Sox & Martin: The Most Famous Team in Drag Racing Book ~ MOPAR ~ NEW

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Sox & Martin
The Most Famous Team in Drag Racing
by Jim Schild
As the sport of drag racing exploded in the 1950s, two youngsters from North Carolina each rose through the ranks racing Chevrolets. It didn't take long for one of them to realize that if you couldn't beat him it may be best to join him. Buddy Martin approached Ronnie Sox about campaigning a 1963 Z-11 Chevy; and with that partnership, the most dominant duo in the history of drag racing was formed.
Sox & Martin: The Most Famous Team in Drag Racing
is a comprehensive archival recap of straight-line racing's greatest duo. Historic and modern imagery recapture the celebrated Plymouth race cars campaigned by Ronnie and Buddy throughout their legendary partnership. Also chronicled are the lesser-known Oldsmobile, Ford, Pontiac, Chevrolet, and Mercury mounts predating their time with Chrysler. The races, the cars, the events; all of it is covered here during this golden age of drag racing. Author Jim Schild, with the help of Buddy Martin, Herb McCandless, Jake King, Diane Sox, Dave Christie, and others, has created the most exhaustive, authentic review of the illustrious drag racing career of Sox & Martin. Add this title to your racing library today.
Jim Schild has been interested in automobiles all of his life and has spent the past 55 years working on, building, and driving them. He has written 24 books and numerous magazine articles on cars and racing and is considered an authority on the 1962-1969 maximum-performance Dodge and Plymouth.
Table of Contents:
Acknowledgments 6
Introduction 7
Chapter 1: The Beginning
Ronnie Sox 9
Buddy Martin 15
Sox & Martin Racing 16
Move to Mercury 18
Racing in 1964 22
Move to Chrysler 25
Chapter 2: 1965-1967 Chrysler Super Stock and Funny Cars
1965 A/FX Program 27
The Rush to Compete 29
The First Super Stock Nationals 34
Match Racer to Funny Car 36
New Super Stock Package 39
Back to Stock 42
1967 Racing Events 44
Chapter 3: 1968-1969 Super Stock Domination
The Importance of Team Image 49
Clinic Popularity 51
The Winternationals 54
Two Road Runners and a Barracuda 55
The A-Body Terror 57
1968 Drag Racing Season 59
1969 Drag Racing Season 65
The Birth of Pro Stock 70
Chapter 4: 1970-1972 Pro Stock 4-Speed Era
Sox & Martin, Inc. 73
Changes for 1970 74
The E-Body Hemi Pro Stock 75
1970 Pro Stock Competition 78
New Power For 1971 83
1971 Pro Stock Domination 85
Rules Changes for 1972 92
1972 Meets from Coast to Coast 94
Hemi Duster Number Two 99
Buddy Martin Steps Up 103
Chapter 5: 1973-1975 Pro Stock Evolution
Chrysler Engineering Innovation 105
1973 Racing Results 106
Hemi Duster Number Three 108
Big Changes for 1974 113
The Dodge Hemi Colt 115
The Split 120
To Race Again? 121
1975 Racing Highlights 123
Chapter 6: 1976-1998 Changes in Relationships
Ronnie Goes It Alone 125
Together Again in Dodges 127
1979 Racing Highlights 130
1980 Results 132
1981 Season in a Mustang 133
Forced Retirement in 1982 135
Jump to a Camaro 135
Nostalgia Takes Over 138
Racing the Comet Replica 139
Another Reunion in 1995 145
The Crash 148
The Team Goes Truckin' 150
Ronnie on His Own Again 155
Chapter 7: The Continuing Legacy
A Devastating Diagnosis 159
The Ronnie Sox Foundation 162
Appreciation of the Legacy 164
The Race Cars that Keep on Racing 167
Model Cars and Commemoratives 170
The Digital Universe 172
Index 174
Softcover.
8 1/2 x 11. 178 pages.
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