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S-1140
Price: $39.95
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Real Racers:
Formula 1 in the 1950s and 1960s: A Driver's Perspective.
Rare and Classic Images from the Klemantaski Collection
by Stuart Codling
The visceral
sensations of driving a Formula 1 race car in the 1950s and 1960s
are brought to life through the extraordinary images of the
Klemantaski Collection (one of the world’s largest and finest
archives of motorsports photography) and first-person accounts from
the drivers who experienced them.
Original commentary from
F1 legends Sir Stirling Moss, Sir Jackie Stewart, Sir Jack Brabham,
John Surtees, and Sir Frank Williams carries the reader through a
Grand Prix weekend, from arrival at the track, practice and setup,
the start of the race, and the race itself. A must-have for all
Formula 1 aficionados.
Hard cover, 208 pages, coffee table
style with B&W and full-color photos.
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S-1120
Price: $21.95
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Virginia International
Raceway
by Chris Holaday with Nick England & Phil Allen
From the August 1957 VIR race program: "The rolling Virginia
hills have been painstakingly clad with an ultra-smooth skin of
macadam to provide a course of great natural beauty. The superb
spectator visibility is nicely equated to a road layout that will
test the best in racing machines and men."
In the late
1950s, a group of sports car enthusiasts dreamed of creating a
first-class racing facility. The result was Virginia International
Raceway, a challenging 3.2-mile course with 12 turns, 2
straightaways, and over 100 feet of elevation change. Located in
southern Virginia, east of Danville and just across the North
Carolina border, the track opened in 1957. During VIR's first 18
years of existence, races featured some of the top names in American
motorsports including Carroll Shelby, Roger Penske, Walt Hansgen,
and Richard Petty.
The track also hosted numerous important
events including SCCA Nationals, the President's Cup, a Trans-Am
race in the first season of that circuit, as well as IMSA races in
the early 1970s. Facing financial difficulties, the track shut down
in 1974, and for the next 25 years VIR was a cow pasture. It was
reopened in 2000 and the outstanding new facility is again one of
the top racing venues in the country.
Soft cover, 128 pages.
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S-1121
Price: $21.95
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Vanderbilt Cup Races
of Long Island
by Howard Kroplick
“Chain
your dogs and lock up your fowls!” heralded posters announcing the
first international road race in the United States and the first of
the six William K. Vanderbilt Jr. Cup Races held on Long Island from
1904 to 1910. These races were the most prestigious sporting events
of their day, drawing huge crowds from 25,000 to over 250,000
spectators.
The Vanderbilt Cup Races had a far-reaching
impact on the development of American automobiles and parkways and
are a testament to the early racing spirit and drama. The rare
images in this book, many published for the first time, have been
selected from the archives of major museums, libraries, and private
collectors.
Soft cover, 128 pages.
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S-1122
Price: $21.95
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Watkins
Glen Racing
by Kirk W. House & Charles R. Mitchell
The war was won, the Depression was over, and Americans
were back on the road. From all across the nation, sports car
drivers converged on Watkins Glen to race through the gorges, hills,
and village streets of western New York. Over the years, the course
has evolved from its humble beginnings on streets lined with hay
bales to the modern closed track that plays host to NASCAR today.
Through vintage photographs, primarily from the
International Motor Racing Research Center at Watkins Glen,
Watkins Glen Racing chronicles the history of the track with
early drivers, like Cameron Argetsinger, Phil Walters, and Dave
Garroway, vintage cars, hairpin turns, and death-defying races.
Soft cover, 128 pages.
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S-1100
Price: $17.95
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Grand Prix
Century:
The First 100 Years of the World's Most
Glamorous
and Dangerous Sport
by
Christopher Hilton
This is one of the greatest stories
ever told – a century of men and machines pitted against each other,
death riding at their elbow, risking everything to win.
In
this action-packed volume, now available in paperback, Christopher
Hilton celebrates 100 years of Grand Prix motor racing, from the
first race in June 1906, when horses towed the new-fangled cars to
the grid, to the awesome technology of today.
