Archive for Items Categorized 'Racing, Rally', only excerpts shown, click title for full entry.

The Brown Bullet, Rajo Jack’s Drive to Integrate Auto Racing

by Bill Poehler

What do a four-time (1978, 1979, 1999 and 2003) NFL coach of the year and Super Bowl winner born in 1936 and a Champ- and midget-car driver (1905–1956) have in common? More than you might ever imagine!

Porsche 962/088 – The Autobiography of 962 011

by Serge Vanbockryck

Everybody knows the Porsche 917 but even more celebrated was the 956, which was followed by the 962 featured here. And no. /11 was the most successful of the 19 works cars built.

Inside OSCA: The Bolognese Miracle That Amazed The World 

by Carlo Cavicchi

OSCA was the brainchild of the Maserati brothers and they certainly knew what’s what in sports- and racecar-building. But: “Much as genius was overflowing in Bologna, money was lacking.” Always the money. This book tells the story mostly in photos.

Formula 2–The Glory Years, 1967–84

by Jutta Fausel

German photographer Fausel attended her first race in 1961 and found a lifelong passion which kind of by accident became a professional career. Her archive contains over 80,000 images; almost 900 made it into this book.

Growing Wings: The Inside Story of Red Bull Racing

by Ben Hunt

Motorsports revolves around a vast multitude of unknowables, making the hand of fate a fickle one. Money buys many things but not guaranteed success, but without money, nothing is easy. From the Foreword all through the book the common theme is overcoming self-doubt and committing to the mission.

Fast, Faster, Fastest: The Bill Sadler Story

by John R. Wright

He designed, built, and raced his own cars, but also aircraft, engines, and drones. Before that he was a guided missile tech—never mind that he had dropped out of school. Smart people lead busy lives, this book covers it, and Sadler lived just long enough to bless it.

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.

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