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Single best car/racing/driving book you have ever read.
I was reading reviews of this book.
http://www.amazon.com/Go-Like-Hell-Ferrari-Battle/dp/0547336055 This was the line that hooked me: Quote:
You get to name one book. It can be a Bentley manual. It can be a track driving book. It can be a biography or history book. It can be a car maintenance zen philosophy book. What is the single best car book you have ever read ?
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I've got about every Porsche book printed.....but my favorite book is
The History of Formula 1 at Monaco.
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The art of racing in the rain (novel).
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The Art if Racing in the Rain. Is a good read!
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 Bought my first copy at 16 when I bought my first car, 63 Bug. Bought another copy a few years ago when I started racing Vintage Formula Vee
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Alex Zanardi: My Sweetest Victory: A Memoir of Racing Success, Adversity, and Courage
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I guess if I had to pick, it would be this one, but then I haven't read that many car related books.
 I also like his book Sports Car and Competion Driving.
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I thought the Cannoball Run was a pretty good read.
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I was probably in the fifth grade when I found this treasure, and I bet I read it 5 times:
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The Unfair Advantage by Mark Donohue is pretty good (for us older guys)
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The best car book I've read recently is called "Beast"; it's the story of how Roger Penske and Ilmor designed and built a pushrod engine for the Indy 500 in almost complete secrecy, won the race and promptly had the engine banned by Tony George....
Right now I'm reading "Plays With Cars"; a lot of funny anecdotes about different cars from an enthusiasts point of view... |
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#2 would be the Art of Racing in the Rain. If I can include Motorcycles and you have a history of riding Hwy 1 north of SF:
#1: Tales from Over the Edge - by BT Bullet Tales from Over the Edge - Kindle edition by B.T. Bullet. Professional & Technical Kindle eBooks @ Amazon.com. Sugar - Thanks for the tip, always looking for a good book. I was able to download onto my tablet today from my local library. It's next up after I finish the book I'm on now......
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I always liked Michael Fuller's IMSA GTP book as well. Probably my favorite era of racing. Inside IMSA's Legendary GTP Race Cars: The Prototype Experience: J. A. Martin, Michael J. Fuller, David Hobbs: 9780760330692: Amazon.com: Books If you are interested in sports/prototypes his website has incredible analyses. Mulsanne's Corner, technical analysis of contemporary sports prototype racing cars Last edited by gorthar; 04-03-2015 at 12:24 PM.. |
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The Gold Plated Porsche - authored my none other than our own follow Pelican - Stephan Wilkinson.
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"Best Damn Garage in Town"-Smokey Yunick. Great read, and worth it just for the stories about his adventures during the war flying around in "borrowed" airplanes.
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Sunday Driver - Brock Yates
It must have been good because I read it 35 years ago and I still remember that I liked it. Street Rod - Henry Gregor Felsen One of the first car books that I ever read. I must have been 8-9 years old and it helped make me a car guy.
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