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McLaren Race Cars 1965-1996 Photo Album
A collection of McLaren race cars in competitive action that begins with Bruce McLaren's early Group 7 and moves on to formula cars, Indy cars, and more. Includes many of the Grand Prix cars and drivers that have brought McLaren more than 100 Grand Prix victories, and many of the great names of racing including McLaren, Gurney, Fittipaldi, Prost, and Senna.
McLaren: Kimberley’s Grand Prix Team Guide No.14 ’83/’87
A complete revision and update of the earlier but similar (and smaller) guide. Covers the 1983-1987 seasons, through the Turbo era with Lauda, Senna, Rosberg.
Memo Gidley’s Secrets of Speed for Shifter Kart Racing
Everything you wanted to know about shifter karts... but didn t know who to ask. A new and very unique how-to book for shifter kart racers and recreational drivers, loaded with tips and tricks from Memo Gidley s many years of competitive karting will give readers a real leg up on the competition. This book will help level the playing field for rookie racers and recreational drivers by getting them the same secrets as the veterans. "I have a proven and unique way of doing things and I really want to bring that with the industry that has given so much to me of the years." Memo Gidley. What s in the Book: The book is filled with over 20 charts, diagrams and outlines in the Appendix that can be removed, copied and used for kart set-ups, tracking changes and monitoring progress. What s on the Web: Every copy has a unique user name for an exclusive website featuring additions to the book, downloads of all the charts, a chat section, news articles and many extras. A kart driver can literally start with Chapter One and as they progress through their karting experience they can progress through the book. The book anticipates what the driver will need to know next as they moves along the learning curve. The overall presentation of the book is very unique as well. Memo Gidley's Speed Secrets for Shifter Kart Racing will includes a number of Hot Tips and Cool Tricks in each chapter that detail the little things that can be the difference between just finishing and winning.
Memories of James Hunt: Anecdotes and Insights from Those Who Knew Him
This is the intimate portrait of James Hunt put together from responses to the question: what is your strongest memory of him? This new edition will be published ahead of the release of the movie Rush, the feature film that tells the story of the 1976 World Championship battle between James Hunt and Niki Lauda. Hunt public school hell-raiser, loved and feared broadcaster, an enigma even to his friends was one of the very few people who lived life as he wanted to. In this book of reminiscences from those who knew him and worked with him, all sorts of surprising material emerges, forming a rounded picture of this colourful character. Published ahead of the release in September 2013 of Rush, the major feature film that will introduce this colourful character to new audiences. Tumultuous and impoverished early racing experience he crashed so much he was known as Hunt the Shunt . Grand Prix career with Hesketh, McLaren and Wolf. Failed business career, drugs, sex, breeding budgies. Commentating for the BBC after an uneasy start with co-presenter Murray Walker they became an immortal duo. Reforming himself, going bust, becoming a father and dying tragically young just as he found happiness. Memories from race colleagues, showbiz personalities, friends, fans and critics. Stunning personal pictures (handsome man, gorgeous girlfriends) as well as the drama of the races. This is a cracker... often funny, sometimes sad, invariably fond said Octane magazine.
Mercedes in Motorsport: Pioneers to Perfection
Renowned motorsport writer Alan Henry examines Mercedes-Benz racing involvement from 1894 to present. Scores of rare, archival images.
Mercedes-Benz 300SL: Racing Cars 1952-1953
In 1952, Mercedes-Benz astonished the world with its 300SL sports-racing cars, sleek coupes with startling, gull-wing doors. Based on the 300S production model but installed in a radical, tubular space frame, the 300SL was a tour de force of lightweight aerodynamic design. The later production 300SL has been well chronicled, the 1952 racing model has not, until now.
This book portrays the amazing achievements of these tough cars and their epic victories at Le Mans and in the Carrera Panamericana. Extensive, unpublished photography superbly and intimately captured by Rodolfo Mailander show the 300SL at the Mille Miglia, Berne, Nurburgring and Le Mans. Rare Daimler-Benz archive photos also show the prototype, designed and built for the 1953 season and never raced.
Every fan of racing and Mercedes-Benz will relish the pictorial revelations of this book.
Mercedes-Benz Grand Prix Racing: 1934-1955
George C. Monkhouse Hardcover 207 pages Out of Print. New old stock.
Mercedes-Benz Grand Prix W196: Spectacular Silver Arrows 1954-1955
Rare and dramatic images from the world-famed Ludvigsen Library evoke the drama of the W196's races under the direction of burly team manager Alfred Neubauer, while Karl Ludvigsen's intimate introduction and insightful captions take the reader inside these amazing cars and their creators.
