Archive for Items Categorized 'Racing, Rally', only excerpts shown, click title for full entry.
Alfa Romeo Sprint Speciale
by Patrick Dasse
Leave it to this author to keep finding topics that have been neglected in the literature, or, in this case, by history altogether. Hundreds of pages, hundreds of photos, and an odd case of Alfa’s in-house model playing second fiddle to an outside offering.
Forgotten Rally Photos
A Collection of Rare Professional Rally Photographs and Stories From 1975 to 1982
P. Smith, J. Pulleyn
Into the woods without delay, but careful not to lose the way. These photos had been gathering dust for four decades. Enlivened with personal anecdotes from participants they take you to the golden years of rallying.
Prodrive: 40 Years of Success
by Ian Wagstaff
When this UK motorsport and engineering group turned forty it was high time for a look back—and forward. On both counts there’s surely a lot more to be mined, but here’s a start.
Quarter-Mile Corvettes 1953– 1975
The History of Chevrolet’s Sports Car at the Drag Strip
by Steve Holmes
The Corvette started the same year the NHRA hosted its first event. That there is a connection between the two was unintentional but this book will show how entwined they have become.
How Did I Get Here?
Memories of Six Decades in Motorsport, and Musings on the Future of Formula 1 and the Planet
by Peter Wright
To say that Peter Wright is the guru of ground effect is like saying that Sir Ian McKellen is just the Gandalf guy. And that’s only one of the arrows in his quiver.
The Original Ford GT 101
by Ed Heuvink
The first prototype, the one from which the Ferrari-beating Ford GT sprang, was scrapped in period—and resurrected 50 years later. Both models are covered in this superbly illustrated book.
Remarkable Motor Races
by Andrew Benson
Forty-eight events are presented, from the point of view of what it’s like to race there, what makes each unique, and some of the big moments that encapsulate the fact that, unlike any other sport, in racing it is the “playing surface” itself that plays an active role.
On The Prowl, The Definitive History of the Walkinshaw Jaguar Sports Car Team
by Neil Smith
TWR was associated with several marques, not to mention a great variety of privateer efforts, but the relationship with Jaguar was a particularly bright one and very much deserving of a book as exceptional as this.
Porsche Racing Cars: 2006 to 2023
by Brian Long
The latest installment in this trilogy picks up the story when Porsche resumed motorsports activities after a few low-profile years and considers both works and customer contenders.
A.J. Foyt: Survivor, Champion, Legend (Vol. 1)
by Art Garner
He got his start in a car that had a lawnmower engine—and went on to become the only driver to win the Indy 500, the 24 Hours of Le Mans, the Daytona 500, and the 24 Hours of Daytona. This is a big book and it can fit only half that story, which is why there will be a second volume.
Against All the Others: Porsche’s Racing History, Volume 1 – 1968
by Randy Leffingwell
Porsche has participated in tens of thousands of motorsports events over the years so you can’t be surprised that it will take multiple books to cover them. Here is Volume 1. Prepare to be impressed.
Both Sides of the Barrier: Images and Memories from a Motor Racing Odyssey; the A-Side (1957–79)
by Stuart Dent
Follow an amateur motorsports enthusiast in Britain around as he snaps photos and records his impressions. Got your own photos, race programs, ticket stubs? Maybe there’s a book in it.