Iconografix

The St. Croix River Valley seems to be a nexus for book publishers. Especially books with a motor-head bent. North of us is Osceola, Wisconsin, the original home to Motorbooks, now owned by Quayside. And just south of us and across the river is Hudson, Wisconsin, home to Iconografix, which just happens to be owned in part by Tom Warth, the man who originally founded Motorbooks.

Iconografix publishes everything from books about fire engines and grand prix cars, to books about drag racing. One of their newest titles might be of interest to our readers. Harley-Davidson Drag Racing is a series of photo essays done by Scooter Grubb, a man who is very, very handy with a camera and a telephoto lens.

Filled with awesome photography, this new book is available from enthusiastbooks.com, or the AHDRA web site.

This new book is 144 pages of everything from the Softail raced by your neighbor, to the Top Fuel bike campaigned by professional and well-funded teams.

Scooter Grubb, author of a Bonneville book and contributor to many blogs and magazines, is the ideal author for a book like this. Shot at All Harley Drag Race Association events, Scooter’s photos take the reader into the pits, where mechanics hustle to get the bikes ready for the next round, and track officials work to keep the event running as smoothly as possible.

So take a look at the Iconografix site (enthusiastbooks.com), and see if this new Harley-Davidson Drag Racing book isn’t something that belongs on the shelf at your house.

The man on the other end of these great photographs is Scooter Grubb, internationally famous motor-sports photographer.

We share warehouse space in Hudson with another publisher of transportation titles, Iconografix (aka enthusiastbooks.com). And on Saturday the 23rd of August, we will join forces with Iconografix in offering some awesome deals on hundreds of book titles. If you’re a book person and/or a motorhead, you need to attend this event. Iconografix sells both new and out-of-print books and the warehouse will be wide open. Not only do you get super deals on the 40 titles that Wolfgang sells, but also the (literally) hundreds and hundreds of books that Iconografix sells.

So come and join us on the 23rd between 8:00AM and 2:00PM for a car show, and some incredible deals on motorhead books of every description.

New Titles

As I write this, Jacki, our resident computer guru and graphic artist, is making the final corrections to our Harley-Davidson Panhead Restoration book. Written and photographed by Rick Schunk, who put out the AMCA magazine for many years, this new book is 176 pages of how-to information. Inside this tome you will find everything from how to overhaul the legendary Panhead engine, to ensuring the frame is straight. We will have advance copies of this book in our office by late August, finding it at the local bookstore or on Amazon will take a little longer.

See you in Hudson, Wisconsin.