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Audi R8
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Prior to 1999 Audi did not have a sportscar in its range, let alone
having ever raced one. But between 2000 and 2006 the Audi R8 won 63
of the 80 races in which it competed - including five out of six Le
Mans 24-hours - making it the most successful long-distance racing
car of all time. The latest in Veloce's WSC Giants series, this
book charts those races and describes the development of the R8, as
well as profiling the 35 drivers who raced it between 2000 and
2006. It also includes the story of the Audi R8R and R8C of 1999.
Illustrated in colour throughout with many previously unpublished
photos, the book features individual chassis details and results,
plus observations from significant individuals - engineers, team
managers, drivers etc - concerned with the Audi R8. By the time the
R8 was replaced by the diesel R10, it had revolutionised the
marque's image, helping to change it from a staid, but worthy,
saloon car manufacturer to one of the world's leading premium car
producers.
Shave lap times or find a faster line through your favorite set of
S-curves with professional race driver Ross Bentley as he shows you
the quickest line from apex to apex! With tips and commentary from
current race drivers, Bentley covers the vital techniques of speed,
from visualizing lines to interpreting tire temps to put you in
front of the pack. Includes discussion of practice techniques,
chassis set-up, and working with your pit chief.
"The British at Indianapolis" follows the format of the author's
award winning "The British at Le Mans". It recounts the history of
the Indianapolis 500 race through the eyes and actions of those
British born or British citizens who have driven in it, or been
involved in any other way - be it as a designer, mechanic, or
official. It also examines the British built cars that have won the
Indy 500 and the significance of the rear engined revolution
brought to the Indianapolis Motor Speedway by Cooper in 1961, and
elevated to success by Lotus and Lola. It includes such names as
Jim Clark, Graham Hill and Nigel Mansell. In addition to the 500,
it includes other races at the IMS, notably Lewis Hamilton's
victory in the Formula One Grand Prix there. It is a story that
goes back to the first 500 in 1911, when London-born Hughie Hughes
became the first British-born driver to race in the 500, to the
present day, with more British than ever competing in the race and
British drivers winning twice in the last four years.
Explore more than 25 legendary F1 race tracks in high-definition
satellite photography. From the glamour of Monaco and Yas Marina,
to the heritage of Silverstone, Monza and Spa-Francorchamps,
Formula One Circuits from Above showcases more than 25 legendary F1
race tracks as you've never seen them before. Powered by unique
Google (TM) Earth photography, this stunning illustrated book
highlights the signature properties of iconic circuits including
Monza, Interlagos and the Nurburgring in incredible detail,
providing an unparalleled insight into the unique strengths and
challenges of each. This insightful commentary is accompanied by
fascinating details on the history of each circuit, as well as the
outstanding drivers and unforgettable moments that have defined
them: the rivalries, the controversies and the spectacular feats of
driving skill. Whether you're a seasoned F1 fan or a newcomer to
the sport, Formula One Circuits from Above captures the colour,
drama, history and excitement of Formula One.
"Hey mom, I think I might be good at writing. One day, I think I'll
write a book." --John Marshall Foster, 2015 In her second book
Inside His locked Box: The Marshall Racing Project 33, Susan E
Foster gives voice to her late son, John Marshall Foster, who
committed suicide following a miraculous recovery from a harrowing
motorcycle accident. It was not the accident that led him to end
his life. It goes much deeper. Marshall was battling thoughts of
suicide long before the crash. Now through a series of revealing
conversations, text messages and essays written by her son, Susan
shares an in-depth and profound look inside his life. From his own
written words, readers will learn what triggered Marshall's journey
while also highlighting what his mother and siblings endured during
a very difficult and tumultuous time in their lives. What followed
piloted the launch of The Marshall Racing Project 33 (MRP33), a
special event created in Marshall's honor benefitting Mental Health
Awareness. The special event involved the surprise unveiling of
Marshall's wrecked motorcycle completely refurbished by the founder
of Marshall Racing Project 33, Ever Gomez, who played an important
role in Marshall's life. Painted in Marshall's favorite color green
and numbered 33 for Marshall's birthday (March 3rd), Ever continues
to race Marshall's bike delivering the important message that when
you feel most hopeless, you are positioned for your coming
breakthrough, there is always a reason for hope and life matters.
