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Can-Am Racing Cars: Secrets of the Sensational Sixties Sports-Racers
It was a golden era. Horsepower was unlimited; designers, builders, and drivers just needed to harness the horses of massive engines and deliver their thrust to the track. It was an age of 8-liter aluminum Chevys, turbocharged Oldsmobiles, flat-12 Porsches, and the best and brightest designers from McLaren, BRM, Lola, March, Shadow, AAR, Caldwell, Kar Kraft, and others who designed cars to suit them.
CAN-AM The Speed Odyssey
CAN AM THE SPEED ODYSSEY takes you on the wildest ride in road racing. 1966 - 1973 CAN AM Challenge Cup: The quintessential epic adventure in an era of change and discovery where heroic star drivers McLaren, Hulme, Stewart, Andretti, Surtees, Donohue, Gurney, Hall, Follmer, Revson, Oliver, Scheckter and others from Formula One and around the world revel in their brutally fast CAN AM machines, battling on the daunting race tracks across the USA and Canada.
A ROAD RACING COUNTER-CULTURE: Unique to the world, the CAN AM rule book had virtually no technical restrictions, allowing its race car designers the freedom to innovate. Here we discover the worlds first radical inventions of wings on race cars, sophisticated ground effect aerodynamics, and to this day the worlds most powerful road racer, the Porsche 917-30. These iconic CAN AM machines and their brave drivers pushed the limits and sometimes beyond...
CAN AM legends JIM HALL and SAM POSEY take you inside this spectacle of pure speed, fierce race competition, radical innovation, intrigue and ground shaking sounds.
CAN AM THE SPEED ODYSSEY is crafted exclusively from rare CAN AM color motion picture archival footage.
Canadian Motorsport Hall of Fame: Honourable Members
From the archives of the Canadian Motorsport Hall of Fame, this publication provides the stories about the rise to fame of the inductees of the Canadian Motorsport Hall of Fame.
This publication is full of black and white photographs, detailing the careers of numerous Canadian who have made a significant impact in the world of motor-sports.
Cars in Profile #8 McLaren M8
No. 8 of a popular British series describing the best racing cars of the period.
Cars in Profile No. 3: F1 Repco-Brabhams
This booklet is a comprehensive description of the F1 Repco-Brabhams including black-and-white and colour images. These cars won the 1966 and 1967 Formula 1 Constructors championship, as well as the Drivers world championship for Jack Brabham and Denny Hulme in the same years. The former was also the first ever driver to win a Grand Epreuve in a car of his own construction.
Cars in Profile No. 6: Alfa Romeo Monoposto Type B P3
The Alfa Romeo Monoposto type B - P3 remains a fine specimen of a Grand Prix car. Peter Hull has authored this precise and compact description of the automobile and successes that were attained with, his work will convince entirely.
Chasing Checkers
A young man with a secret past chases his dreams. Funny, gripping, and inspired by true events.
The finish line is only the beginning...
Teddy has been racing cars since he was seven. He's always dreamed of driving professionally. But when an old friend calls him on the eve of his 17th birthday and offers him the chance to make his dream a reality, Teddy can't help but ask himself - is he ready?
From his first go-kart race to his days at racing academy, the road to the biggest race in Teddy's life is anything but smooth. Along the way, he makes friends who support and shape him as a driver, and he battles those who will do anything to stand in his way. He discovers secrets about his past that force him to question his destiny. And when he's confronted with the dangerous realities of racing at the highest level, Teddy must face the ultimate question. Is it all worth it?
Christopher Hinchcliffe draws inspiration from the life of his brother, Canadian Indy Car driver James Hinchcliffe, to tell a moving and action-packed story that pulls you into the driver's seat for a ride you'll never forget. Full of true-to-life details and stories adapted from his brother's own rise through ranks of racing, the book offers a unique glimpse into this high-paced world.
Chasing Checkers has something for everyone - it's not just for race fans. If you love sports fiction, YA, action and adventure, or inspirational books, you will find something to enjoy.
Chevrolet Corvette: The First Four Decades of Racing Success 1956-1996
This revised reprint of a classic title covers the history and development of the racing Corvettes, from the car's beginnings in the 1950s with just 250 horsepower, through the Corvette GTP of the 1980s, with over 1000 horsepower, and on to 1996, when 4th generation cars give way to the 5th generation.
