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ED PINK: THE OLD MASTER
The Remarkable
Life and Times of Racing’s Most Versatile Engine Builder
by Ed Pink with Bones Bourcier
Ed Pink’s gift for designing and building engines made him a
motorsports icon. His handiwork has powered, among others,
drag-racing superstars Don Prudhomme and Tom McEwen, Indy Car
legends
Al Unser and Tom Sneva, sports car heroes Bob Wollek and
Brian Redman, and USAC champions Tony Stewart and Kasey Kahne.
But this is not a technical book. Pink began his
long-awaited autobiography with one goal: that it would be more
about people than engines.
Mission accomplished, yet again, for auto racing’s Old
Master.
Hard cover, 276 pp, 253 color and B&W photos.
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THE LAST DAYS OF
HENRY FORD
by Henry
Dominguez
A dynamic and thoroughly researched biography from a
leading Ford historian; delivers a huge amount of new information,
and revealing family detail.
Hard cover, 366 pp.,
100+ images.
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DON’T MENTION RACING
Unless You Have An Hour To Spare
(100 Stories, 60 Years, 1
Driver)
by Roger Allan French
Exceptional storytellers know how to grab readers and ensure they
want to hear the rest of the story. Roger French not only shares 100
of his best stories about his racing career, but also sheds light on
what he experienced along the way: laugh-out-loud moments along with
sobering tales of near-misses for French and his competitors.
From
his earliest days in rough-and-tough stock cars, then on to SCCA
Formula Vee racing, GT3, go-karts and more, he raced from New
England to Europe and back.
Even
longtime racers and fans will learn about racing as only an insider,
a former chief instructor, flagger and rescue marshal can share.
Soft
cover, 300 pages.
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SHELBY AMERICAN
The Renegades Who Built the Cars,
Won the Races, and Lived the Legend
by Preston Lerner
The
story of Shelby American, the iconic company that in
less than a decade created a legacy that will be revered as long as
cars still roar around racetracks.
This
entertaining book delves into the personalities and explosive
hijinks that made Shelby American such a vibrant place to work.
Always standing above it all was Carroll Shelby himself. Dynamic,
charismatic, mercurial, mercenary, and a little bit dangerous, he
had to fight Ford bean-counters as fiercely as he dueled with Enzo
Ferrari. But for a few magical years, Shelby managed to beat both of
them at their own games.
Soft
cover, 320 pages.
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KING OF THE BOARDS:
The Life and Times of Jimmy Murphy
by Gary D. Doyle (2002)
Beginning as a riding mechanic and young colleague for the
Duesenberg Brothers and racing greats Eddie O’Donnell and Tommy
Milton, Jimmy Murphy rapidly rose to become one of the greatest
drivers of the 1920s. He drove championship Duesenberg and Miller
cars, winning on America’s high-banked board track speedways at
Indianapolis and at the French Grand Prix.
His brilliant but all-too-brief career spanned the period from
September 1919 to his tragic death in a 1924 September 100-mile dirt
track race at Syracuse, New York. Author Gary Doyle’s highly
readable and extensively illustrated book provides an excellent
analysis of Murphy’s life, the significance of his accomplishments
and the high drama of championship racing in the era of the roaring
twenties.
Hard cover, 336 pages, heavily illustrated with B&W and color
photos.
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Boost!
Roger Bailey’s Extraordinary
Motor Racing Career
by
Gordon Kirby
Perhaps nobody in the history of automobile racing enjoyed a career
of wider reach and diversity than Roger Bailey.
Over
the course of 52 years (1959–2012) Bailey competed as a mechanic,
engine builder, crew chief, sanctioning body technical inspector and
finally, co-founder and administrator of the Indy Lights series.
Bailey’s career came to its culmination in 1986 when he co-founded
the American Racing Series with Pat Patrick. In 1991, the ARS became
the Indy Lights series with Bailey at the helm of the category
through its heydays until his retirement in 2012.
Hard
cover, 208 pages
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SAM’S SCRAPBOOK
My Motorsports Memories
by Sam Posey with John Posey
Sam Posey
raced a huge variety of sports cars, saloons and open-wheel machines
in numerous racing arenas - Can-Am, USRRC, Trans-Am, IMSA, Indy,
NASCAR, Formula 5000 and Formula 1 - against rivals and friends such
as George Follmer, Parnelli Jones, Mark Donohue, Peter Revson, Dan
Gurney, David Hobbs and Brian Redman.
