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Sam's Scrapbook - My Motorsports Memories (Hardcover): Sam Posey, John Posey Sam's Scrapbook - My Motorsports Memories (Hardcover)
Sam Posey, John Posey
R865 Discovery Miles 8 650 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

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.

Classic TT Racers - The Grand Prix Years 1949-1976 (Hardcover): Greg Pullen Classic TT Racers - The Grand Prix Years 1949-1976 (Hardcover)
Greg Pullen
R779 R730 Discovery Miles 7 300 Save R49 (6%) Ships in 12 - 19 working days

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.

A -Z Britain for Bikers - 100 Scenic Routes Around the Uk (Spiral bound): Simon Weir, A-Z Maps A -Z Britain for Bikers - 100 Scenic Routes Around the Uk (Spiral bound)
Simon Weir, A-Z Maps
R460 R419 Discovery Miles 4 190 Save R41 (9%) Ships in 9 - 17 working days

Discover the best biking routes around Great Britain and Northern Ireland. Your essential rideout roadbook covering the best biking routes around Great Britain and Northern Ireland, including short trips and longer tours. Discover the best motorcycling roads around Great Britain and Northern Ireland, chosen by the biking route expert, Simon Weir. Each one is explained in depth with all key attractions highlighted in the detailed A-Z mapping. Stunning photographs and easy-to-follow road book directions throughout. Simple turn-by-turn directions and clear maps for every route Ideal size for fitting in a tank bag Short, practical rides for the weekend, most lasting 1-2 hours Comprehensive coverage of every corner of the country 100 great rideouts to discover with your friends

Charles Leclerc - A Biography (Paperback): Adam Hay-Nicholls Charles Leclerc - A Biography (Paperback)
Adam Hay-Nicholls
R418 Discovery Miles 4 180 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

From acclaimed journalist Adam Hay-Nicholls, the very first biography of rising star Charles Leclerc, published to mark the start of the 2023 Formula One season. Few of the drivers on the F1 grid have the racing pedigree of Charles Leclerc. Widely regarded as one of the sport's hottest prospects, he was crowned F3 and then F2 champion in back-to-back seasons before he made his F1 debut with Sauber in 2018. Now firmly established as Ferrari's great hope, following in the footsteps of legends Alberto Ascari, Niki Lauda and Michael Schumacher, Leclerc has his eyes set on becoming world champion. Born in Monaco to a family of comparatively modest means, Leclerc remembers playing with toy cars on a friend's balcony as the best drivers in the world whizzed around the Monte Carlo circuit on the streets below. This early experience inspired him to get behind the wheel, encouraged by his father Hervé, and so began his meteoric rise in the sport. Along the way, he lost his father, his godfather and his best friend - all racing drivers - and this gave Leclerc the inner steel to become a winner. Writer Adam Hay-Nicholls, who has spent much of his career in the Formula One paddock, provides the inside track on this rising star, recounting how he has taken the racing world by storm. And as Leclerc's Ferrari is beginning to fire on all cylinders, will he beat his old rival and adversary Max Verstappen to the world title?

Why We Ride - A Psychologist Explains the Motorcyclist's Mind and the Relationship Between Rider, Bike, and Road... Why We Ride - A Psychologist Explains the Motorcyclist's Mind and the Relationship Between Rider, Bike, and Road (Paperback)
Mark Barnes
R593 R472 Discovery Miles 4 720 Save R121 (20%) Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Why would anyone want to do something as dangerous as motorcycling? For those who love to ride, no explanation is necessary. For everyone else, there’s Why We Ride. Designed as both an explanation for outsiders and an anthem for those within the fold, this new book presents the insights of Mark Barnes, PhD, a motorcycling clinical psychologist. As a popular columnist at Motorcycle Consumer News for more than 20 years, Dr. Barnes articulates the elusive physical, emotional and interpersonal elements that make the world of the motorcyclist such a rich and exciting place. His wide-ranging text covers both sports psychology and the psychoanalysis of common riding experiences, including the results of Dr. Barnes’ own empirical research. Heartfelt and thought provoking, here is a straightforward account of what makes real motorcyclists tick.

