Walt Hansgen: His Life and the History of Post-War American Road Racing Review

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Walt Hansgen: His Life and the History of Post-War American Road Racing ReviewI highly recommend this book to all with an interset of American road racing, its history and how it has gotten to where it is today. I read the book as one who either spectated or actively competed at many of the race meetings described in the first half of the book. At times I was on the track for events described herein.
In the 50's and 60's modern road racing was evolving in the US. This was a golden era with most of the world's best sports cars were being raced in the US. The top international drivers came for most of the international events. Racing was going from racing on the road, through the airport era to the first of the specially constructed tracks that were sometimes heavily opposed by the powers controlling such racing.
I rate the book as an 8 or higher out of ten by my very discerning rating system.
The book is truly two subjects in one as intimated in its title. One subject is the life and racing history of Walt Hansgen, one of the US's all time best road racing drivers. The book tells Walt's story, often by detailing specific race meetings and each of the cars that Walt drove.
This provides for the beginning and early history of the modern era of road racing to be told in all of its glory and sometimes sordid political throes.
The book will appeal to all students of the sport who want to understand better how it evolved to today's status and/or with an interst in how one of its all time greats came to being. The period also includes the the time of the beginning of some of today's leaders of the sport.
Michael Argetsinger had at his disposal a most amazingly detailed set of facts, recollections and quotations that he utilised to author his book. It is not likely that anyone will ever be able to write a book to top this one for the subject matter as he reaches information that will soon disappear without books of this type.
Regards and happy reading
Joe BosworthWalt Hansgen: His Life and the History of Post-War American Road Racing OverviewWalt Hansgen was a star in both sports cars and single-seaters, and his meteoric career carried him from the early days of amateur road racing to the very highest level of professional competition in America and Europe. As the lead driver on Briggs Cunningham's dominant team, and later John Mecom's team, Walt evaluated and developed race cars working closely with Jaguar, Lister, Maserati, and Ford. At different points in his career he paired with Dan Gurney, Stirling Moss, John Fitch, Archie Scott Brown, and Augie Pabst on circuits as far-flung as Watkins Glen, Le Mans, Silverstone, Sebring, and Road America. Walt was a relentless competitor, but his sense of fairness and camaraderie made him respected by his peers and a leader in the sport. For many up-and-coming racers, including Mark Donohue, Walt was a crucial mentor.The 1950s and 1960s were a time of tremendous change in racing. In this exciting, fast-paced biography author Michael Argetsinger shows how Walt's life encompassed the conflict between amateur and professional racing, the extraordinary advances in technology, and the joyful ambition of his era. The result is a vivid account of the remarkable history of post-war American road racing.

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