Archive for Items Categorized 'Racing, Rally', only excerpts shown, click title for full entry.
Superbears—The Story of Hesketh Racing
by James Page
Need something to do on the weekends? Got a pile of money? Why, let’s start a racing team! It’s 1972. Their caterer had better credentials than their—unemployed—driver. The opposition laughed, but not for long.
Rallye Automobile Monte Carlo, Porsche 1952–1982
by Patrick Dasse & Maurice Louche
More photo album than rally analysis, these books will suck you in! Cars, people, interesting locations—and buckets o’ snow. Obviously all seen through Porsche-colored glasses.
Formula 1 Drive to Survive: The Unofficial Companion
by Stuart Codling
Hindsight is everything . . . this Netflix docuseries is created at the end of a racing season and so can orchestrate its storytelling to punch up certain themes whose outcomes are already known. This book provides much-needed context and will probably achieve the same goal: create more F1 fans.
90 Years of Nürburgring
by Hartmut Lehbrink
Mountains, valleys, forest, light, shade, blind corners and dips, the sheer length of a lap—there’s a reason the place has a reputation! Lehbrink has watched it for decades and, however subjective the selection offered here is, he’s a good guide.
The Racers: The Personal Scrapbook of Al Satterwhite
by Al Satterwhite
A scrapbook is not a museum show or a historical treatise so calibrate your expectations accordingly. Neither the era nor the photographer need any explanation/justification: expect to discover cool things.
S.F. Edge, Maker of Motoring History
by Simon Fisher
When it came to speed, wether it was bicycles or powerboats, he was on the cutting edge of all the new happenings of this time, as a competitor, a manufacturer, an agent for other makers, and also as a promoter and sponsor. His personality matched his achievements. Ah, drama.
Sea to Shining Sea, Racing From the Wild West to Daytona
by Ken Clapp with Bones Bourcier
Predominantly known as NASCAR’s man on the West Coast, pioneering race promoter Clapp looks back to the days of yore, when it all got started and what it grew into.
Jim Crawford, Lessons in Courage
by Kevin Guthrie
A team boss of his once called him the bravest driver he ever knew. Also a wonderful human being. What, you never heard of the Scot who loved the Indy 500?? Here’s a book to fix that.
Boost! Roger Bailey’s Extraordinary Motor Racing Career
by Gordon Kirby
Bailey’s professional life spanned more than five decades and included such a variety of positions—mechanic, team boss, official, administrator—that you think you’re dealing with more than one person. No wonder his nickname was Boost!
Herbert Müller – “…alles zu langsam!”
by Födisch and Roßbach
If you followed racing in the hairy 1960–80 era you could not have failed to notice this Swiss driver. This biography is deep in the best sense. The reason it was written is to commemorate the saddest of occasions.
Formula 1: All The Races – The First 1000
by Roger Smith
That this book about 1000 races is limited to 1000 numbered copies is of course merely to be cute—but it is a crying shame. Bristling with data but eminently user-friendly it deserves much wider circulation!
Driven to Crime: True Stories of Wrongdoing in Motor Racing
by Crispian Besley
Its cartoonish cover illustration notwithstanding, the book is clever—just ponder the double entendre in the main title—and, more importantly, well researched. From perps to victims of crime, you will be surprised at the cast of characters.
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