It will
fascinate both the race fan and general readers, spreading the human
story before them like a feast.
Newly released in soft
cover, 464 pages, color and B&W photos.
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S-1081
Price: $39.95
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Mark Donohue:
His Life in Photographs
by
Michael Argetsinger
In the stunning follow-up to his award-winning biography
Mark Donohue: Technical Excellence at Speed, author Michael
Argetsinger recreates Donohue’s remarkable life through hundreds of
brilliant photographs. Many of these pictures were provided by the
people who were closest to Donohue: his family, friends, and Penske
Racing teammates. The book also offers some of the best work by the
top motorsports photographers of the era, who deliver brilliant
images of Donohue with a dazzling array of race cars, and intimate
shots with his team and fellow drivers.
These photos not only offer a uniquely personal view of a
champion, but also reveal details of the cars that he drove and the
preparation that went into racing each of them. These include
everything from his earliest home-built efforts to the highly
refined Camaros, Javelins, and Porsches that made him a champion and
American icon in the 1960s and 1970s. Each image is accompanied by
Argetsinger’s detailed, insightful captions. And Mark’s
contemporaries—including his Penske teammates and fellow drivers Dan
Gurney, George Follmer, David Hobbs, John Surtees, and Bobby
Unser—also offer their recollections and commentary.
Even readers who are already familiar with the life and
legacy of Mark Donohue will be dazzled by this stunning collection
of images and memories. Mark Donohue: His Life in Photographs
vividly presents the life and times of an American racing hero.
Hard cover, 160 pages, 126 B&W and
118 color photographs.
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S-1070
Price: $14.95
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Michael
Schumacher
– The Edge of Greatness
by James Allen
Gifted with a rare blend of superior ability and unshakeable
nerves, Michael Schumacher is the outstanding Formula One driver of
his generation. Over the past 15 seasons he has won an unprecedented
seven world drivers’ championships and in the process has captured
the imagination of fans all over the world.
For all his
success, Schumacher is also a controversial figure, feared for his
ruthless tactics and despised for using extreme methods in pursuit
of success. From his first Grand Prix with Jordan to his Benetton
world championships and his attempt to win back Ferrari’s crown,
this is a thorough and engaging look at Schumacher’s entire racing
career. The story behind Schumacher’s record five consecutive world
titles is revealed, and his impact on the racing world as a whole
following his retirement examined. Frank, honest, and adroit, this
is an in-depth look at the life and career of a champion.
Soft cover, 406 pages.
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V-1069
Price: $20.95
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Grand Prix - DVD
with James Garner, Eva Marie Saint, Yves
Montand, and more.
Two-Disc
Special Edition
Nine races. One champion. James Garner, Yves Montand, Brian
Bedford and Antonio Sabato portray Formula I drivers competing to be
the best in this slam-you-into-the-driver's seat tale of speed,
spectacle and intertwined personal lives. Eva Marie Saint and
Toshiro Mifune also star.
John Frankenheimer (who 32 years
later would again stomp the pedal to the metal for the car chases of
Ronin) directs this winner of 3 Academy Awards, crafting
split-screen images to capture the overlapping drama and
orchestrating you-are-there POV camerawork to intensify the
hard-driving thrills.
Nearly 30 top drivers take part in the
excitement, so buckle up, movie fans. Race with the best to the head
of the pack.
Originally released in 1966, it was re-mastered
in 2006 with many new features:
· New digital transfer from restored 65mm elements with a
soundtrack remastered in Dolby Digital 5.1
· "Pushing the Limit: The Making of Grand Prix" - 40th
Anniversary making-of documentary
· "Flat Out: Formula One in the Sixties" featurette
· "The Style and Sound of Speed" - a look at the style of
Saul Bass and the film's sound design
· "Brands Hatch: Behind the Checkered Flag" - Behind the
scenes tour of the famous raceway used in the movie
· "Grand Prix: Challenge of the Champions" - archival 1960s
featurette behind-the-scenes at the Grand Prix Theatrical trailer
Color, Closed-captioned, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD, Special
Edition, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC, Runtime: 176 minutes
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S-1068
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Phil Hill: A Driving Life
by Phil Hill
with photography by John Lamm
Though he’s best remembered as the first American Formula
One champion and a three-time Le Mans winner, Phil Hill (1927-2008)
also enjoyed a long career as an automotive writer. Hill was a
regular contributor to Road & Track magazine, writing vivid,
first-person accounts of his experiences driving everything from the
earliest horseless carriages to the most modern road and race cars.