Included are many interviews with the drivers who raced these exciting, weighty and always fast cars, including John Greenwood, Dick Gulstrand, Jerry Grant and 'Fast' Phil Curring, amongst others. The book is illustrated with many quality photographs, supplied by General Motors and well-known motoring photographers; it also contains detailed specifications of the production cars, and road test reports.
Chevy Stock Cars
GM has been involved with NASCAR from the get-go, and this colorful history details the NASCAR involvement of Chevy from 1949 to present. Modern and period color photography depicts cars from bygone eras and present -- Impalas, Chevelles, Luminas, Monte Carlos, and the Monte Carlo SS Aero Coupe are shown close up and at speed. Also highlighted are all the famous drivers and mechanics who have climbed behind the wheel or under the hood of Chevy stock cars, including Junior Johnson, Smokey Yunick, Dale Earnhardt, and Darrell Waltrip.
Chevy-Powered Drag Racing
For more than half a century, Chevrolet has served noticed down the quarter-mile with dominating record-setting performances from nitro-fed Top Fuel Dragsters and Funny Cars to heavy-metal door slammers. The list of Chevrolet's quarter-mile legends include the likes of Harold Ramsey in his Chevy-powered dragster that earned him the first NHRA Top Eliminator title at the 1959 U.S. Nationals, Bill "Grumpy" Jenkins, Dick Harrell, "Dyno" Don Nicholson, Jim Bucher, Lee Shepherd, "Jungle" Jim Liberman, Warren Johnson, John Peter's "Freight Train," Clare Sanders, Dave Stickler, Wally Booth, Paul Bevins and legions of others!
Chiti Grand Prix
This mult-language book (Italian, English, French) and illustrations cover Carlo Chiti's involvement with Alfa Romeo, Ferrari, ATS, Autodelta, Motori Moderni.
Chrysler TorqueFlite A-904 and A-727 Transmissions: How to Rebuild
Tom Hand Softcover 208 pages
Classic Porsche Racing Cars
Since 1951, Porsche have developed a few of the many lucrative cars inside engine racing history, largely two-seaters nevertheless surrounding Grand Prix in addition to endurance machines. During the 1950s, they were usual class winners, occasionally moreover nearing the front of the field, then they started to achieve outright victories on each continent plus have because gone on to consolidate this success. This model by model account of the development of Porsche racing cars describes each variant with a short record of successes. Many have been derived from creation cars, however, several like the 917 plus Can-Am machines were crafted within the ground up because race winners. The book furthermore looks at those that have crafted plus driven them, within the foundations laid by Professor Ferdinand Porsche inside the 1920s plus 1930s to function of designers like Dr Ernst Fuhrmann plus Ferdinand Piech, machanic Herbert Linge plus the racing prowess of motorists like Jo Siffert, Jacky Ickx plus Derek Bell.
Competition Engine Building
The needs of a true competition engine are quite different than those of the engine under the hood of a typical commuter car. From the basic design needs, to the base component materials, to the sizes of the flow-related hardware, to the precision of the machining, to the capabilities of each pertinent system, very few similarities exist. Many books exist showcasing how to make street-based engines more powerful and/or durable. This book is different, in that it focuses purely on the needs of high rpm, high durability, high-powered racing engines. It begins by looking at the raw design needs, and then shares how these needs are met at the various phases of an engine's development, assembly, testing and tuning.
This book features reviews of many popular modern tools, techniques, products, and testing/data collecting machinery. Showing the proper way to use such tools, how to accurately collect data, and how to use the data effectively when designing an engine, is critical information not readily available elsewhere. The special needs of a competition engine aren't commonly discussed, and the many secrets competition engine builders hold closely are openly shared on the pages here.
Authored by veteran author John Baechtel, Competition Engine Building stands alone as a premier guide for enthusiasts and students of the racing engine. It also serves as a reference guide for experienced professionals anxious to learn the latest techniques or see how the newest tools are used. Baechtel is more than just an author, as he holds (or has held) several World Records at Bonneville. Additionally, his engines have won countless races in many disciplines, including road racing and drag racing.
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Complete Encyclopedia of Formula One
The Complete Encyclopedia of Formula One is the essential guide to Grand Prix racing. With sections on the origins and history of Formula One, the best and the worst races, the controversies and the disasters, complete facts and stats, plus comprehensive A-Zs of the leading drivers, teams and managers as well as the Legends of the Track, this is the book that tells you everything you need to know about the world's most dynamic sport.
