Novac's Race

by Mike Downs

Overview

Jack Novac, Indy 500 winner, plans a new assault for the 1934 Championship with his two fabulous Miller front drive race cars. Then the rules change and his Millers are not eligible. When a retired army general offers to sponsor Jack on a barnstorming tour of Europe, Jack is unwillingly drawn into the intrigues brewing in pre-war Europe. The General sees Jack's show as a perfect cover for gaining access to manufacturing plants in Italy and Germany.Jack breaks Europe's speed records, drawing record crowds. But murder and espionage seem to follow him around and everyone but Jack seems to think he's a spy. When a high-ranking Nazi official's wife disappears, Jack becomes his target for revenge. Jack thrills the crowds while racing to stay one step ahead of dying.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781478174837
Publisher:	CreateSpace Publishing
Publication date:	07/25/2012
Pages:	280
Product dimensions:	5.00(w) x 8.00(h) x 0.59(d)

About the Author

Mike Downs has been actively involved with racing cars for most of his life. As a young man he joined Group 44, racing cars all over the nation and winning a National Championship. He has raced Datsun TransAm cars, Porsche's in the American endurance events (Daytona, Sebring, Watkins Glen), winning his class in the Daytona 24-hour race.

He has raced Formula Atlantic, TransAm, IMSA GTO, and won the Pacific Coast Road Racing Championship in a car he designed and built in his race shop.

His love of racing, and the men who made it happen, shine throughout his novels.