How to Prepare a Historic Racing Mini (Paperback): Cck Historic With Daniel H. Lackey How to Prepare a Historic Racing Mini (Paperback)
Cck Historic With Daniel H. Lackey
R757 R708 Discovery Miles 7 080 Save R49 (6%) Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Ever since its launch in 1959 the original Mini has been a stalwart of the motor racing scene. Even today, there is a bewildering array of formulae that it can compete in. This book explains how to prepare a historic mini to the original pre-1966 Appendix K standard, which provides the racer with the largest choice of national and international events to compete in. The contents include regulations and safety; sourcing a suitable car; every aspect of preparation including body, engine, transmission, electrics and ancillaries; setting up and race preparation and testing and racing.

Bud Moore - Memoir of a Country Mechanic from D-Day to NASCAR Glory (Paperback): Bud Moore, Perry Allen Wood Bud Moore - Memoir of a Country Mechanic from D-Day to NASCAR Glory (Paperback)
Bud Moore, Perry Allen Wood
R977 R723 Discovery Miles 7 230 Save R254 (26%) Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Storming the beach at Normandy 70 years ago, little did a 19-year old farm boy Spartanburg, South Carolina, know the incredible times that were in store for him. Fighting for his country at war, Bud Moore earned five Purple Hearts, two Bronze Stars, captured with his jeep driver in enemy headquarters of more than 30 German officers and soldiers, and survived to return home and launch a career of enormous fame and wealth. Beginning as one of NASCAR stock car racing's true pioneers, Bud Moore won countless races in the rough and tumble days of the sport and continued on to win three Grand National Championships, a Grand American Championship, and the Sports Car Club of America Trans Am Championship. He won all those while victorious in three Southern 500s, the Daytona 500, and dozens of other major NASCAR events. A Who's Who of America's best drivers have chauffeured Bud Moore machines such as Buck Baker, Buddy Baker, Joe Weatherly, Joe Eubanks, Bobby Allison, David Pearson, Dan Gurney, Parnelli Jones, George Follmer, Lloyd Ruby, Tiny Lund, Darel Dieringer, Billy Wade, Peter Revson, Geoff Bodine, Jack Smith, Speedy Thompson, Fireball Roberts, and many many more. But racing also had a very high price as in less than a year his drivers Joe Weatherly and Billy Wade made the ultimate sacrifice of being killed in their primes piloting Bud Moore racecars. So ever since he entered the sport, Bud Moore continued to find ways to improve the cars making them not only faster, but safer. His innovations were immediately adopted by NASCAR and the automobile manufacturers and many are still in use today. Bud Moore did it all while providing for his wife of 63 years and helping raise three wonderful boys. Very few men or women have had the opportunity to serve their country and excel in their chosen field as did Bud Moore has. Now a gentleman farmer, he tells it all here; the danger and the daring, the heartbreak and the triumph, and the winning the ultimate honor that his sport can bestow.

Stirling Moss - Rally Driver (Hardcover): Vic Quayle Stirling Moss - Rally Driver (Hardcover)
Vic Quayle
R919 R777 Discovery Miles 7 770 Save R142 (15%) Ships in 9 - 17 working days

Best known for his extraordinary skills at the wheel of racing cars, Stirling Moss was also an extremely effective rally driver. He entered many rallies from the early 1950s on, usually achieving top ten results in a variety of makes, initially Sunbeam-Talbot and in later years Mercedes-Benz, Jaguar, Aston Martin and Saab. He very nearly won the Monte Carlo Rally at his first attempt in 1952, losing only narrowly to Sydney Allard, and then went on to join the exclusive club of rally drivers who won a coveted Coupe d'Or on the Alpine Rally, one of the toughest events in the calendar. His contribution to pace notes, based on the technique used in his astounding Mille Miglia win with Denis Jenkinson, is told here, together with his abortive attempt at the East African Safari Rally with his brother- in-law, Eric Carlsson. Africa was not kind to Moss - he nearly died on another rally when stranded in a remote part of the Sahara Desert and was lucky to be rescued. The cars he drove, the teams, the co-drivers, all are covered in this record of the amazing and often overlooked rally driving career of the legendary Stirling Moss.