Cunningham Automobiles 1951-1955
These cars were the fulfillment of a dream for Briggs Cunningham. Two years before the Corvette Cunningham had built the C1 with Chrysler's hemi-head V8 and a tubular chassis. The C2 was entered in the 1951 Le Mans and a road version came in the same year. The C3 had a touring body by Vignale but Cunninghams never sold in large enough quantities and the operation was closed down during 1955. This is a book of contemporary road tests, specification and technical data, model introductions and race reports. Models covered include:- C2, C3, C4R, C4RK, C5R, C6R, Continental CoupT, Convertible.
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Dale Earnhardt: The Life Story of a NASCAR Legend
To imagine the steel-blue eyes behind the trademark shades, to see the mischevious grin accentuated by the bristly mustache was to realize this man truly loved what he did, no regrets. In words and full color photographs, this book celebrates the man and the champion.
Dale Vs. Daytona: The Intimidator’s Quest to Win the Great American Race
Dale Earnhardt and Daytona International Speedway remain two of the most iconic names in the history of NASCAR, and are inevitably connected when either name is mentioned. Earnhardt's failed attempts to win the race have become folklore; each year brought its own unique set of circumstances for why he hadn't yet raised the Harley J. Earl Trophy.
Dale Earnhardt’s résumé heading into the 1998 Daytona 500 read as follows: 7 NASCAR Championships, 70 Winston Cup wins, and 30 wins at Daytona International Speedway. So what was left for Dale to accomplish at Daytona? Win the Daytona 500! Author Rick Houston examines every Daytona 500 in which Dale competed from 1979 to 2001 with fresh interviews from crew chiefs Doug Richert, Kirk Shelmerdine, Andy Petree, Bobby Hutchens, Larry McReynolds, and Kevin Hamlin. Competitors, rivals, crewmembers, and friends (including Bill Elliott, Sterling Marlin, Ken Schrader, Geoff Bodine, Darrell Waltrip, Danny "Chocolate" Myers, Greg Moore, Derrike Cope, and Junior Johnson) also offer their thoughts and recollections in this thrilling year-by-year recap of the Intimidator’s efforts to win the Great American Race.
Never before have Dale's attempts to win the Daytona 500 been chronicled in one publication with this amount of detail and under such intense scrutiny. From the Dale and Dale show, to the seagull, to the last-lap heartaches, you ride shotgun with Rick Houston as he takes you around-and-around in Dale vs Daytona: The Intimidator's Quest to Conquer the Great American Race.
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Damon Hill: From Zero to Hero
Filled with insights into Hill's personal history, his epic battles with Schumacher and Villeneuve, his dismissal by Williams and surprise decision to join TWR Arrows for 1997, culminating in a moving description of his crowning glory at the Japanese GP.
David’s Diary: The Quest for the Formula 1 1998 World Championship
During the 1998 season, Coulthard was favourite to win the the World Drivers' Championship. This diary records details of thrilling wheel-to-wheel battles from the perspective of the cockpit of his West McLaren Mercedes Formula 1 car.
Derek Bell: All My Porsche Races
Derek Bell's name became inextricably linked with that of Porsche during his long and hugely successful career as a racing driver. In this new 276-page book, Bell collaborates with renowned motorsport author Richard Heseltine to give the reader a very personal insight into his experiences racing for the legendary German marque.
The approach taken by this latest publication from Porter Press International is to look at every race Bell drove for Porsche, in detail and with revealing comments from the book's subject. Light is cast on Bell's most prestigious victories with Porsche - four of his five in the Le Mans 24 Hours, three in the Daytona 24 Hours, two in the World Sportscar Championship - and many more besides.
Bell describes the Porsches he raced, from the fearsome 917 to the iconic 956, 962, and 911. And he shares his thoughts on the now-legendary drivers he raced with, including six-time Le Mans winner Jacky Ickx, the famously flamboyant Hans Stuck, and two immense talents who lost their lives to the sport, Jo Siffert and Stefan Bellof. The overall effect is a fascinating trip back in time to a golden era for Porsche and sports car racing as a whole.
Derek Bell: My Racing Life
Derek Bell has become one of motor racing's 'national treasures'. He is best known as one of the world's finest ever endurance sports car drivers, winning Le Mans five times and the Daytona 24 Hours three times, as well as numerous other significant sports car races. This completely new and updated edition of his autobiography celebrates the superb motor racing career of one of Britain's most popular racing drivers. Derek Bell is one of the survivors from 1960's motorsport, who made a real name for himself in Endurance Racing for over a twenty years driving primarily for Porsche but also other top teams from the late 1960's through to the 1990's. A multiple winner at Le Mans and Daytona this book takes you through the details of his life racing around the world from his early years leading up to F1 and then in to Endurance Racing and other branches of the sport. It shows the vast difference in Motorsport in his early career and how motorsport has progressed through the years.
