TY - BOOK ID - 77898537 TI - Chequered Pasts PY - 2007 SN - 0802093949 1442684887 9781442684881 9780802090935 0802090931 9780802093943 0802080472 9780802080479 PB - Toronto DB - UniCat KW - Sports car racing KW - Sports car events KW - Automobile racing KW - Automobile rallies KW - Auto rallies KW - Rallies, Automobile KW - Rallying, Automobile KW - Auto racing KW - Motorsports KW - Racing KW - Sportscar racing KW - History. KW - Canadian Automobile Sport Clubs KW - C.A.S.C. KW - Fédération canadienne du sport automobile KW - Canada. KW - Canada (Province) KW - Canadae KW - Ceanada KW - Chanada KW - Chanadey KW - Dominio del Canadá KW - Dominion of Canada KW - Jianada KW - Kʻaenada KW - Kaineḍā KW - Kanada KW - Ḳanadah KW - Kanadaja KW - Kanadas KW - Ḳanade KW - Kanado KW - Kanakā KW - Province of Canada KW - Republica de Canadá KW - Yn Chanadey UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:77898537 AB - "In the forty-year period between 1951 and 1991, Canadian sports car competition underwent a massive change, transforming itself from an amateur recreational pastime to a commercialized profession and from an individual sport to a spectacle for mass consumption. The Chequered Past is the story of the struggle over power and purpose within the Canadian auto sport that led to this transformation." "The first comprehensive history of sports car racing and rallying in Canada, The Chequered Past traces the efforts of the national governing body -- the Canadian Auto Sport Clubs (CASC) -- to bring its sports car competition up to a 'world class' level, and to manage the consequences of those efforts in the second half of the twentieth century. David Charters traces the social origins of the sport and the major trends that shaped it: professionalism, technological change, rising costs, and the influence of commercial sponsors."--Jacket. ER -