We select featured books we feel would make a
great addition to your bookshelf. Or, at the very least, you should be looking in
your library to read it. It can either be a book about current Champ Car racing,
historic open wheel racing, or for that matter, any good book on racing. You can
buy these books through Amazon.com by clicking on the respective book's image.
Here were our previous featured choices.
Inside Racing: A Season With the Pacwest CART Indy Car Team by Paul Haney, Linda Mansfield (Editor)
A must read book for any CART fan. Paul Haney has done something we all dream of doing --
being on the inside of a Champ Car team for an entire season. He was allowed complete
access to all areas, and he is honest and forthcoming with all the good and bad in Pacwest's
1997 season. He gives it to us all, from the people to the business to the technology.
Softbound, 8-1/2 x 11 inches, 256 pages, 50 b&w illustrations.
Autocourse: CART Official Champ Car Yearbook, 1998-99 Edited by Jeremy Shaw
Relive Alex Zanardi's glorious 1998 campaign and his run for the repeat crown and Team Target's
three-peat. Driver profiles, technical reviews, an inside look at the "players" in CART racing,
and blow-by-blow reports from all 19 races -- Homestead to Fontana. Spectacular color photographs
maintain the Autocourse tradition of excellence. Hardbound, 9-1/2 x 12-1/2 inches,
192 pages, 250+ color illustrations.
Real Road Racing, The Santa Monica Road Races by Harold Osmer and Phil Harms
This book takes you to an era when men were men.
To an adventurous time where race car drivers were looked upon as daring, courageous, death
defying souls similar to the way aviators would soon be viewed, and then astronauts. Harold
Osmer and Phil Harms do a wonderful job of taking you back to that exciting yet dangerous time.
As the authors put it, "Welcome aboard for a race through time when wooden spokes, volatile fuels,
no seat belts, and hair-for-helmets were the order of the day!" Softbound, 11 x 8-1/2 inches,
140 pages, ~125 b&w illustrations.
Read a complete book review.
Inside Racing Technology: Discussions of Racing Technical Topics by Paul Haney, Jeff Braun (Contributor)
Paul Haney's first foray into the book writing game was an instant winner. In a no-nonsense
approach, Haney, with help from Jeff Braun, explains the technical aspect of auto racing,
concentrating on suspensions and aerodynamics. Want to understand what all this mumbo jumbo is
about? Then read this book. Softbound, 8-1/4 x 10-1/2 inches, 224 pages, 43 b&w illustrations,
31 diagrams.
Mario Andretti (Race Car Legends) by G.S. Prentzas
It's not too early to begin your Holiday shopping for your child. And if that child likes racing,
and you want him or her to learn about one of the great legends you grew up watching, then this
is the book for them. Written for pre-teens, this book will expose the young racing fan to one of
the most diverse racing champions ever produced by America. Library binding, 64 pages.
Bobby Rahal: The Graceful Champion by Gordon Kirby
The title says it all. Read about one of the great champions and sportsman of the CART era.
From his early days when Rahal struggled to find a sponsor and ride, to his competing against
such greats as Gilles Villenueve and Keke Rosberg in Formula Atlantic, to working with F1 genius
Adrian Newey. The book also talks about his work in Ferrari's secret Indycar program as well as
bringing Honda into CART. Relive Bobby's championship years and becoming a team owner.
Softbound, 9 x 11 inches, 256 pages, 274 b&W and color illustrations.
Technology of the Champ Car (Autocourse Technical Series) by Nigel MacKnight
Whether you already have
Inside Racing Technology: Discussions of Racing Technical Topics, by Paul Haney and Jeff Braun
or not, this will be a worthwhile addition to your technical library. Takes you on the high tech
tour both on the track and in the workshop. From design and CAD methods to windtunnel testing to
construction and carbon-composite layup to the track and pit performance. And lots of other stuff
in between.
Softbound, 8-1/2 x 9 inches, 130 pages, color illustrations.
Mario Andretti Photo Album (World Champion Driver Series) by Peter Nygaard
Many "polls" are naming Mario Andretti as the Driver of the Century. And why not? One would be
hard pressed to find a driver with such versatility. Indy 500 champion. Daytona 500 champion.
World Driving Champion. Multiple USAC/CART champion. 12 Hours of Sebring champion. Winner on
dirt ovals, paved ovals, and road circuits in sprint cars, stock cars, formula cars, and sports
cars. Driver of the Century indeed. This book is a perfect way to please the Andretti fan
in your family. Or treat yourself.
Softbound, 10-1/4 x 8-1/2 inches, 112 pages, 94 b&w illustrations.
Where They Raced - LAP2 by Harold Osmer
Four years after the publication of the first volume, Osmer has given us what we were all waiting
and hoping for: Where They Raced - LAP2. Leaving the first book completely intact, Osmer
lovingly adds 80 new pages and 127 new (some never published before) photos. He also now covers
Ventura, Bakersfield and San Diego area tracks. In all, historic details about more than 70
additional venues are added to this list of honor along with expanded coverage of the region’s
drag racing scene. Softbound, 148 pages, b&w illustrations.
Read a complete book review.
Mario Andretti, The Complete Record by Mike O'Leary
When talking about what many consider to be the greatest American driver in the 20th century, you can
never have enough books to chronicle his life and career. Just like Mario could never have enough victories.
Especially when the book is as good as Mario Andretti, The Complete Record and fills a niche that has
been missing on the bookshelf. Read a complete book review.
Softbound, 192 pages, b&w and color illustrations.
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