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The Second Step in Racing Learning
In the second book of the Speed Secret Series, it goes in racing learning more in depth than the first book, it starts with preparing the racer to be a Complete Race Driver, it shows what racers should have, such as Racing Skills, Physical Skills, Career Skills, Marketing Skills, Mental Skills and Testing Skills.
Speed Secrets 2: More Professional Race Driving Techniques
Another great book in the series.Brings up things one wouldn't necessarily have attended to in the beginning.Good for general driving, too.

The companion book to book 1.
If you are looking for books on racing driving techniques then at least start with books by Ross Bentley.I bought this book and book 1 and they are books that go together.
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Subjects:  1. Automobile racing    2. Automotive - General    3. Motor Sports    4. Sports & Recreation    5. Transportation    6. Car racing    7. Transportation / Automotive / General   

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"American Sports Car Racing in the 1950s" is a WINNER!
When my book "American Racing ~ Road Racing In The 50s and 60s" was published I was deluged by calls from the West coast.Everybody wanted to know, "When are you going to do a book about West coastracing."I had to tell them I never photographed over there. Heroic effort to cover an era while missing much of the same
I was there during this era, as the wife of a driver, as a licensed flagman and while I thought this book made a heroic effort to cover this very exciting time I thought it missed the true uniqueness of the era whichwas the beauty of the people and the mystery of the machines.This bookspends a lot of time talking in depth about a few people, one of theauthor's brothers for example.It is really not so much about Americanracing as it is about California racing - lines saying that Sports carracing (even Vintage car racing) may have begun in the Northeast but cameto maturity in California give evidence to the bias toward covering thisera with a definite prejudice toward certain people and certain geography. Like a previous reader, I too would like to see Volumn II perhaps theauthors can cover the era with more of an eye to history and less selfinterest. However, to their credit these authors have assembled atremendous number of interesting photos and despite the wordiness of thetext much fascinating data.

An amazing book for being written some 40 years afterward.
I was there at St Jo and Elkhart and Sebring and the airport circuits in the Midwest and this book is awash in memories.The pictures are perfect for bringing back the cars and the people that as a teenager Iworshiped...remembering the ride with neighbor Masten in the Allard to theLeawood drug store on snowy streets to buy the lone copy of Road &Track.We didn't have California, but the trickle down was prettygood...Denise at Meadowdale, Hall in Kansas, Bunker and Katskee and therest.I sold my '32 Ford for an MG and never looked back...American SportsCar racing as I recall and Lynch describes formed a life long love for theera and the cars...as I read now sitting in my '54 Morgan in my garage witha can of Schlitz.This book is a keeper. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Automotive - General    2. History    3. Motor Sports    4. Sports & Recreation    5. Stock car racing    6. Transportation    7. United States    8. West (U.S.)    9. Car racing    10. USA   

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Great promise as a driver does not make great reading
Danica Patrick is currently THE star and main attraction on the IRL racing circuit, being a 24 year old, good looking driver who shows great promise and who happens to be female. She is currently in her second season on the IRL, but despite several great finishes (including a rousing 4th place at the Indy 500 as a rookie in 2005), has yet to win in the IRL.
Ego Crazy Can't Stop Talking About How Great She Is.

Great role model - excellent read for young women
This book is inspiring to all ages and is highly recommended to young women! You do not need to be a racing fanatic to enjoy this book. Danica Patrick is an amazing woman who sets an excellent example that any dream is possible if you have passion, stay focused on your goals and have a good support network. As I myself am a woman working in a male-dominated career, her descriptions of the challenges faced and what it takes to succeed are right-on target. The quantity of photos was a great extra as well as the diary entries. I liked that she responded to complaints by her critics. I gave it four stars because I would have enjoyed fewer inspirational quotes and more tangible details about her car, the typical day, her racing education, etc. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Automobile Racing    2. Automobile racing drivers    3. Biography    4. Biography & Autobiography    5. Biography / Autobiography    6. Biography/Autobiography    7. Motor Sports    8. Sports & Recreation    9. Sports - General    10. United States    11. Women    12. Women automobile racing drivers    13. Biography & Autobiography / General   

