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General Motorsport

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General topics (by year published)
Title Year Author Covers Held by Publisher ISBN
Drive It! The Complete Book of Formula 2 Motor Racing 1984 Tristan Wood History, circuits, drivers, cars - all F2. Bretonbanquet Haynes Group ISBN 0-85429-366-3
Racing the Silver Arrows: Mercedes-Benz versus Auto Union 1934-1939 1986 Chris Nixon Detailed look at racing in the 1930s with a particular emphasis on Auto-Union and Mercedes-Benz. Readro Osprey Publishing ISBN 0-85184-055-8
The Complete History of Grand Prix Motor Racing 1990 Adriano Cimarosti Every Grand Prix season (or equivalent) from 1894 to 1989, including a focus on cars and tracks. Apterygial Crescent Books ISBN 0-517-69709-2
Sports Car and Competition Driving 1993 Paul Frère Driving theory, technique, physics, race tactics, Readro Patrick Stephens ISBN 1-85260-438-7
The Chequered Flag: 100 Years of Motor Racing 1993 Ivan Rendall Covering all top forms of motorsport, basically the whole history of the sport. Apterygial
Readro
Weidenfeld & Nicolson ISBN 0-297-83220-4
Street Stock Chassis Technology 1994 Steve Smith Tips and techniques for constructing and altering a street stock racecar - suspension (refinements, setup, springs, shocks, front end alignment), stagger, scaling, adjustment to track conditions, etc. Royalbroil Steve Smith Autosports Publications ISBN 0-936834-92-7
The Guinness Guide to International Motor Racing 1994 Peter Higham Detailed statistical compendium of major motorsport formulae and races, both international and national, from the 19th century to 1994 Midgrid Guinness Publishing ISBN 0-85112-642-1
The Chequered Flag: 100 Years of Motor Racing 1997 ed. Ivan Rendall Covering all top forms of motorsport, basically the whole history of the sport. Bretonbanquet Weidenfeld & Nicolson ISBN 0-297-82402-3
A century of Grand Prix motor racing 1998 Anthony Pritchard A season-by-season account of Grand Prix racing from 1895 to 1998. Selected features including driver profiles, Grand Prix reports, interviews, etc. Readro Motor Racing Publications ISBN 1-899870-38-5
A-Z of Formula racing cars 1945 - 1990 1998 David Hodges Exhaustive A-Z guide to F1, F2, F3, F3000, and FJunior cars. Brief constructor histories. 4u1e Bay View Books ISBN 1-901432-17-3
Motor racing's strangest races 2001 Geoff Tibballs Accounts of races and rallies that were notable for bizarre happenings. Readro
Bretonbanquet
Robson Books ISBN 1-86105-411-4
Women in Motorsport 2003 Susan TP-Jamieson
Peter Tutthill
Encyclopedia of practically every woman who raced or rallied cars from 1945-2003. Bretonbanquet Jaker / BWRDC ISBN 0-9544315-0-2
Grand Prix Century: The First 100 Years of the World's Most Glamorous and Dangerous Sport 2005 Christopher Hilton Essentially a novel-form story of Grand Prix racing, from 1906 to 2005, with a focus on important races. Apterygial Haynes Publishing ISBN 1-84425-120-9
Hitler's Motor Racing Battles: The Silver Arrows under the Swastika 2008 Eberhard Reuss
Angus McGeoch (trans)
The Silver Arrows of Auto-Union and Mercedes-Benz under the Nazi regime. Apterygial
Readro
Haynes Publishing ISBN 978-1-84425-476-7

IRL / CART / Indianapolis 500

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IRL / CART / Indianapolis 500
Title Year Author Covers Held by Publisher ISBN
The Indianapolis 500: the Story of the Motor Speedway 1956 Brock Yates General history of the Indy 500 and speedway from the start to the races of the early/mid 1950s GURoadrunner Harper & Brothers, New York Unk. -- see WorldCat
IndyCar Champion: A Season with Target/Chip Ganassi Racing 1998 Ned Wicker A 1997 CART season profile of Target Chip Ganassi Racing; Zanardi, Vasser, team info, results GURoadrunner Motorbooks International ISBN 0-7603-0394-0
Indy Cars of the 1960s 2001 Karl Ludvigsen Mostly photos, but also some technical detail on many of the 60s machines. Bretonbanquet Iconografix ISBN 1-58388-052-6
Indy: The Race and Ritual of the Indianapolis 500 (2nd ed.) 2005 Terry Reed Comprehensive history of the event, with incredible off-track detail. Bretonbanquet Potomac Books ISBN 1-57488-907-9
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