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The Source!
Having collected auto racing memorabilia for years I have often wondered why someone hasn't come out with a definitive resource. Well, here it is! While it is very small in size it is not short on value. Covering everytingfrom driver profiles to open wheel racing this is the ultimate source. It'sa shame that it gets buried on the book shelf because of its size, but goodthings really do come in small packages! Outstanding! ... Read more

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Big Time Bid, a novel written by Bob Liguori, is the story of a stockcar racing team’s struggles and commitment to overcome setbacks, beat the competition, and make it to the big time. It’s about choices and relationships, love and competition, and bending the rules of racing and of life.


It’s 1979, and NASCAR racing is sill a sport peopled by weekend enthusiasts like driver Rick Venturi and his partner Ron Powers. They’re two “good ol’ boys” from the hills of Virginia who use their auto repair shop in suburban Maryland to fund their passion for racing. Mentored by racing legend, Richard Rhoads, they begin to taste success on the asphalt bullrings in Maryland and Virginia, hoping to make it to the big time circuit one day.

But just as Rick’s racing reputation begins to grow, he is injured in a serious crash. This causes a split with his sweetheart, Michelle, whose father doesn’t want her involved with a racecar driver.
Without Michelle and with his racing future in doubt, Rick sinks into a deep depression, drinking and womanizing as he waits to see whether or not he can return to the track. Meanwhile, Michelle drifts into the arms of Rick’s racing nemesis, Johnny Stefanic, who lures her into his dark world.

Drawing on his racing experiences spanning 30 years, Bob Liguori has created a dramatic, nostalgic journey into the lives of the men and women who helped build NASCAR into the world-class sport it is today.
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How did trickery -- not tires, cost Goodyear an Indy win? And what about that unanticipated LeMans victory? Tire Wars gives you the whole story, as the drivers, team managers engineers and technicians who were there relate what, and how, it all happened in NASCAR, sports cars, Indy and more. ... Read more

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Covers GoodYear but not Tire Wars
The race tire is the one thing that the teams can't duplicate. The top teams were spending between $20 and $140 million in Eighties, and now they spend much more. They can create a complete engine, electronics, chassis, carbon fiber this and that. But the one thing they can't make is tires. This is the main point of the book.

This is a historical overview of GoodYear tires in competition events from 1902 to 1992.

The title "Tire Wars" is a little bit misleading, because the book fails to adequately cover competing tire manufacturers and the wars themselves. The book mostly exclusively covers GoodYear tires and motor sports events were GoodYear won, without comparison with the rival tire companies.

This book describes the evolution of GoodYear competition tires without engineering details. It mostly covers racing events rather than tire technology data. However, the book is of great historical value. It is very interesting to read and have many noteworthy photographs.

If you would like to read an adequate coverage of tire wars, I would have recommended "Racing & High Performance Tire" by Paul Haney. ... Read more

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The Stainless Steel Carrot:An auto racing odyssey
As an SCCA racer who recently bought a Datsun 510 to run in Vintage races, I found The Stainless Steel Carrot: An auto racing odyssey, fascinating.

Covering the 1971 - 1973 racing seasons, author Sylvia Wilkinson follows SCCA racer John Morton and the BRE (Brock Racing Engineering) team. Atalented driver, Morton drove the BRE 2.5 Datsun 510 in the SCCA TransAm Series, a Formula A Lotus in the L&M Continental 5000 series, a Sprint car, and co-drove with Brock in the Baja California.

Ms. Wilkinson is like a fly on the wall, giving an intimate descriptions of conversations, attitudes, arguments, races, rationales of all the players - everything that goes on in the '71 - 73 season, no holds barred.

People who have been around SCCA racing in the past will recognize names of well-known drivers, as well as people they know.24 pages of race and trackside photos round-out this excellent book.(Alfa lovers will be glad to see photos of their favorite marque and drivers, too.)

A in-depth look into the short lived Trans-AM 2.5 series
This is the only book available that gives a detailed look as the brief Trans-AM 2.5 Challenge series.This short lived race series introduced sedan racing to America and produced many memorable battles between Alfa,Datsun and BMW.This book was invaluable in researching the Trans-AMhistory for the popular BSedan.com web site.Highly recommended!

