{"product_id":"blood-sweat-gears-the-story-of-the-gray-ghost-and-the-junkyard-firebird-9781941536469","title":"Blood, Sweat \u0026 Gears. The Story of the Gray Ghost and the Junkyard Firebird","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): David G. Barnes\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: David G. Barnes an Imprint of Telemachus Pres\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: David G. Barnes an Imprint of Telemachus Pres\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: History\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 1971, could a little group of unknown automotive engineers independently design and build a race car from an old 1964 Pontiac sedan and really compete against professional, factory-backed racing teams? Blood, Sweat \u0026amp; Gears is based on the true story of a small group of GM Pontiac Division engineers who did just that - they independently created a race car in 1970 from an old 1964 Pontiac Le Mans with 80,000 miles on its odometer. Without factory support and on a shoestring budget, they seriously competed in the 1971 televised Trans-Am road racing circuit against professional, well-financed, factory-backed racing teams and won the hearts of fans and the press, who dubbed their car the \"Gray Ghost.\" The following year they did it again, starting with a wrecked Firebird from a junkyard, and shocked the racing world at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course. Blood, Sweat \u0026amp; Gears is an inspiring, fact-based underdog story of hard work, ingenuity and competitive American grit that has never before been fully told.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Atlantic Books","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46487623565463,"sku":"9781941536469","price":1485.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781941536469.jpg?v=1766335073","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/blood-sweat-gears-the-story-of-the-gray-ghost-and-the-junkyard-firebird-9781941536469","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}