Dyno Don: The Cars and Career of Dyno Don Nicholson. Doug Boyce

      

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      Names: Boyce, Doug, author.

      Title: Dyno Don : the cars and career of Dyno Don Nicholson / Doug Boyce.

      Description: Forest Lake, MN : CarTech Books, [2018] | Includes index.

      Identifiers: LCCN 2017055510 | ISBN 9781613254059

      Subjects: LCSH: Nicholson, Don, 1927-2006. | Automobile racing drivers--United States--Biography. | LCGFT: Biographies.

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       Contents

Acknowledgments
Introduction
Chapter 1	Birth of a Legend (1927–1961)
Chapter 2	A Bevy of Chevys (1961–1963)
Chapter 3	Mercury Rising (1964–1965)
Chapter 4	Dyno Soars (1966–1968)
Chapter 5	Heads Up (1969–1973)
Chapter 6	Mustang Country (1974–1977)
Chapter 7	Foxy Bodies (1978–1981)
Chapter 8	It’s In the Blood (1983–2001)
Chapter 9	The Legend Lives
In Memoriam
Appendix
Index

       ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

      Without a doubt, first and foremost on the list of acknowledgements is the Nicholson family. Specifically I’d like to give a big thanks to Don’s daughter Cindy, his granddaughter and probably his biggest fan Candace, his nephew Richard, and Richard’s son, Don. They each contributed in numerous ways and their input added immensely to the finished work. I was able to spend some quality time with the Nicholsons and I have to say, they truly are special people. They’re