Your life matters. *A portion of sale net proceeds go to: The
Marshall Racing Project 33 (MRP33) benefiting Mental Health
Awareness
"Hey mom, I think I might be good at writing. One day, I think I'll
write a book." --John Marshall Foster, 2015 In her second book
Inside His locked Box: The Marshall Racing Project 33, Susan E
Foster gives voice to her late son, John Marshall Foster, who
committed suicide following a miraculous recovery from a harrowing
motorcycle accident. It was not the accident that led him to end
his life. It goes much deeper. Marshall was battling thoughts of
suicide long before the crash. Now through a series of revealing
conversations, text messages and essays written by her son, Susan
shares an in-depth and profound look inside his life. From his own
written words, readers will learn what triggered Marshall's journey
while also highlighting what his mother and siblings endured during
a very difficult and tumultuous time in their lives. What followed
piloted the launch of The Marshall Racing Project 33 (MRP33), a
special event created in Marshall's honor benefitting Mental Health
Awareness. The special event involved the surprise unveiling of
Marshall's wrecked motorcycle completely refurbished by the founder
of Marshall Racing Project 33, Ever Gomez, who played an important
role in Marshall's life. Painted in Marshall's favorite color green
and numbered 33 for Marshall's birthday (March 3rd), Ever continues
to race Marshall's bike delivering the important message that when
you feel most hopeless, you are positioned for your coming
breakthrough, there is always a reason for hope and life matters.
Your life matters. *A portion of sale net proceeds go to: The
Marshall Racing Project 33 (MRP33) benefiting Mental Health
Awareness
This book provides an in-depth look at the First American Grand
Prix (known as the "Grand Prize of the Automobile Club of
America"), the Vanderbilt Cup Race and the golden era of early road
racing. It explores the feud over international racing sanctioning
rights between the two major car clubs of the period, the AAA and
ACA. The feud led to Savannah's selection as the home of the
American Grand Prix Races from 1908 to 1911 and the 1911 Vanderbilt
Cup Race. By examining Savannah's earlier fame in national bicycle
racing competitions and its ties to the powerful dynasties who
controlled the racing world, the book explains how and why Savannah
was chosen. It reveals why the races and course were considered
"America's Greatest" by international racing experts of the period
and includes many biographies of the drivers who came to Savannah
and the colourful stories of other significant people in the
industry. The book closes with the coming of motorcycle racing to
Savannah, after the major auto races ended. Finally, the book
explores the theories and complexities of why Savannah's races and
road racing in general came to an end.
As a kid, Randy Lanier dreamed of achieving four-wheel glory at the
Indianapolis 500, but knew he'd never be able to afford the most
expensive sport on earth. That all changed when he bought a
speedboat and began smuggling pot from the Bahamas. Fueled by what
would become a historically massive smuggling operation, he started
racing cars and became an overnight sensation. For Randy and his
teammates, money was no object, and bigger hauls meant faster cars.
At every event they attended, they were behind the wheel of the
best machinery, flaunting their secret in front of huge crowds and
live television cameras. But no matter how fast they drove, they
couldn't outrun the law. As Randy came ever closer to reaching his
dream of high-speed glory, one of the biggest drug scandals ever to
hit the professional sports world was about to unfold. Set in the
1980s Florida of Miami Vice, this is the unbelievable,
unforgettable, unparalleled story of an ordinary guy whose attempts
to become famous doing the thing he wanted most-become a world
class race car driver-devolved into a you-can't-make-this-up tale
of one of the biggest crime rings and drug scandals of the 1980s.
Now, with the help of New York Times bestselling author A.J. Baime,
Randy tells the whole truth for the first time ever, a gripping
narrative unlike any other, a sports story for the ages, and
shocking a true crime epic.
The Sunday Times #1 Bestseller, shortlisted for the Cross Sports
Book Award. In 1996, Damon Hill was crowned Formula One World
Champion. For the first time ever he tells the story of his journey
through the last golden era of the sport when he took on the greats
including Ayrton Senna and Michael Schumacher and emerged
victorious as World Champion in 1996, stepping out of the shadow of
his legendary father Graham Hill. Away from the grid, Watching the
Wheels: The Autobiography is an astonishingly candid account of
what it was like to grow up as the son of one of the country's most
famous racing drivers. It also tells the unflinching story of
dealing with the grief and chaos that followed his father's
tragically early death in an aircraft accident in 1975, when Damon
was fifteen years old. Formula One drivers have always been aware
of their mortality, and the rush that comes with the danger of
racing was as intoxicating for Hill as it had been for his father's
generation, until he came face-to-face with catastrophe when his
team-mate, Ayrton Senna, was killed in 1994. The swirling emotions
that Hill was faced with in light of the death of Senna was a
defining moment for his generation of drivers and for the first
time ever Hill talks candidly about the impact that Senna had on
his life, even as he watched his own son step into motor racing.
