Coastal 181 Acquires Rose Racing Publications’ Open Wheel Racing Book Inventory
Newburyport, Mass. — Racing book publisher Coastal 181 announced today that it has acquired the inventory of Rose Racing Publications of Glendale, Arizona.
Buzz Rose built his publishing company into a highly regarded source f or authoritative books on open-wheel racing in America . He brought vast experience and a huge network to his titles, as he was himself a renowned sprint car road warrior. His successes behind the wheel led to his induction into the National Sprint Car Hall of Fame in Knoxville , Iowa .
Rose Racing Publications’ titles include definitive histories on the East Coast’s URC, the California Racing Association (CRA), and IMCA, AAA, USAC, and CSRA. The most recent w or k is the robustly researched but sobering volume, “RACERS AT REST: The Checkered Flag,” profiling the considerable number of drivers who have perished in open-wheel competition.
Coastal 181 is well known in the racing community as both a motor sports publisher and distributor of racing books, DVDs, and mot or sports art. The company has published 17 books to date and carries over 1000 additional titles on its website www.coastal181.com. The site is also visited frequented by readers of Lew Boyd ’s semi-monthly racing commentaries, “Tearoffs,” and the engaging “Photos of the Day,” which highlight interesting, colorful and often offbeat aspects of oval-track racing.
Both companies having strong racing backgrounds. Rose Racing Publications and Coastal 181 have collaborated closely over the years and plan to continue that association. Coastal 181’s Cary Stratton said, “We are very pleased to be able to continue to make Buzz Rose’s excellent titles available to the racing community. We look forward to having him join us at various shows and entertaining all comers with his wonderful racing yarns.“
Sources: Coastal 181