Car Racing

Bon vivant, racing-car champion, entrepreneur, wheeler-dealer, and champion-maker this is the life of the irrepressible, effervescent Fred Opert. ...

The history of the Porsche 919 Hybrid. Summer 2011 - The Porsche Executive Board decides to return to the Endurance World Championship with a Cl...

The story of Fords original, home-grown small cars, the Mustang II and Pinto. Follow their progress through a difficult decade when Henry took on t...

Endurance races are the supreme discipline in motorsports. Several times per year, the best race drivers worldwide are on the tracks for 24 hours. ...

Sprint Car Hall of Famer Kramer Williamson began his 45-year professional career as a grassroots racer from Pennsylvania and became one of the m...

This book details the origin and history of the Mirage sports cars, designed by the British-based John Wyer Automotive firm to contest the various ...

Ever since its launch in 1959 the original Mini has been a stalwart of the motor racing scene. Even today, there is a bewildering array of formula...

Now in paperback! In many respects it is a book unlike many others. It is an individual, as all good books should be. It is quirky, eclectic, eccen...

The Autodelta story, Alfa Romeo's more or less official racing department between 1963 and 1983. A tale of unforgettable victories, of two titles c...

Occasionally a spark of inspiration can become the catalyst for transition. Just such an occasion took place with the construction of Thompson Spee...

A unique collection of original colour photographs of Grand Prix and sports cars, taken between 1954 and 1959 at races and hillclimbs in England &a...

This sumptuous book, a feast of nostalgia, celebrates the wonderful era of the European Formula 2 Championship, 1967-84, on the 50th anniversary of...

The Jaguar XJR-9 is the Group C sports racing car built by Jaguar for the 1988 racing season, winning on its debut at the Daytona 24 Hours, and goi...

This book about the Porsche 917, one of the most successful and iconic racing cars of all time, presents a detailed chassis-by-chassis and race-by-...

Dave Roberts had the good fortune to inherit some money after his aunt's death in 1999. Instead of using it sensibly, to replace his rotting window...

Brian Redman is one of very few notable British racing drivers whose racing life has yet to be put on record in book form. Now that is about to be ...

Composites have been around since ancient civilisations began making bricks from clay and straw. Glass fibre, carbon fibre and aramid fibres to na...

The first generation of Sunbeam Alpine was produced in 195354 and was named after the prestigious Alpine Rally which ran through the mountains of F...

A great little sports car race took place on an island in Lake Erie, offshore of Sandusky, Ohio. The drivers came on ferry boats to compete for ...

The history of the Mercedes provides the thread for this book that narrates the early history of automobile racing. The sport had its origins in...

The world of Champ Car auto racing had changed. As cars became more sophisticated, the cost of supporting a team had skyrocketed, making things dif...

In 1948 Watkins Glen staged the first official American race for sports cars since the Vanderbilt Cup races of the early years of the century. This...

1952 was one of the most important years in Mercedes-Benz racing history; after a 13-year absence, the marque returned to motor sport competition w...

This is the thrilling, warts-engine-oil-and-all autobiography of the only racing driver Ayrton Senna ever feared - the 200mph flawed genius of Tomm...

This was a very important period in the Le Mans story. Ferrari and Jaguar raced to stake claims as the foremost manufacturers of high-performance c...

This was the defining decade for the Le Mans 24 Hours. It started with six consecutive victories by Ferrari, overwhelming Aston Martin and Maserati...

The vision of one man, Captain Sherman 'Red' Crise, resulted in the Bahamas Speed Weeks, a series of motor races held on the island of New Providen...

Many of the Ferrari single seaters and sports racers that won world championships were born of the imagination of Mauro Forghieri and designed by h...

Until the 1950s, the land speed record (LSR) was held by a series of European gentlemen racers such as British driver John Cobb, who hit 394 miles ...

Between 1965 and the Nineties, the 1000 Km of Monza-Filippo Caracciolo Trophy, was one of the most classical endurance races - a sort of 24 hours o...

The 1980s was a momentous decade in Formula 1 and this book captures its extraordinary drama. A superb range of 250 colour photographs by Rainer S...

From a group of enthusiasts who took their fragile hybrid machines on a run through the Surrey countryside in December 1912, to the clubs present i...

This decade at Le Mans began with the first victories by Porsche, whose awesome 917 racing car, capable of more than 240mph (385kph), established a...

Since 1894, when motor racings colourful history began with a bang (and a banger!), drivers, racers and lunatics alike have done many stupid and bi...

This is the illustrated biography of a much-loved character from the British motorsport scene who drove in flamboyant style and won over 600 races....