Carl G. Fisher did not live the American dream--he made the American dream. The dirt-poor Indiana boy built his dreams into vast fortunes, nothing was impossible to Carl G. Fisher....
What is the fastest corner in the world? Where will you find Maternity Bend? What g-force is experienced around Monza¹s Parabolica? World Motor Racing Circuits answers these questions and many...
You will smile throughout this book with its dry humor and obvious enthusiasm for autos and their history of the great American marques…Wonder where naugahyde comes from? A must read...
The author of THE INDIANAPOLIS 500 here tells the stories of some of the great and near-great car-driver combinations that have chased the checkered fag in that most challenging and...
More auto racing has taken place in Southern California than any other equal-area place in the world. Where They Raced - LAP2 provides details and descriptions of over 170 racing...
This is a selection of posters from Shell''s advertising campaigns between the 1920s and 1950s. Among the artists commissioned for the posters were Paul Nash, Vaness a Bell, Rex Whistler...
The legendary automotive designer and manufacturer Shelby American didn’t last long, but it was a flame that burned incandescently before being extinguished by corporate politics. In less than a decade,...
Moss uses his knowledge to select the best of motor racing literature over a broad spectrum, giving a unique insight into the mind and skills of the competition driver, and...
This fascinating book gives the reader a look at how the world's fastest racing cars are designed, developed, and how they work. Cutaways of dozens of great cars. Well written...
A statement on the richness of automotive creativity as expressed in sports- and GT-racing cars. Traces more than 60 years of world-class racing machines, racing tracks, historical backgrounds, competitive entanglements,...
A statement on the richness of automotive creativity as expressed in sports- and GT-racing cars. Traces more than 60 years of world-class racing machines, racing tracks, historical backgrounds, competitive entanglements,...
Peter Holthusen recalls the challenges, dangers, disappointments, tragedies and triumphs that have characterized record-breaking attempts from the very beginning. Holthusen reconsiders the famous careers of Frenchman Camille Jenatzy and Leon...
Alain Prost has published this book in co-authorship with Pierre-Francois Rousselot, a highly experienced and active driver, as well as an accomplished journalist. This book may be interesting for a...
Third in a series of annual reviews of vintage sports-car racing in Europe, covers 1983. Special sections on Jaguar and the GP of Lausanne.plus races at Mugello, Zandvoort, Brand Hatch,...
Americans have raced on more than 6,000 racetracks, road courses and drag strips, at home and abroad, since an American Duryea and a German Benz met in the snow in...
Stuffed with never-before-seen photography, stories,and race results, Bronco Racing: Ford’s Legendary 4x4 inOff-Road Competition is the most definitive publication everon this marque’s racing success! In 1965, legendary builder and off-road...
In most forms of racing, cornering speed is the key to winning. On the street, precise and predictable handling is the key to high performance driving. However, the art and...
This is a 6 book Carroll Smith kit. Drive to Win, The Essential Guide to Race Driving: Take pole position to learn the ground rules, techniques and procedures of driving...
Now in paperback, The Great British Rally is the complete history of British international rally events, starting with the very first RAC rally of 1932, which included 1,000 miles of...
As Land Speed Record historian David Tremayne states in his foreword, "Quest for Speed is a wonderful book that celebrates passion." In a remarkable first book, Barry John has celebrated...
The engaging story of Fred Opert, whose brief time in a New York jail led him into a roller-coaster life of automobiles and motorsport. Opert’s journey took him from a...