Michael Schumacher: Defending the Crown
Formula one racing at its best! Follow along as Christopher Hilton details the start of the 1995 season and charts Schumacher's highly contentious 1994 Championship. Hilton dissects the anguish of that year, when it seemed Schumacher and his Benetton would swamp the Championship. Updated, second edition of Michael Schumacher: Crown Prince of Formula 1.
Michael Schumacher: The Rise of a Genius
This biography of Michael Schumacher describes all of his childhood, his exceptional career, and his secrets. It exists since 1997 and has been fully updated at the end of the 2006 seasons - and possibly Michael's 8th world title.
Michael Schumacher: The Whole Story
When Michael Schumacher retired from Formula One, battling to win his eighth World Championship, fans questioned how he, and indeed former team-mates and rivals, would react after the end of such a stupendous, record-breaking career. In this paperback edition of his highly successful hardback biography, Christopher Hilton updates the story of this controversial genius who, with a powerful mix of sublime skills and raw drama, in turns thrilled and enraged the Grand Prix world.
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Mighty Machines: Race Car and Other Speed Machines
This fun book in the shape of a Racing Car has four wheels so little drivers can race them anywhere. The big, tough wheels actually grip, and the beautiful, full color photographs inside are captioned with vehicle names to make learning fun. Whether your little road-runners love school buses or sporty cars, hogs or 18-wheelers, there's a Wheelie book to take them speeding out of the store! Vroom, vroom, vroooooooooom!
Simple, easy-to-understand text describes each machine's different features and explains how it works. Labels help children identify and name the different parts of the machines, developing early language skills.
Mille Miglia 1957: Le classi minori/The Minor Classes
The 24th and final edition of the Mille Miglia, held on the 11th and 12th of May 1957, has passed into history above all due to the tragic circumstances of the accident involving de Portago and Nelsonâs Ferrari 335S, which crashed in the latter stages of the race near Mantua. It was however, also a race characterised by a bitter struggle amongst the Maranello marqueâs drivers, a duel that never happened with Moss and Jenkinsonâs Maserati 450S and the last career win for Piero Taruffi. Behind all this, there was also another story, one equally as fascinating and rich in incident, that of the crews racing in the minor classes: from the Tuned Touring and the 750 classes to the Gran Turismo and Sport 750 and 1000 categories. This previously neglected story of "little" cars and almost unknown drivers is recounted by Carlo Dolcini, a painstaking and accurate historian, who has reconstructed in engrossing detail the âminorâ episodes of those days, drawing on a wealth of photographic documentation.
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Modern GT Racing: Today’s Fastest Cars on the World’s Greatest Tracks
Modern GT race cars are some of the fastest, most exciting race cars this side of a Formula 1 track. There are an amazing variety of full-race versions of the worlds most iconic production cars from Ferrari, Maserati, Aston Martin, Corvette, and Porsche. This book takes you to the worlds most famous racetracks, where these fantastic machines face off: places like Le Mans, Sebring, Daytona, Road America, Laguna Seca and more. Author and photographer Dave Friedman covers the truly impressive range of classes, cars, drivers (including NASCAR great Dale Earnhardt Jr. in a Corvette GT car), and venues represented by GT racing. Friedman also offers a look at select historical GT cars and links the lineage of these rare vehicles of the 50s, 60s, and 70s with todays top cars.
Mon Ami Mate: The Bright Brief Lives of Mike Hawthorn and Peter Collins
Mon Ami Mate is Chris Nixon's double-biography of two of Britain's finest racing drivers of the 1950s, Mike Hawthorn and Peter Collins, who formed a remarkable friendship during their two seasons together at Scuderia Ferrari. With the help of dozens of people who knew them, Nixon has traced the lives of the two remarkable men from childhood, through their racing careers to their untimely deaths, examining along the way their relationships with families, friends and team-mates, and also their passions for boats, planes and girls.
Monaco Grand Prix: A Photographic Portrait
Exquisite photographs, most of them published here for the first time, provide an intimate portrait of the Monaco Grand Prix, from the first race in 1929 through to the present day. The images come from three collections: British photographer Michael Hewett, who has attended every race since 1962, the Rainier family's Palace Archives and the Monaco Tourist Board. Shot from every possible vantage point on the mountainous street circuit, the photographs capture the magic of this fabulous event.