Superbike 2012-2013 - The Official Book (Hardcover, 2012-2013 ed.): Claudio Porrozzi, Fabrizio Porrozzi Superbike 2012-2013 - The Official Book (Hardcover, 2012-2013 ed.)
Claudio Porrozzi, Fabrizio Porrozzi
R1,006 Discovery Miles 10 060 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

The Spanish rider Carlos Checa triumphed in the 2011 World Superbike Championship aboard the Italian Ducati. Second and third places in the standings went to the excellent Marco Melandri, in his first year in the SBK series, and to Max Biaggi, winner of the 2010 edition. The 2012 season opened at Philip Island in Australia, inaugurating a championship that will also see a race in Russia at the brand-new Moscow Raceway. Once again, this edition of the Superbike World Championship Official Book is intended as the reference volume for the world of production-derived" racers, the bikes that have for many years now represented the beating heart of motorcycle sport, combining fierce competition with high technology, without neglecting the close ties with road-going machinery. Race by race, the book describes the 2012 season, above all through the spectacular photos taken by Fabrizio Porrozzi, complemented by the ever-pertinent texts of his brother Claudio. As well as reporting on the major championship, the book also features chapters devoted to the other categories (Supersport, Superstock 1000, Superstock 600) completing the packed World Championship programme.

Jim Redman - Six Times World Motorcycle Champion - The Autobiography (Paperback, 2nd Revised edition): Jim Redman Jim Redman - Six Times World Motorcycle Champion - The Autobiography (Paperback, 2nd Revised edition)
Jim Redman
R624 R515 Discovery Miles 5 150 Save R109 (17%) Ships in 12 - 19 working days

The incredible rags-to-riches story of one of the world's greatest motorcycle racers. From humble beginnings in 1930s London, to winning six world titles, Jim Redman MBE is one of GPs most extraordinary characters, and a true legend of motorcycle racing. After migrating to South Africa, he started his racing career in the mid-fifties, and was awarded an MBE in 1964 - a year that also saw him win three World Championships in a single day, a feat, to this day, matched only by Mike Hailwood.During the mid-60s, Jim was THE man to beat on track, but a bad crash at the '66 Belgian GP ended his racing career. Following this, Jim was involved in a number of business ventures - including helping his two sons with their own successful sports careers, and owning a champion sire race horse - until, in 1995, he once again took up a career in racing as a Classic Racer and Demonstration Rider.

Slow Burn - The growth Superbikes & Superbike racing 1970 to 1988 (Hardcover): Bob Guntrip Slow Burn - The growth Superbikes & Superbike racing 1970 to 1988 (Hardcover)
Bob Guntrip
R620 Discovery Miles 6 200 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Slow Burn tells how the superbike racing motorcycle developed out of the roadgoing sports-tourer to become one of the most successful competitions in all forms of motorcycle sport. As well as offering world championship class competition in its own right, superbike racing has been a highly competitive training ground for grand prix riders as well as helping manufacturers, distributors and dealers develop and improve their motorcycles. Superbike racing is to the motorcycle industry what touring car or NASCAR competition is to the car world - race on Sunday, sell on Monday. All the big names were drawn into the sport during its formative years and have been there ever since - Honda, Kawasaki, Suzuki, Yamaha, Ducati and Aprilia have all used superbike racing to test their street bike designs. And some of the biggest riders in the sport - Wayne Gardner, Wayne Rainey, Kevin Schwantz and Eddie Lawson all started out on big, unruly superbikes, learning how to power slide their way around the world's toughest tracks. It's all in superbike - and it's all in Slow Burn.

Car Racing 1965 (Hardcover): Johnny Rives, Manou Zurini Car Racing 1965 (Hardcover)
Johnny Rives, Manou Zurini
R2,026 Discovery Miles 20 260 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

The DPPI (Diffusion Presse Photo International) agency is the brainchild of a handful of men who shared a passion for both photography and automobiles - especially sports cars. DPPI immediately set about sharing as widely as possible the day-to-day experiences of drivers and racing teams on road and track. The first volume of this collection - the first of its kind - takes us to the heart of a golden age in motorsport history. Be it at Le Mans, during hillclimbing races, or on the first tracks devoted to what would later become the main attraction, Formula 1, both cars and drivers are accessible, welcoming. Everyone smiles at fans, who are not yet crowded against the rails of the route or circuit. The curated selection comprising hundreds of photographs from DDPI’s vault, with commentary by the photographers and people involved at the time, draw the reader into a universe full of adventure, stories brimming with humanity that centre on exceptional machines. Text in English and French.