Sam’s Scrapbook
gives a first-hand account of a romantic era in racing, through
pictures no one has seen and stories no one has heard. Running
alongside the images, Posey's commentary is fascinating and
thoughtful, and in turns both amusing and emotional.
This is
an unusual and engaging memoir by one of America’s best-loved racing
heroes and will appeal to all motorsports enthusiasts.
Hard
cover, 160 pp. 250 B&W photos.
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Finding the Groove:
Racing Legends Reveal Their Secrets to Speed
by Hal Higdon
Finding the Groove features enlightening interviews with 27 leading
drivers of the 1970s. From NASCAR and Indy all the way to drag and
street racing, author Hal Higdon explores American racing in all its
forms.
In
each chapter, Higdon asks the drivers: "How do you go fast around a
racetrack?" Find out how "The King" Richard Petty collected a record
number of poles and top ten finishes and how Mario Andretti's
mastery over the "groove" made him one of the sport's most legendary
drivers.
Learn from Mark Donohue, Al and Bobby Unser, Bobby Allison, Don "the
Snake" Prudhomme, and others on where to pinpoint that sweet spot on
the track in this throwback edition of Finding the Groove.
Soft
cover, 300 pages.
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THE
CELLINI OF CHROME:
The
Story of George W. Walker / Ford Motor Company’s First Vice
President of Design
by Henry Dominguez
Henry Dominguez’s newest book, The Cellini of
Chrome, introduces the surprisingly unknown but
truly fascinating career of George Walker, the Ford Company’s first
full Vice President of Styling. In the same flamboyant vein as other
design greats such as Harley Earl, Gordon Buerig, Vergil Exner,
Raymond Loewy and William “Bill” Mitchell, Walker developed the
standard for key Ford Motor Company Products for the 1950s and
‘60’s. Beginning with the enormous success of the 1949 Ford, George
became the catalyst for the iconic appearance of Ford, Mercury and
Lincoln models, elevating Henry’s company to one of the all-around
best-selling Automotive operations in the World.
With a personal history anything but bland, his elegant style of
dress, appeal to attractive women, signature winning smile, and
willingness go toe to toe with industry giants such as Henry Ford II
(“The Deuce”) and other top executives, Walker made himself a key
figure in the highly competitive environment of mid-20th Century
automotive design. His story is a must for any automotive enthusiast
looking for an inside view of how the stylistic character of Ford
products was created by Walker and his associates.
384 pp.
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BULLITT: The Cars
and People Behind Steve McQueen
by Matt Stone
Foreward by Chad McQueen
A complete behind-the-scenes view of arguably the most iconic
automotive movie, car, and scene in history.
Shot entirely
on location in San Francisco in 1968, the movie not only features
the historic chase but also many outdoor scenes filled with cars and
architecture of the period, filmed in crisp clear color.
The
fifth-highest-grossing film for 1968, it was well-received by
critics, and the chase scene won an Oscar for editing.
Hard
cover, 192 pp., 300+ color/B&W photos.
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PRESS ON REGARDLESS
The Story of America’s Longest, Oldest, and Meanest Road Rally
By Andrew Layton
Foreword by 11-time national rally champion
John Buffum
In
1949, the Detroit Region Sports Car Club of America staged a genteel
cross-country run for foreign-make autos. They called it the Press
On Regardless Rally, an homage to the Royal Air Force fliers of
World War II who heeded Winston Churchill’s advice to “never give
in.”
Through the hearty grassroots efforts of the Detroit
Region SCCA, the POR was elevated to an international event in 1970,
drawing the biggest names in rally motorsports from around the
world. In 1973 and 1974, the POR rocketed to the pinnacle of the
sport as the first World Rally Championship round ever held in the
U.S. In the years since, the POR has survived the ebb and flow of
catastrophe, triumph, and tragedy; enduring as the oldest
continually held auto rally in America.
This is the complete
story of the POR’s first 70 years and its core cadre of Motor City
rallyists who have kept pressing on toward a dream–regardless.
Hard cover, 240 full-color pages (with more than 150 photos).
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RAPID RESPONSE
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My inside story as a motor racing life-saver
by Dr.