Phil Hill: A Driving Life gathers the best of these stories, each of
them accompanied by dazzling photographs from Hill’s friend and
colleague John Lamm.
The book starts with the
very first car, a three-wheeler built by Karl Benz in 1886. From
there it’s on to a classic Packard touring car from 1915, the
first-ever MG, the revolutionary rear-engined Auto-Union D-Type, and
many others. Several chapters find Hill reunited with cars that
played a significant role in his racing career. From the 1950s
there’s the Jaguar XK120 that gave him an early win at Pebble Beach
in 1950 and the Maserati 250F that he drove in his first Grand Prix
at Reims in 1958. A decade later there are the Ford GT40s he helped
develop, 1963’s ill-fated ATS 100 Grand Prix car, and the unique,
high-winged Chaparral 2F that yielded his last professional victory
at Brands Hatch in 1967. And there are also Phil’s recollections of
other great drivers he drove with and against, including Juan Manuel
Fangio, Stirling Moss, Olivier Gendebien, and Dan Gurney.
Whether he’s writing about a rare vintage race car, a
hard-fought victory, or an old friend, Phil’s essential qualities of
intelligence, curiosity, and integrity always come through. Phil
Hill: A Driving Life provides a unique perspective on automotive
history from a true champion.
A gorgeous, hard-cover
coffee-table book, 192 pages with 173 black & white and full-color
photos.
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S-1043
Price: $69.95
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Speedway – Auto Racing’s
Ghost Tracks
by S.S. Collins and Gavin
D. Ireland
Around the world lie a number of long-forgotten raceways; windswept
and abandoned, the derelict pit roads and crumbling concrete are all
that remains of once great race tracks. From the NASCAR heartland of
North Wilkesboro and Middle Georgia to the great European super
speedways at Monza and Brooklands.
All photographed as they are now, but remembered in their prime.
Gorgeous full-page color and black and white photos.
Hardbound coffee table book, 176 pages.
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S-1001
Price: $14.95
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Go Like Hell: Ford, Ferrari, and Their Battle for Speed and Glory at
Le Mans
by A.J. Baime
Go Like Hell tells the remarkable story of how Henry Ford II, with
the help of a young visionary named Lee Iacocca and a former racing
champion turned engineer, Carroll Shelby, concocted a scheme to
reinvent the Ford company.
They would enter the high-stakes world of European car racing, where
an adventurous few threw safety and sanity to the wind. They would
design, build, and race a car that could beat Ferrari at his own
game at the most prestigious and brutal race in the world, something
no American car had ever done.
Go Like Hell transports readers to a risk-filled, glorious time in
this brilliant portrait of a rivalry between two industrialists, the
cars they built, and the "pilots" who would drive them to victory,
or doom.
Soft cover, 336 pages, one insert of B&W
and color photos.
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S-943
Price: $32.95
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McLaren Memories: A Biography
of Bruce McLaren
by Eoin Young
Eoin Young's anecdotal reminiscences about Bruce McLaren, his great
friend and compatriot, will be compelling reading for fans of 1960s
motor racing.
Drawing from his own memories, interviews with Bruce's inner circle,
the young kiwi's letters home, the magazine column they co-wrote and
contemporary newspaper reports, Young recreates that golden era when
racing drivers were mates and racing was fun.
Hard cover, 240 pages.
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S-940
Price: $45.00
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Vanderbilt
Cup Race - 1936 and 1937
Photo Archive
by Brock Yates
Americas highly-regarded auto-journalist Brock Yates profiles one of
the last international motor races held in America prior to World
War II.