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Monaco: Inside F1’s Greatest Race
When you think of Formula One, you think of Monaco. Once a year, yachts jam the harbour, celebrities fill the stands and luxury sports cars litter the streets as of thousands of people gather from across the world to watch the greatest, and one of the oldest, races in motorsport.
Monaco is glamorous, prestigious and seductive. But for the drivers, it is the most demanding race of the year. The narrow streets, tight corners and sharp elevations make it the ultimate test of driving skill. It is physically draining and mentally exhausting.
Proposed today, the race would not exist but it remains the jewel in the crown for every Formula One driver. There is simply no other race like it.
Win at Monaco and your name is etched in history. You will join the likes of Graham Hill, Jackie Stewart, Ayrton Senna, Alain Prost, Michael Schumacher and Lewis Hamilton.
With exclusive interviews and insight from drivers and a wealth of F1 insiders, award-winning sportswriter Malcolm Folley goes behind the scenes to discover what it's really like to drive and live and breathe this iconic circuit. He reveals along the way a unique and definitive portrait of the circuit, and recreates in thrilling detail its most extraordinary weekend, when only three cars finished.
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Motor Racing: A Century of Competition and Human Challenges
The authors take you on an in-depth journey of racing from the turn of the century city-to-city races to the modern Indy Car, Formula One, Rally and NASCAR championships, right on through to the history of road racing. Motor Racing is a perfect balance of statistics, rolls of honor, spectacular images and a fascinating overview of closed circuit and open-road motor sport.
Motor Racing: The Pursuit of Victory 1930-1962
This book opens up the past, revealing unpublished stunning photographs from motor racing history, and examines the many facets of Grand Prix racing before the dominance of television. Here are stories of derring-do and racing that constantly pushed the boundaries of technology, beginning in the 1930s when the German Auto Unions and Mercedes were heavily subsidized by the Nazi regime to strengthen their engineering might. This produced the most powerful racing cars ever (at least until the turbocharged cars of the 1980s), and was followed by the postwar era that saw the BRM V16 bring prestige to Great Britain. A beautiful look at a fascinating time in motor racing.
Motor Racing: The Pursuit of Victory 1963-1972
Recounting a time of unparalleled access to the highest level of motor-racing, this is an informal, personal record of the people, the cars, and the events from that golden era, gloriously illustrated with many previously unpublished photographs. Now, a generation later, many of the cars and drivers shown here in their heyday can be found appearing at historic race meetings, drawing crowds approaching the size of those seen at modern Formula One, touring car, and motorcycle events. The author's personal recollections are complemented by contributions from one of the foremost racing mechanics of his day, Bob Dance. This is a unique combination, and a unique book.
Murray Walker: The Last Word
The Farewell Tribute marks Murray Walkers retirement at the end of the 2001 season, and also an end of an era. Hilton, who knows Walker well, brings together a complete picture of his life - on-track and otherwise.
Hilton writes little known facts and great moments of this charismatic racers life. Includes anecdotes from F1 stars and T.V. insiders, and a selection of "Murray-isms".
Murray Walker: The Very Last Word
The Farewell Tribute marks Murray Walkers retirement at the end of the 2001 season, and also an end of an era. Hilton, who knows Walker well, brings together a complete picture of his life - on-track and otherwise.
Hilton writes little known facts and great moments of this charismatic racers life. Includes anecdotes from F1 stars and T.V. insiders, and a selection of "Murray-isms".
Mustang Race Cars
The unmistakable influence of the Mustang on the racing world is seen here in endurance and drag, Trans Am, and GT racing. This major volume draws on the history of factory and privately sponsored efforts to lavishly chronicle the history of factory-produced models that have been put to the test as racing machines. Vivid historical and contemporary images reveal Mustang's 35+ years of competitive racing history.
My Chequered Career Steve Rider: Thirty-Five Years of Televising Motorsport
This is an engrossing, fast-paced read, written by well-known TV sports presenter Steve Rider. Rider's passion for motorsport has stayed with him from his first foray into sports reporting in 1978 for Anglia TV, through his time as one of the BBC's leading sports presenters and highly successful spells anchoring Formula 1 coverage for both the BBC and ITV. With plenty of page-turning appeal, Rider takes us through numerous illuminating experiences both on track and in the studio, recounting insightful and often amusing stories about the true greats he has encountered - from Ayrton Senna and Nigel Mansell to Lewis Hamilton and Jenson Button.