Stephen Olvey
Originally published to great acclaim in
2006, Dr. Stephen Olvey’s memoir Rapid Response
makes a long-awaited return to print - complete with new text and an
afterword by Dario Franchitti - at the same time as the release of a
documentary feature film of the same title.
This book is the
compelling story of the author’s often tragic, sometimes funny, and
frequently frustrating journey through the volatile world of
professional motorsports.
Along the way, he introduces many
of the characters - geniuses, good guys, bad guys - that he has
encountered during his quest to save lives and make motorsports
safer.
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Among the racing legends with whom Dr. Olvey has worked—and who
have their places in this book—are Mario Andretti, Emerson
Fittipaldi, A.J. Foyt, Graham Hill, Nigel Mansell, Rick Mears
and Al Unser Jr.
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Dr. Olvey attended his first race, the 1955 Indianapolis 500, at
the impressionable age of 11, and saw his favorite driver, Bill
Vukovich, killed in a fiery crash while leading
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He began working at the famous Indianapolis Motor Speedway while
attending medical school, making his first professional
appearance there in 1966, when his first on-track rescue
involved Graham Hill in his rookie year.
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Dr. Olvey organized the first traveling medical team in
motorsports and was eventually joined by long-time colleague and
friend, Dr. Terry Trammell
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Continuing to work together over several decades, Dr. Olvey and
Dr. Trammell have used their study of the cause and effect of
racing crashes and injuries to make significant advances in
safety, with many lives saved and serious injuries avoided
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The writer of the foreword is Alex Zanardi, whose life Dr. Olvey
helped to save after a violent accident in Germany in 2001, and
who subsequently returned not only to motorsports, but also to
handcycling, becoming a three-time Paralympic gold medalist.
Hard
cover, 312 pages, B&W and color photos.
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CRASH!
From Senna To Earnhardt
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How the HANS Device Helped Save Racing
by Jonathan Ingram
with Dr. Robert
Hubbard
and Jim Downing
The 20-year struggle by Dr. Hubbard and Jim Downing to gain
universal acceptance for their life-saving HANS Device - now in use
by over 275,000 competitors worldwide - is an amazing tale of
family, genius, perseverance, tragedy and triumph.
It tells
how the world’s leading auto-racing series shouldered the task of
saving their driving heroes - and a sport.
Hard cover, 192
pp., 60+ color/B&W photos & illustrations.
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My Greatest
Defeat: Stories of hardship and hope from motor
racing’s finest heroes
by Will Buxton
artwork by Giuseppe Camuncoli
A
collection of honest and revealing insights into 20 of the greatest
living racing drivers, legends of the worlds of Formula 1, IndyCar,
NASCAR, Le Mans and Rally. Interviews conducted specially for this
book are with Mario Andretti, Derek Bell, Emerson Fittipaldi, Dario
Franchitti, Jeff Gordon, Mika Häkkinen, Damon Hill, Jimmie Johnson,
Tom Kristensen, Niki Lauda, Sebastien Loeb, Felipe Massa, Rick
Mears, Emanuele Pirro, Alain Prost, Carlos Sainz, Jackie Stewart,
Bobby Unser, Ari Vatanen and Alex Zanardi. Here are five highlights…
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Dario Franchitti — The IndyCar champion talks of the deaths of
the friends that book-ended his career in racing, the heartbreak
that each caused and the aftermath of accidents that affected
the physical functioning of his brain.
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Jeff Gordon — One of the all-time NASCAR greats, he looks back
on his many championships, admitting that today he cannot view a
single one with anything but regret as family relationships were
soured and stretched to the breaking point.
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Jimmie Johnson — One of the greatest stock car drivers in
history, Johnson was at one time considered a reckless outcast.
He reflects on the little-known crash that almost killed him and
changed his mindset forever.
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Niki Lauda — A racer who needs no introduction, Niki Lauda
discusses the loss of one of his aircraft over Thailand in which
all on board were killed; for eight months he fought to clear
the name of his pilots and change aircraft safety forever.
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Alex Zanardi — In a deep and revealing conversation, the
Paralympic gold medalist, who lost both legs in an IndyCar
accident, discusses how we decipher between our passion and our
ambition and how childhood dreams affect our adult decisions.
Striking portrait artworks come from a revered artist in modern
comic book design, Giuseppe ‘Cammo’ Camuncoli, who is renowned for
the dark, brooding style that has seen him become a staple in the
Vertigo, DC and Marvel stables.
