Cars and Racing

Books about car culture and auto racing, from Formula 1 to the insights of weekend track day aficionados. Stories about racers and technical investigations into the techniques and mechanics of speed.
Updated December 14, 2022
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The art of racing in the rain : a novel
Stein, Garth.
Paper Book
NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE FROM FOX 2000 STARRING MILO VENTIMIGLIA, AMANDA SEYFRIED, AND KEVIN COSTNER MEET THE DOG WHO WILL SHOW THE WORLD HOW TO BE HUMAN The New York Times bestselling novel from Garth Stein--a heart-wrenching but deeply funny and ultimately...
Driving like crazy : 30 years of vehicular hell-bending
O'Rourke, P. J.
Paper Book
'Driving Like Crazy' chronicles P.J. O'Rourke's 30-year-long love affair with cars - combining his classic pieces with new, previously unpublished work, it is an inimitably humorous and pleasurable celebration of cars, speed, and the open road.
How to build a car
Newey, Adrian
Paper Book
'Adrian has a unique gift for understanding drivers and racing cars. He is ultra competitive but never forgets to have fun. An immensely likeable man.' Damon Hill The world's foremost designer in Formula One, Adrian Newey OBE is arguably one of Britain's greatest engineers and this is...
Winning is not enough : the autobiography
Stewart, Jackie.
DVD
One of the most highly regarded names in racing, Sir Jackie Stewart is the winner of three F1 World Championships and 27 Grand Prix races, and is ranked in the top five drivers of all time. In the 1960s and 1970s, with his black cap, sideburns, and aviator...
Road to nowhere : what Silicon Valley gets wrong about the future of transportation
Marx, Paris
Paper Book
How to build a transportation system to provide mobility for all Road to Nowhere exposes the flaws in Silicon Valley's vision of the future: ride-hailing services such as Uber and Lyft to take us anywhere; electric cars to make them 'green'; and automation to ensure...
The car : the rise and fall of the machine that made the modern world
Appleyard, Bryan
Paper Book
The car that we know - petrol or diesel-driven and operated by a human - will soon be replaced by electric cars which, in turn, will become self-driving. The reign of the car, which began in the late nineteenth century, will have lasted at most 150 years.More than any other technology - more than...
Racing the silver arrows : Mercedes Benz versus Auto Union 1934-1939
Nixon, Chris.
Paper Book
Competition car suspension : design, construction, tuning
Staniforth, Allan.
Paper Book
The design and development of competition car suspension systems is a vital ingredient for winning performance. In this updated title, an acknowledged expert on the subject explains in layperson's terms the theory and practice of successful suspension engineering. Recent rules changes and...

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