The Caesars Palace Grand Prix was an unholy alliance of the world capital of gambling, the mob and the international czar of Formula One. This book traces these intertwined threads through decades of accounts, extensive interviews, and the files of the FBI.
The Caesars Palace Grand Prix was an unholy alliance of the world capital of gambling, the mob and the international czar of Formula One. This book traces these intertwined threads through decades of accounts, extensive interviews, and the files of the FBI.
Table of Contents Acknowledgments Preface I. Neighbors Upstate: Grand Prix Racing and La Cosa Nostra Are Awakened in Upstate New York II. Parallel Paths: The Path of Formula One in America and the Path of Caesar to Las Vegas III. Developments and Dictators: Caesar Constructs a Palace in Las Vegas, While Formula One Constructs a Czar IV. Traditions and Transitions: Watkins Glen Faces New Challenges and the Empire Has a New Caesar V. Crossed Paths: Long Beach Launches a Formula One Foray, While the Centurions of Caesar Launch a Foray to Long Beach VI. Entanglement and Exaction: The Intertwined Formula One Fortunes of Watkins Glen, Long Beach and Las Vegas Between pages 178 and 179 are 24 color plates containing 34 photographs VII. Rumors and Rackets: The Emergence of the Caesars Palace Grand Prix, the Exposure of the Emperor VIII. Trumpets and Tribunals: The Caesars Palace Grand Prix That Wasn't, the Final U.S. Grand Prix at Watkins Glen, the Many Stains Upon Caesar IX. Course of Events: The Inaugural Caesars Palace Grand Prix, the End of the Emperor's Reign X. Continuum and Controversy: The 1982 Caesars Palace Grand Prix, the Arrest of Caesars' Centurion, the Departure of Formula One from Las Vegas XI. Running in Circles: The Caesars Palace Grand Prix III Goes IndyCar, the Departure of Meyer Lansky, the Reemergence of the Emperor XII. Requiem and Reprise: The Final Caesars Palace Grand Prix and the Many Returns of Bernie Ecclestone Chapter Notes Bibliography Index
Table of Contents Acknowledgments Preface I. Neighbors Upstate: Grand Prix Racing and La Cosa Nostra Are Awakened in Upstate New York II. Parallel Paths: The Path of Formula One in America and the Path of Caesar to Las Vegas III. Developments and Dictators: Caesar Constructs a Palace in Las Vegas, While Formula One Constructs a Czar IV. Traditions and Transitions: Watkins Glen Faces New Challenges and the Empire Has a New Caesar V. Crossed Paths: Long Beach Launches a Formula One Foray, While the Centurions of Caesar Launch a Foray to Long Beach VI. Entanglement and Exaction: The Intertwined Formula One Fortunes of Watkins Glen, Long Beach and Las Vegas Between pages 178 and 179 are 24 color plates containing 34 photographs VII. Rumors and Rackets: The Emergence of the Caesars Palace Grand Prix, the Exposure of the Emperor VIII. Trumpets and Tribunals: The Caesars Palace Grand Prix That Wasn't, the Final U.S. Grand Prix at Watkins Glen, the Many Stains Upon Caesar IX. Course of Events: The Inaugural Caesars Palace Grand Prix, the End of the Emperor's Reign X. Continuum and Controversy: The 1982 Caesars Palace Grand Prix, the Arrest of Caesars' Centurion, the Departure of Formula One from Las Vegas XI. Running in Circles: The Caesars Palace Grand Prix III Goes IndyCar, the Departure of Meyer Lansky, the Reemergence of the Emperor XII. Requiem and Reprise: The Final Caesars Palace Grand Prix and the Many Returns of Bernie Ecclestone Chapter Notes Bibliography Index
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