Hard cover, 336 pages,
S-1620 $29.95
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I
LOVE TO MAKE
THE DIRT FLY
A Biography of Carl G. Fisher
1874–1939
by
Carl Hungness
The fascinating story of serial
entrepreneur Carl G. Fisher, who with 3 partners developed the
Indianapolis Motor Speedway and the Indy 500, as well as creating
Miami Beach, inventing superior car headlights, and other
accomplishments.
Hungness spent 16 years researching this
uncommon and ultimately tragic character, who died impoverished and
alcoholic at age 64.
Hard cover, 192 pp., 251 colorized
photos.
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Legacy of
Justice: An American Family Story
by Tom Madigan with Ed Justice Jr.
When the
Justice brothers were growing up in rural Kansas, the automobile was
in its infancy. There had been just a few more than 20 Indianapolis
500s and formal stock car racing and drag racing did not exist. Most
of the roads across the U.S. were still dirt. Zeke Justice was the
first employee at Kurtis-Kraft, with his brother Ed joining after
being discharged from the Air Force after World War II. The Justice
Brothers were the first multi-car product sponsors in NASCAR,
starting even before the formal organization of the sanctioning
body.
This is the complete behind-the-scenes Justice family
history, covering 100 years and taking the reader into the very
beginnings of the legendary Kurtis-Kraft race shop, NASCAR stock car
racing and more.
Legacy
of Justice documents the brothers’ Indy 500 history, which has
covered 73 of the 102 races run to date, including their victory in
1950 with Frank Kurtis and Johnnie Parsons. That same year they
would claim victory in the first Southern 500 with Johnny Mantz.
This victory would make history as the first 500-mile NASCAR race
and also the first NASCAR race on pavement.
The book
includes first-person interviews with automotive and racing icons
and a foreword by Dan Gurney and Parnelli Jones, both longtime
family friends.
Hard cover coffee-table book, 496 pages and
over 540 photographs, both color and black & white, many never seen
before, from the personal family archives.
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HOT SHOE! A
Checkered Past: My Story
by Gary Balough with Bones Bourcier
Gary
Balough streaked across the racing sky like a comet, hot and fiery,
blazing through several categories of motorsports. He won in
everything he drove – Late Models, Modifieds, superspeedway Late
Model Sportsman cars, you name it – and stood in victory lanes from
Florida to New York, Pennsylvania to Texas, and at historic venues
like the Nashville Fairgrounds and Charlotte Motor Speedway.
But when that comet flamed out, Balough’s world went notoriously
dark. Now, he sheds some light. Brash, bold, and honest, “HOT SHOE”
is Gary’s story, told in his own words. Balough the author is as
aggressive as Balough the racer, charging hard and never shy. It’s a
gripping ride.
Soft
cover, 272 pages, 144 B&W and color photos.
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Enzo Ferrari: Power,
Politics, and the
Making of an Automotive Empire
by Luca Dal Monte
This
is truly the definitive biography of Enzo Ferrari, one that makes
previous accounts obsolete. Its depth, scale, and detail make it
essential reading for automotive and motorsport enthusiasts. But
other readers will be drawn to a sweeping story of Italian life,
business, and culture during the 20th century.
Drawing on years of original research conducted in Italy and abroad,
author and Ferrari insider, Luca Dal Monte, uncovers a wealth of new
facts about Enzo's origins, ambitions, business practices, and
private life. The book revisits all the highlights of Ferrari's rise
to greatness: his driving career in the 1920s; his management of
racing teams for Alfa Romeo in the 1930s; the launch of his own
company and team in the late 1940s, and his unprecedented successes
building cars for the road and race track in the following decades.
But the book also examines lesser-known and sometimes hidden
aspects of Ferrari's career, from his earliest failed business
ventures to his political dealings with Italy's Fascist government,
Allied occupiers, and even Communist leaders. And it lays bare the
internal politics of the Ferrari company and team, whose leader
manipulated employees, drivers, competitors and the media with a
volatile mixture of brute force, paranoia, and guile.
Hard
cover, 968 pages,100 B&W and 33 color photos.
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RAY CRAWFORD -
Speed Merchant
by Andrew Layton
Ray Crawford was one of the most versatile race car drivers
of the 1950s.
