The Diesel Odyssey of Clessie Cummins
by C. Lyle Cummins Jr.
Cummins is not only the name behind the ubiquitous Cummins Diesel truck engine but also a world speed and endurance record holder. Readers with historical awareness will recognize in the publisher’s name a clever homage to Sadi Carnot, the brilliant young French scientist who is considered the father of thermodynamics.
Vintage Speed Parts: The Equipment that Fueled the Industry
by Tony Thacker
Dreaming about hot rods in far-away Britain in the 1960s the author couldn’t have imagined moving to California to become involved in many aspects of the speed world, from selling parts to setting speed records to running a museum—to writing piles of books.
The Handley Page Victor: The History & Development of a Classic Jet, Vol. 1
by Roger R. Brooks
This two-volume Data File covers the 86 Cold War-era Victors produced to carry their nuclear payload higher, faster, and further than any other plane.
100 Years of Legends, The Official Celebration of the Le Mans 24 Hours
by Bernard, Davoine, Holtz & Holtz
This book includes the actual centenary race of 2023 which was totally worth waiting for. Brimming with photos and infographics, the amount of detail will make your head spin. In a good way.
Dirt Tracks to Glory
The Early Days of Stock Car Racing As Told by the Participants
by Sylvia Jean Wilkinson
There are so many reasons to be interested in this book: excellent writing, first-person accounts, the tipping point when local Saturday-night hot-shoes might find themselves millionaires at a national level.
The Green Flag, Just a Bloke’s Story
by Barry Green with Gordon Kirby
“The Bloke” is an Australian whose name has become a staple in American motorsports history as a racing mechanic and team leader/owner. He’s worked with so many of the big names that it is a surprise that no one had already written a book about him.
Tyrrell: The Story of the Tyrrell Racing Organisation
by Richard Jenkins
This team/constructor turned out the lights half a decade ago but has descendants of a manner in the modern era: Brawn GP who almost adopted the old name, and today’s Mercedes-AMG Petronas.
We’ve now added a second review—because the book is just that good.
Norbert Singer – My Racing Life with Porsche 1970–2004
by Norbert Singer & Wilfried Müller
He almost became a rocket scientist. He almost went to Opel instead of Porsche. His very first assignment helped win Le Mans at a crucial time. No looking back now—his entire career was spent at Porsche, which would go on to win 16 overall race victories with cars in which he played a key role.
The Lotus Book Type 1-74 & The Ian Walker Racing Elans
by Colin Pitt
Covering this many cars in one single book of not even 200 pages can only be accomplished one way: keep it light and tight. This isn’t so much an emulation of the Lotus credo but the author/publisher’s default writing style.
The Last Lap, The Mysterious Demise of Pete Kreis at the Indianapolis 500
by William T. Walker Jr.
On the one hand it was called “the strangest death in all racing history” because no observable causes were found. On the other hand, unobservable forces may/did/could have put so much agony into a man’s soul that going over the edge, flying into the sky, crashing into a tree, was the only sure way to find peace.
24 HOURS, 100 Years of Le Mans
by Richard Williams
How far can you go, nowadays, pretty much nonstop, in 24 hours? Oh, about 3200 miles—an inconceivable number a hundred years ago when this epic endurance race was first held.
Racing With Roger Penske, A History of a Motorsport Dynasty
by Sigur E. Whitaker
Dynasty implies succession but The Captain, after several years as a race car driver, built his empire from scratch and is still involved in many of its aspects. “Most successful” describes most his accomplishments, and this book seems much too small to do them justice.
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