The best inside look into the workings of a racing team.
This book is incredibly hard to find...and with good reason.It chronicles the early career of John Morton, a sports car racing driver, and the way the money end of the sport works (in the early '70's of course) and how teams are structured and the commitment required to "be good" at racing. I'm on the inside of racing.I crew on a sports car and have worked as a press photographer for over ten years in all types of professional motorsports.I've seen what it's really like. If you want to find out what it's really like....read this book.It has no peer. ... Read more

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Juan Pablo Montoya Roldán (born September 20, 1975) is a race car driver in NASCAR and a former Formula One and CART driver. He has enjoyed great success, most famously in top open wheel racing series. He currently drives the #42 Target Chevrolet Impala for Earnhardt Ganassi Racing in the Sprint Cup Series. The highlights of his career include winning the International F3000 championship in 1998, and the CART Championship Series in 1999, as well as victories in some of the most prestigious races in the world. He is the only driver to have won the premier North American open-wheel CART title, the Indianapolis 500 and the 24 Hours of Daytona, all at the first attempt. Montoya is one of two drivers to have won the CART title in his rookie year, the first being Formula One World Champion Nigel Mansell in 1993. He has also equalled Graham Hill's feat of being a Monaco Grand Prix and Indianapolis 500 race winner; Montoya is currently one of only two active drivers (along with Jacques Villeneuve) who has won two legs of the Triple Crown of Motorsport. ... Read more

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A pictoral and written history of America's most unusual sprint car organization, the International Motor Contest Association from 1914 to 1977. This club dominated sprint car racing in Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, Kansas, Missouri, and Oklahoma, and sanctioned races from Arizona to Massachusetts.The greatest dirt track stars in the nation were IMCA champions; Gus Schrader, Emory Collins, Ralph DePalma, Barney Oldfield, Fred Horey, Sig Haugdahl, Deb Snyder, Bob Grim, Frank Luptow, Joie Chitwood, Everett Saylor, Pete Folse, and Jim Wilburn all were IMCA stars.The foreword is by three time Indianapolis 500 winner Johnny Rutherford, himself a former IMCA star. 196 pages, high quality hard bound book with many color photos. 500 photos and articles. ... Read more

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This is a history of the epic battles in the 1930s between the supercharged Grand Prix cars of Mercedes-Benz and Auto Union. The picture book presents a comprehensive portrait of the golden age of motor racing. ... Read more

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The standard-bearer for the era that bears the standard
Nixon's masterpiece chronicles perhaps the most monumental time in Formula One history, when Germany's Mercedes-Benz and Auto Union teams dominated the racing landscape.While arranged in a year-by-year format, Racing Silver Arrows diverts from the everyday narrative's course.Each chapter/year opens with a sketch of the year, then moves into a few standalone profiles--of key drivers, other personalities, and issues--and wraps up the year with a reprint of an original account of that year's key race.If you don't own this, find it; if you do own it, don't let it get away.... ... Read more

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A Le Mans Prototype is a type of sports prototype race car most notably used in the 24 Hours of Le Mans, American Le Mans Series and Le Mans Series. Created by the Automobile Club de l'Ouest (ACO), they are the fastest closed-wheel racing cars used in circuit racing today, considered a class above production-based grand tourer cars which compete alongside them in sports car racing. Their cost and technology makes them comparable to Formula One cars, including reaching higher maximum speeds than Formula One. Although most commonly known as Le Mans Prototypes, these types of cars have used various names depending on the series in which they compete. The FIA's equivalent cars were referred to as Sports Racers (SR) or Sports Racing Prototypes (SRP). The American IMSA GT Championship termed their cars World Sports Cars (WSC), while the short-lived United States Road Racing Championship used the classic Can-Am (CA) name for their prototypes. Since 2004, all series have switched to referring to these cars as Le Mans Prototypes. ... Read more