From P-38 fighter ace to pioneering jet test
pilot, to multi-million-dollar supermarket mogul, Ray's story comes
to life through Andrew Layton's finely crafted text and over 150
rare or never-before-seen images from Dick Wallen’s superb
collection.
Hard cover, 206 pp, coffee table.
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DAVID KIMBLE’S
CUTAWAYS
Techniques and the Stories Behind the
Art
by David Kimble
Renowned artist David Kimble reveals
the secrets, techniques, procedures, and the dedication to craft
that is required to produce these amazing illustrations.
Kimble’s step-by-step process features fresh, original art of a
McLaren Can-Am car and a vintage Harley-Davidson.
A perfect
gift for any automotive or art fan.
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A
History of Auto Racing in New England
- A Project of the North
East
Motor Sports Museum
There has never
been a book like this one, a carefully researched and written
biography of automobile racing in New England.
A
History of Auto Racing in New England celebrates the colorful
past of racing cars in the six states on road courses, up mountains,
along the ocean’s beaches, around dirt and paved ovals, and down
strips of concrete and asphalt.
More than the cars, we
have focused on the people who drove them and those who created the
stages on which the drivers exhibited their courage and their skill.
The early races that make up much of the book were profoundly
dangerous; participation required abnormal courage. As we celebrate
the winners, we mourn with the families and friends of those who
paid racing’s ultimate price.
A few have become wealthy
beyond their wildest dreams through New England racing. The majority
have participated for the love of going fast, the joy of turning
wrenches while looking for more speed or better handling or to hear
the cheers of the crowd following a winning Saturday night or Sunday
afternoon.
Go inside this book’s covers to discover how
racing in New England has made so many lives more thrilling and
fulfilling – and in ways that could never happen again.
Proceeds benefit NEMSM.
Hard cover, 400+ B&W
photos, 304 pages.
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As a matter of fact, I am
PARNELLI JONES
by Parnelli Jones with Bones Bourcier
For race fans who know the sport’s history, “Parnelli Jones” is
synonymous with speed. Jones’ journey from California jalopy wars to
victory lane at the Indianapolis 500 is the stuff of American
motorsports legend. Now, at last, Parnelli tells the story of his
incredible racing life. Each chapter is introduced by Bourcier to
set the scene and ends with a personal reminiscence by a racer,
owner, or friend who was there, including A.J. Foyt, Mario Andretti,
Bobby and Al Unser, Bud Moore, Johnny Rutherford, Tony Stewart, and
more.
Soft cover, 288 pp, B&W and color photos.
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Swamp Yankee: The Racing Life
of Jim
Jorgensen
by Walt Scadden
“Swamp
Yankee” is the story of legendary crew chief and engine-builder Jim
Jorgensen’s epic journey from Riverside Park Speedway in Agawam,
Mass., to the National Championship Indy Car Series. From the late
1950s to 1969, Jorgensen and his crew crisscrossed the country,
racing his innovative stock car, sprint, and Indy Car designs with
standout drivers like Gene Bergin, Buddy Krebs, Bill Brown and Denny
Zimmerman.
Progressing from countless bullrings and county fair tracks to some
of the most revered venues in the country such as Langhorne, Phoenix
and Milwaukee, and on to the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Jorgensen
made his name and left his mark. His journey had its share of
detours and heartbreaking disappointments, but it provided him the
formidable education needed to compete at the highest level of
racing in the country and earned him induction into the New England
Auto Racing Hall of Fame.
Jorgensen’s was a time of open trailers and pick-up trucks, where a
handshake was the measure of a man. His story is a compelling
account of the ingenuity, passion, triumph and hardship that defined
the legendary competitors of racing’s greatest era.
Soft cover, 152 pages, B&W photos.
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Let 'Em All Go!
The Story of Auto Racing
by the man who
was there
by Chris Economaki
with Dave Argabright
Chris Economaki is the world’s
best-known reporter of the auto racing scene. No man, with either the
written or electronic word, has had an effect on auto racing like Economaki.
The most powerful leaders of the sport take great care to cultivate
a favorable relationship; drivers and mechanics listen carefully to
his honest, revealing, direct questions; and the everyman hurries to
read Chris’s take on what’s happening in the sport of Auto racing.
Now, with award winning author and columnist Dave Argabright, Economaki tells the story of the sport from the perspective of the
man who was there for all to see.
Hard cover, 8 5/8” x 5 1/2 “, 352 pages,
32 pages of black & white and color photos.
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