BOOKS AND LITERATURE

Lots of people like detective stories, as evidenced by the popularity of BritBox and sleuthing series such as , just for instance. Restoring an old car—meaning first determining exactly what you have—requires a similar level of investigatory zeal., an in-depth look at the author’s exhaustive effort to document one of the most legendary machines in the history of Sprint car racing. The car is the Offenhauser-powered Pfrommer Sprint car, driven to a USAC regional championship in 1959 by the great Tommy Hinnershitz and which, also in its career, was driven by 15 veterans of the Indianapolis 500. Another eight of its drivers are enshrined in the National Sprint Car Hall of Fame and Museum in Knoxville, Iowa.