Cars - Motorsport Books

By: Norm Mort . This book covers British cars powered by American engines and American cars fitted with British power plants, built during 1930s-1970s. Many of the American-powered British makes offered for sale were often constructed with everything...

By: Michael Oliver . Description Tales from the Toolbox is a unique collection of behind-the-scenes stories and anecdotes as told, in their own words, by former Grand Prix mechanics who have worked at the top level of the sport during the past 50 years. ...

2nd hand book in very good condition By: S. S. Collins, Gavin D. Ireland . An evocative and original look at the history of eight abandoned race circuits in the USA and Europe, and viewed as they are today in stunning new photographs. Circuits...

By: Christopher Hilton . Grand Prix Battlegrounds - A comprehensive guide to all Formula 1 circuits since 1950 Ev Christopher Hilton. For the first time, here is a complete guide to every circuit that has hosted Grand Prix racing since the Formula 1...

By: Paul Parker . Following the success of Haynes' In Camera titles covering sports car racing and Formula 1 in the 1960s and 1970s, the spotlight is turned on the 1950s, starting with the vibrant sports car scene of that decade. Meticulously researched...

By: Nick Garton . Recent Formula 1 seasons have seen the established stars - most notably Michael Schumacher - being challenged by a hungry pack of young, little-known drivers. These 'young guns' have rapidly made names for themselves with...

By: Martin Pfundner . The predecessor of today's international rally sport, the alpine trials and rallies of 1910 onwards were an incredible test of endurance for early pioneers and their cars. Becoming ever more international, the event would...

By: Michael Frostick . The spectacular growth of the Rootes Group Competition Department since its modest beginnings with a 2-litre Sunbeam in 1946 is clear evidence that fiercely competitive motoring can bring two great benefits to the manufacturer: the...

By: Brooklands Books . Matra production started very slowly in 1965, a few hundred cars being sold in Europe, in the meantime their Formula 3 cars were having some successes.  The Djet 5 soon became the Djet 5S. The M530 was introduced in 1967 and...

By: Bill Price . For a quarter of a century from the mid 1950s Britain's leading motor manufacturer — first as the British Motor Corporation, then British Leyland — was committed to motorsport, predominantly rallying, as a means of improving...

By: Karl Ludvigsen . Few sports-racing cars have captured the imagination as did the Chaparrals, menacing white machines out of the Texas oil country that cut a swathe through American sports-car racing in the 1960s and even won at the Nurburgring and...

By: Ed McDonough . Book Description The late 1960s and early 1970s were a significant era in the world of international sports car racing. As the motor racing rule-making body moved back and forth between cars that less and less resembled road going...