This nostalgic collection features an outstanding array of American
and European classics involved in this legendary series of races,
including Audi, Alfa Romeo, Duesenberg, Miller, Offenhauser,
Mercedes, and Auto Union.
Soft cover, 128 pgs., 120 black & white photos.
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S-931
Price: $15.00
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The Eye of Klemantaski
photographs by Louis Klemantaski
The Eye of
Klemantaski is a very high quality softbound booklet of 32 pages,
measuring about 5.5 x 8 inches. It illustrates the 25 favorite
photographic images of Louis Klemantaski, who was one of the
greatest automobile racing photographers of all time.
The Eye of Klemantaski begins in the 1930s and continues into the
1960s, covering four decades of motorsports at the highest level.
Selected from over 55,000 images, these remarkable photographs
illustrate racing during another epoch… Tazio Nuvolari’s gentle
victory smile at Donington in 1938, Peter Collins winning a tune-up
for the Mille Miglia, or Juan Manuel Fangio as he slips through the
early morning light of Monte Carlo.
Soft cover, 32 pages, black and white photographs, captions by Peter
G. Sachs.
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S-932
Price: $15.00
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The Golden Age - Images from
the
Klemantaski Collection
The Golden Age is a very
high quality softbound booklet of 32 pages, measuring about 5.5 x 8
inches. It illustrates 27 superb motor racing images from The
Klemantaski Collection, one of the world’s largest archives of motor
racing photography. The text and captions for the photographs in The
Golden Age were created by Peter G. Sachs of The Klemantaski
Collection.
The Golden Age is
a companion volume to The Eye of Klemantaski which has achieved wide
popularity among enthusiasts of both photography and motor racing.
The Golden Age
includes photographs by Robert Daley, Edward Eves, Alan R. Smith,
Nigel Snowdon and Colin Waldeck, images of auto racing in the 1940s,
1950s, and 1960s.
Soft cover, 32 pages, black and white photographs.
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S-930
Price: $40.00
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GRAND PRIX RACERS
– Portraits of Speed
text by Xavier Chimits
with photographs by Bernard and
Paul-Henri Cahier
Originally published in France and just reissued in the US, this
gorgeous edition includes some of the best photography we’ve seen in
a long time. The book gives readers a look at Grand Prix racing's
top drivers by way of its top photographers, the father and son team
of Bernard and Paul-Henri Cahier.
Bernard Cahier began shooting Formula 1 in 1952. In the late 1960s,
he was joined by his son. Their images, reproduced here in all their
brilliance, capture some of the most memorable moments in the
history of Grand Prix racing.
The photographs comprise intimate portraits of 72 of the sport’s
greatest drivers from the 1950s through today – Juan Manuel Fangio,
Jim Clark, Phil Hill, Bruce McLaren, Jackie Stewart, Mario Andretti,
Nigel Mansell, and Michael Schumacher, to name but a few.
Beautifully printed in rich black and white, the pictures treat
readers to an encounter with the legendary racers of the Grand Prix
that is at once remarkably fresh and historically rich.
Hard cover, 224
pages, black and white photography.
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S-924
Price: $15.95
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CARRERA PANAMERICANA – History of the Mexican Road Race, 1950-1954
By Daryl E. Murphy
This is a reprint of Daryl Murphy’s book, originally printed 15
years ago.
It is the thoroughly recorded history of the infamous race,
witnessed annually by 10 million spectators along a 2,000 mile
course from the American border down to Guatemala.
It was not for the faint of heart. On desert sections, faster cars
would reach 180 mph, while 10,000 feet mountain passes required
first gear.
It was a world championship event, drawing everyone from European
megastars to irreverent participants for a new organization called
NASCAR.
Soft cover, 161
pages, black and white photos
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S-798
Price: $75.00
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DAN
GURNEY’S
EAGLE RACING CARS
By John Zimmerman
The definitive account of the planning, development, and race
history of each of every car ever built in the 40 years of Gurney’s
All American Racers.
They won Indy, they won in Europe,
they won in IMSA. A beautifully designed book with robust
research.
Foreword by Dan Gurney himself.
Hard cover, 208 pages, hundreds of B&W and color photographs
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