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The Vintage Culture of Outboard Racing ReviewPeter Hunn has done it again with yet another fabulous book on Outboards! Being a member of the Antique Outboard Motor Club Inc. and the Antique & Classic Boat Society one is always on the look out for good books that deal with and speak to our fond affection for vintage outboards and boats. This book more then fits the bill.
In The Vintage Culture of Outboard Racing, Hunn covers a wide, and intricately related, variety of topics. He starts off by giving the reader the necessary background on where the facination for outboard racing competition began and then quickly takes you to the haydays of the 1930s through the 1950s. Along the way you get a sense of the attraction of this sport for both the professional outboard racer and the average family member that was struck with the racing bug. Chapters Four and Five, that deal with Clubs and Organizations and Outboard Racing's Civil War respectively, are pretty indepth and may not be for the everyday outboarder but for those of us that cannot get enough these two chapters make for an interesting read and provide important information. The middle of the book, Part III: The Culture of a Sport, was a delight. Hunn could not have written on this subject without speaking to Hank Bowman and his outboard writing syndicate. A terrifc amount of very relavent information. Hunn definitely took me back to my youth with the chapter on Cottage Racers. I read through it like a Mercury 30H on the straight away! I was so glad to see the inclusion of the women racers of the period, as they brought much to the sport being champions in there own right. The chapters on Racing Collectibles and the pertainent information in the Appendics were equally enjoyable.
Hunn's previous books, The Old Outboard Book, The Golden Age of The Racing Outboard and Beautiful Outboards could be looked upon as the the first three books in the series. The Golden Age of the Racing Outboard certainly provides one with equally indepth and facinating information on the racing outboards and boats that the racers in this book used. The pictures alone tell the story. In fact one might say that it laid the ground work for the Vintage Culture of Outboard Racing.
All in all a well thought out and put together book. If you love outboards and outboard racing you will 'race' through this book. Mr. Hunn when can we expect your next outboard offering?The Vintage Culture of Outboard Racing OverviewOffering a compelling and personal look at both famous and little-known men and women who participated in an immensely colorful and rewarding sport, this book looks at the period of vintage outboard racing from the late 1940s to the late 1960s. Today, the American Powerboat Association oversees motorboat racing in America. This book takes racing enthusiasts behind the scenes to tell how the organization grew and describes its highly visible struggles. Also covered is the life of the great journalist of the sport, Hank Bowman, and the increasingly popular hobby of collecting racing paraphernalia, motors, accessories, toys, and games. This is a book for those who lived the postwar story of American outboard boat racing and for those nostalgic enthusiasts and collectors who wish they could.

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