DIRT-TRACK TWISTER

by Ben Jordan ‧ RELEASE DATE: Nov. 1, 1967

Seventeen-year-old ""Zip"" O'Hara is a boy looking for an aim in life when he gets a part-time job in a junkyard. There he meets Horky Preston, super mechanic with a passion for modified racers and races. Well, in no time at all Zip is hooked and itching to wheel around that dirt track; he also wants to dethrone the man called ""Lucky Charger,"" enigmatic character with a reputation for sending competitors up the wall. But first Zip goes through a hitch in the Navy learning mechanics. When he comes out he's ready to build his own special modified ""Twister"" while Horky teaches him dynamics of the track. Once the white flag is finally dropped there are some exciting moments. Unfortunately the author just doesn't have an ear for dialogue and there's a lot of it. And the book is kind of a piecemeal affair where in one incident a con man almost succeeds in selling one of Zip's friends stock in a phony fuel that will supposedly replace gasoline. Substandard.

Pub Date: Nov. 1, 1967

ISBN: N/A

Page Count: -

Publisher: Meredith

Review Posted Online: N/A

Kirkus Reviews Issue: Nov. 1, 1967

Categories: FICTION