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Chapters: Defunct Auto Racing Series, Drifting Series, Formula Racing Series, Hillclimbing Series, Kart Racing Series, Off-Road Racing Series, One-Make Series, Pickup Truck Racing Series, Rally Racing Series, Sports Car Racing Series, Stock Car Racing Series, Touring Car Racing Series, Truck Racing Series, Formula One, Production Car Racing, International Formula 3000, A1 Grand Prix, Ducati Sporting Club Desmodue Championship, Renault Clio Cup, Indycar Series, Champ Car, Superleague Formula, Bmw M1 Procar Championship, World Sportscar Championship, Can-Am, 2009 Speed World Challenge Season, Trans-Am Series, 2009 International Gt Open Season, Swiss Formula Three Championship, Gp2 Series, Brisca Hotstox, European Hill Climb Championship, Stock Car Brasil, Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters, Australian Rally Championship, British Hill Climb Championship, Rajdowe Samochodowe Mistrzostwa Polski, Caterham Graduates Racing Club, International Championship for Manufacturers, European Touring Car Championship, Grand Prix Masters, American Indycar Series, Tvr Tuscan Challenge, Monoposto Racing Club, International Race of Champions, Fia Formula Two Championship, Formula 5000, World Enduro Championship, European Championship, Nz Drift Series, D1nz, Karting World Championship, Deutsche Tourenwagen Meisterschaft, New Zealand V8s, Formula Nippon, Mid America Off Road Association, Fia European Truck Racing Championship, Seat Cupra Championship, Club100, Canadian Rally Championship, World Touring Car Championship, Scottish Rally Championship, Superkart, 2010 International Gt Open Season, Scca Pro Racing World Challenge, Pro1000 Series, Rolex Sports Car Series, One-Design, Traxxas Torc Series, Fia Gt Championship, Ferrari Challenge, Formula le Mans, European Sportscar Championship, Volkswagen Jetta Tdi Cup, le Mans Series, Rundstrecken Challenge Nürburgring, Fia Sportscar Championship, French Formula Three Championship, Formula Rus, European le Mans...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=10854 ... Read more

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Tales of dramatic triumphs and failures in such automobile racing events as the Grand Prix, Indianapolis 500, and Le Mans. ... Read more

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Chapters: Mclaren, Aston Martin, Williamsf1, Brabham, Tyrrell Racing, Arrows, Lola Cars, Benetton Formula, Oumdc, Surtees, March Engineering, British American Racing, British Racing Motors, Pacific Racing, Team Lotus, Richard Lloyd Racing, Frank Williams Racing Cars, Hesketh Racing, Shadow Racing Cars, Footwork Arrows, Rapax Team, Simtek, Carlin Motorsport, Cooper Car Company, Toleman, Prodrive, Jaguar Racing, Ram Racing, Rondel Racing, Ensign, Stewart Grand Prix, A1 Team Great Britain, David Price Racing, Super Nova Racing, West Surrey Racing, Midland F1 Racing, Vanwall, Radical Sportscars, Leyton House Racing, Arena Motorsport, Connew, Embassy Hill, Connaught Engineering, Embassy Racing, Rob Walker Racing Team, Prodrive F1, Virgin Racing, Zytek, Frazer Nash, English Racing Automobiles, Crs Racing, Spice Engineering, Rml Group, Emka Racing, Isport International, Mastercard Lola, M-Sport, British Racing Partnership, Spirit Racing, Gilby, Räikkönen Robertson Racing, Onyx Grand Prix, Triple 8 Race Engineering, Jbw, Creation Autosportif, Team Dynamics, Manor Motorsport, Tom Walkinshaw Racing, Comtec Racing, Aston Martin Racing, Fortec Motorsport, P1 Motorsport, Ferguson Research Ltd., Trojan, Ultimate Motorsport, Vic Lee Racing, Motorbase Performance, Lec Refrigeration Racing, Emeryson, Nimrod Racing Automobiles, Token, Hitech Racing, Encke Sport, Xero Competition, Litespeed F3, Hersham and Walton Motors, Tempus Sport, Aston Butterworth, Team West-Tec, Serverware Racing, Walkinshaw Performance, Argo Racing Cars, Th Motorsport, Derrington-Francis, Clyde Valley Racing, Reid Motorsport, Amd Essex, Tiga Race Cars, Lyncar, Alan Mann Racing, Fry, Broadspeed, Afm Racing, Pirtek Racing, Delta Motorsport, Gr Asia, Bamboo Engineering, Tgr Motorsport, Scirocco-Powell, Bs Fabrications, Daniels Motorsport, Piquet Racing, Shannon, British F1 Racing, Safir Engineering, Quest Racing, Tech-Speed Motorsport, Mark Burdett Motorsport. Source: Wikip...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=34104 ... Read more

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Dirt track racing is a type of auto racing performed on oval tracks. It began in the United States before World War I and became widespread during the 1920s and 30s. Two different types of racecars predominated?open wheel racers in the Northeast and West and stock cars in the South. While open wheel racecars are purpose-built racing vehicles, stock cars (also known as fendered cars) can be either purpose-built racecars or street vehicles that have been modified to varying degrees. Dirt track racing is the single most common form of auto racing in the United States. There are hundreds of local and regional racetracks throughout the nation: some estimates range as high as 1500. The sport is popular in Australia and Canada also. Many of the cars may also race on asphalt short tracks during the racing season. ... Read more