A racer and archaeologist - who better to piece together and put in perspective what Mercedes, Benz, and Indianapolis meant to each other? The tie was begun in those years...
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....
In the hierarchy of sports events, the Grand Prix Automobile de Monaco is king, being as well as an anachronism of absurd proportions. There is always a palpable feeling of...
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...
Driven collects the best of internationally acclaimed racecar photographer Jesse Alexander's work taken between 1954-1962, the height of the golden age of the European Grand Prix. During the pinnacle of...
Extensively illustrated in colour, this book portrays the Anglo-Italian Formula One partnership of Benetton-Ford in action, and goes behind the scenes to look at the enormous efforts required to get...
This book charts the progress of a man who, aged 18, decided to reach the top in the world's most expensive sport. With no previous experience and little going for...
Few cars of any kind have exuded the charismatic appeal of the great Novi V-8 racing cars that competed at Indianapolis from 1941 (the engine only) to 1965 - an...
Before a Cobra was even a gleam in his eye, Carroll Shelby was a great race driver, one of the very best Americans driving during the 1950s. His career behind...
Though it is 50 years since he gained his two Formula 1 World Championship titles, the interest in Jim Clark has not waned. The Scotsman is still regarded as one...
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...
Whether you have just been tempted into discovering what the excitement is all about or whether you are an already established car racing fan, this readable reference book, with its...
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...
For all his fame as one of Hollywood's great actors, a world-class humanitarian, and the proprietor of a natural food empire, the late Paul Newman had another intriguing facet that...
Authentic full-color photographs chronicle the exciting history of auto racing, profiling the sport's top drivers, celebrating classic cars, and recalling great moments.
In this comprehensive survey of the technicalities, triumphs, and tribulations behind the design and development of the Grand Prix car, respected reaching journalist Doug Nye looks in great detail primarily...
With 864 pages of over 1200 photos, many of them showing historical moments from the Fifties and Sixties, The Great Encylopedia of Formula 1 is the most exhaustive work ever...
Keith Bluemel's concise, informative, fully illustrated book describes this line of exceptional cars. He recalls the racing Ferraris from the earliest machines which were produced immediately after the Second World...
Follow the fortunes of Williams-Renault and their team of more than forty specialist personnel, from engineers and fuel experts to mechanics and caterers in this dynamic and colorful volume. Find...
Subtitled: A Century of Drivers & Cars. Historic photos, many never before published, plus a 16-page color section and an in-depth text profile America's involvement in GP and F1 racing...