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Speed, Power and Drama
"NASCAR stands for the National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing. Founded in 1948 to give an official structure to the many races happening throughout the south, NASCAR has been growing steadily ever since. Today, there are NASCAR fans in every state and across the globe."
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Subjects:  1. Children's 9-12    2. Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Nonfiction    3. Children: Grades 4-6    4. Juvenile Nonfiction    5. Juvenile literature    6. NASCAR (Association)    7. Sports & Recreation - Motor Sports    8. Stock car racing    9. United States    10. Juvenile Nonfiction / Sports & Recreation / Motor Sports   

Subjects:  1. Action & Adventure - General    2. Aunts    3. Automobile racing    4. Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Fiction    5. Children: Grades 3-4    6. Concepts - Words    7. Fiction    8. Juvenile Fiction    9. Mysteries, Espionage, & Detective Stories    10. Readers - Chapter Books    11. Spies    12. Transportation - General    13. Juvenile Fiction / Readers / Chapter Books   

Subjects:  1. Automotive - General    2. Motor Sports    3. Sports & Recreation    4. Transportation    5. Motor cars: general interest    6. Transportation / Automotive / General   

Subjects:  1. 20th century    2. History    3. Popular Culture - General    4. Popular culture    5. Social life and customs    6. Sociology    7. Sociology - General    8. United States    9. Anthropology    10. Cultural studies    11. Human geography    12. Social Science / Sociology / General    13. USA   

Subjects:  1. Individual Photographer    2. Photo Techniques    3. Photography    4. Subjects & Themes - Sports    5. Car racing   

Subjects:  1. Automobile racing drivers    2. Automotive - Pictorial    3. Biography    4. Biography & Autobiography    5. Biography/Autobiography    6. Motor Sports    7. Sports & Recreation    8. Sports - General    9. United States    10. Ward, Rodger    11. Biography: sport    12. Car racing    13. Transportation / Automotive / General   

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Best Motorcycle Roadracing book out.
This book has been out of print for years and it is hands down the best book out there on roadracing a motorcycle. Code's books are obtuse and difficult to read and this is simple and direct from one of the most talented roadracers ever. It covers set-up, training, bike prep, testing and more. All more from the perspective of what Roberts did when he raced rather than a step by step process of "how to". The book is ghost written in the first person and is a little cocky (which you'd expect) and dated (since it was written in the 80's) but none of this really detracts as it's a fantastic insight into one of the greatest racers of our time. If you race motorcycles you must have this in your library. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Automotive    2. Automotive - Repair & Maintenance    3. Sports    4. Motorcycle racing   

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A Very Interesting Insight Into The Life Of Jeff Hammond In Racing
I started reading this book when I went to bed and couldn't put it down until it was finished.Jeff writes about his father racing dirt tracks and how he worked with his uncle on his dad's race car at the age of 12.From those days, he and his brother went on to build cars on their own and get drivers to drive for them.This led to Jeff putting aside his dream for playing college football and become involved with Junior Johnson's team working his way up the ranks to Crew Chief.
Interesting but a bit shallow
Some people really know how to market themselves.During the last few years, Jeff Hammond has went from being a succesful NASCAR crew chief to TV anlayst, pitchman, professional wrestler, rodeo competitor and now book author.This man has quite an agent!
Thirty Years Behind the Scenes
If there is any sport that is team oriented but where the team gets almost no recognition it's NASCAR racing. The driver gets all the glory, the kisses of the pretty girls, the photographs holding the trophy.
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Subjects:  1. Automobile Racing    2. Biography & Autobiography    3. Biography And Autobiography    4. Biography/Autobiography    5. Motor Sports    6. Personal Memoirs    7. Sports & Recreation    8. Sports - General   

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The Original and Still the Best Book on Tubular Spaceframes
If you are thinking of building a "Locost" replica of the Lotus Seven according to Ron Champion's Build Your Own Sports Car for as Little as �250 and Race It!, you would be well advised to consult this book to see how Champion's design could be improved.As reviewer Ian Carter can probably attest, a chassis built straight from Champion's book will not pass the Australian government's mandatory test of torsional rigidity.A Web search for "Locost" will yield thousands of hits from which you can eventually dig out some minor improvements to the Locost chassis that will allegedly double its stiffness.But if the principles so clearly presented by Costin and Phipps were applied in a complete redesign, the chassis stiffness could probably be doubled again due to improved triangulation and the use of round rather than square tubing.(Sure, square tubing is easier to weld but structurally it's equivalent to round tubing that has already collapsed on four sides!)

