walks of life. Being a people watcher from the time I 3weas a little kid, and maybe just a tad nosey, I enjoyed all facets of racing.
After I was grown, I became a race driver which put me in direct contact with race people. After observing many happenings, I was always telling some of my racing stories, people kept telling me that I should get some of these stories on paper. Ray Lee Gordon is a good story teller, I always tell people I got it from Ray Lee Gordon. Well, you know how us racers are, we hate to get out done by a fellow driver whether it be racing or story telling. So I got "Up on the Keyboard" and went to work." - from the author's introduction.
