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Ultimate Speed Secrets

Driving a car whether it be on the street or the race track isn’t something you can do by the book. You have to learn mostly through hands on experience. But being able to picture the basics and theories mentally will allow you to learn more quickly. And more importantly stay calm and safe. And professional race instructor Ross Bentley has compiled a fantastic guide to going faster. Ultimate Speed Secrets: The Complete Guide to High Performance and Race Driving, more than just a high compilation of his previous books, new and updated material covers everything. The mental game, vehicle dynamics, tracks, racing conditions, career skills, and even how to learn and improve more quickly. So whether you are already an F1 racer, a hobbyist, or just even looking to sharpen your abilities on the street Ultimate Speed Secrets is a must have book for your collection.

City of Speed: Los Angeles and the Rise of American Racing

To millions of people the world over, Los Angeles, California is the "City of Angels." But to many American motor sports enthusiasts, it is also the "City of Speed." And as author Joe Scalzo shows us in City of Speed: Los Angeles and the Rise of American Racing, few municipalities in these 50 states have contributed more to America's love for fast cars and the daring souls who race them. Whether it be Indy cars or dragsters, sprint cars or motorcycles, Bonneville speed kings or wide open road racers, many of the greatest have come from America's second largest city. Read this and you'll wonder why every race fan in America doesn't make a beeline west.

Ferrari Prototype Era

The sports car era of the '60s and '70s was one of the most exciting in auto racing history, and many of the most exciting cars involved came from Ferrari. In Ferrari Prototype Era 1962-1973 in Photographs, renowned automotive journalist, Alan Henry, truly captures these exquisite race cars and their time of greatest glory. It's primarily a superb photo book, but one with concise, informative copy that hits all the high notes of that exciting decade. Race fans will love it.

Autocourse: 60 Years of World Championship Grand Prix Motor Racing

For fans of Formula One racing, there may be no greater story told than that on the pages of Autocourse: 60 Years of World Championship Grand Prix Motor Racing by Alan Henry. This sprawling book details the history of F1 from its roots before the Second World War, and follows it all the way through present day. Highlights include the dominance of the Italian racers of the 1950s, the emergence of British challengers like Lotus in the 60s, and the rise of the turbocharged Hondas of the 80s. And if the cars weren't enough, names like Giuseppe Farina, Colin Chapman, and Michael Shumacher inhabit these chapters, as does a vast collection of vivid color and black and white images. Autocourse fully captures the drama and discourse of the Formula One legacy.

The Complete Book of Shelby Automobiles

The Ford Mustang is an American icon among high performance automobiles, but it was legendary racecar driver Carroll Shelby that secured the car's unprecedented reputation. Although most make this connection between man and machine, few besides true enthusiasts recognize Shelby's vast contributions to the world of American muscle cars in general. The Complete Book of Shelby Automobiles, written by Colin Comer, details every last car Shelby developed, designed, and produced. And with each car's story, Comer provides an impressive array of photographs. From the original Cobra to the 1960s-inspired Ford Mustang of the present decade, Carroll Shelby forever changed the face of the American automobile. And there's no better way to relive the Shelby era, than through the pages of this beautiful hardback.

Snake vs. Mongoose

Today Hot Wheels is a household name, but the toy's embodiment of high-speed thrills was jump-started in the 1970s by the racing careers of Don the Snake Prudhomme and Tom the Mongoose McEwen. In Snake vs. Mongoose, published by Motorbooks, author Tom Madigan rediscovers the drivers who engineered drag racing's first ever, non-automotive, corporate sponsorship deal. While these competitors reminisce, often still taunting one another, Madigan delights the reader with photos of the extraordinary races, cars, and dangers that once defined the sport. He also includes outrageous cartoons of the duo's alter egos, the characters that made Hot Wheels famous with Mattel's wild replicas epitomizing the legendary rivalry. A rivalry vividly captured in this colorful collection of racing stories.

Motion Performance: Tales of a Muscle Car Builder

New York-based Baldwin-Motion Performance Group built some of the fastest Chevys the golden age of muscle ever saw; big-bore Bow Tie creations which included fire-breathing Camaros, Chevelles, and Corvettes. But they didn't get the recognition they deserved from the contemporary motor press. To set the record straight, Baldwin-Motion PR guru and former VETTE Magazine editor Martyn Schorr has written Motion Performance: Tales of a Muscle Car Builder. Schorr entertaining prose chronicles the firm's high-octane history, from its humble service station roots to the very last 500-horsepower made-to-order Vette founder Joel Rosen ever turned a wrench on. Page after page of vintage photographs bring Schorr's first-hand accounts of muscle car madness to life.