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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
artificial intelligence
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.