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Review by Pete Vack
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Tom Schultz has finally done for Meister Bräuser what needed to be done years ago, though not for lack of trying. Back in the dark ages before blue light, when magazines like Road & Track were popular and widely read, this reviewer had a chance to expound upon the famous race team in R&T’s famed Salon feature. [Read more…] about Meister Bräuser Book Review
Augie Pabst, Behind the Wheel
By Robert Birmingham
Dalton Watson Fine Books, March 2016
ISBN 978-1-85443-277-3
280mm by 230mm
Hardbound with dust jacket
367 pages
500 color and B&W photos
$79.00 USD, plus shipping
$99 signed by Pabst
Book Review by Pete Vack
Robert Birmingham’s book begins very softly, gently leading us into the life of Augie Pabst. A very brief look at his childhood and education; sparse race reports, a photo or two of Pabst Motors in 1956, racing an AC Bristol, and an affair with a Ferrari (sn 0612).
May 12, 2016 Road America. Augie Pabst signs copies of his biography. Left is Pabst’s daughter Eugénie, at right author Bob Birmingham.
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Augie Pabst in the Comet C-3 at Road America in September 1957, where he completed in the inaugural RA 500, driving with owner Glen Glendening. Photo Glen Glendening.
By Pete Vack
VeloceToday is often about connections, for ours is a small but happy world. The recent publication of the new Dalton Watson book, Augie Pabst, Behind the Wheel reminded the Editor that a friend here in Williamsburg, Dave Rex, had a once owned a fiberglass special called the Comet. While reading Bob Birmingham’s excellent book, a photo appeared of Pabst in a fiberglass special called the Comet and activated the aging synapses. Sure enough, as a quick email to Dave confirmed, it was the same car. Concurrently, the Editor went through his photo library, and found that he also had his own minor link to Pabst, which is recounted below. [Read more…] about Connections: Augie Pabst