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...
Stock-based drag racing throughout the 1960s demanded that the cars competing on the track be genuine production models and that they could be purchased by anyone. The strict regulations dictated...
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...
Shelby American: The Renegades Who Built the Cars, Won the Races, and Lived the Legend The legendary automotive designer and manufacturer Shelby American didn’t last long, but it was a...
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...
Following the book Lancia Rally Group B, Sergio Remondino has returned to the rallying world with a book examining the golden age of Lancia in the World Rally Championship. We...
Whether you are a new or longtime Formula 1 fan, here is your ultimate, unofficial armchair companion to the popular Netflix series Formula 1: Drive to Survive, providing deeper insight...
70 races, 70 days that in 70 years have marked the history of the Imola racing circuit. From the mid-1950s, the track on the backs of the Santerno river, dedicated...
The entire technical evolution and the competition history of a rally car as glorious as it was “unexpected” enclosed in a single volume. The Fiat 131, born as a tranquil...
The subject of this book is Ferrari’s racing history from 1960 to 1965, a period that was one of the most successful in the marque’s history so far. In this...
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...
When most people think of speed parts, they rewind a few decades and think back to the Ford flatheads that were so prevalent in the 1940s and 1950s. However, did...
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...
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...
