 Celebrate Lancaster Speedway’s 50th anniversary in 2008 with John Bisci’s LANCASTER HEROES pictorial. Relive the golden era of asphalt Modified racing at historic Lancaster Speedway near Buffalo, N.Y., from 1966-1976. In its heyday, Lancaster Speedway played host to some of the biggest names and events in Modified racing. LANCASTER HEROES is a full-sized soft-cover book (8.5x11 inches), with 128 pages and 452 black-and-white photos. (Photos by Gordon Reinig, statistics by Mark Southcott.) The first printing sold out almost immediately and only limited quantities from the second press run remain. When they are sold out, they are gone forever.
Drivers, personalities and attractions included in the book: Richie Evans, Jackie Soper (Lancaster’s first feature winner), Dutch Hoag, Roger Treichler, Geoff Bodine, Bill Rafter, Merv Treichler, Don Diffendorf, Maynard Troyer, Jean-Guy Chartrand, Bob Santos, Ray Hendrick, Lee Osborne, Jerry Cook, Chuck Boos, Lou Lazzaro, Jim Shampine, Bill Bitterman, Ted Renshaw, Jim Rudolph, beloved promoter Ed Serwacki, Buffalo’s Civic Stadium, Cam Gagliardi, the Astro-Spiral Car, Ron Lux, Sonny Barron, Bill Brainard, Ron Martin, Bryan Osgood, Gary Iulg, Jim Howard, Jim McGraw, Ross Holmes, Bobby Hudson, Frankie "$8" Smith, Mike Loescher, Leo Lewandowski, Sege Fidanza, Satch Worley, Late Models, Mini-Stocks, TQ Midgets and drag racing on the 1/8-mile strip. Includes seven pages of detailed stats (wins, championships) and an original Bruce Roll cartoon!
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