Details – Legendary Sports Cars Up Close: 1965-1969
Ferrari 330P4, Ford GT40, Chaparral 2D, Porsche 917, Mirage M1, BMW Monti, Abarth, Alpine, Lola, Maserati, Matra, Serenissima - every one of these sports cars and prototypes is a legend today. In the Sixties, they epitomised the frontier of what was technically possible - and what at times proved not to be possible. In the quest for critical tenths of a second, engine power grew to unimagined levels while aerodynamics became the catchword with engineers inventing some formidable tricks in the wind tunnels. At the same time, tubular chassis, monocoques, bodywork and even brake discs were being created from increasingly exotic materials.
The mission was to win the World and European Championships that included famous races like Le Mans and Daytona plus other racing classics at Monza, Spa and the Nurburgring as well as in mountain hill-climbs.
This book delves into the details of sixty exceptional race cars of the period that tackled the World Sports Car Championship and the explosive sprints of the European Hill Climb Championship between 1965 and 1969. From the Abarth OT Sport Spider to the Porsche 917, they all reveal their stories embellished by ca. 350 by now largely unpublished photos. "Details - Legendary sports cars up close" is a declaration of love for these automotive treasures and their extreme technologies that is revealed by taking a very close look under their exotic bodies.
Devin: The Man and His Cars
Art Evans' relationship to Bill Devin is unique. From the time of the fifties, they were close friends as well as business associates. When Bill passed on in November 2000, Bill's widow asked Art to deliver the eulogy at the service. Bill Devin created a number of cars as well as the best-selling after-market fiberglass body. Bill's first car was the Devin Panhard, a limited-edition sports-racing car that won its class in the SCCA National Championship. In 1958, he created the fabled Devin SS, which was soon followed by the Devin D and the Devin C, an all-American sports car. All of these cars are described in great detail in this book. Some of the Devin after-market bodies were used on quite a few racing specials including Ak Miller's, that won its class six times in eight tries. Not just a car book, Devin's history is described in some detail as well as a few of those with whom he was associated.
Diggers, Funnies, Gassers & Altereds: Drag Racing’s Golden Age
In the 60s, drag racing evolved from a "run what ya brung" grass roots effort to a full-blown professional motorsport along the way, it created some of the most exciting racing and race cars ever built. And Bob McClurg was there with a camera. McClurg is an accomplished magazine writer and photographer, but hes best known for his drag racing images of the 60s and 70s his lens captured all the action of the Roadsters, Gassers, Altereds, Top Fuel, Funny Cars, Pro/Stocks, and even the modern age of nostalgia drag racing. Now for the first time, McClurg's best drag racing photos are brought together in one volume a book that every drag racing fan will have to see. With more than 350 color and black-and-white photos, this book is an exciting visual history of the sports most exciting years the Golden Age of drag racing. Foreword by John Force, 12-time NHRA Funny Car season points champion.
Diggers, Funnies, Gassers & Altereds: Drag Racing’s Golden Agem
In the '60s, drag racing evolved from a "run what ya brung" grass roots effort to a full-blown professional motorsport - along the way, it created some of the most exciting racing and race cars ever built. And Bob McClurg was there with a camera. McClurg is an accomplished magazine writer and photographer, but he's best known for his drag racing images of the '60s and '70s - his lens captured all the action of the Roadsters, Gassers, Altereds, Top Fuel, Funny Cars, Pro/Stocks, and even the modern age of nostalgia drag racing. Now for the first time, McClurg's best drag racing photos are brought together in one volume - a book that every drag racing fan will have to see. With more than 350 color and black-and-white photos, this book is an exciting visual history of the sport's most exciting years - the Golden Age of drag racing.
Directory of Historic Racing Cars: The Survivors – Genuine, Authentic & Facsimile
Presents a cross-section of racing cars from 1936 to 1986.
Dirt Tracks to Glory: The Early Days of Stock Car Racing as Told by the Participants
Interviews with top stock car racers trace the history of the sport and recount colorful racing figures of the past.
