The Last Lap
Walker, William T
| Autor: | Walker, William T |
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| Themengebiete: | Sports & Recreation |
| Veröffentlichungsdatum: | 28.05.2023 |
| EAN: | 9781642341423 |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Seitenzahl: | 312 |
| Produktart: | Gebunden |
| Verlag: | Octane Press |
| Untertitel: | The Mysterious Demise of Pete Kreis at The Indianapolis 500 |
Produktinformationen "The Last Lap"
The Last Lap is a gripping inquest into the fast life and mysterious death of racing driver Pete Kreis, infamously killed in practice at the celebrated 1934 Indianapolis 500. In a compelling narrative that reads like a novel, author William Walker's lifelong obsession with Kreis's mysterious demise has created a rich storyline that takes readers back to the glamorous and dangerous times that marked the beginning of automotive competition. Piloting a front-drive race car in practice, Kreis crashed into the wall of Turn One, rode along the top of the retaining wall for seventy-five feet, and careened down an embankment at the south end of the oval. As the car smashed into a tree in the backyard of a nearby house, both men were killed. The next year, an impromptu "coroner's jury" of Indy drivers and Speedway experts held an intense review of the accident, and they concluded that Kreis's demise was "the strangest death in all racing history."
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