Motor Sport

Long Straights and Hairpin Turns is the first of two volumes capturing a special time in Pacific Northwest sports car racing history, the 1950s and 1960s. The story, written with amazing detail, insight, and passion, starts in 1950 with the first four-cylinder exhaust notes at B.C.'s Abbotsford Airp..

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This first volume of the Martini Racing Story picks up  in 1968 and covers the 15 seasons of motorsport adventure up to 1982. This book shows both the famous Lancia rally and sports cars,Porsche sports cars and rally cars and the power boats and formula one cars Tecno,Brabham and Lotus in the M..

This second volume of the Martini Racing Story picks up the tale in 1983 and covers the five seasons of motorsport adventure up to 1987. This book shows both the famous Lancia rally and sports cars and the power boats in the Martini Livery successfully competing in Rallying, Endurance Racing and Off..

This is the story of one of the most famous racing cars of all time. There are many books on Maserati cars, but this one is unusual. It deals with one particular car - the monoposto 8CM with chassis number 3011. Not only is it an outstanding Maserati, but also an outstanding racing car in every way...

This is the story of one of the most famous racing cars of all time. There are many books on Maserati cars, but this one is unusual. It deals with one particular car - the monoposto 8CM with chassis number 3011. Not only is it an outstanding Maserati, but also an outstanding racing car in every way...

The McLaren Grand Prix Racing Team had consistently been one of the dominant forces in Formula 1 motor racing, and in the late 1980s and early 1990s it enjoyed a virtual hegemony in the sport. The team's red and white livery was without question one of the most familiar sights in a fast-developing a..

'Mercedes Magic' traces the story and lead up to the One / Two position wins for Sauber Mercedes in the 1989 Le Mans 24 Hour. With coverage of other teams and their drivers, such as Porsche and Derek Bell, the Silk Cut Jaguars under the eye of Tom Walkinshaw the Purple Pimpernel. The book offers a w..

This book has been dedicated to the previous ownerBernard Cahier was just five years old when his father took him to see his first motor race, the 1932 Miramas Grand Prix. He was so entranced by the spectacle and the smells that he decided he would become a racing driver. The war, though, put pa..

From its beginnings in 1933, the sport of Midget racing created a strong following in the United States. Its developing history is compiled here by Ed Watson, his wife Sue and friends, listing Club Champions results for the year 1934 to 2002 from the many events run by such clubs as: National Midget..

"In those days, the Ferrari factory was small. In a long assembly hall, there were a few ordinary stands holding three 250GT chassis, none of which was in the same state of build. One was a beautiful white Cabriolet Series 1. It was one of the very first Pininfarina Cabriolets and it looked stu..

For thirty-seven years the concrete track and road circuit of Montlhery Autodrome was for France what Brooklands was for Britain: the setting for scores of motor races and countless record attempts, and the proving ground of every sort, make and model of vehicle from primitive chain driven monsters ..