Archive for Items Categorized 'Biography/ Autobiography', only excerpts shown, click title for full entry.

Roland Ratzenberger Remembered

by Darren Banks

Do you remember him? You should, and not just for being one of the two fatalities at that April 1994 San Marino Grand Prix. If you know there was another BIG accident that weekend, and several minor ones, then you will relate to the rich context this anthology offers.

Senna: The Truth

by Franco Nugnes

F1 driver Ayrton Senna perished in 1994 and the author of this book was there. Much has been written since but apparently we’re still not done weighing the causes and consequences and many matters large and small. This book takes a different tack.

27: Patrick Tambay – The Ferrari Years

by Massimo Burbi with Patrick Tambay

Cosmopolitan, debonair, often described as an old-school gentleman and one of the most genuinely charming personalities in F1, this Frenchman took over the car and race number of his deceased friend and drove himself into the history books.

Spreading My Wings

One of Britain’s Top Women Pilots Tells Her Remarkable Story from Pre-War Flying to Breaking the Sound Barrier

by Diana Barnato Walker

The subtitle tells you all you need to know. She flew 80 different types and delivered more than 260 Spitfires to the front. Her father was Bentley Boy Woolf Barnato, her partner in life Whitney Straight. A very worthy read.

Life on a Wing and a Prayer

by Peter G. Dickens

A true story of and by someone who has spent decades flying anything and everything with wings. This memoir is the result of people who knew and appreciated those stories leaning on the author to write them down.

Brooklands Belles: The Women Racers Who Took on The Men

by T.J. Hartwell

It took decades to break down the barriers barring women from competing in early motorsports on equal terms with men. Brooklands was the world’s first purpose built motor-racing circuit so if not here, where?

All Rise

My Life and Trials with the Famous, the Infamous, and the Misunderstood

by James H. Voyles Jr. with Mark Bourcier

A legal memoir? Is there an automotive connection? Yes. Kind of. But not prima facie if you want to get all legal about it.

Bloody Dangerous: Fifty Missions Over Germany

The Last First-Hand Account From World War II

by Flt Lt Colin Bell, DFC

Chew on that subtitle for a moment: the last first-hand? Sure, you’ve seen a pile of war biographies already … but this author is a centenarian. And he rappelled down the side of a building at 102. Bloody dangerous all over again.

Your Mom Races Rally: Motherhood, Motorsports and the Revolution of Fun

by Kelly Conroy

This is not a hardcore car book. It’s about the memoirist’s voyage of personal discovery that leads her to unexpectedly becoming a rally driver.

CTX 500, Last Train to Cockfosters

by David Brodie

The cover of this memoir looks harmless enough. If the author’s name means anything to you, you know it won’t be.

A. J. Foyt Legacy, Vol. II 1978–2026

by Art Garner

The first four-time winner of the Indy 500 and holder of the most American National Championship titles to date has also been a team owner in several series, all the while living Texas-large which required another 600 pages to bring the bio up to date.

Derek Daly: Serial Survivor

by Derek Daly

The rollercoaster life of a race driver, writer, broadcaster, racing advisor and businessman, told without flinching. That the reader will often flinch is another matter, and a mark of the authenticity of this autobiography.

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