Courageously honest, and hugely rewarding, Watching the Wheels is a
return to the last golden era of F1 racing, whose image still burns
ferociously for those who love the sport for what it reveals about
human skill in the face of near certain death.
This book is the first independent exploration of the Federation
Internationale de l'Automobile's (FIA) institutional history.
Virtually unexamined compared with similar institutions like the
FIFA and the IOC, the FIA has nevertheless changed from being a
small association in 1904 to becoming one of the world's most
influential sport governing bodies. Through chronologically
organised chapters, this book explains how the FIA manages to link
together motorsport circuses like Formula 1 with the automotive
industry and societal issues like road safety and environmental
sustainability. In an exciting narrative spanning seven decades, it
reviews the FIA's organisational turning points, governing
controversies, political dramas and sporting tragedies. Considering
the FIA to be a unique type of hybrid organisation characterised by
what the author calls 'organisational emulsion', this case study
contains theoretical innovations relevant to other studies of sport
governing bodies. It makes an empirically grounded contribution to
the research fields of institutional logics, historical sociology
and sport governance.
Not only has Cosworth designed and supplied many race car engines,
which won F1, CART, and many other Championship races, but it has
also produced many celebrated high-performance road-car engines. In
more recent times, its growing expertise in developing electronic
data capture components, and in providing ultra-high-tech engine
manufacturing facilities, has made it a world leader. The expansion
continues, and in this book the Cosworth story has been brought
up-to-the-minute to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the birth of
the legendary DFV F1 engine.
The third volume in the 'Car Racing' collection, 1967 bears witness
to the gradual appearance of colour. Photographers henceforth
juggled rolls of both black & white and colour film as they
ventured as close as possible to the drivers and throngs entranced
with speed and competition. Industries and automobile marques
understood the full import of the tremendous platform motorsport
offered them, and became ever more enthusiastic to share their
stories and victories with the public. Many are mentioned in these
pages, including Ford's extraordinary epic with the Cosworth engine
and triumph at Le Mans. This volume also showcases portraits of
drivers from Francois Cevert to Bruce McLaren, and touches on the
careers of legendary designers such as Jean Redele, Colin Chapman
and Jim Hall... In their lively commentary, Johnny Rives and Manou
Zurini take evident pleasure in recalling old acquaintances from
the pitched fever of the track, joyfully sharing their knowledge
through anecdotes and memories. Text in English and French.
This title features 100's of previously unpublished colour &
mono photographs. This title features nineteen Formula 1 Drivers'
and Constructors' World Championship titles from 1952 to the
present day and a further fourteen sports car World Championships.
Few car manufacturers can boast a roll of honour as rich as that of
Ferrari, a protagonist on road and track throughout the world for
over half a century. This is the sporting history of the Maranello
marque recounted through its championship-winning cars, illustrated
with hundreds of previously unpublished colour and black and white
photos and accompanied by a brief but authoritative text.
'Adrian has a unique gift for understanding drivers and racing
cars. He is ultra competitive but never forgets to have fun. An
immensely likeable man.' Damon Hill The world's foremost designer
in Formula One, Adrian Newey OBE is arguably one of Britain's
greatest engineers and this is his fascinating, powerful memoir.
How to Build a Car explores the story of Adrian's unrivalled
35-year career in Formula One through the prism of the cars he has
designed, the drivers he has worked alongside and the races in
which he's been involved. A true engineering genius, even in
adolescence Adrian's thoughts naturally emerged in shape and form -
he began sketching his own car designs at the age of 12 and took a
welding course in his school summer holidays. From his early career
in IndyCar racing and on to his unparalleled success in Formula
One, we learn in comprehensive, engaging and highly entertaining
detail how a car actually works. Adrian has designed for the likes
of Mario Andretti, Nigel Mansell, Alain Prost, Damon Hill, David
Coulthard, Mika Hakkinen, Mark Webber and Sebastian Vettel, always
with a shark-like purity of purpose: to make the car go faster. And
while his career has been marked by unbelievable triumphs, there
have also been deep tragedies; most notably Ayrton Senna's death
during his time at Williams in 1994. Beautifully illustrated with
never-before-seen drawings, How to Build a Car encapsulates,
through Adrian's remarkable life story, precisely what makes
Formula One so thrilling - its potential for the total
synchronicity of man and machine, the perfect combination of style,
efficiency and speed.
