Grey: 921 books

Cover of Mae Weston Acrobat, Boxer and Wrestler
by Robert Grey Reynolds Jr
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2016

Mae Weston was a noted female wrestler who contended for the world title held by Mildred Burke in the early 1950s. Weston was born in Leavenworth, Kansas. When her mother died when she was 8 Mae's father moved his family to a small mining town in Missouri. Mae's older sister, Wilma Gordon,...
Cover of Piers Courage
by Robert Grey Reynolds Jr
Language: English
Release Date: December 24, 2015

Piers Courage was a brewing family scion from Great Britain. He began his racing career in 1961 after befriending fellow driver Jonathan Williams and racing team manager Frank Williams. Piers was only 28 when he was killed at Zandvoort, the Netherlands in June 1970. His fatal wreck was a result of...
Cover of Peter Collins
by Robert Grey Reynolds Jr
Language: English
Release Date: January 5, 2016

Peter Collins was one of a triumvirate of English drivers who were at the pinnacle of sports car and Formula 1 racing in the late 1950s. The other two were Mike Hawthorn and Stirling Moss. Collins married an American actress, the daughter of an assistant to United Nations' Secretary Dag Hammarskjold....
Cover of Jo Siffert
by Robert Grey Reynolds Jr
Language: English
Release Date: December 28, 2015

Jo Siffert combined determinism, youth and great speed as a promising sports car and Formula 1 driver coming along in the early 1960s. He began racing F1 cars in 1962, soon purchasing his own British Racing Motors (BRM) car. He served as driver as well as team manager. From modest means the Swiss...
Cover of Alberto Ascari
by Robert Grey Reynolds Jr
Language: English
Release Date: March 11, 2015

Alberto Ascari was an elite driver for the Ferari and Maserati factory teams during the early days of Formula One racing. He captured the F1 championship in back to back years, 1952 and 1953. Ascari also competed successfully in motorcycle racing in his youth and won the Italian Mille Miglia race...
Cover of Doll Rafferty
by Robert Grey Reynolds Jr
Language: English
Release Date: March 29, 2016

Doll Raffert like Juste Fontaine was a lightweight boxer from Milwaukee. Both entered the ring around 1943 and each enjoyed a measure of success in their careers. Doll and Juste fought three times with Rafferty winning two of the fights and Fontaine winning the bout fought in Pittsburgh. Both Rafferty...
Cover of Marquis de Portago Spanish Ferrari Driver and Playboy
by Robert Grey Reynolds Jr
Language: English
Release Date: June 19, 2015

The 17th Marquis de Portago was a scion of Spanish nobility who led a reckless life of adventure and died at 28 in 1957. He also carried on love affairs with numerous international models and film stars, although he was married with two children. Alfonso de Portago drove Ferrari sports cars that competed...
Cover of Dick Hutcherson
by Robert Grey Reynolds Jr
Language: English
Release Date: March 18, 2016

Dick Hutcherson was an Iowa transplant who came to southern stock car racing in 1964. He raced out of Camden, South Carolina. Hutcherson had a short but successful career in NASCAR, racing until 1967 when he retired to become crew chief for David Pearson. Hutcherson was among the biggest money winners...
Cover of 1963 San Francisco 49ers
by Robert Grey Reynolds Jr
Language: English
Release Date: September 3, 2016

The San Francisco 49ers of 1963 were the doormat of the National Football League's Western Division. An outstanding member of the old All American Conference, the 49ers had yet to find out how to win in the NFL. One of their main issues was at quarterback, where starter John Brodie had developed...
Cover of Dusseldorf Toni Ulmen Formula Two Champion
by Robert Grey Reynolds Jr
Language: English
Release Date: February 19, 2016

Toni Ulmen was a German Veritas driver who excelled in Formula Two competition, so much so that he won a championship in this division. Unfortunately the German post World War II drivers were kept from competing in Formula One by FIA sanctions following the armed conflict. Nevertheless Toni became...
Cover of Giancarlo Baghetti
by Robert Grey Reynolds Jr
Language: English
Release Date: January 18, 2016

Giancarlo Baghetti was the son of a Milan, Italy industrialist whose family fortune was instrumental in his rise to prominence in Formula 1 racing in the early 1960s. Giancarlo was selected by the FISA organization to drive one of the Dino Ferrari prototype cars that it had acquired on loan from the...
Cover of Alfred Speedy Thompson NASCAR Legend
by Robert Grey Reynolds Jr
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2015

Alfred Speedy Thompson was one of the most popular and successful drivers of NASCAR's early days. This was a time when there were 40+ races annually and the majority of the events were raced on dirt tracks in Raleigh, Columbia, Montgomery, Langhorne, and the beach course in Daytona, Florida....
Cover of Bill Vukovich
by Robert Grey Reynolds Jr
Language: English
Release Date: March 20, 2016

Bill Vukovich was the top driver in the United States when he was killed in a tragic multiple car wreck at Indianapolis on Memorial Day 1955. Bidding to win the event for a third and unprecedented time, Vukovich was caught with nowhere to turn but right by a number of cars ahead of him on the backstretch....
Cover of Tony Brooks
by Robert Grey Reynolds Jr
Language: English
Release Date: February 8, 2016

Anthony Miles Standish Tony Brooks drove a works Ferrari from 1956 until he departed to drive Cooper cars near the end of a career that ended in 1961. The son of a dentist Tony also trained to become a dentist before he went racing. His father gifted him with the first car that he entered in competition...
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