Motor Sports category: 694 books
by Tony Baker
Language: English
Release Date: March 14, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: March 14, 2016
Ventura County has a long tradition in motor sports, and area racing enthusiasts have done it all, whether on four wheels or two, on the road or off, in a straight line or a circle, or even on the water. Ventura County Motor Sports takes you back to the vintage years of the Central Coast car and racing...
Taken by Speed
Fallen Heroes of Motor Sport and Their Legacies
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2017
The number of athletes who have died competing in the sport of motor racing, including amateurs and professionals around the world, stretches into the thousands. Despite the danger, drivers continue to compete day in and day out for the thrill and joy of the race.
In Taken by Speed: Fallen...
by Ed McDonough, Peter Collins
Language: English
Release Date: January 13, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: January 13, 2012
The late 1960s and early 1970s formed a significant epoch in the world of international sports car racing. As the motor racing rule-making body moved back and forth between cars that less and less resembled road-going vehicles, prototype sports car racing captured the imagination of manufacturers,...
Driving A Motor Bike
Guide for learning many important things about a motor bike
Language: English
Release Date: May 19, 2017
Table of contents
Chapter one
Chapter two
Chapter three
Chapter four
Chapter five
Chapter six
Chapter seven
Chapter eight
Chapter nine
1
Motor bike is a common item used for transport. There are many models in bike which are used all over the world. Basic functions and operations...
The Blue Helmet
“There are only three sports: bullfighting, mountain climbing and motor racing; all the rest are merely games."
Language: English
Release Date: January 13, 2019
“There are only three sports: bullfighting, mountain climbing and motor racing; all the rest are merely games."
- Ernest Hemingway
PROLOGUE
14 May 1988 QUALIFYING FOR MONACO GRAND PRIX
The spine tingling spectacle of the late Ayrton Senna on a qualifying lap provided...
The Silver Helmet
"Suddenly I realised that I was no longer driving the car consciously. I was kind of driving by instinct, only I was in a different dimension..."
Language: English
Release Date: February 11, 2019
“There are only three sports: bullfighting, mountain climbing and motor racing; all the rest are merely games."
- Ernest Hemingway ("the master writer")
“Grand Prix racing is primarily a mental contest.”
PROLOGUE
14 May 1988 QUALIFYING FOR MONACO GRAND PRIX
The...
The Motor Racing Quiz Book
Covering Grand Prix Racing
Language: English
Release Date: September 28, 2011
So you're a fan of motor racing, but just how wide is your knowledge and how far back does it go? You'll be tested to the limit with this Motor Racing Quiz Book and will soon be chugging into the pits to have your brain recharged when you reach the latter section designed specifically for the experts...
Motor Racing's Strangest Races
Extraordinary but true stories from over a century of motor racing
Language: English
Release Date: May 30, 2016
Since 1894, when motor racing’s colourful history began with a bang (and a banger!), drivers, racers and lunatics alike have done many stupid and bizarre things all in the name of motor sport. Author Geoff Tibballs has gathered together this absorbing collection of stories from over a century of...
Behind the Scenes of Motor Racing
The inside story from the birth of modern motor sport
Language: English
Release Date: November 9, 2012
Reproduced for the first time in over 50 years, the classic tale from the birth of modern motor sport
Behind the Scenes of Motor Racing is a tale of sporting chivalry, heroism and humour — but also one of tragedy through the loss of so many of the author’s friends and colleagues among...
by David McGee
Language: English
Release Date: June 7, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: June 7, 2011
It is known as the "World's Fastest Half-Mile."? For fifty years and counting, Bristol Motor Speedway has been home to some of the most exciting moments in NASCAR, and the track's history is nearly as exciting as the legendary races it has held. From humble beginnings, Bristol Motor Speedway grew to...
Early Motor Racing in South Africa
My dads pictorial journey
Language: English
Release Date: January 13, 2019
Early Motor-racing in South Africa: My Dad's Pictorial Journey:
"I was born with the smell of methanol flowing through my veins."
Pictures of my dad's early racing (from the album of Ray Lock
"Gotta work on the nut behind the wheel before you start fixing bolts...
Superprix
The Story of Birmingham’s Motor Race
Language: English
Release Date: December 28, 2018
The Superprix was a motor racing meeting held over August Bank Holiday on a street circuit in the centre of Birmingham, from 1986 to 1990. The principal event was the Formula 3000 Championship race, but support races included touring cars and sports cars. The idea of a motor race in the heart of England's...
Writing and Formula 1
Racing and Writing in the Zone
Language: English
Release Date: January 22, 2019
The link between my “twin passions: motor racing and writing” #... WHAT!!!
(# other than my dear family, of course!)
“Rough petrolhead meets arty-farty, airey-fairey creative type”
"There are only three sports: bullfighting, mountain climbing and motor racing; all the rest are merely...
by Peter McFadyen
Language: English
Release Date: April 26, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: April 26, 2019
In the 1970s, Formula 5000 was more than filling the gap left by contemporary F1 cars, and the major races at the popular Cheshire circuit of Oulton Park the Gold Cup and the traditional Good Friday meetings were as spectacular and exciting as ever. New events such as the Avon Tour of Britain brought...