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Barney Oldfield.(Review)(Book Review)
Byline: Larry Edsall
Barney Oldfield: The Life and Times of America's Legendary Speed King, by William F. Nolan, hardcover, 232 pages, $32.50, published by Brown Fox Books, (800) 450-7949, www.brownfoxbooks.com
There was a time in America when a traffic cop would flip on his bubble-gum lights, pull you over, saunter up to your window and ask, "Who do you think you are, Barney Oldfield?''
"Only one man has passed into legend as a permanent symbol of speed and daring,'' William F. Nolan wrote in the introduction to his book, Barney Oldfield: The Life and Times of America's Legendary Speed King.
Nolan wrote that in 1961, when this book originally was published, before Richard Petty, A.J. Foyt and Mario Andretti would take their places alongside Oldfield on America's Mount Speedmore.
What makes Oldfield's legendary status even more amazing is the fact that he drove his last race in 1918, 43 years before Nolan finally wrote his biography, a book that has been reproduced and updated by Brown Fox Books of Carpinteria, California.
How important was Barney Oldfield to the birth of American auto racing and the popularity of the American automobile? Just ask Henry Ford. Oldfield first gained fame-for himself and for Ford-by racing Ford's 999 soon after the turn of the century. Years later, Ford and Oldfield were reunited at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
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