Relive the roar of “Dyno Don” Nicholson’s iconic drag racing cars from Chevrolet, Mercury, and Ford and dive into at his legendary career with the detailed accounts in this book. Nicholson's first wins on a national level were actually in the early 1960s in Chevrolet products. He became extremely successful on the match-race circuit. Then, in 1964, he switched over to Mercury with the new Comet after General Motors enacted a factory ban on racing activities. He won 90 percent of his match races that year. He stuck with Ford and Mercury products and won throughout the 1960s and 1970s, even after Ford also pulled the plug on factory team sponsorship. He made it to the final rounds in nearly 50 national events during that period, in addition to winning championships, awards, and match races along the way. Drivers often became associated with a particular manufacturer, such as Chevy, Ford, or Chrysler through sponsorship, factory team rides, or sometimes simply their own preference. The more successful drivers became household names in the drag racing community. Chevy had Grumpy Jenkins, Pontiac had Arnie “the Farmer” Beswick, Mopar had Sox & Martin and Dandy Dick Landy, and Ford's most successful driver of the era was the legendary “Dyno Don” Nicholson. If you are a fan of a certain era of racing, a Ford fan, or certainly a “Dyno Don” fan, this book will be a welcome addition to your library. "This book is an excellent tribute to one of drag racing's very best, No. 18 on NHRA's Top 50 Drivers list." -- D. Randy Riggs ― Vintage Motorsport Published On: 2018-08-20 "Boyce's 174-page softcover book is a work worthy of Nicholson's legacy." ― Old Cars Weekly Published On: 2018-11-09 "This book is sure to please fans of the man and followers of the sport." -- Mark J. McCourt ― Hemmings Muscle Machines Published On: 2019-12-12 Many fans of drag racing consider the most interesting era to be from the 1950s through the 1970s, the years when the sport really took off. During that period, so much changed from a speed and technology standpoint that people often refer to this time as the golden age of drag racing. Fans followed their favorite drivers and their favorite brands through the ranks as mildly modified door slammers from Junior Stock turned into Super Stock, Funny Cars, and Pro Stock. Drivers often became associated with a particular manufacturer, such as Chevy, Ford, or Chrysler through sponsorship, factory team rides, or sometimes simply their own preference. The more successful drivers became household names in the drag racing community. Chevy had Grumpy Jenkins, Pontiac had Arnie "the Farmer" Beswick, Mopar had Sox & Martin and “Dandy” Dick Landy, and Ford’s most successful driver of the era was the legendary "Dyno Don" Nicholson. Nicholson'' first wins on a national level were actually in the early 1960s in Chevrolet products. He became extremely successful on the match-race circuit. Then, in 1964, he switched over to Mercury with the new Comet after General Motors enacted a factory ban on racing activities. He won 90 percent of his match races that year. He stuck with Ford and Mercury products and won throughout the 1960s and 1970s, even after Ford also pulled the plug on factory team sponsorship. He made it to the final rounds in nearly 50 national events during that period, in addition to winning championships, awards, and match races along the way. Innovator, hard worker, pioneer, hard racer, tough competitor, a true gentleman, and a man you couldn’t dislike . . . These descriptions are shared by his colleagues and competitors throughout the course of his hall of fame career. Doug Boyce has a lifelong addiction to drag racing. He turned his first wrench at age 8 and attended his first race at age 10. The essence of burning rubber and screaming open pipes filled his head, and by his early teens, he was elbow deep in building classic cars. He continued to fuel the fire while working in the automotive field. Boyce has written numerous club and magazine articles related to drag racing's golden years. He has an ongoing love of drag racing and the way that it used to be. He is the author of Drag Racing in the 1960s, Drag Racing’s Rebels: How the AHRA Changed Quarter-Mile Competition, Grumpy's Toys, Junior Stock, Drag Racing’s Quarter-Mile Warriors: Then & Now, 1001 Drag Racing Facts, Match Race Mayhem, Dyno Don: The Cars and Career of Dyno Don Nicholson , and several other best-selling CarTech titles.