Background
Wilkinson, Sylvia Jean was born on April 3, 1940 in Durham, North Carolina, United States. Daughter of Thomas Noell and Peggy George Wilkinson.
(In 1970, Sylvia Wilkinson was a writer in the category kn...)
In 1970, Sylvia Wilkinson was a writer in the category known as 'young Southern Woman Novelist'. While her novels and teaching paid the bills she had a passion for motorsports that led her to write The Stainless Steel Carrot: An Auto Racing Odyssey. The book profiled young up-and-coming road racer John Morton as he raced the BRE Datsun 510 in the 1971 and 1972 SCCA Trans-Am 2.5 Challenge. John won the championships and continued on a road-racing career that saw dozens of championship level victories around the country and abroad. The book, well regarded among both racers and general audience readers, has been out of print since 1973. Original copies often sell for over $100 online and at collectors events. Now, thanks to years of requests from fans, and Sylvia s interest in animals, the book is republished with additional material. 'Like many writers I had no interest in revisiting the past and had turned down multiple requests to reprint the book. But Brown Fox has a great reputation with new editions of out-of-print racing books. When a friend suggested that it could be done as a fundraiser for animal welfare, and that is indeed my weak spot, I said yes, noted Sylvia Wilkinson. In 1970, Sylvia Wilkinson was a writer in the category known as 'young Southern Woman Novelist'. While her novels and teaching paid the bills she had a passion for motorsports that led her to write The Stainless Steel Carrot: An Auto Racing Odyssey. The book profiled young up-and-coming road racer John Morton as he raced the BRE Datsun 510 in the 1971 and 1972 SCCA Trans-Am 2.5 Challenge. John won the championships and continued on a road-racing career that saw dozens of championship level victories around the country and abroad. The book, well regarded among both racers and general audience readers, has been out of print since 1973. Original copies often sell for over $100 online and at collectors events. Now, thanks to years of requests from fans, and Sylvia s interest in animals, the book is republished with additional material. 'Like many writers I had no interest in revisiting the past and had turned down multiple requests to reprint the book. But Brown Fox has a great reputation with new editions of out-of-print racing books. When a friend suggested that it could be done as a fundraiser for animal welfare, and that is indeed my weak spot, I said yes, noted Sylvia Wilkinson. The 2012 Brown Fox edition includes additional photography from both the 1971-72 timeframe as well as throughout John's career. Forwards from both Dan Gurney and Parnelli Jones introduce the new book. REVISITING AN AUTO RACING ODDYSEY In this Revisited Edition of the classic motor racing book, author Sylvia Wilkinson has added a new 45-page chapter catching up with many of the people who made the BRE team successful and the book so compelling, including John Morton, the team s number one driver, who went on to race professionally for now close to 40 years.
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( Tom Pate can't leave the family farm behind fast enough...)
Tom Pate can't leave the family farm behind fast enough. Drag racing his candy-apple-red 1955 Chevy Bel Air is just the first step in a journey that will lead him far from home in his search for a bigger track, a better ride, and a better, faster future. Tom's younger brother Zack tries desperately to keep up with this man whose talent involves leaving people behind. Set in the 1960s--with racial tensions running high and Vietnam War starting to make demands on the lives of young men--On the 7th Day God Created the Chevrolet is a story that pits the safe haven of farm and family against a young man's best shot at glory.
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Wilkinson, Sylvia Jean was born on April 3, 1940 in Durham, North Carolina, United States. Daughter of Thomas Noell and Peggy George Wilkinson.
She graduated from Woman"s College, now the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, in 1962. She received her master"s degree from Hollins College (now Hollins University) in 1963 and studied at Stanford University under a Wallace Stegner Creative Writing Fellowship 1965-1966.
Wilkinson taught at various institutions including the Universities of North Carolina at Asheville and Chapel Hill, the College of William & Mary, Sweet Briar College, Hollins University, Washington University and the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee. She is a teaching scholar with the National Faculty. She has published 26 books: 7 novels for adults, 3 adult non fiction works (2 on auto racing, one on education) and 16 juveniles with automotive themes.
She was a Motorsports Correspondent for Autoweek and is currently a World Book Encyclopedia contributor on auto racing.
She was an auto racing timer and scorer for many years for numerous drivers including Paul Newman, First Rate (at Lloyd's) Unser Senior, Bobby Rahal and Keke Rosberg. In December of 2014, her seventh novel: BIG CACTUS was published by Owl Canyon Press in Boulder, Colorado.
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(Hardcover Signed 1967 First Printing.)
(Book by Wilkinson, Sylvia)