Motor Sports category: 694 books
NASCAR Nation
How Racing's Values Mirror America's
Language: English
Release Date: October 2, 2012
Longtime Fox Sports broadcaster and NASCAR prerace show host Chris Myers demonstrates that racing embodies the best of what makes America great: our competitive spirit; our will to win; our love of pageantry, heroes, and tradition; our willingness to face risks and build for the future. This unique...
Donnie Allison
As I Recall...
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2013
Donnie Allison was always the “other” brother of the famous NASCAR racing duo. Perhaps only true students of NASCAR history know that Donnie Allison won ten races in his career; that he posted top ten finishes in 47 percent of all the races he ever ran; that four of the five times the Allison...
Full Throttle
The Life and Fast Times of NASCAR Legend Curtis Turner
Language: English
Release Date: March 28, 2006
“A superbly researched and engagingly written biography” of NASCAR legend Curtis Turner, known as the Babe Ruth of stock car racing (Sports Illustrated).
Curtis Turner’s life embodied everything that makes NASCAR the biggest spectator sport in American history; the adrenaline rush of the...
The Great American Gamble
How the 1979 Daytona 500 Gave Birth to a NASCAR Nation
Language: English
Release Date: December 22, 2008
"One of NASCAR's greatest stories is brought to life in this meticulous, highly entertaining replay of the day that changed everything for the sport."
—Lars Anderson, Sports Illustrated
"Joe Menzer has done an excellent job in telling the story of one ofNASCAR's most important...
Flat Out and Half Turned Over
Tales from Pit Road with Buddy Baker
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2013
In Flat Out and Half Turned Over, driving phenomenon Buddy Baker details the most hilarious collection of racing stories, memories, and anecdotes ever published. Read about the bumps and brawls; the blood, sweat, and tears; and the practical jokes that happen behind the scenes from the very drivers,...
by Robert Grey Reynolds Jr
Language: English
Release Date: January 5, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: January 5, 2016
Peter Collins was one of a triumvirate of English drivers who were at the pinnacle of sports car and Formula 1 racing in the late 1950s. The other two were Mike Hawthorn and Stirling Moss. Collins married an American actress, the daughter of an assistant to United Nations' Secretary Dag Hammarskjold....
Inside Shelby American
Wrenching and Racing with Carroll Shelby in the 1960s
Language: English
Release Date: November 18, 2013
In the late 1950s, a young John Morton was transfixed with sports car racing. His dreams of competition eventually led him to enroll, in 1962, in the Shelby School of High Performance Driving. In a bold moment after the last class, Morton asked Carroll Shelby if he might come to work for the newly...
Tales from a Top Fuel Dragster
A Collection of the Greatest Drag Racing Stories Ever Told
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2013
Shirley Muldowney not only broke the gender barrier in the National Hot Rod Association in the 1970s, but she also completely rewrote the record books in Top Fuel Eliminator, drag racing’s quickest and fastest category. She was the first woman to receive a Top Fuel license from the NHRA. Between...
Tales from the Drag Strip
Memorable Stories from the Greatest Drag Racer of All Time
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2013
Since the moment that young men began modifying and personalizing their automobiles back in the 1940s and ’50s, “Big Daddy” Don Garlits was squarely in the thick of this intoxicating pursuit. Tales from the Drag Strip with “Big Daddy” Don Garlits is a first-person account of the many memorable...
by Robert Grey Reynolds Jr
Language: English
Release Date: December 28, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: December 28, 2015
Jo Siffert combined determinism, youth and great speed as a promising sports car and Formula 1 driver coming along in the early 1960s. He began racing F1 cars in 1962, soon purchasing his own British Racing Motors (BRM) car. He served as driver as well as team manager. From modest means the Swiss...
by Ed McDonough
Language: English
Release Date: June 29, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: June 29, 2018
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 versions of the World Sports Car Championship between 1967 and 1975, funded by the Gulf Oil Corporation. The cars began as developments of the Ford GT40,...
The Nuts and Bolts of NASCAR
The Definitive Viewers' Guide to Big-Time Stock Car Auto Racing
Language: English
Release Date: June 6, 2017
When people think of NASCAR, many think of cars racing around a track. But those with a more intimate knowledge of the sport understand that there is much more to it. The Nuts and Bolts of NASCAR uncovers everything you need to know to properly watch and enjoy the sport. Author Greg Engle uncovers...
Getting Started In Formula D Racing
The Rising King of Motorsport!
Language: English
Release Date: October 2, 2012
Are you a sports fan? What about a fan of racing? If so, there is a good chance that you have heard of Formula D Racing before. However, there are many individuals, even race fans, who have never heard of Formula D before, let alone even know what it is.
Whether you have no idea...
by Anonymous
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2014
A Bikers guide to extreme motorsports! Get All The Support And Guidance You Need To Be A Success At Riding Motocross!
Is the fact that you would like to learn all about motocross but just don't know how making your life difficult... maybe even miserable?
First, you are NOT alone! It...