Chequered Pasts
University of Toronto Press (Verlag)
978-0-8020-9093-5 (ISBN)
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Charters argues that while early enthusiasts set the sport on a course toward professionalism that would eventually produce world-class Canadian events and racers, that course would also ultimately change the purpose of the sport: from personal recreation to mass entertainment. As technological innovations drove up the costs of competing at the top ranks, racers were forced to rely on sponsors, who commercialized and ultimately gained control of the sport. The end result, Charters argues, was the marginalization of the amateur competitor and of the CASC itself. Based on extensive research into the CASC's records and dozens of interviews with former competitors and officials, The Chequered Past opens a window into the rich but virtually unknown history of the auto sport, and claims for it a place in Canadian sports history.
David Charters is a professor in the Department of History at the University of New Brunswick and an amateur sports car racer.
AcknowledgmentsAbbreviationsIntroductionPART ONE: THE AMATEUR AGE, 1951--1960 The Visionaries and Their Vision: The Founding of the Canadian Automobile Sports Clubs Canadian Club: Origins of the Sports Car Subculture, 1950--1960 Run What Ya Brung: Sports Car Competition in the Amateur Age Rules and Regs: Professionalizing the Amateurs Powershift: The Rise of Commercial ProfessionalismPART TWO: GATHERING SPEED, 1961--1966 Behind the Wheel: Power Politics in the CASC Trans-Canada: The Shell 4000 and the National Rally Championship, 1961--1966 Making Tracks: Commercializing Canadian Racing Reach for the Top: Canadian Racing Driver Development in the 1960s The Cutting Edge: Bill Sadler and the Can-Am SeriesPART THREE: FROM SPORT TO SPECTACLE, 1967--1991 Coming of Age? Canadians and International Racing Winning Formula: Formula Racing and the National Championship Stage by Stage: Transforming the National Rally Championship Downshift: The Crisis in Amateur Auto Sport, 1969--1975 Final Laps: The Decline and Fall of the CASCEpilogueNotesSelect BibliographyIllustration CreditsIndex
Erscheint lt. Verlag | 28.4.2007 |
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Verlagsort | Toronto |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 158 x 236 mm |
Gewicht | 700 g |
Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte |
ISBN-10 | 0-8020-9093-1 / 0802090931 |
ISBN-13 | 978-0-8020-9093-5 / 9780802090935 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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