The Winning Formula - Leadership, Strategy and Motivation The F1 Way (Paperback): David Coulthard The Winning Formula - Leadership, Strategy and Motivation The F1 Way (Paperback)
David Coulthard 1
R276 Discovery Miles 2 760 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

*THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER* HOW DOES A PIT CREW CHANGE FOUR WHEELS IN 1.9 SECONDS? AND WHAT DOES THAT MEAN FOR A COMPANY LIKE BLACKBERRY? WHAT IS RON DENNIS' SECRET TO GOOD TIME MANAGEMENT? AND HOW CAN THAT HELP TV PRODUCERS? WHY IS F1 THE PERFECT EXAMPLE FOR LEADERSHIP, MOTIVATION AND STRATEGY? AND WHAT CAN WE LEARN FROM IT? In The Winning Formula, driver, commentator and entrepreneur David Coulthard opens the doors to the secretive world of F1 and reveals in simple, entertaining and utterly compelling terms how he has been able to master this mind-boggling variety of disciplines by applying the skills honed from his years at the top of the world's most demanding motorsport. By recounting his own stories, and combining them with first-hand experience of stellar individuals such as Lewis Hamilton, Ron Dennis, Sir Frank Williams, Christian Horner and Sebastian Vettel, Coulthard provides a fascinating fly-on-the-wall insight into F1 but at the same time offers an invaluable guide to the business of sport and the sport of business.

100 Things NASCAR Fans Should Know & Do Before They Die (Paperback): Mike Hembree 100 Things NASCAR Fans Should Know & Do Before They Die (Paperback)
Mike Hembree
R554 Discovery Miles 5 540 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Niki Lauda - The Biography (Paperback): Maurice Hamilton Niki Lauda - The Biography (Paperback)
Maurice Hamilton
R339 R310 Discovery Miles 3 100 Save R29 (9%) Ships in 9 - 17 working days

Niki Lauda was one of the greatest stars in motor racing – a superb driver on the track and a much-loved personality off it. From his famous rivalry with James Hunt in 1976, as depicted in the film Rush, to working with Lewis Hamilton at Mercedes, his career helped define modern Formula One.
 
Six weeks after the 1976 crash at the notorious Nürburgring that left him burned and receiving the last rites while obituaries were written, Niki Lauda stepped back into his Ferrari at Monza to defend his first World Champion title. Jackie Stewart called it ‘the most courageous thing I have ever witnessed in sport’. Lauda and Hunt were playing cat-and-mouse for the championship. At the final race of the season in Japan, the weather was appalling and conditions treacherous. Lauda had a narrow lead and an agonising decision to make – high-speed drama at its best.
 
Following his extraordinary recovery from the accident, Lauda won the title in 1977 and again, following a return from retirement, in 1984 with McLaren. When he eventually hung up his helmet for good, he started his own airline and had to deal with the horrendous aftermath when one of his aircraft crashed, killing all 223 on board. He later returned to the sport in various management roles and successfully persuaded Lewis Hamilton to join Mercedes.
 
Maurice Hamilton first came across Lauda in 1971 and in this definitive biography tells his remarkable story. Based on interviews with friends, family, rival drivers and colleagues, it is a superb tribute to a brave, supremely talented and much-missed star of Formula One.

Waiting (Hardcover, None Ed.): Richard Kelley Waiting (Hardcover, None Ed.)
Richard Kelley 1
R1,016 R874 Discovery Miles 8 740 Save R142 (14%) Ships in 9 - 17 working days

Waiting is the story of a rookie photojournalist immersed in Formula One's golden age of the 70s and 80s. Aged just 19, Richard Kelley saw the need to faithfully document the sport's lethal dangers, iconic personalities and technological developments in a period of seismic change, which caused F1's unique character to disappear forever. After only nine months of photographic education, Kelley began using his remarkable talent to observe and capture F1 drivers' decisive moments. He sought his images as a `fly on the wall', consciously disappearing among this `band of brothers' to allow the emotion and power of the moment to blend, developing a cinematic style that grows more contemporary every year. Waiting is a powerful and unique documentary of the world of F1 from 1972 through to 1984. From Gilles Villeneuve's first moments with Ferrari to Francois Cevert's final morning and Niki Lauda's resurrection, Kelley's omnipresent lens and enlightening memoir capture an intimacy and humanity that Grand Prix history will never again witness.

