Best of
Racing

1997

Going Faster!: Mastering the Art of Race Driving: The Skip Barber Racing School


Carl Lopez - 1997
    The fundamentals of fast driving are revealed in this definitive how-to book for racers. You will find the competition-proven methods of instructors and of professional drivers that will give you the know-how to work up the track and stay at the front. Interested in the world of racing? Just think, you can have all of the lessons and insights from Skip Barber instructors and from professional racers compiled in one handbook. This racing reference reveals the secrets of mastering car control, reducing lap times, as it takes the reader inside the world of racing. Going Faster! is the definitive book for the active race driver, the racer-to-be, and the auto-racing fan who wants to know what driving a racecar is really about.

Racing Silver Arrows: Mercedes-Benz Versus Auto Union 1934-1939


Chris Nixon - 1997
    The picture book presents a comprehensive portrait of the golden age of motor racing.

Mark Martin: Driven to Race


Bob Zeller - 1997
    Told through exclusive interviews and illustrated with family photographs, this book now has a poignant significance because it describes in their own words the intense and close relationship between Mark and his father, Julian, who was tragically killed in a plane accident in 1998.