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ABOUT ROSE RACING PUBLICATIONS
 Author Buzz Rose began racing at age 16 in micro midgets at Southern California venues. At the ripe old age of 19 he graduated to full midgets driving under the United Racing Association and the United States Auto Club.
In 1958 Buzz moved up to sprint cars or as they were known, big cars. By the early 60’s Buzz was one of the top CRA, IMCA sprint car drivers. He drove one of the famed Diz Wilson Offenhausers from Mitchell, Indiana. The Wilson Offy teams during those years comprised of Jim McElreath, John Rutherford, Johnny White, A J Shepherd, Leroy Neumayer and Buzz Rose. Buzz won the 1962 Midwest Auto Racing Club sprint car title driving for Wilson.
Rose retired from sprint car racing in 1974.
From 1986 to 1992 Buzz competed in SCCA road racing and won 10 regional championships and 4 division national championships.
Big car history has always been of interest to him. By 1996 he decided to try his hand at writing a series of big car history books devoted to the organizations of sprint car racing.
The first book was on the history of the Midwest based International Motor Contest Association (IMCA). They were America’s oldest racing club when they dissolved in 1977. The book covers in depth the beginning of IMCA in 1914 through its last year. The name “Show Biz” was chosen because IMCA was operated by major State and Regional fairs of the Midwest.
Buzz’ second book, Rim Riders, was on the Central States Racing Association (CSRA) from Dayton, Ohio during the late 1930’s and 40’s. They were known as America’s fastest racing circuit. CSRA’s sanctioned events ran from Indiana to the East Coast. Ted Horn, Jim Wilburn, Joie Chitwood, Everett Saylor and Red Campbell were all CSRA champions. When you read this book you relive races at tracks like Winchester, Dayton, Fort Wayne, Greenville, Sharon and many others.
The next two books were written about California Racing Association (CRA), the club created by California hot rodders, which became one of the nation’s most respected sprint car organizations.
Buzz raced in CRA in the late 1950’s and led the CRA points on several occasions in the early 1960’s. Buzz drove for renowned CRA owner “Pop” Miller and took over the wheels of the famous A J Foyt Bowes Seal Fast Offenhauser after Foyt sold to Darwin Maxson and Dean Jeffries.
The first CRA book, “California Hot Shoes Volume I”, is based on the 1955 through 1970 pre-caged cars that CRA ran after the roadster era. Volume II, “California Hot Shoes Volume II, Wingless Warriors,” comprises the years 1970 through 1994, when CRA was dissolved. Both books cover all of the illustrious Ascot Park years.
Buzz has completed work on the Eastern Championship series from 1945 until its last year in 1960. It includes the 1945 CSRA year and 1946 through 1955 AAA years and the 1956 through 1960 United States Auto Club years. The book includes every race sanctioned during those years. “Eastern Bull Rings” title was chosen because of the nickname given the Eastern dirt tracks. You will relive the exciting years of Ted Horn, Bill Holland, Tommy Hinnershitz, John Thomson, A J Foyt and other Eastern stars.
The sixth book in the series, Kings of the Hills, will enbodies the Midwest AAA-USAC championships from 1946 through 1960. The high banked speedways of Indiana and Ohio are highlighted in this book.
The seventh book encompasses the interesting history of America’s oldest active sprint car club, the United Racing Club (URC). 2005 will be the URC’s 57th consecutive year of sanctioning Eastern sprint car events. This book will cover all races and championships from 1948 through 2005.
Rose was inducted into the National Sprint Car hall of fame in June of 2006 and is a proud life member of the Eastern Museum Of Motor Racing. His books have been bestowed honors by the AMERICAN AUTO RACING WRITERS AND BROADCASTERS ASSOCIATION.
Friends for nearly 50 years, Buzz has recruited noted historian, photographer Jim Chini to edit his books.
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