Mercedes-Benz & Mille Miglia (English, Italian, Hardcover): Andrea Curami Mercedes-Benz & Mille Miglia (English, Italian, Hardcover)
Andrea Curami
R576 Discovery Miles 5 760 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Mercedes-Benz and the Mille Miglia; two key players in the history of motor sport first came together in the early thirties and continued their racing association until 1957. The cars from Stuttgart competed in the Brescian classic from 1930 to 1957 and won the race twice. The first time was in 1931, when Rudolf Caracciola drove the huge SSK to victory: the second was in 1955 with the 300 SLR, one of the famous Silver Arrows, crewed by Stirling Moss and Denis Jenkinson.
This fascinating story, which not only deals with the sport itself but also the difficult relationship that existed between Italy and Germany throughout the Second World War, is illustrated with exceptional photographs and other material, most of it provided by Mercedes-Benz itself and never previously seen.

Max Verstappen - Born to Race: A Biography (Paperback): James Gray Max Verstappen - Born to Race: A Biography (Paperback)
James Gray
R334 R303 Discovery Miles 3 030 Save R31 (9%) Ships in 9 - 17 working days

Few drivers have ever shaken up Formula 1 in quite the same way as Max Verstappen. Already the youngest competitor in F1 history, having made his breakthrough in 2015 aged just 17, his debut race for Red Bull at the 2016 Spanish Grand Prix saw him become the youngest driver ever to win a race, achieve a podium finish or even lead a lap.

As the son of F1 legend Jos and elite-level kart driver Sophie Kumpen, Max was destined to be a racing driver. And since that headline-grabbing debut, he has continued to make an indelible impression on the sport, courting criticism and plaudits in equal measure.

Sports journalist James Gray seeks to understand the outspoken nature and aggressive driving style that make Verstappen a must-watch before, during and after races, and why his Dutch fans, who turn up to cheer him on in their orange-clad droves, are quite so fanatical.

The Formula One Record Book (Paperback, 2024 Edition): Bruce Jones The Formula One Record Book (Paperback, 2024 Edition)
Bruce Jones
R1,385 R1,164 Discovery Miles 11 640 Save R221 (16%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

The first book to feature complete all-time results for over 1,000 Grand Prix from 1950 to the present day, plus season-by-season driver and constructor championship tables.Includes all-time results for drivers, teams and circuits covering more than 70 years of racing.

More than 1,100 pages of in-depth data from the industry-leading provider Motorsport Stats.

A strikingly designed, definitive package that deserves a place on every F1 fan's shelf.

Author Bruce Jones is one of the world's most highly respected Formula One journalists and commentators.

Lola - The T70 and Can-Am Cars (Hardcover): Gordon Jones Lola - The T70 and Can-Am Cars (Hardcover)
Gordon Jones; Foreword by Richard Attwood, George Follmer
R2,955 R2,331 Discovery Miles 23 310 Save R624 (21%) Ships in 9 - 17 working days

In the most glittering era of sports car racing, the late 1960s and early 1970s, the Lola T70 and its descendants radiated star quality. These big racers, both brutal and beautiful, graced the Can-Am stage in North America as open spyders and the world sports car championship as closed coupes. Powered by big American V8 engines, they were massively fast and exceedingly popular, both with fans and the racers themselves. In this important new book, which has taken Lola enthusiast Gordon Jones three decades to complete, the racing history of the T70 and the Can-Am models that followed -- from T160 to T310 -- is exhaustively recorded, complete with a superb array of over 600 photographs. All sports car devotees will treasure this labour of love.

