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ISBN: 1937747891
Title: IMSA 1969 to 1989 Pdf
Author: Mitch Bishop
Published Date: 2019-03

IMSA was like one big family. The thing that made IMSA so great was that family mentality where everybody was welcome. Everybody had a good time. John and Peggy were a team. John was like the father to everybody in the paddock and Peggy was the mother. When things weren't going right, Peggy was always there to cushion the blow. If John said no, we d go to mom. That's the way it worked and it worked brilliantly. --Hurley Haywood"You don't get much more authoritative a book on IMSA than one by the son of its founder and the organization's senior director of race operations (and former president)." —Joe Dunn, Editor, Motorsport Magazine"With so much domestic race history packed within, you'll be hard-pressed to put it down." —Matthew Litwin, Hemmings Muscle Machines Mitch Bishop is the son of IMSA founder John Bishop. Over the last 40+ years, Mitch has built a successful career as a marketing, sales and software engineering leader in the Silicon Valley. He is an active racer and sits on the leadership council for the International Motor Racing Research Center in Watkins Glen, NY. Mark Raffauf started working for IMSA in 1974 when he was just 16 and he s still there today as senior director of race operations. Through the many iterations of IMSA and Grand-Am since then, he s held IMSA positions related to overall management, technical and car regulation development and enforcement, as well as event, sport and racing operations.

Fifty years ago, a new sanctioning body emerged at a pivotal moment in motorsports history. Racing was on the upswing. New tracks were being built all across the U.S., imported cars from Europe and Japan were flooding the market, designers were pushing limits and drivers were looking for an opportunity to race for more than just a trophy. Into this void stepped John Bishop with a fledgling organization called IMSA that offered competitive, professional racing in a friendly atmosphere and carried a new message: Racing with a Difference. In this behind the scenes book, Mitch Bishop and Mark Raffauf tell the inside story of how IMSA became a global powerhouse in just a few short years. It covers John Bishops early life, his years at the SCCA and tells the story of how IMSA grew from humble beginnings in 1969 into the Camel GT Series, a circuit that became the most popular form of professional sports car racing in the world. Interviews with many of the top drivers, team owners, car builders and others from the era helped shape this book, which also includes hundreds of never-before-published photos. The first twenty years of IMSAs history deliver fascinating stories of vision, innovation, common sense leadership and overcoming personal tragedy. Bishop and IMSA left an enormous imprint on the racing world and changed thousands of lives. This book is a must-read, for those interested in how it all happened and in learning critical management lessons still applicable in todays motor racing world.

recent purchase Great Book! It's a true keeper.The IMSA Family This is a great book, it explains the heart and soul that was IMSA during that period. Well written and fantastic photos.It has a lot of facts and stories, but it was a fun time. As they say IMSA put on a race and a family reunion broke out.We were privileged to be crew members from 84-96, and we loved every minute of it. We competed, but we shared. At the Daytona 24 in 1985, the Bob Akin Coca Cola Porsche had used up its nose pieces, so we borrowed a nose from Bruce Leven's Bayside Disposal car, not a great color combo, but we finished the race in 4th. Fun times, history well told, Thank you John and Peggy Bishop for making it happen. And Thank you Mitch Bishop and Mark Raffauf for doing this book- Great Job!Excellent! Great book!

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