The Chassis Designers Bible, Amen
There is yet to be a book written, that describes the why's and how's of designing a light-weight, high-performance sports car chassis in a more informative, yet pleasantly readable style than "Racing and Sports Car Chassis Design".There are other, more contemporary titles on this topic, and having read many of them, I have a strong impression that their authors were much influenced by this book; perhaps having studied it in their college and university years.That would not be surprising, for it is forty years since the author, Michael Costin, then Development Director of Lotus Cars Ltd., with technical writer David Phipps and automotive artist, James A. Allington completed what was to be acclaimed by the industry, and motoring enthusiasts, as the Chassis Designers' Bible. the best book in existence on automobile chassis design
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Subjects:  1. Automobile racing    2. Automobiles    3. Automobiles, Racing    4. Automotive    5. Automotive - Antique & Classic    6. Chassis    7. Sports cars    8. Automotive technology   

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The NASCAR Vault
I have purchased two of these books, one for a seven year old and another for an eleven year old and they love them. They arefilled with so much information and they like looking at all the memorabilia from past years and how the cars have changed.I suggest every NASCAR fan no matter how young or old, purchase one of these books, it is well worth it.

Awesome NASCAR history lesson
The book has an amazing amount of historical information, and the collectables are incredible! You feel like you've stepped back in time to the memorable events that have made NASCAR what it is today. A must have for fans and racers alike.

The NASCAR Vault
For the first time ever, NASCAR has opened its massive archives to the public, taking fans on a speed-defying journey through a national phenomenon's evolution. The NASCAR Vault chronicles the growth of one of America's greatest obsessions, and includes more than 150 images and 26 plastic-encased NASCAR collectibles to tell the story as it should be told: in 3-D.
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Subjects:  1. Automobile Racing    2. History    3. Motor Sports    4. Non-Classifiable    5. Nonfiction    6. Sports    7. Sports & Recreation    8. Bargain   

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Lots of errors
While at it's core, this book does tell a compelling (and sometimes heartbreaking) story of the Allison clan, it is seriously handicapped by the author's failure to thoroughly research the subjects discussed in order to be accurate. Another shortcoming is the numerous mis-spellings, which should have been corrected during the editing process. An example is the author stating that Bobby Allison test drove the Buick Riata before it's release, when a simple Google search reveals the correct spelling is Reatta. In the end I found this book very frustrating and confusing to read. My advice is to pass it by.

Confusing and inaccurate
Not unlike past Golenbock books MIRACLE is confusing to read and full of inaccuracies and errors.Some portions had to be read a couple of times to try and figure out what exactly the author was trying to get across to the reader. One of the more glaring errors was when it was stated that when Donnie Allison ran the Indy 500 and World 600 in the same weekend he was the only driver to do that until Jeff Gordon did it in 1993.WHAT?Jeff Gordon has NEVER run the Indy 500 and certainly didn't do so his rookie year in Winston Cup racing.In another chapter there is a discussion of Bobby Allison testing at Ontario Speedway in California then the author goes on to describe Bobby's feelings as he pulled on the "historic Indianapolis track".Which was it?Indy or Ontario.The Author claims that Bobby gave his Indy crew chief the nickname "Lugs" (and he called Bobby "Stroker" )because of the movie "Stroker Ace".Cute story, but that movie didn't come out for another 10 years after Bobby's 1973 run at Indy.The book is filled with typos and grammatical errors.I'd save my money on this one.

Miracle : Bobby Allison and the Saga of the Alabama Gang
Peter Golenbock has done it again .This book will open your mind and heart to the joy and tragedy that might come with being a racing family. It won't matter if you were fans of The Alabama Gang or not. You just need to be a fan of Racing to understand the drive that pushed Bobby Allison to continue to love the sport of racing which handed him and his wife Judy such unspeakable tragedy of the loss of two sons and almost cost him his life .This book will touch the heart of every NASCAR fan who has cheered his heart out for the win of a race.It will also touch the heart of every father and mother who has lost a child but continue to go on.This story is for anyone who is a fan of life and isn't that what we all are...A fan of life. A Must read for every fan of NASCAR , no matter who you want to win the race ! ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Allison, Bobby    2. Automobile Racing    3. Automobile racing drivers    4. Biography    5. General    6. Motor Sports    7. Sports    8. Sports & Recreation    9. United States   

