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The Checkered Flag

William Campbell Gault

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Description:Mike Cavanaugh knew what he wanted. Some day that crowd would be cheering for him, and the flashing checkered flag would signal that auto racing had a new champion. He would be one of the great ones.In the meantime he was going to school, and spending every minute he could manage to steal from books and baseball, at the Jefferson City Fair Grounds where he haunted the pits, or at Tom Gribble's garage where he watched that master mechanic tune up his Gribble Special.Mike had become friends with Hank Fowler, whose ambition was to be a great mechanic, and who thought that all drivers were somewhat insane, the way they abused their machines. To Hank, the most beautiful music in the world was made by a well-tuned engine.These were the years of the Great Depression, and Mike wakes up one day to learn that his father has lost his clothing store and has had to go to work at a small salary for the clothing chain that has taken over the business. Hank, whose father is a farmer, has known hard times for several years. It is a great help to the boys when Mr. Gribble asks them to work for him during the summer. Then Tom Gribble is killed driving his Mahler in the Independence Day race. Before he dies he suggests to his wife that the boys run the garage and gas station for her on share. Their parents consent and Mike and Hank become businessmen.But racing is still their love. Even hank has succumbed to its allure. He retunes the engine of Tom Gribble's Mahler, and with another local boy, Earl Harkness, at the wheel, and Mike as business manager and back-up driver they enter some of the races at the nearby track.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Checkered Flag. To get started finding The Checkered Flag, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Pages: 192

Format: PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition

Publisher: E. P. Dutton and Company, Inc.

Release: 1964

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Description: Mike Cavanaugh knew what he wanted. Some day that crowd would be cheering for him, and the flashing checkered flag would signal that auto racing had a new champion. He would be one of the great ones.In the meantime he was going to school, and spending every minute he could manage to steal from books and baseball, at the Jefferson City Fair Grounds where he haunted the pits, or at Tom Gribble's garage where he watched that master mechanic tune up his Gribble Special.Mike had become friends with Hank Fowler, whose ambition was to be a great mechanic, and who thought that all drivers were somewhat insane, the way they abused their machines. To Hank, the most beautiful music in the world was made by a well-tuned engine.These were the years of the Great Depression, and Mike wakes up one day to learn that his father has lost his clothing store and has had to go to work at a small salary for the clothing chain that has taken over the business. Hank, whose father is a farmer, has known hard times for several years. It is a great help to the boys when Mr. Gribble asks them to work for him during the summer. Then Tom Gribble is killed driving his Mahler in the Independence Day race. Before he dies he suggests to his wife that the boys run the garage and gas station for her on share. Their parents consent and Mike and Hank become businessmen.But racing is still their love. Even hank has succumbed to its allure. He retunes the engine of Tom Gribble's Mahler, and with another local boy, Earl Harkness, at the wheel, and Mike as business manager and back-up driver they enter some of the races at the nearby track.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Checkered Flag. To get started finding The Checkered Flag, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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