My Life Full of Cars: Behind the Wheel with the World’s Top Motoring Journalist
Paul Frere is one of the most respected automotive journalists in the world today and the only person to have successfully pursued simultaneous careers as a professional driver and motorsport journalist. In this fascinating autobiography, Frere draws on his archives of extraordinary notes to relate technical details of the cars he has driven and personal anecdotes from his careers. Key content includes: the family's first car, a Fiat 501, and perilous journeys on French roads ravaged by World War I; his first car, a 2LTS Ballot; his race debut at Spa 24 Hours; experiences driving Formula 1 cars for HW Motors, Equipe Gordini, and Ferrari in the 1950s; his second-place finish in the 1956 Belgian Grand Prix after only ten practice laps in a car he had never driven; winning Le Mans in 1960; and helping Japanese manufacturers design and test cars to suit European tastes.
N.A.R.T.: A concise history of the North American Racing Team 1957 to 1983
Luigi Chinetti's association with Ferrari, and the origins, formation and racing history of NART (North American Racing Team). A complex organisation, inextricably linked to Luigi Chinetti Motors Inc., NART enjoyed success on the race tracks of the US and Europe for three decades - as well as financial difficulties and arguments with organisers - to rightly become a legend.
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Nascar Classics
Win on Sunday, sell on Monday long was the mission of automobile manufacturers involved in stock car racing. NASCAR Classic Cars celebrates that manta, featuring more than 60 significant race cars and the street-model cars they were based on. The Auto Editors of Consumer Guide compiled rare images from NASCAR s vault and original photography for the 128-page book.
NASCAR Classic Cars discusses each featured car in detail, offering facts about the original production model and the modified version that became a successful race car on the NASCAR circuit. Here are a few of the cars featured in the book:
Ford Thunderbird
Hudson Hornet
Oldsmobile 88
Dodge Charger
Ford Turino Talladega
Chevrolet Monte Carlo
Pontiac Grand Prix
AMC Matador
NASCAR Classic Cars also showcases famed NASCAR drivers such as Dale Earnhardt, whose black No. 3 Chevy Monte Carlo is one of NASCAR s most iconic models; The King, Richard Petty, who won a record 200 races in his career, including the Daytona 500 record seven times; and four-time NASCAR Cup Series winner Jeff Gordon.
NASCAR Ford Taurus
NASCAR is more popular in America than any racing series has ever been, and leading the way within the NASCAR ranks is the Ford Taurus.The Taurus is one of the best-selling cars in the U.S., but the street version bears little resemblance to the Taurus that races on Sundays. The racing Taurus is the result of Ford and NASCAR working together to create a two-door version that would comply with NASCAR rules. It is campaigned by legendary drivers such as Dale Jarrett, Mark Martin, Ricky Rudd, Jeff Burton, and 2003 series champion Matt Kenseth.This book explains in technical detail all the nuances and differences between the street version and race version, including the chassis and roll cage, the suspension, steering and brakes, the engine and drive train, engine support systems, and the interior and body. The new RaceCarTech Series of books features a level of very useful technical detail sought not only by the enthusiast, but also by the model car builder. Detailed photos and accurately scaled shots provide a resource not found anywhere else. 70 percent of plastic model kit sales in the US are cars, and the majority of those are race car models. The RaceCarTech series is a long-awaited resource for model car builders.
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NASCAR Now!
Every year, NASCAR attracts more than six million spectators to racetracks nationwide. The televised races are viewed by millions more, making NASCAR second only to NFL football in American sports ratings.
NASCAR Now! is the ultimate guide to the sport -- a high-octane ride from auto racing's humble roots to the present. This superb book for fans is like riding shotgun with the top 31 drivers on the Sprint Cup circuit, including Jimmie Johnson, Jeff Gordon, Kyle Busch, Tony Stewart, Matt Kenseth and Clint Boyer. Readers will go into the garage with top teams and they'll get behind the wheel with former racecar driver Brett Bodine and Tonight Show host Jay Leno as they pilot the official pace car.
Every aspect of NASCAR racing is covered in this photo-packed, fast-paced book, which includes:
Profiles of today's top 31 drivers plus 13 legends
A racing primer on scoring, officials, pit stops and the business of NASCAR
Setting up a track for race day
Tracks -- who owns them, and the events they host
How to spend a day at the track
A history of NASCAR internationally, featuring races in Canada, Mexico and Japan.
NASCAR Now! is an informative, entertaining and action-packed guide that puts the reader in the driver seat.