Archive for Author 'Donald Capps', only excerpts shown, click title for full entry.
Ford GT: How Ford Silenced the Critics, Humbled Ferrari and Conquered Le Mans
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by P. Lerner, photos by D. Friedman
A mouthful of a title and one of the most colorful chapters in racing history. Lerner does not let all the hoopla get in the way of presenting a nuanced, properly researched account.
Go Like Hell: Ford, Ferrari, and Their Battle for Speed and Glory at Le Mans
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A.J. Baime
Not your normal racing book! The epic battle between H. Ford and E. Ferrari in the 1960s was about much more than the cars each built, or racing prowess and showroom sales. It was first and foremost about humiliating the opponent.
Sports Car Racing in the South: Texas to Florida, 1961–1962
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by Willem Oosthoek with Photography by Bob Jackson
If you’re a car person you’ve heard of Stuttgart. How about Stuttgart, Arkansas? Geneva, Florida? Opa Locka? Opelousas? Even if you have, you’ve probably long forgotten who raced what where. No more!
The Early Laps of Stock Car Racing
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by Betty Boles Ellison
A rather more critical—and thus most necessary—look at what has grown into a megasport for the masses whose business dealings and philosophy continue to be dominated by basically one family.
American Military Aircraft 1908–1919
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by Robert B. Casari
Drumroll: One would think this is well-trodden ground—it is anything but. Casari has been wrestling with this subject for half a century and has now produced the most thorough single-volume compendium, covering all American military aircraft produced domestically or purchased overseas.
Snakes, Rain and the Tet Offensive: War Stories with Photos
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by William Ingalls
There were, as the cliché goes, many, many Vietnam Wars, with time and place dictating just which war one might be experiencing. Here it is through the eyes of a U.S. Army road grader, in his letters home and the many photos he took in the field.
Roar From the Sixties: American Championship Racing
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by Dick Wallen; Michael Jordan editor
Everything changed during that decade. In the twenty years since it was first published, this book has not been bettered. Good thing it’s still in print.
Inside Shelby American
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by John Morton
Morton’s story illustrates nothing more than that being in the right place at the right time really does matter. Not every janitor becomes a pro racer in the shop he once swept! Nor does every chicken farmer hatch a racing emporium.
The First American Grand Prix: The Savannah Auto Races, 1908–1911
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by Tanya A. Bailey
Savannah, Georgia may be a hotbed for many things, but racing?
International participants declared the course America’s greatest and the author is certainly its greatest fan.
Fabulous Fifties: American Championship Racing
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by Dick Wallen et al
An important book about an important time in racing. That sort of racing has long since stopped but this 20-year-old book is still in print! Don’t miss it.
Riverside Raceway: Palace of Speed
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by Dick Wallen; by Michael Jordan (editor)
For 32 years, pretty much anybody who was anybody raced pretty much anything on this relatively dangerous course. Located not too far from Hollywood means you may well have seen it on TV shows or in movies.
Seventies Championship Revolution
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by Dick Wallen; Michael Jordan, editor
Aerodynamics were the big thing in the 1970s. This book takes a good, but not perfect, look at an era that saw great experimentation. Also covers dirt racing.