Caribbean Capers: The Cuban Grand Prix Races of 1957, 1958 &amp; 1960, by Joel Finn. The three Cuban Grand Prix races brought the excitement of the world's best sports cars to one of the world's most glamorous playgrounds. This is a compelling story, filled with unexpected twists and maneuverings. Author Joel Finn, who was one of the timing officials at the races in 1958, has gathered a riveting account from original correspondence and interviews with participants as well as rare records from the organizers. More than 500 images of memorabilia and historic photographs of the cars, drivers and events-- many never before published-- as well as meticulously compiled charts of the race entries and race results insure that this will remain the authoritative account of the events in Cuba during the Golden Age of sports car racing. 360pp. Hard-bound with dust jacket.

Caribbean Capers The Cuban Grand Prix Races of 1957 1958 and 1960

Sports & Outdoors

JOEL E. Finn

Miscellaneous

Racemaker Press

Award winning author and automotive historian Joel E. Finn, renowned for his expertise on American Road Racing, has taken on the subject of the country's largest sporting event of 1912: The Vanderbilt Cup and Grand Prize Races, with the first in-depth analysis published on this pivotal moment in American racing. Celebrating the centennial anniversary of the events, this new 213-page hard cover book is presented in large format, to showcase the 200 + color and b&amp;w images and result charts.

The 1912 Milwaukee Races: Vanderbilt Cup and Grand Prize

From the late Bev Kimes, noted automotive historian, and Jim Cox is this excellent biography of Buick's brilliant and innovative Chief Engineer, Walter Lorenzo Marr. Deeply committed to 'valve in head' engines and other important elements, Marr's contributions made the Buick one of America's most desirable automobiles in the early part of the Twentieth Century. Extensively researched and illustrated, this volume is from the wealth of material in the Marr Family archives, and essential for Buick enthusiasts and automotive historians.

Walter L Marr: Buick's Amazing Engineer

Engineering & Transportation

beverly-rae-kimes

Automotive

During the 1960s and 1970s, American road racing flourished ,with hard-fought championships for the Can-Am, the Trans-Am and last but not least the Formula 5000 series. Built around the idea of a standard engine size for American V-8s, Formula 5000 attracted excellent entries from well-known teams such as Dan Gurney, Jim Hall, Carl Haas, Parnelli Jones, Roger Penske and Carl Hogan. The series led manufacturers to develop relatively affordable chassis designed to compete on the numerous North American road courses spread across the U. S. and Canada. Drivers in Formula 5000 represented a who’s who of available talent, including a host of stars from Europe, Canada and the United States. Mark Donohue, Mario Andretti, Brian Redman, Peter Gethin, both Al and Bobby Unser, Sam Posey and numerous others all went nose to tail for the Championship. It was hardly surprising that with such a line-up the series captured the attention of thousands of fans, and for a few years at least, some major sponsorship money. Sadly, misplaced nostalgia for the dwindling Can-Am, along with a lack of support from the two sanctioning bodies, the Sports Car Club of America and the United States Auto Club, doomed the formula to be discarded. What had the potential to become America’s premiere open wheel racing series was abandoned, leaving a gap that has never been filled. In this volume John Zimmermann’s excellent round-up of Formula 5000 provides the first comprehensive overview of all the elements of this great racing series. Fully researched and extensively illustrated provides an essential history for students of racing history and fans alike, a must for the true enthusiast.

Lost In Time: Formula 5000 in North America

John Zimmermann

The Story of Rick Mears and the Mears Gang Racemaker Press is delighted to announce a new second edition of Gordon Kirby’s biography of four-time Indy 500 winner Rick Mears. Rick announced his retirement from racing at the end of 1992, just after his forty-first birthday. He was still at the height of his powers and chose exactly the right moment to retire, a rare thing in most sports and motor racing in particular. Rick went out a winner with a record of four Indy 500 victories, three CART Indy Car World Series championships and twenty-nine individual race victories and forty pole positions. He was the most successful Indy car driver of his era and was considered the king of the speedways. For him, the faster the track, the better. “Rick was an incredible talent,” Mario Andretti comments. “He was always given so much credit for being such an ace on ovals. I think that disturbed him to some degree because he was able to rise to the occasion on the road courses as well. He was a force to be reckoned with where ever he went. I think he was probably the most misread individual because he was always very kind, very laid-back. But I don’t think anybody’s fire burned any brighter or any stronger in his belly when he was in a race car.” Mears is also recognized as one of the fairest, most ethical drivers in the history of the sport. Rick’s behavior on the track was impeccable, the standard by which all others were judged. “He was very polished,” Andretti adds. “He was probably one of the most correct drivers out there to race against. I always had the greatest respect for Rick Mears.” Rick is pleased to enjoy a legacy for being brilliantly fast but eminently fair. “That means a lot to me,” he reflects. “I never really thought about it, except when somebody brings it up. But it means a lot to me, because then I feel whatever we’ve earned was earned in the right way. It’s not like cutting corners. I feel like we’ve earned it fair and square. I’ve always felt like that’s

