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

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.

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.

Surviving to Drive, A Year Inside Formula 1

by Guenther Steiner

Call him candid, call him a loudmouth, Steiner does have motorsports cred and did spend ten years as team principal at Haas F1 where the team pocketed a points finish in their debut race. But underdogs do have things to make noise about and often axes to grind.

Paolo Martin: Visions in Design

by Paolo Martin

You may look at the cover and see a famous Ferrari but Martin is really at home in any area of design, a story told here in over a thousand images accompanied by thoughtful and inspiring commentary by the man himself.

Adrian Newey: An Illustrated Biography of F1’s Greatest Designer

by Frank Hopkinson

Newey designs have won 12 Constructors’ and 14 Drivers’ titles and 223 Grands Prix between 1991 and 2024. Hence the title of this book, which is a quick overview of a busy career that is still in full flourish.

Zero to 60 and Beyond

by Tony Quinn and Robert Tighe

What does it take to go from growing up in a wooden caravan to piling up a few millions and having the means to pay it forward? Resilience. Work ethic. Luck. There’s even a connection to a current Kiwi F1 driver!

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