Here is a detailed and personal look at the Unsers, the most successful family in American auto racing. Their dynasty was first established on Pikes Peak, where both Bobby and Al garnered several victories early on in their careers. Then the brothers went to the world's premier race, the Indianapolis 500, and won a combined seven crowns before their driving days were done. The second generation of the family continued the Indy dominance as Al Unser Jr. won in both 1992 and 1994. Eventually, Robby Unser became the seventh member of the family to start at the big Brickyard, and now the newest racing Unser, Alfred Richard Unser (or ""Just Al"" as he's called), looks to add yet another Unser name to the Indy 500 competitor list.

The Unser Legacy: Four Generations of Speed

Kirby, Gordon

Biographies & Memoirs

Motorbooks

This book reveals the spirit, courage, and determination behind Bobby's winning battle for success from his very first regional competitions to becoming a team owner with David Letterman as his partner.

Bobby Rahal: The Graceful Champion

David Bull Pub

Relentless determination, unrivaled charisma, and the ability to climb into any type of race car and win has made Mario Andretti a household name for more than thirty years. His accomplishments include four USAC and CART titles, the 1978 Formula One World Championship, winning the 1967 Daytona 500 and 1969 Indianapolis 500, and three victories in the grueling 12 Hours of Sebring sports-car race. Mario Andretti: A Driving Passion documents the toughness, intelligence, and humor that makes Mario the man so compelling and reveals the remarkable mixture of determination and luck-both good and bad-that defined his career as the most versatile and accomplished racer of all time. For the first time, his extraordinary life story is presented through exclusive interviews with Mario, his family, and the drivers and teams he raced with. In-depth descriptions of his greatest races and cars, combined with behind-the-scenes team photos and commentary by Mario himself, provide an insider's perspective on the progression of racing technology and the teamwork behind a winning effort. Author Gordon Kirby goes beyond the race track to explore Mario's early life in post-war Italy, his friendships with fellow drivers, team owners, engineers, and journalists, as well as his family's role in supporting and sustaining his career. Mario Andretti: A Driving Passion brings all of these elements together to create the definitive portrait of the man many regard as the driver of the century. Lavishly illustrated with the work of top racing photographers and memorabilia from Mario's own scrapbooks, the book includes pictures of nearly all of the 167 cars that helped build the Andretti legend. These include everything from his first homemade Hudson stock car to such milestone machines as Clint Brawner's Indy-winning Hawk and Colin Chapman's revolutionary ground-effect, Lotus 79.

Mario Andretti : A Driving Passion

Gordon Kirby

What is it about Greg Moore that caused so many to fall in love and so many to be devastated when he died? Greg's life was a celebration of youth, spirit, accomplishment, and charity. He was doing what he loved, with people he loved and respected. He was succeeding as an automobile racer and, even more, as a human being. He inspired everyone to act openly, positively, and with good humor. His easy grin and natural outgoing friendliness captured people's hearts and minds. When you met him you felt he was a friend for life. He made people like he was one of them, whomever they were. If you got close enough to say hello, to catch his eye, you felt you knew him. And anyone who knew him well thought of him as a man beyond his years, unusually free of the conflicts of youth. Although he seemed settled and mature, Greg Moore still revealed a sense of adventure and wonder. His achievements as a driver were impressive and have assured him a place in the galaxy of greats. Yet his spirit of sincerity and goodwill is the abiding memory that will live on. Through the memories of his family, friends, colleagues, mentors, and Greg himself, Greg Moore: A Legacy of Spirit tells the story of this remarkable young athlete. Through photographs and memorabilia that trace the his life and career, we are given a lasting image of a life lived well, but far too short.

Greg Moore: A Legacy of Spirit

Taylor, Jim

Proudfoot, Dan

Whitecap Books Ltd.

Tells the complete story of Honda's remarkable turnaround and unprecedented success in in CART racing through frank interviews with key Honda managers and engineers, as well as champion drivers like Alex Zanardi, Juan-Pablo Montoya, Jimmy Vasser, and Gil de Ferran.