Barry Sheene - The Official Photographic Celebration of the Legendary Motorcycle Champion (Hardcover): Rick Broadbent Barry Sheene - The Official Photographic Celebration of the Legendary Motorcycle Champion (Hardcover)
Rick Broadbent 1
R818 R712 Discovery Miles 7 120 Save R106 (13%) Ships in 9 - 17 working days

Barry Sheene is arguably the greatest British motorcycle racing rider of all time. A chancer, lovable rogue and the leading sports star of his era, adored by the public and press alike, he won two world motorcycle championships - in 1976 and 1977. He achieved iconic status by being involved in some horrifc crashes and was dubbed 'the bionic man' on account of the amount of metal used to reconstruct his legs after a particularly bad accident. He emigrated to Australia in 1987 where he became a celebrated motorsport commentator. His premature passing in 2003 robbed motorsport of one of its greatest characters. For the first time, Barry's family have agreed to open up their personal archive to give an unprecedented insight into the two- time 500cc world champion. Through more than 120 previously unpublished personal photographs, Times journalist and award-winning author Rick Broadbent tells the story of a remarkable sports star. Published to mark the 40th anniversary of his second world championship win, this is a unique pictorial account of a life lived at full throttle and is an intensely personal look at a racer, legend, husband and father.

Porsche Racing Cars - 1953 to 1975 (Hardcover): Brian Long Porsche Racing Cars - 1953 to 1975 (Hardcover)
Brian Long
R1,263 Discovery Miles 12 630 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Today, one cannot escape the fact that the words 'Porsche' and 'racing' go hand in hand. This book follows Porsche's year-by-year progress in top flight racing, and looks in detail at the pure competition cars that brought the German marque such immense success on the tracks and worldwide acclaim. This particular volume starts with the story of the giant-killing 550 Spyders of 1953 vintage, and takes the reader through a series of racing models, including the glorious 917, up to 1975 via contemporary photography and words from an acknowledged Porsche authority. A second volume covers the years 1976 onwards. The book includes detailed year by year coverage of Porsche's top class racing exploits, accompanied by over 600 excellent photos.

Beautiful Machines - The Era of the Elegant Sports Car (Hardcover): Gestalten Beautiful Machines - The Era of the Elegant Sports Car (Hardcover)
Gestalten
R1,538 R1,398 Discovery Miles 13 980 Save R140 (9%) Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Racing with Rich Energy - How a Rogue Sponsor Took Formula One for a Ride (Paperback): Elizabeth Blackstock, Alanis King Racing with Rich Energy - How a Rogue Sponsor Took Formula One for a Ride (Paperback)
Elizabeth Blackstock, Alanis King
R724 Discovery Miles 7 240 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Formula One is known for glitz and glamour, but lurking in the background are dark, and sometimes deeply strange, goings on: sex scandals with prison camp themes, Nigerian prince scams, protests of its grands prix in countries known for their human rights violations, tax evasion--the list goes on. These things often stay in the background, thanks to efforts by the series to maintain an opulent aura. But with the 2019 season came a force louder than Formula One could dream of muffling: William Storey, the founder of British startup Rich Energy. Storey became a multimillion-dollar sponsor of the Haas Formula One Team a year after records showed Rich Energy having a mere $770 in the bank, but that didn't matter. Storey equated his doubters to moon-landing truthers and publicly mocked entities winning legal disputes against him. In the six months between Storey's first race as a Formula One sponsor and his very public exit, he became the most visible part of the world's most visible racing series, easily tearing down its red-carpet facades with a loud mouth and an active Twitter account. Haas team boss Guenther Steiner described the Rich Energy news cycle, as: "I'm getting sick of answering these stupid fucking questions on a race weekend. I've never seen any fucking thing like this." This book is the fascinating, bizarre, and complete story.

Neil "Soapy" Castles - Memoir of a Life in NASCAR and the Movies (Paperback): Henry Neil "Soapy" Castles Neil "Soapy" Castles - Memoir of a Life in NASCAR and the Movies (Paperback)
Henry Neil "Soapy" Castles
R1,152 R709 Discovery Miles 7 090 Save R443 (38%) Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Henry Neil "Soapy" Castles grew up in Charlotte, North Carolina, and became involved in its pioneering auto racing scene at an early age. Graduating from soapbox derby cars to midgets and sprints and finally to stock cars, he sometimes crashed, sometimes won, saw friends die horribly, and became a champion. Eventually he left the racetrack for Hollywood where he became a stuntman working alongside such stars as Rory Calhoun, Elvis Presley, Kenny Rodgers, Richard Pryor and Andy Griffith. In the 1990s, groundwater contamination at Castle's truck repair business from an Exxon oil storage facility cost him an eye and most of his lungs. His decade-long class action lawsuit won him millions in compensation. Now in his mid-eighties, Castles is still going strong, procuring vehicles for movie and television projects.

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