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The Last Hero: The Gallant Story of Donald Campbell and The Land Speed Record, 1964

by John Pearson

In 1964, Campbell set a record of 403.10 mph for a four-wheeled vehicle. John Pearson spent time with him during the preparations for the assault on the LSR—and through many of the long days and months of frustration, delays, inaction, and impatience waiting for the salt.

Damn Few Died in Bed: Memories of a Life in American Automobile Racing

by Andy Dunlop

Before the days of even rudimentary safety features, brave and talented men raced brutally fast open-wheeled automobiles on the exciting dirt tracks of Middle America. Dunlop gives us a new appreciation of the lives of the people that crisscrossed the heartland on two-lane highways to compete in America’s bull rings on weekends.

Rallying to Monte Carlo

by W.M. (Mike) Couper

Often humorous and exciting, the anecdotes of rally preparation and racing as an independent in 1939 and as a factory-supported driver in Rolls-Royces and Bentleys 1949–1955 still end up rather monotonous—there are only so many icy S-curves, near misses, mechanical problems, hastily eaten meals and cabin repartee that one can bear patiently.

Motor Racing: The Pursuit of Victory 1930–1962

by Anthony Carter

Slightly smaller than its 2005/2007 predecessor—and also slightly cheaper; not at all to be taken for granted—this new book dials the clock farther back, to the 1930s. More specifically, the 1933–1939 racing years and then, interrupted by the war and its aftermath, the 1950–1962 era.

American Road Racing — The 1930s

American Road Racing – the 1930s

by Joel E Finn
Finn has produced an epic work with this brilliantly written coffee table book is. It is, however, even more remarkable for its exhaustive research. The book covers the rebirth of American road racing which had become dormant after the early years of the twentieth century.

The Winners Book: A Comprehensive Listing of Motor Racing Events 1895–2009

by James O’Keefe

Few of the customary book review parameters apply to a book full of names and numbers. If you follow any sort of racing with any sort of regularity it’s only a matter of time until you can’t recall “who’s on first” in a particular year or event.

Monocoques and Ground Effects

World Championship Sports Car Racing in Photographs, 1982–1992

by János Wimpffen

The WSC was a worldwide racing series for sports cars administered by the FIA from 1953 to 1992. The era covered in this book would be the last for the WSC, even if it did start out as a veritable renaissance for the series.

Ferrari 250 GTO: The Definitive History of a Legend

by Anthony Pritchard

Now, the quintessential iconic Ferrari 250 GTO is surely one of those cars that needs no introduction but if all you know is that it fetches record prices you may be curious about the story behind the car—and wince at the fact that there really was a time when you (almost) couldn’t give them away!

Northeast American Sports Car Races 1950–1959

by Terry O’Neil

This book documents the progression from amateur to professional sports car racing in North America over the course of a decade and the emergence of purpose-built racetracks that began to replace road circuits.

Formula 5000 Motor Racing: Back Then . . . And Back Now

by Derek Lawson

Inspired by the success of the Can-Am series with its unlimited formula and powerful V8 engines this initially low-cost racing series for cars with a maximum engine capacity of 5L attracted many of the names we would recognize from the “big leagues.”

Formula 1 Technical Analysis 2009–2010

by Giorgio Piola

You may watch every race of the season and faithfully snip every technical article in specialist magazines, and you may even have contacts in the F1 community—and you still wouldn’t know all the technical intricacies this book series has been able to clarify since its launch in 1994.

Behind the Wheel: The Great Automobile Aficionados

by Robert Puyal

Puyal takes a cerebral approach to his subject. The lives of 54 people are enlisted to tell stories of wo/man’s relationship with the car through the ages.

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