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 Newburyport,
Mass., July 25, 2012 – Motorsports publisher Coastal 181 announced
today the release of their latest title, “Swamp Yankee: The Racing
Life of Jim Jorgensen,” by Walt Scadden.
“Swamp Yankee” is the story of legendary crew chief and
engine-builder Jim Jorgensen’s epic journey from Riverside Park
Speedway in Agawam , Mass. , to the National Championship Indy Car
Series. From the late 1950s to 1969, Jorgensen and his crew
crisscrossed the country, racing his innovative stock car, sprint,
and Indy Car designs with standout drivers like Gene Bergin, Buddy
Krebs, Bill Brown and Denny Zimmerman.
Progressing from countless bullrings and county fair tracks to some
of the most revered venues in the country such as Langhorne, Phoenix
and Milwaukee , and on to the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Jorgensen
made his name and left his mark. His journey had its share of
detours and heartbreaking disappointments, but it provided him the
formidable education needed to compete at the highest level of
racing in the country and earned him induction into the New England
Auto Racing Hall of Fame.
Jorgensen’s was a time of open trailers and pick-up trucks, where a
handshake was the measure of a man. His story is a compelling
account of the ingenuity, passion, triumph and hardship that defined
the legendary competitors of racing’s greatest era.
“Swamp Yankee” will be launched at the 12th Annual CRUISIN’ ON MAIN
STREET Car Show on August 5th in Manchester , Conn. , and is also
available through Coastal 181, 29 Water St. , Newburyport , Mass.
01950 . www.coastal181.com, 877-907-8181 toll free. The book is soft
cover, 152 pages, and is priced at $19.95. |