Selwyn Francis Edge, invariably known simply as 'SF', was a highly
significant pioneer of motoring in Britain. When, in 1902, he drove
a Napier to victory in the Gordon Bennett Cup, a mighty event on
public roads between Paris in France and Innsbruck in Austria, he
initiated serious British endeavour in motor racing. He was deeply
involved in the birth of Brooklands, setting a 24-hour solo driving
record there when the circuit opened in 1907. As a towering
industry figure most closely associated with Napier and AC Cars, he
played an important role in the growth of car manufacture in
Britain. In the words of 'Bentley Boy' S.C.H. 'Sammy' Davis, 'His
keen grey eyes, the bushy eyebrows and the hawk-like face... made
him a notable figure in any assembly.' This biography uncovers the
life of an extraordinary man whose achievements deserve to be far
more widely recognised.
Following the book Lancia Rally Group B, Sergio Remondino has
returned to the rallying world with a book examining the golden age
of Lancia in the World Rally Championship. We start in the early
Sixties, when a numerous group of enthusiasts began using Lancia
cars - Appia, Flavias and even Flaminias - for the road races of
the time, the forerunners of the rallies that were to come. The
creation of HF at the behest of Cesare Fiorio, together with the
advent of the Fulvia, created an authentic watershed and the
definitive consecration of the Lancia marque on a global level.
Between 1962 and 1982, Lancias conquered one Constructors' title
and four European Championships, three Constructors' World
Championships and two FIA Drivers' cups, writing indelible chapters
in the history of the sport, thanks to drivers and cars of absolute
excellence, all of which relive in this invaluable book.
One Man’s Mountain’ is a powerful and energetic memoir
describing how what seem to be distant and unachievable dreams can
become real and develop into a life’s experience that is way
beyond what was thought possible. The book depicts life’s
experiences leading from war-time to normal peacetime living. An
ordinary suburban lifestyle enables the writer to explore and
adventure on two wheels and brings to life a competitive spirit,
which causes the writer to see and develop an ambition. The goal to
be achieved centres upon an island in the Irish Sea, yet seems
beyond reach. The difficulty is that it combined the need to ride
and earn a living! Yet strangely, work and play relate.
Almost unknown when in 1945 he purchased the Indianapolis Motor
Speedway and its famous race, the Indianapolis 500, Tony Hulman
soon became a household name in auto racing circles. He is credited
with not only saving the Indianapolis Motor Speedway - shuttered
during World War II - from becoming a residential housing
development but also with re-invigorating auto racing in the United
States. Until his purchase of the Speedway, Hulman had not been
involved in auto racing; he was the CEO of Hulman & Company, a
wholesale grocer. An astute businessman, Hulman made Clabber Girl
Baking Powder a national brand. With the rise of the chain grocery
stores, such as Kroger, the wholesale grocery industry was slowly
consolidating. Hulman successfully led the reorientation of the
family fortunes to include a range of businesses including a beer
company, a Coca-Cola franchise, a broadcast empire and real estate
and gas companies. The book traces the rise of Hulman & Company
from a small wholesale grocer in Terre Haute to a dominant regional
business, the Indianapolis Motor Speedway and Indianapolis 500
races during Hulman's tenure and his other major investments as
well as his philanthropy, particularly to higher education in Terre
Haute.
Build your own flathead roadster just as it would have been built
in the 1950s! Using a 1929 Ford Model A, this guide follows its
construction from start to fantastic finish. Bishop begins with a
wealth of expert advice on planning your project, finding
traditional parts, and acquiring the tools, time, space, and
services needed. From frame, front suspension and steering, to
brakes, engine and transmission, Bishop's expert approach is fully
illustrated with specially commissioned photos and line drawings.
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 that will appeal to all
motorsports enthusiasts.
At 10 o'clock on the twenty-eighth of May 1907 the first Isle of
Man Tourist Trophy motorcycle road race began. The riders pushed
off on their 500cc single cylinder bikes and ten laps and 158 miles
later, Charlie Collier aboard a Matchless would be declared the
victor. This book is a history and celebration of the bikes of
those early years of the TT races. It covers the events and
personalities that led to the creation of the race and its
challenging course; the early success of the British motorcycle
manufacturers: Norton, Velocette, AJS and Matchless and their
riders. The origins of the Italian Fours: Gilera and MV Agusta
Quattro are covered and the influence and reign of the Japanese
manufacturers too are covered: Honda, Yamaha, Kawasaki and Suzuki.
There are also details of the technical developments that enabled
the bikes to conquer the mountain course with world-record beating
times.
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