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Ferdinand Porsche, Genesis of Genius: Road, Racing and Aviation Innovation 1900 to 1933

by Karl Ludvigsen

For a paltry $100 you are getting a veritable education in matters political, economical, scientific, and psychological. It isn’t just about a precocious youth and ambitious engineer, but about the world and times he lived in.

Three to Go Mario!

by Andy Evans

In this book Andy recalls a memory from his youth. He was 12 when his father took him to watch Mario Andretti compete in the 1977 Grand Prix that was run over the course laid out on the streets of Long Beach, California.

Coast to Coast

by Curt McConnell

Historian/journalist McConnell feels that just like Lewis and Clark who blazed the trail from St. Louis to the Pacific Ocean and are revered for it to this day, so the autoists of the Pioneer Period deserve tribute.

Two Books for Youths by Bruce Carter

by Bruce Carter

Illustrated by Raymond Briggs these two beautifully made books tell the story of one exciting event selected from the racing life of each man in a suspenseful way that keeps the reader, regardless of age, turning the pages.

Time and Two Seats

by János Wimpffen

This 2,300 page opus is the definitive history of more than fifty years of Long Distance Racing. Organized in two volumes, the work is an era-by-era, year-by-year, race-by-race narrative of sports car and grand touring races between 1953 and 1998.

Against Death and Time: One Fatal Season in Racing’s Glory Years

by Brock Yates

Racers, even the purely amateur sporting set, recognize there are certain dangers inherent in the practice of their chosen activity. Yates recounts all the tragic events of 1955 that had such a tremendous impact on motorsports for years to follow.

The Crooked Mile

by Kevin Clemens

Have you ever worried that one day the fossil-fuel spigot will run dry? Or that motor fuel will become so expensive that you will need to drastically change your lifestyle in order to provide life’s basic necessities for yourself and your family?

Buick, The Australian Story

by Eric North and John Gerdtz

The story of the auto industry in Australia, especially the Holden aspect, is interesting all on its own. As with many American makers, Holden too dates back to saddlery and carriage-building beginnings with the company bearing a man’s surname.

Bucyrus Heavy Equipment: Construction and Mining Machines 1880–2008

by Keith Haddock

Haddock, who 20 years ago co-founded the Historical Construction Equipment Association has written the definitive history of Bucyrus, an American company synonymous with moving earth.

Let ’Em All Go!

by Chris Economaki

A “must have” if you have any interest whatsoever in any aspect of motorsports. There are few who have seen as much, experienced as much, or spent as many years across all facets of the sport and business as Economaki.

A Drive in the Clouds: The Story of the Aerocar

by Jake Schultz

All too often writers of transportation articles and books do a fine job of telling the automotive/train/plane story, but fall short when trying to convey the human side. Not Schultz.

A Tale of Two (GM) Books

A Tale of Two Books — with apologies to Charles Dickens It is simply human nature that you have likely clicked ahead to those “vital statistics” to see how much these books cost before even starting to read these words about them. It is just as likely that, generally speaking, you are already accustomed to automotive […]

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