500 On (The Indy) 500
by Rick Shaffer
A neat little book to pick up every now and then, both to start and to win arguments! Looks at the entire Indy history up to 2020.
Chris Pook & The History of The Long Beach GP
by Gordon Kirby
The Long Beach GP is pretty much the template for modern-era professional racing on city streets. It had a 45-year run, curtailed only by Covid. This book by its promotor is as attention-holding and fast-paced a read as his life has been.
Journey to the West
by Jim Schild
It’s 1915 and two young guys are driving from New York to California. Naturally, things happen along the way. Or so the author says.
First Principles: The Official Biography of Keith Duckworth OBE
by Norman Burr
He was behind the most successful engines in racing history, and his company, Cosworth, became a major player. He had the complex personality that seems inseparable from such overachievement, and this book, at last, tells the story.
Racer
by John Andretti & Jade Gurss
You wouldn’t know from just the book title that this story does not have a good ending, at least not in the conventional sense. Good will surely come from reading it and one would like to think that good came to the man who had the courage to write it.
Jim McGee, Crew Chief of Champions
by Gordon Kirby
He cut his teeth working on a private Indy entry cobbled together in a backyard garage and rose to run some of the big-league outfits of his day. An important book about an important man.
Ballot
by Daniel Cabart and Gautam Sen
The fastest cars in the world right when they came out (1919). Innovative. Good-looking. Other makers were inspired by them. Today: obscure. Now this monumental 920-page book is a most proper 100th anniversary present.
World War II Veterans in Motorsports
by Art Evans
As both a former race driver and movie industry PR man, the author understands his topic from both sides. Plus, the 23 men and women covered here were personal friends of his.
The Restoration of Antique and Classic Cars, Vol. 1
by Richard C. Wheatley & Brian Morgan
A classic in the 1960s, this practical how-to book outlines critical steps and considerations. They may not apply the same way today but the book will bring back fond memories to the legions whose copies have long worn out.
One Man’s Vision
by Marjorie Teetor Meyer
Industry leader, SAE president, Automotive Hall of Famer. But do you know of him?? Next time you engage that “Speedostat” (aka cruise control) give a thought to Teetor who invented it and many other things—and was blind! (Don’t play with knives, kids.)
Tony Southgate, From Drawing Board to Chequered Flag
by Tony Southgate
For someone who first started to be interested in motor racing in 1982, Southgate was consistently present in the background of the races I watched.
Jim Clark: Racing Hero
by Graham Gauld
When the unassuming and versatile Scotsman died at the age of only 32 at the wheel of a racecar, he had already won more GPs and GP poles than anyone. If he was a hero, he was a reluctant one
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