Rick Mears—Thanks

Gordon Kirby

Perhaps nobody in the history of automobile racing enjoyed a career of wider reach and diversity than Roger Bailey. Over the course of 52 years (1959–2012) Bailey competed as a mechanic, engine builder, crew chief, sanctioning body technical inspector and finally, co-founder and administrator of the Indy Lights series. Bailey’s career came to its culmination in 1986 when he co-founded the American Racing Series with Pat Patrick. In 1991, the ARS became the Indy Lights series with Bailey at the helm of the category through its heydays until his retirement in 2012. Boost! details Bailey’s life and career, documenting the many skills that made him so successful. “Roger was such a great guy,” Roger Penske declares. “He worked with us in the Can-Am in 1967 and you could see that his passion for racing was as strong as anyone’s. He brought a lot of good ideas to us and was one of the hardest workers we ever had in our organization. “You could see that when he took over running the Indy Lights series. He had a broad skill set and people genuinely appreciated him as their leader. If you can lead people the way Roger has over the years, you build great momentum and in that way he was among the very best.” Boost! Roger Bailey’s Extraordinary Motor Racing Career is Gordon Kirby’s latest Racemaker Press biography.

Boost! Roger Bailey’s Extraordinary Motor Racing Career

More than forty years ago, Sylvia Wilkinson took her note pad, a tape recorder and an open mind to the dirt bull rings and backwoods of garages in the American South in the hopes of capturing the reflections of the people who made NASCAR stock car racing happen. What she encountered were the folksy origins, colorful characters and rough beginnings of today’s billion-dollar sport. In this all-new edition of Dirt Tracks to Glory we return to the very personal and often hilarious inside stories of sharp-witted people who became legends in the early days of NASCAR. Bill France Sr, Humpy Wheeler, Curtis Turner, “Little Joe” Weatherly, Glenn “Fireball” Roberts, the Flock Brothers, Banjo Matthews, Smokey Yunick and a host of others emerge from these pages with their personal reflections and wry commentary on the way it was in the days of “haulin shine”, bangin’ fenders and out-smartin’ the other hot-shoes on Saturday nights. To quote the author: “This book was told to me by and about the people who went with stock car racing from its beginnings…It is not an encyclopedia of stock car racing biographies, but a series of individual remembrances and perspectives of one special revelation of the American dream – from Dirt tracks to Glory!” It’s hard to disagree with her candid analysis or her engaging presentation of NASCAR’s early days.

Dirt Tracks to Glory: The Early Days of Stock Car Racing As Told by the Participants

Sylvia Wilkinson

The autobiography of the personal life and career of Barry Green in Australian, British and American Automobile Racing

Winners Book A Comprehensive Listing of Motor Racing Events 1895-2009

O’Keefe, James

The compellingly self-confident, handsome, gifted race driver, and mechanical genius named Frank Lockhart has long captured the imagination and curiosity of generations of automobile racing fans as a classic example of the "What if he had lived?" enigma. There remains even today a certain mystery about Frank's amazing talent and fearless driving ability. There also have been a sizeable number of myths about his life that have grown up over the years and have been repeated so often as to become accepted as the gospel truth. In a careful historical effort to set the story straight, authors Sarah Morgan-Wu and Jim O'Keefe have combined their efforts to delve into all aspects of Frank's life and career. They have left no stone unturned in an attempt to verify every bit of information. It is to their credit they have uncovered much long forgotten or hidden information that sheds important light on the true nature of Frank and his remarkable if all too short flash of brilliance on the stage of American automobile racing. Lavishly illustrated, with fully documented charts of Lockhart's race record, extensively detailed appendices, sourced and fully indexed. The publication is dust- jacketed, hard-bound with symth-sewn binding, and printed in full color through-out on archival paper. Lockhart is the inaugural publication in The Racemaker Press American Racing History Series American automobile racing history is a field of scholarship still open to research. In an attempt to take on some of the crucial parts of this field and to fill gaps other earlier major works did not cover in extensive detail, Racemaker Press has initiated a series of scholarly books devoted to specific subject matters within this context: personalities, drivers, tracks, marques and other points of specific scholarship.

Frank Lockhart: American Speed King

Sarah Morgan-Wu

By John Lingle Hard Luck Lloyd - The Complete Story of Slow-Talking, Fast-Driving Texan Lloyd Ruby (1st First Edition) [Hardcover]

John Lingle

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