The International Motor Sports Associations (IMSA) Grand Touring Prototypes (GTP) race series ran from 1981 to 1993, and it was one of the most exhilarating racing experiences of all time. This book is the first to profile the amazing machines that resulted from the GTPs flat-out competition among different--and passionate--ideas about what might be the fastest way around a track. Read more

The heroes of Grand Prix racing--Fangio, Jim Clark, Phil Hill, Bruce McLaren, Jackie Stewart, Mario Andretti, Nigel Mansell, and Michael Schumacher, to name but a few--are familiar to F1 fans. But would their faces and feats be so well known if not for the extraordinary efforts of the photographers who have captured their images in legendary fashion? Celebrate the efforts of these photographic historians who have captured these memorable moments in Grand Prix racing. Read more

This book showcases photographically the wide variety of cars and drivers that fit into the exhibition theme: the jets, wheelstanders, rockets and other exhibition vehicles which have thrilled millions of spectators. Their entire basis was who had the fastest vehicle. But in 1959 complaints from other competitors and Detroit automakers got all aircraft-powered dragsters banned, so they became the sideshow attached to the legitimate circus that is drag racing. Read more

Classic Motorsport Routes revisits the most spectacular circuits, roads, and tracks that have helped shape more than a century of racing--from the road races of the Mille Miglia and the Targa Florio to the grueling hillclimbs of Grossglockner and America's own legendary Pikes Peak, to the rallies of Monte Carlo and Spain, to the Grand Prix circuits from Monaco to Germany and the record-breaking courses of the Bonneville Salt Flats and the Frankfurt-Darmstadt Autobahn. Read more

The story of Ford Motor Company's Model T is the story that launched the American automobile industry--and America's love affair with the car. When he introduced the Model T in 1908, even an eternal optimist like Henry Ford could not have predicted the far-reaching changes he was setting in motion. One hundred years later, this illustrated history looks back at the beloved Tin Lizzie. Read more

What dominated Ferrari's policies during the 1950s was the rivalry with Maserati. Two small companies essentially making racing cars, only about 12 miles from each other, who fought for supremacy not only on all the European circuits, but also as far afield as Sebring in Florida, Watkins Glen in the heart of the United States or Buenos Aires in Argentina. Read more