Subjects:  1. Bicycle racing    2. Biography    3. Cycling    4. Cyclists    5. General    6. Motor Sports    7. Sports    8. Sports & Recreation   

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A Pictorial History
Ok, this book would have been alot better had it been coffee table sized. As it is, the photos are nice and the book is laid out with a few pages devoted to each year in NASCAR. Overall, a good begining book for those interested in NASCAR.
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Subjects:  1. History    2. Motor Sports    3. NASCAR (Association)    4. Sports    5. Sports & Recreation    6. Stock car racing    7. United States    8. Sale Books   

Subjects:  1. Activity Books - General    2. Automobile racing    3. Children's Books/Ages 4-8 Fiction    4. Children: Kindergarten    5. Fiction    6. Interactive Adventure    7. Juvenile Nonfiction    8. Specimens    9. Sports & Recreation - Miscellaneous    10. Sports & Recreation - Motor Sports    11. Toy and movable books    12. Juvenile Fiction / Interactive Adventures   

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Excellent appraisal of the Southern paradox
The 1950's South was both a time and a place of contradictions. On the one hand, there was a cultural revolution going on that fused both white and black musical tastes into one revolutionary music genre (rock 'n' roll) anda political revolution that went on (integration) which made the culturalachievements seem to pale in comparison. In essence, the South of the1950's was a confusing maelstrom of contradictory policies and failedopportunities for peaceful change.Read more

Subjects:  1. 1945-    2. 1951-    3. History    4. History - U.S.    5. History: American    6. Nineteen fifties    7. Social conditions    8. Southern States    9. United States - 20th Century    10. United States - 20th Century/50s    11. United States - State & Local - General    12. American history: postwar, from c 1945 -    13. Black studies    14. Civil rights & citizenship    15. History / United States / 20th Century    16. Multicultural studies    17. U.S. Department of Agriculture policy; agribusiness; legal issues; chemicals; stock car racing; NASCAR; blues; gospel; rock 'n' roll; soul music; style; gay life; lesbian life; social life; civil rights; white segregationists; NAACP; Citizens Councils; local leaders; Little Rock; 1957; Central High School; SNCC    18. USA   

Subjects:  1. Action & Adventure - General    2. Automobile racing    3. Children's 9-12    4. Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Fiction    5. Children: Grades 2-3    6. Concepts - Words    7. Fiction    8. Humorous Stories    9. Juvenile Fiction    10. Mysteries, Espionage, & Detective Stories    11. Readers - Chapter Books    12. Spies    13. Transportation - General    14. Water supply    15. Juvenile Fiction / Readers / Chapter Books   

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An absolutely OUTSTANDING book!
I recommend this book without reservation.It is about what its title states, "How to Build Horsepower."Vizard tells you what you need to do to build horsepower.He does NOT tell you how to magically build power without spending any money.Power costs money but Mr Vizard tells you where to spend it.
This book is a gem!
If you are going to rebuild any engine and want to add horsepower as you go then this book is the ideal book to read first.The book covers all areas of any engine and where and why you can gain horsepower.The author does get technical which is a bonus to some people.
Well written, but a tad difficult for the fresh beginner
This is an excellent book for anyone seeking an understanding on how to improve the performance of their car, especially V8 owners. However, I have a few words of caution. This book does not give you a Chapter 1 introduction on how car engines work. In the style that the book is written, the author assumes that the reader has a basic understanding of automotive systems and design. Be perfectly honest with yourself. If you do not know how fundamental automotive systems work together to allow cars to move, then I suggest reading a book on how car engines work systematically, BEFORE reading this one, such as "Car Smarts", by Mary Jackson. Once you have an essential understanding of engine design and function, it will make reading this book easier, and you will simply love it! It covers every aspect of tuning your engine - system by system - so that not only horsepower, but overall performance and durability of your car, is increased optimally. However, jumping right in on page 1 of this book without an essential understanding of engines may be a shade difficult in my opinion. It is only my suggestion, take it or leave it. Otherwise, an excellent book; I recommend it! ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Automobiles    2. Automobiles, Racing    3. Automotive    4. Automotive - Customizing    5. Automotive - General    6. Automotive Mechanics    7. Do-It-Yourself    8. Modification    9. Motors    10. Transportation    11. Automotive technology    12. Transportation / Automotive / General    13. Vehicle maintenance