Books and
Software 
At the bottom of each car setup page you will find links for marque specific books.
Driving Simulations(software) Click on the image to view more details about the program.
Sierra Sports: Grand Prix Legends
Sports Car GT
Driver
True-to-life modeling of automobile physics for lifelike action
Grand Prix
(1966)
Starring James
Garner
A high-speed, realistic drama about Grand Prix auto racing. James Garner stars as a race car driver competing for the world championship title in a series of races that takes him from Monte Carlo to Mexico City. Academy Awards: 3, including Best Sound, Best Sound Effects, Best Film Editing.
Porshce Story
The best of the best. Porsche pulls out all the stops and highlights their museum collection with modern and historic racing footage. Fantasic settings and accounts of the "glory days" at Le Mans, Daytona, Nurbergring, Targa Floria etc. Interviews with Jackie Icyxx, Brian Redman, Sterling Moss, Hans Stuck, et. al. If you love porsches you'll watch it over and over.
Formula 1
Saga:Complete (1992)
This is an excellent video compilation which goes into the history and intricacies of the world of Formula 1. The series ends chronologically with the 1991 season.
Visual History of
BMW
No review available. Drop us a line if you have this movie and let us know how you liked it.
Books (Magazines are under the Links option) Click on the image to view more details about the book.
The Stainless Steel Carrot; an Auto Racing Odyssey
by
Sylvia Wilkinson
This book is hard to find...and with good reason, it is popular and has been out of print for some time. It chronicles the early career of John Morton, a driver in the Trans-AM 2.5 series who drove with the BRE Datsun team.Although out of print this book is typically available within a few weeks via the Amazon.com locator service, just click the image above.
The Technique of Motor Racing
by Piero Taruffo, Juan Manuel Fangio,
et al\
As a title, this famous work is now 30 years old; as
a book, it's an all-new edition that
should take most
aspiring racing drivers and fast road drivers, right up to the 21st
century.
Mastering the Art of Race Driving :
The Skip
Barber Racing School
by
Carl Lopez, Danny Sullivan
For a beginner not to avail themselves of this book is unpardonable. More
experienced
drivers will also be making a mistake to
avoid it. You may not agree with everything it
says
about racing, but it will make you think about your driving in
competition
Speed Secrets : Professional Race Driving
Techniques
by Ross Bentley
Professional race driver
Ross Bentley thoroughly explains the basics of race driving
and beyond, including small adjustments that allow a driver to get the
most from the car.
Whether you're an experienced Indy
driver or getting started in Autocross, SPEED
SECRETS covers
everything you need to know.
Bob Bondurant on High Performance Driving;
Completely
by Bob Bondurant, John
Blakemore
A primer on the dynamics of car control. This is simply
the best book that I've read
for translating racetrack
skills to your every day street driving. Senna's book is excellent
for race car and race track, but doesn't translate to the
street as well as Bondurant's book.
Drive to Win : The Essential
Guide to Race Driving
by Carroll Smith,
Ian Bamser (Editor)
Carroll Smith outlines all the skills and
attributes that it takes to be a first class driver. There
are sections on race craft, fitness both mental and physical, chassis
tuning, tire selection, data
acquisition, and general
tuning concepts. A well-written and informative book for the race car
Engineer to Win : The Essential Guide to
Racing Car Materials Technology
or How to Build Winners
Which Don't Break (3747Ap)
by Carroll
Smith
Carroll Smith's Nuts, Bolts and Fasteners
and Plumbing Handbook
by Carroll Smith
Metal Fabricator's Handbook
by Ron Fournier
Winner of the prestigious Moto Award for "Best
Technical How-to Book" in 1984, the
METAL
FABRICATOR'S HANDBOOK applies master metal craftsman Ron Fournier's
unique metal fabricating skills--developed during years of
building Indy cars, drag racers,
stockers, custom show
cars, and sports GT race.
American Sports Car Racing in the 1950s
by Michael Lynch, et al
American Sports Car Racing in the 1950s has been awarded
the prestigious 1998
Dean Batchelor Award from the
Motor Press Guild. The award is given for outstanding
achievement in automotive reportage and is open to writers, photographers,
broadcasters,
etc.
The Complete History of Grand Prix Motor
Racing
by Adriano Cimarosti
An amazingly complete account, this book
covers every season of European top-level racing
from
the Paris rally of 1894 through the 1996 Grand Prix season. Each year contains
an
account of technical developments, who the top
drivers were and interesting (and fun)
anecdotes about
how the season
Grand Prix De Monaco : Profile of
a Legend
by Rainer W. Schlegelmilch, et
al
A must have for every F1 enthusiast. About 8 pages for
each year since the first G.P.
in 1929 to 1998; a lot
of superb photos; great 3 language text; near complete data of the
competitors, the cars, the qualifing and race results. The
race history highlights full recorded
in separeted
articles; the...
Chaparral Can-Am and Prototype Race Cars
by Dave Friedman
I tried to provide unseen photographs and commentary
from those who were there and I
believe that I achieved
my goal. Jim Hall liked it, he wrote the forward.