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Door to Door: The Magnificent, Maddening, Mysterious World of Transportation
Transportation dominates our daily existence. Thousands, even millions, of miles are embedded in everything we do and touch. We live in a door-to-door universe that works so well most Americans are scarcely aware of it. The grand ballet in which we move ourselves and our stuff is equivalent to building the Great Pyramid, the Hoover Dam, and the Empire State Building all in a day. Every day. And yet, in the one highly visible part of the transportation world, the part we drive, we suffer grinding commutes, a violent death every fifteen minutes, a dire injury every twelve seconds, and crumbling infrastructure.
Now, the way we move ourselves and our stuff is on the brink of great change, as a new mobility revolution upends the car culture that, for better and worse, built modern America. This unfolding revolution will disrupt lives and global trade, transforming our commutes, our vehicles, our cities, our jobs, and every aspect of culture, commerce, and the environment. We are, quite literally, at a fork in the road, though whether it will lead us to Carmageddon or Carmaheaven has yet to be determined.
Using interviews, data and deep exploration of the hidden world of ports, traffic control centers, and the research labs defining our transportation future, acclaimed journalist Edward Humes breaks down the complex movements of humans, goods, and machines as never before, from increasingly car-less citizens to the distance UPS goes to deliver a leopard-printed phone case. Tracking one day in the life of his family in Southern California, Humes uses their commutes, traffic jams, grocery stops, and online shopping excursions as a springboard to explore the paradoxes and challenges inherent in our system. He ultimately makes clear that transportation is one of the few big things we can change; our personal choices do have a profound impact, and that fork in the road is coming up fast.
Door to Door is a fascinating detective story, investigating the worldwide cast of supporting characters and technologies that have enabled us to move from here to there, past, present, and future.
Drag Racing Funny Cars: Factory Flyers to Flip-Top Fuelers
Since the early 1960s, dealer-sponsored Super Stockers battled for supremacy on the quarter-mile and in the dealer showrooms. Evolving into the Factory Experimental class, these wild steel bodied, altered wheelbase monsters were stuffed with massive fuel injected and supercharged engines that attracted crowds to the dragstrip! Legendary pioneers Dy Don Nicholson, Jack Chrisman, Bill Shrewsberry, Butch Leal, Dick Landy, Arnie Beswick, Phil Bonner, Gas Ronda, Don Gay, Sox & Martin, Richard Petty, and many other A/FX stars were instrumental in the development of the funny car as it morphed from a heavy production car into seven-second 250mph aerodynamic fiberglass, tubular chassis missile. The popularity of funny cars led Jungle Jim Lieberman, Bill Lawton, Lew Arrington, Bill Flynn, Norm Kraus, and Big John Mazmanian to become household names. Tom Mongoose McEwen, Don Snake Prudhomme, Tom Hoover, Kenny Safford, Terry Capp, John Force, Kenny Bernstein, Jake Johnston, Larry Reyes, Richard Tharp, Roland Leong, Randy Walls, Jess Tyree, Rich Siroonian and others who achieved success racing funny cars are all featured in over 300 incredible colour and black and white photos.
Drag Racing Gassers Photo Archive
One of drag racing's most popular classes was the Gassers, from the flathead Ford Model As to the overhead-valve Willys, Studebakers, Austins andAnglias, these were the stoutest full-bodied cars on strips nationwide. Touring teams ran four to six times every week, often traveling several hundred miles day and night to make their next dates. This was old school racing! The battles in A/GS (later AA/GS) ranks created many heroes and villains who etched their marks into drag racing history. Enjoy this photo book that takes you back to that time.
Drag Racing: The World’s Fastest Sport
Drag racing is the simplest and purest form of auto racing: two competitors accelerate from a standing start to the finish line. Once considered the "bad boy" of motorsport, drag racing has evolved into one of the most technically sophisticated forms of automotive competition. There are almost 400 professional racetracks devoted to competitive drag racing in North America.
In Drag Racing Timothy Miller reviews the history of the sport and explains the differences between the specific car classes, such as top fuelers, funny cars, alcohol cars, pro modifieds and pro stock. Profiles of the sport's pioneers and today's best-known names are also included.
Consider these remarkable statistics from modern drag racing:
From a dead stop, a top fuel dragster is the fastest-accelerating vehicle in the world and, at full throttle, consumes the same amount of fuel as a fully loaded Boeing 747.
During the launch of a fuel car, the driver sustains close to five Gs of gravitational pull -- more than a space-shuttle astronaut.
Today's pro modifieds are capable of travelling a quarter mile in less than six seconds at speeds that exceed 240 miles per hour.
Burn rubber, eat smoke and feel the earth rumble in Drag Racing.