Motor sports

At last!

Few people have been as deeply involved in motorcycle sport as Chris Carter, a larger than life character and raconteur who was for a great number of years a journalist, commentator and broadcaster at the very top level of motorcycle sport.

This book details the origin and racing history of the Ferrari 333 SP.

Colin Chapman's previous attempts at producing a Formula 1 car had been a complete disappointment.

This is the story of an incredible and very rare car.

Changes to regulations for sports car racing in the late 1970s paved the way for a golden era of endurance racing in the 80s, with the likes of Porsche, Lancia, Jaguar and Mercedes all vying for the World Sportscar Championship.

What they say about Tony Mason - Sir Stirling Moss I have always said that 'Movement is tranquility!

By the start of the 1980s, the Brands Hatch motor racing circuit in Kent had become firmly established as one of the world's classic tracks.

What happened when America's richest car company, producing many thousands of cars per year, went head-to-head with Ferrari of Italy in the mid '60s?

This book is a virtual time machine to the past.

This is the story of a Grand Prix formula that no British constructor wanted but became one that they would almost totally dominate.

After saving Alfa Romeo from oblivion in 1987, it took Fiat nearly five years to debut the first new Alfa produced under its control.

Exiting the corner the car dances on the edge of adhesion as it brushes up against the dirt on the edge of the kerb.

Recounting a time of unparalleled access to the highest level of motor-racing, this is an informal, personal record of the people, the cars, and the events from that golden era, gloriously illustrated with many previously unpublished photographs.

DRIVEN is John Aston's hugely entertaining motoring autobiography.

Since the inception of car and motorcycle racing, people have been fascinated by the engines that power high-performance vehicles.

Laced with fascinating anecdotes, Raymond Mays' Magnificent Obsession reveals a pivotal figure in motor sport history, and describes the author's enthusiasm for BRM, detailing his visit to Raymond Mays, in Eastgate House, Bourne, in 1963.

Competing throughout the 2500cc Grand Prix Formula years of 1954-60, the Maserati 250F is one of the most famous and iconic racing cars ever built.

This is the authorised biography of one of the best-liked bad boys in British motorsport.

Few appreciate how rapidly the Ford small block Fairlane V8 engines evolved from passenger car engines to highly successful racing engines.

The late 1960s and early 1970s were a significant era in the world of international sports car racing.

Today, one cannot escape the fact that the words Porsche and racing go hand in hand.

This book is based on a concept placed with Veloce by Anthony Pritchard shortly before his death in 2013.

A story of ultimate raw power on two wheels.

The history of racing Ferraris is extremely complex, with a succession of brilliant, interesting, and sophisticated competition cars that have vied for supremacy on the race tracks of the world for over 60 years.

The book covers the life of one of the greatest women rally drivers of all time, Pat Moss Carlsson.

In the 1970s, Formula 5000 was more than filling the gap left by contemporary F1 cars, and the major races at the popular Cheshire circuit of Oulton Park - the Gold Cup and the traditional Good Friday meetings - were as spectacular and exciting as ever.

The biography of motor racing mechanic Tony Robinson, who worked with some of the great names of the sport in the 1950s and '60s.

Presented for the first time in one book, the new-for-1971 range of BSA and Triumph motorcycles, including the 350cc DOHC twins, the innovative Ariel 3 moped, projected D18 Bantam, and the X-75 Hurricane, are all detailed in depth, along with related promotional and racing activities.

The Superprix was a motor racing meeting held over August Bank Holiday on a street circuit in the centre of Birmingham, from 1986 to 1990.

The complete story of the front-wheel-drive Saab 96 made the brand into a rally icon in the 1960s.

The history of the landmark sports car.

The decade between 1960 and 1970 saw British racing singles reach the peak of their development, a time in which exciting racing unfolded at circuits across the land every weekend, and the decade of Bob McIntyre, Derek Minter, Mike Hailwood, Phil Read, Bill Ivy and Peter Williams.

On June 11, 1955, Lance Macklin became a central player in motor racing's worst tragedy.

No Breaks: A Lost Season in British Speedway is a story of survival.

Historic, wildly dangerous, nerve-wracking, heroic and uniquely thrilling, the Isle of Man TT is one of the greatest sporting events in the world.

Pironi: The Champion that Never Was relates the remarkable story of motor racing's 'forgotten man', ex-Ferrari F1 driver and offshore powerboat legend, Didier Pironi.

From an early age, Lee McKenzie had access to a motorsport world that most are rarely allowed into.

This is the definitive story of Triumph, told through 130 years of its magnificent motorcycles.

The story of the 1957 Pescara Grand Prix - the last race of the heroic age of motor racingThere has been much talk of how Grand Prix motor racing has become rather dull with big name, big brand winners ousting out all competition.

The quest for the land speed record in the 1960s and the epic rivalry between two dynamic American drivers, Art Arfons and Craig Breedlove.

Rush to the AltarFast-tracked.

Known as the "e;Greatest Spectacle in Racing,"e; the Indy 500 humbly began in 1911.

At speeds of over 230 miles per hour, the Indy open-wheel race cars set the bar for American Championship car racing.

On May 30, 1958, thousands of racing fans poured into the infield at dawn to claim the best seats of the Indianapolis 500, unaware that they were going to witness one of the most notorious wrecks in racing history.

On May 30, 1958, thousands of racing fans poured into the infield at dawn to claim the best seats of the Indianapolis 500, unaware that they were going to witness one of the most notorious wrecks in racing history.

Motorcycle Porn: Portraits and Stories is a book of images by photographer and motorcycle aficionado Frank J.

This Eddie Rickenbacker Era book is first and foremost an in-depth look of his ownership of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway from 1927-1945 and not intended to be another biography of Rickenbacker's life.

In a nation that worships the automobile for the freedom, style, and status that it confers, the Indianapolis 500, run on or near Memorial Day eighty-seven times, is an annual rite of passage celebrating Americans' love affair with speed.