A Winning Adventure: Honda's Decade in Cart Racing

Engineering & Transportation

Morgan, Tom

Oreovicz, John

Automotive

Through the eighties and into the early nineties he was known as the King of the Speedways and the maestro of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Rick Mears won four Indianapolis 500s between 1979-1991 as well as three CART Indy car championships before retiring at the end of 1992 when he realized that a series of injuries had conspired to reduce his ability to operate at the maximum and to enjoy his sport to the fullest. Mears is one of very few great sportsmen who retired at the height of his career in the immediate aftermath of some of his greatest performances. Equally, when Rick stepped out of the cockpit he enjoyed a superlative reputation as one of the cleanest, most sportsmanlike race car drivers the world has ever known. “He was very polished,” says Mario Andretti in the book’s Prologue. “He was probably one of the most correct drivers out there to race against. I always had the greatest respect for Rick Mears.” Rick’s story begins in Kansas in the post-WWII years where his mom and dad, Skip and Bill, were born and raised. Bill was an auto mechanic who loved to race and with his young wife’s complete support Bill became a very successful, weekend short track racer across Kansas and Oklahoma before migrating west to California in 1955 and settling in Bakersfield with his young family. Pretty soon, Skip and Bill’s sons, Roger and Rick, were racing; older brother Roger in stock cars and Rick on motorcycles. Bill supported their passion wholeheartedly, providing the motivation, shop, equipment and know-how to build his boys race cars and in the early seventies the ‘Mears Gang’ –as they became known †seriously made their mark in Southern California sprint buggy and off-road racing. Both of them also tackled Pike’s Peak and won. Roger and Rick had different driving styles and personalities. Roger was an aggressive racer, like his father had been, while Rick was more laid-back, more analytical. Neither of them dreamed of becoming serious, professional racers, but in 1976 Rick got his big break thanks to safety equipment man Bill Simpson who gave Rick his first Indy car ride. Simpson saw the rare talent Rick possessed and got Mears’ Indy car career rolling before handing his contract with Rick over to Roger Penske at no cost in the fall of 1977. Rick became a Penske driver in 1978 and scored his first win in his third race with the team. He went on to win the 1979 Indy 500 and CART championship and establish an enduring relationship with Penske that lasted through and beyond his retirement from driving at the end of 1992. Ultimately, he won four Indy 500s (equalling the record set by A.J. Foyt and Al Unser), three CART championships and twenty-nine Indy car races, and was admired and respected not only as a superb driver and racer but as a rare gentleman on and off the track. Meanwhile, brother Roger went on to race Indy cars for a few years before focusing his career on off-road racing where he was an extremely successful owner/driver. And the ‘Mears Gang’ tradition carries on today with Roger’s son Casey racing in NASCAR’s Sprint Cup series with the all-powerful Hendrick Motorsports Team where he’s teamed with Jeff Gordon, Jimmie Johnson and Dale Earnhardt Jr. In ‘Rick Mears • Thanks’, veteran racing writer Gordon Kirby, the U.S. editor of Motor Sport, tells the whole story of Rocket Rick Mears and the Mears Gang’s journey from dirt tracks to superspeedways. And the book also shows us how a sportsman or woman should behave as a professional and as a human being. Enjoy the read and the ride.

Rick Mears: Thanks: The Story of Rick Mears and the Mears Gang

Icon Pub Ltd

Autocourse 2018-19covers the Formula 1 season and its 21 Grand Prix races in great detail. Every race report is backed by practice and qualifying times, full race results and lap charts. There are specially commissioned features reflecting the key stories of the season, a team-by-team review which analyses the fortunes of the ten competing squads highlighted by the superb F1 car illustrations by Adrian Dean. Often contentious, the editor chooses his top ten drivers of the season and ranks them on the basis of their performances throughout the year. Not content with providing 320 pages of Formula 1 coverage, Autocourse 2018-19also charts the other major international motorsport categories, to include: <ul>
<li>Formula 2, GP3 and Formula 3 single seater series</li>
<li>The World Endurance Championship (including the Le Mans 24-Hour race)</li>
<li>The Formula E electric racing series, which is rapidly gaining support from major car manufacturers</li>
<li>Touring car series around the world (DTM, WTCR and BTCC)</li>
<li>Racing in North America, which details the Indy Car series (including the Indianapolis 500) and the grueling 36-race schedule of the NASCAR stock car series. </li>
</ul>At 408 pages, Autocourse 2018-19 provides the most comprehensive record of the year’s sporting action published anywhere in a single volume. It is required reading for motor sport fans the world over.

Autocourse 2018-19: The World's Leading Grand Prix Annual

HAMILTON, MAURICE

Icon Publishing, Ltd

AUTOCOURSE 2023-24: The World's Leading Grand Prix Annual

Dodgins, Tony

Sports & Outdoors

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