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The Australian Grand Prix is the second oldest Grand Prix still being regularly conducted. Only the French Grand Prix is older. Never before has the full story of these early Australian motor races been told. This book relates stories of the men and women who were part of these spectacles as well as..

World War II was over, spirits were high, and the sport of road racing was about to begin again in America. The Sports Car Club of America, formed in 1944, became the primary organiser of road racing in the years following the end of World War Two, although being involved in this sport had not been ..

The thirties was the era when nations raced: Germany, Italy, France and Britain each carrying their patriotism and nationalism to the rivalry of the race tracks. John Dugdale was in a perfect position to record the events of this momentous decade, joining The Autocar as a young reporter in the early..

The story of Brian Lister and the Lister-Jaguars evokes the late 1950's era of glorious front-engined sports cars driven by the top drivers of the day. The Lister-Jaguar won at almost every circuit in Britain. Ecurie Ecosse adopted the marque, and, entered by Briggs Cunningham, was virtually unbeata..

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..

In this book Lt.Col. A. T. G. Gardner, O.B.E., M.C. or Goldie Gardner as he is known to many, describes the early days of his motor racing career, which began in 1926 in one of the first Gordon England Austin Sevens. He followed this with a Salmson both at Brooklands and abroad and migrated from tha..

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The T Series MGs, starting with the TA introduced in 1936, represent the absolute archetype of the British sports car. They are recognised on the road by more people - including 'non-motoring' people - than any other model of classic car. They provide the authentic experience of sports car driving: ..

Please note this example is signed by the author and dedicated by him to the previous owner.Racing The Silver Arrows is the story of how the silver racing cars of Mercedes-Benz and Auto Union - funded, in part, by the Nazis dominated the Grand Prix scene during the latter half of the 1930s. In order..

Len Shaw is one of that band of gifted amateurs who were the backbone of British motor sport in the 1950s. As a founder member of The Hagley and District Light Car Club, he competed in trials and speed events in the 1930s. A skilled driver, the success he gained after the war driving his own MG YA i..