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The Automobile Yearbook 2011/12
by Serge Bellu (Editor)
Published since 1953, this yearbook wraps up everything automobile-related that made the news in the preceding year. Traditionally, the book covers three main aspects of the automobile: industry, motorsport and culture.
Elva: The Cars, The People, The History
by János Wimpffen
This exhaustive book is surely the last word on the subject of the little English car with the French name that willed it to go, which it did, but for only ten years.
Silver Clouds: The 1934 Grand Prix Season
by Paul Chenard
A marvelous limited-edition collection of artwork—only 50 pieces—with narrative about the 1934 racing season in Europe.
Watkins Glen, the Street Years 1948–1952
by Phillipe Defechereux
People who like round numbers will know that the year this book was published—2011—was the 50th anniversary of the first Formula 1 Grand Prix at Watkins Glen. That was 1961, by which time The Glen had been successfully hosting races for over a decade.
Sports Car Racing in the South: Texas to Florida, 1957–1958
by Willem Oosthoek
To the serious student of racing in the US, this book and its two future companions will be inevitable purchases. To the more casual reader it won’t be the hard data so much as the abundance of photos that will make this acquisition worthwhile.
Porsche: The Sports Racing Cars 1953–72
by Anthony Pritchard
This book covers Porsche’s air-cooled, rear-engined competition models from the 550 to the 917. It also includes F2 and 1 cars because of their connection to the cars in the WSC Championship and GT Prototype classes but it excludes the 911 (except for the 911R) because it is not a dedicated competition model.
The British at Indianapolis
by Ian Wagstaff
The race that bills itself as “The Greatest Spectacle in Racing” turned 100 in 2011. This book celebrates the British contribution to the race, not just the drivers but the mechanics, engineers, designers, and even officials.
Alfa Romeo & Mille Miglia
by Andrea Curami
(Italian/English side by side) Published in the year of Alfa Romeo’s 100th anniversary, this book follows the Porsche and Mercedes Benz volumes in a series of books by the late Andrea Curami (d. 2010) about the Mille Miglia efforts of specific marques.
Jochen Rindt: The Story of a World Champion
by Heinz Prüller
In the Clermont-Ferrand paddock during the French GP meeting of July 1970, Jochen Rindt sat with his fellow-Austrian, journalist Heinz Prüller, in the Firestone caravan. They had collaborated on a book four years earlier, and now that Rindt was romping away with the World Championship, they agreed to write another.
Jochen Rindt: Uncrowned King
by David Tremayne
“Who the hell is Jochen Rindt?” is the title of the first chapter—because it was the first question people asked when Rindt seemingly came out of nowhere in 1964 to beat the big-name drivers of his day. And it is, the author fears, the first question a new generation of racing enthusiasts asks today.
Red Hot Rivals: Ferrari vs. Maserati — Epic Clashes for Supremacy
by Karl Ludvigsen
More than 10 years before Enzo Ferrari ever built a car under his own name, Maseratis were a thorn in his flesh. They were so uncatchable that after three years of provocation he was seriously thinking of buying some himself. This is the spark that ignited the fire that would smolder for decades and that is the topic of this book.
The Art of the Racing Motorcycle: 100 Years of Designing for Speed
by Tooth & Pradères
Taking up only a small footprint in a more or less open frame, pretty much all the bits that make a motorcycle go are plainly visible. There is an art to arranging them and an art to photographing them. Both are revealed in this excellent book.
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