R A C E    6 6

NASCAR AND SUPERMODIFIED RACING BOOKS

Gerald Hodges/
The Racing
Reporter

Syndicated
Newspaper
Columnist,
Photographer,
and Author
of 15 books.

Bielarski Family Racing (Available June 10, 2021)
 as told by Charles "Buddy" Bielarski.
He was there when his family took the first race car to Lakeview Speedway in Mobile,
Alabama in 1947. He and his family traveled to tracks throughout the South. In addition to Lakeview, they included New Mobile Speedway, Chickasaw, Chisholm, Montgomery, Birmingham, Huntsville, and Andalusia in Alabama; Pensacola Motor Speedway, Five Flags, and Ft. Walton in Florida. The team ran several NASCAR events, including the big 1.5-mile Lehi, Arkansas track.
They ran every class of cars from 1934 Stockers to cars with big Cadillac engines
 with mulitple carburetors.
Some of the best drivers in the South drove their cars.
They were a family and team that was always respected wherever they traveled.
Bielarski Family Racing was a pioneer racing family that paved the way in the sport for many future drivers and teams.
There are over 250 photos, most of them from the Bielarski private collection, in this 264 page book.      Quantity limited.

Gerald Hodges first became associated with supermodifieds
in 1967 as a car owner.
His No. 10-4 was driven by "Foots" Kimmons of Pensacola, Florida.
The team raced at tracks along the Gulf Coast.
After raising a family Hodges got back into racing; first as track photographer/PR at Mobile International Speedway in Mobile, AL, and later as a racing columnist/
correspondent for several daily newspapers. He started covering NASCAR in 1994 and traveled with NASCAR
to Japan in 1996, '97, and '98.
In addition to a syndicated newspaper column, he has
taught Photojournalism,
Creative Writing, and
Photography at the Univ.
of South Alabama.

TO ORDER
Books are 24.95, and can be ordered online from www.Coastal 181.com.
They are available at Bayley's Restaurant on D. I. P. in Mobile.
Send check for 24.95 to:
Gerald Hodges Agency, 106 Vermell Circle, Daphne, AL 36526.
Or, Call:   Gerald Hodges: 251-626-4086
Or Buddy Bielarski: 251-973-2936

Jimmie Mosteller set the standard for all other racing announcers in the state of Georgia.
   "His perspective on racing goes back farther than anyone else I know. His historical knowledge of drivers and racers is better than any set of racing books you could buy," Ed Clark Pres. of Atlanta Motor Speedway.
   Mosteller met and soicalized with the rich and famous and the down and out, but he never met a stranger, and treated everyone the way he would want them to treat him. His love for racing and life is reflected in this book, including his accounts of North Georgia Moonshiners. He is a member of the Georgia Automobile Racing Hall of Fame.
                      2009

Featured driver is the legendary Bentley Warren.
Also featured is the Ardis Family Racing, which has been in existence since 1947.
 Bobby Allen, Ardis Family Racing, Henry "Hank" Arnold, Art Bennett, Gene "Tubby" Black, Elmer Corcoran, Fred Furlow, Ray Lee Goodwin, Lee Roy Halfen, Bill Hite, Armond Holley, Hank Jacoby, Rat Lane, John McLaren, Orange County Fair Speedway, NY, Bob Osiecki & Mad Dog IV, Norm Rust, Ollie Silva, The Jailed $1,000 Dollar Bill, Index.
2012

DRIVER CHAPTERS

DRIVER CHAPTERS

"Board Tracks of The Golden Era", Louis Chevrolet, Earl Cooper, Rajo Jack, Frank Lockhardt, Elfrieda Hellman, Johnny Mais, Louis Meyer, Eva Mudge, Jimmy Murphy, "Milton & Murphy Saga", Eddie Rickenbacker, George Robertson, Wilbur Shaw, and George Souders.
250 pages, many early photos

Driver Chapters:
Featuring: Art Pollard, and C.A.M.R.A.-Part One.
Norm Ellefson, Ray Cato, Chuck Engel, Bob Gregg,
"Flying" Frank Lies, Jack
Lindhout, Jerry & Jim
Malloy, Al Pombo, Dave Strickland, Jack Doering,
Roz Howard, Art Malone,
Hal Minyard, History of Midwestern
Supermodifieds, Ron Verash
Index
          2013

TO ORDER