Earl! The Life and Times of One of the Nation's Best Racing Promoters

by Earl Baltes with Dave Argabright, The Life and Times of One of the Nation's Best Racing Promoters. Hardcover, 236 pages, 67 pictures both black & white and color, 258 names in the index including Jac Haudenschild, Steve Kinser, Jan Opperman, Johnny Rutherford, Doug Wolgang, and many more. For 50 years Earl Baltes was one of the most popular and successful promoters in auto racing. Now "the Earl of Eldora" speaks out in his own straightforward style in this delightful, fascinating autobiography. Learn about the deals and promotions that changed the course of American motorsports. The people, the places, and the emotions you'll never forget. His hilarious (very brief) driving career, his hardscrabble youth during the Great Depression, his early success in the music business, and the intriguing story of how he happened across a parcel of ground near Rossburg, Ohio and turned it into Eldora Speedway,