Followup on (and review of) Riggs' "Langhorne: No Man's Land" book

[Kevracer]

If you ain't got it, you need to get it.

[Big G 94]

One thing ... I'm reluctant to scan in photos from a new, in-print book because of copyright issues, but to give you an example of what kind of great historical stuff is in there. I don't know if this event has ever been mentioned here, I did a search and it didn't come up but if it has been mentioned, sorry for the duplication. On 5/17/59, they had a tripleheader with heat races for Late Models, Sportsman-Modifieds and, if you can believe it, sports cars, then they threw them all out on the track together for a feature. There's full coverage of that event and a great photo of Carroll Shelby, in a convertible Caddy sports car, leading a 4-litre Ferrari on the dirt at Langhorne, en route to winning the sports car heat (but he tore his car up in the process and couldn't start the main event).

[Big G 94]

Posted a thread the other day asking for input on whether to ask my wife to put on her "Santa list" L. Spencer Riggs book on Langhorne called "Langhorne: No Man's Land" or the '70s book in Dick Wallen's series, wanted to know if anyone else had them and which one should be top priority. Most folks said go with the Langhorne book, so I decided to compromise ... I sprang for the Langhorne book now and told the Mrs. to look for the Wallen book for Christmas, LOL!.

Anyway, Langhorne book is here. I could give you a 500-word review, but I can sum it up in 10. If you ain't got it, you need to get it.

On edit: I'll expand the review, didn't really have time yesterday. This book is equivalent to the Dick Wallen books in its scope, it's 560 pages, a huge hardback (probably weighs 6 pounds), with the complete history of Langhorne start to finish, including stories on every major race held there, tons of photos (mostly B&W, there is a color section) of not just racing action and drivers but track memorabilia, and there are an assortment of sidebars from a lot of drivers we all know, love and respect talking about what it was like to race at Langhorne. This is an absolutely essential book for anyone who has a racing library.