We Were the Ramchargers: Inside Drag Racing's Legendary Team - Hardcover

David G. Rockwell

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 076801932X ISBN 13: 9780768019322

Publisher: SAE International, 2009

Synopsis

This book takes you behind the scenes with the group of Chrysler engineers who, from the 1950s through the 1970s, became one of the most successful and influential drag racing teams of all time. The only team of engineers from an automobile manufacturer to drag race successfully, the Ramchargers broke the most time barriers in drag racing history and earned the most National Hot Rod Association (NHRA) Super Stock titles during the sport's golden era of factory competition.

About this title

About the Author:

David Rockwell PhD (Michigan State University ' 70, ' 76, ' 83), is an Adjunct Professor of Clinical Psychology at Michigan State University. He also maintains a full-time psychoanalytic psychotherapy practice in East Lansing, Michigan where he resides with his wife Mary and sons, Christopher and Jeffrey. He has authored a number of scientific papers and participates with several professional organizations. By age 5, he had become involved with soapbox derby cars, eventually building go karts and later disassembling and reassembling (with varying degrees of success) several cars. By mid-teens, he began an association with the Ramchargers with whom he worked and raced for over a decade. He also participated with Paul Gentilozzi's Dodge sponsored Pro Stock and Trans Am programs. More recently, he founded Kart Kinetics, an original design kart racing component company, winning several World Karting Association Championships.

About this edition

• Publisher: SAE International
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 076801932X
• ISBN 13: 9780768019322
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 304