Good Book Recommendations

[BoyRacer]

I'm looking for suggestions. I've already read all of Donald's and Geoff's books. I've also read Go Like heck (Ford vs Ferrari), Faster and The Art of Racing in The Rain.

 

[BobHaskell]

I'm looking for suggestions. I've already read all of Donald and Geoff's books. I've also read Go Like heck (Ford vs Ferrari), Faster and The Art of Racing in The Rain.

BS Levy's The Last Open Road (at least the first book of the series).
Joseph Whitworth's biography
Pat Moss - The Story So Far.
Herve Chevalier's Healey books (French/English)?

Ben Rich's autobiography - Skunk Works.

 

[dougie]

I'm looking for suggestions. I've already read all of Donald and Geoff's books. I've also read Go Like heck (Ford vs Ferrari), Faster and The Art of Racing in The Rain.

Richard....you've just scratched the surface. Let me check my library

 

[Editor_Reid]

All But My Life by Stirling Moss.

 

[dougie]

Mark Donohue's "The Unfair Advantage" is a classic for real racers. Any of Burt Levy's books are great pulp fiction.
I did enjoy the book on Fangio, dude started racing late in life and dominated!

 

[equiprx]

I'm looking for suggestions. I've already read all of Donald's and Geoff's books. I've also read Go Like heck (Ford vs Ferrari), Faster and The Art of Racing in The Rain.

"The Mechanic's Tale" Steve Matchett.
I really enjoyed it.
Let me know if you want it?
Steve

 

[JHaydon]

Life at the Limit by Graham Hill and Flat Out, Flat Broke: F1 the Hard Way by Perry McCarthy are two of my favorite racing autobiographies. The Racing Driver by Denis Jenkinson offers an interesting analysis of competition drivers, with a lot of Moss anecdotes.

And if you're in the mood for something that smells a little less of petrol (maybe you want to discuss what you've read with non-gearheads, I don't know), 100 Mistakes That Changed History is interesting. I attended Bill Fawcett's mini-lecture series on a cruise ship some years ago.

If you are a comedy fan, I can recommend the autobiographies Born Standing Up by Steve Martin, Comedy Comedy Comedy Drama by Bill Odenkirk, and I Shouldn't Even Be Doing This by Bob Newhart.

 

[Editor_Reid]

Lucky John by John Sprinzel, and really any of John's books.

 

[JHaydon]

Ooh, I forgot to mention A French Kiss With Death by Michael Keyser! Behind-the-scenes tales of the movie Le Mans, with a lot of background about McQueen and the actual Le Mans race.

Did you know that McQueen actually entered a Porsche at Le Mans with movie cameras mounted on it to get real in-race footage? They had to pit dozens of times to change film reels, but the car can be seen racing down the main straight in one scene.

If you ever wondered just how they managed that spectacular crash of "Michael Delaney's" Gulf Porsche 917, you need to find this book!

 

[HealeyPassion]

My infatuation with "sporty cars" began with the reading of THE RED CAR by Don Standford. I was in 6 or 7th grade when I first read it. Many decades later I found a copy and added it to my library of car books.

 

[HealeyRick]

My infatuation with "sporty cars" began with the reading of THE RED CAR by Don Standford. I was in 6 or 7th grade when I first read it. Many decades later I found a copy and added it to my library of car books.

Right there with you. I still go back and read it once in awhile.

 

[BobHaskell]

Right there with you. I still go back and read it once in awhile.

Plus books from William Campbell Gault and W.E. Butterworth.