Archive for Items Categorized 'Racing, Rally', only excerpts shown, click title for full entry.
Inside Formula 1: Behind-the-Scenes Photography, 1950–2022
by Daniel Reinhard
Now in English. You do not want to miss this book!! It’s not just F1, and it’s Behind-the-Scenes in the sense that you’re looking over the photographer’s shoulder at what he sees, what he knows, what he thinks.
Benetton: Rebels of Formula 1
by Damien Smith
Benetton Formula Ltd. not only changed hands or corporate identities many times, it became the only constructor to have won races under more than one nationality. This book tells the 1986–2001 history.
Alfa Romeo Giulia TZ
by Martin Übelher & Patrick Dasse
Lightweight but sturdy, streamlined aero, powerful engine, innovative chassis. A winner on paper and on the track. These five books cover every single car built and feature heaps of never before published material.
Il Mio Drake
by Lycia Mezzacappa
The Barber of Maranello tells all! Well, no, but the book does reveal an unknown side of the notoriously private Enzo Ferrari, not least because they saw each other six mornings a week.
Powered by Gibson—From F1 to Le Mans
by Mark Cole
The rubber has barely washed off the roads from one year’s Le Mans 24 Hours and the clock at Gibson is already counting down the seconds to the next one. That’s how it goes when you’re the world’s leading manufacturer of high performance LMP1 and LMP2 powertrains.
Roger Williamson: A Collection of Memories from Friends, Mechanics, Rivals and Family
by K. Guthrie & D. Banks
The F1 cars of Williamson’s era were getting faster and faster but neither the tracks nor safety consciousness evolved at pace. His horrific death in a fire at the 1973 Dutch GP is a chilling example of Murphy’s Law at full tilt.
Le Mans 100, A Century at the World’s Greatest Endurance Race
by Glen Smale
The 24 Hours of Le Mans is one of the three legs of the Triple Crown of Motorsports. What makes it so special? Smale has wrangled each and every race up to the 2023 running into the pages of one concise, nicely illustrated, and well-designed book.
The Put-in-Bay Road Races, 1952–1963
by Carl Goodwin
What is old is new again. For years now vintage sports car drivers have congregated here for reunions celebrating what is now called “the island’s rich road racing history” but that in period barely made the news. This book unravels the history.
Tyrrell: The Story of the Tyrrell Racing Organisation
by Richard Jenkins
This team/constructor turned out the lights half a decade ago but has descendants of a manner in the modern era: Brawn GP who almost adopted the old name, and today’s Mercedes-AMG Petronas.
We’ve now added a second review—because the book is just that good.
Bourne to Rally: Possum Bourne, The Autobiography
by Possum Bourne with Paul Owen
The fickle finger of fate . . . this autobiography was completed just days before 47-year-old Bourne had a fatal road accident. While that makes the story especially poignant, there’s a lot of practical stuff here how to keep a racing career humming: talent is essential but not sufficient by itself.
For Flux Sake: Beer, Fags and Opposite-Lock
by Ian Flux with Matt James
This British driver belongs to the baby boomer generation, the last one to be able to immerse itself in racing without guilt, regret, or even a backward glance. This account of a racer’s life is endearing, frank, shocking, funny and fast-paced—just like its author.
A History of Auto Racing in New England
Dick Berggren, editor
Unless you live there you probably had no idea how long ago racing started in that region. This excellent book connects many dots that extend far beyond those six states.
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