Jim Clark was a genuine sporting hero. He won 25 of his 72 Grands Prix and in the sixties was the yardstick by which every other driver on the starting grid was judged, and by which they judged themselves. Quite simply, Clark was peerless. Stubborn and notoriously indecisive outside the car, he would nervously chew his fingernails, but he was a genius when he got behind the wheel. To many he remains the greatest racing driver of all time, not just because of his fearsome strike rate and the magnitude and manner of his achievements, but also because he remained humble and unspoiled throughout. Published on the 50th anniversary of Clark’s death, this book, 20 years in the making, is a deeply detailed look at a complex and compelling character.
The 2017 championship is analyzed by the authors of this classic official annual. First published to informing the public on one of the most compelling and fascinating world championships.
Among the new elements for this season is the starting grid of race two, which has been revolutionized, with the winner of the Saturday race starting from ninth place.
But the variation of the technical regulation is marginal, apart from the confirmation once more of the various other championships, which were tested over many seasons and reserved for the 1000 and 600 cc, the new entry of the small SuperSport 300 stands out.
The work of Fabrizio Porrozzi, one of the best photographers of the SBK World Championship, is displayed, along with stories from the authors.
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 of Le Mans – and for many seasons was, rightfully, a round in the world championships for sports cars and prototypes. Top drivers and cars challenged each other on that historic Italian track and banking, the car makers including Porsche, Ferrari and Ford, bringing to life many unforgettable pages in the history of motor sport. Aldo Zana, prominent motor racing historian, tells this fabulous story, year after year, included the competitions held between 1995 and 2008. Every edition is enriched with starting grids and final placings. A huge work, never attempted since now, illustrated with outstanding pictures, many of them never before published.
On June 30, 1953, the first Corvette rolled off the assembly line in Flint, Michigan. It was not long afterward that the first Corvette rolled onto a racetrack starting grid. In the intervening 50 years something truly astounding took place: the Corvette, America’s sports car, became a dominating force in racing around the world. It is a fascinating story with as many twists and turns as the racetracks the Corvette has won on. It is also a story that has yet to be told the way it should be. Until now! 500 black and white and 150 color photos. 9 1/2″ x 11 1/2″. Slipcased.
Goodwood House and its estate, home of the Earl and Countess of March, are synonymous with some of the finest aspects of English history. A magnificent mansion in a parkland setting at the foot of the South Downs, it was the seat of the 1st Duke of Richmond, born in 1672 and son of King Charles II. More recently, it was home to RAF Westhampnett during the Battle of Britain and it was from here that Douglas Bader flew his last mission.But Goodwood is also synonymous with racing, both of cars and horses. It was the 9th Duke of Richmond, Freddie March, who created Goodwood’s motor circuit, using the perimeter track of the wartime airfield to host the first post-war event at a permanent circuit.The spectating public, having been starved of track action since Brooklands closed in 1939, were enthusiastic and some 15,000 attended that first event. Fifty years later to the exact day, in the September of 1998, the circuit was reopened for the purpose of historic motor racing by the Duke’s grandson, the present Earl of March.
Hence the creation of the Goodwood Revival, a three day event each September which commemorates motor racing legends, both cars and drivers, from the period 1948 to 1966 along with aircraft associated with that period and the end of World War II. Following the first day’s practice and qualifying track action, Saturday and Sunday each feature eight races, brimful of action and spectacle, interspersed with track parades and air displays.The jewel in the crown is undoubtedly the one-hour RACTT Celebration race with a starting grid line-up which has been valued at a staggering £85 million, driven by some of the greatest names in motor racing history.
All of this and more is captured in this stupendous new book by master-photographer Andy Stansfield, containing over 140 action-packed images which exude nostalgia for the glories of Britain’s motor racing past.”
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WHERE THEY RACED: Speed Demons in the City of Angels tells the story of a pre-gridlocked Los Angeles… a time ripe with orange groves, movie stars, year-round sunshine and more auto racing and innovation than anywhere else in the world. This documentary film is told with hundreds of vintage photos, lost archival films and revealing interviews that reunite the ghost tracks of Los Angeles with the cars that raced on them to give these fading memories a victory lap.
Domination. No other word so accurately describes the Offenhauser engine’s six-decade reign over American auto racing. On small urban tracks, state fair dirt circuits, and Indy’s brick oval, “Offy” was synonymous with “winner circle.”
At the height of its power in the 1950s, entire Indy grids were composed of Offenhauser-powered roadsters. Neither the rear-engined revolution of the mid-1960s nor the entry of major players like Ford would knock Offy from its throne. When the “little four with the big punch” finally ceased being competitive in the early 1980s, it was a victim of the rule book more than any engineering shortcoming.
Offenhauser: The Legendary Racing Engine and the Men Who Built It traces the glorious history of the most renowned American racing engine of all time. Author Gordon Eliot White has thoroughly researched this story from the early days of Harry Miller, through Fred Offenhauser, to the final days under Meyer & Drake ownership. More than 250 historical black-and-white photographs and a special color section accompany White’s fascinating narrative. With over 18,000 copies sold, this book tells the definitive story of the designers, machinists, and drivers who created the Offenhauser legend. Essential reading for the racing historian and fan, White’s book captures the human, technical, and political aspects of Offenhauser’s unforgettable story.
