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Post by Kayo "Sideways" Michiels on Jul 7, 2021 12:54:07 GMT
Anyone else has special books about racing cars, or drivers? I have some special edition Michel Vaillant books about drivers (and even one about Spa-Francorchamps)  It's not complete, but these are some of the ones i could get my hands on (for now). |
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Post by Alberto Iquino on Jul 7, 2021 13:19:40 GMT
Could be  I found this comic book about the 1979 season when cleaning the house   Also not to forget about this book. Very special!! (Thanks Jason!)  And this one is about all the models from Triumph Motorcycles deep in detail and very complete. Each variation in each motorcycle during the years is shown  .  |
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Post by Richard Coxon on Jul 7, 2021 13:30:11 GMT
Have a ton of motoring books. Ranging from f1 car by car over a decade to detailed info on certain eras (Such as the turbo cars you're racing now) to a book that has setup sheets for the 1988 McLaren F1 team. Imsa GTP books on all of the cars, rallying books and a host on other subjects. Wilks has a few of my old books too. One of which may help with a mod for the future |
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Post by Richard Wilks on Jul 7, 2021 18:09:51 GMT
In the subject of comics, besides various Michel Vaillant, i have this one somewhere, which is basically a sort of "seasons review" book about f1 seasons from 1950 to 1988. It sure inspired me to like the historical side of the sport:  |
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Post by Juha Bos on Jul 7, 2021 18:45:11 GMT
It's not complete, but these are some of the ones i could get my hands on (for now). Keep at it for a few years and you'll end up with this, which, as far as I'm aware, is complete. 
I loved reading them. Still do actually, I read them all again last year.
I'm slowly working my way through this stash now. It's a varied set of books with rally season reviews from 1979 to today, driver biographies, championship or event histories, books about rally/racing cars in general or specific ones like the Porsche 956/962 or... the Wartburg 311/313/1000.
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Post by Kayo "Sideways" Michiels on Jul 7, 2021 19:07:59 GMT
Oh wait, Schumacher has a hardcover version? sign me up!
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Post by Juha Bos on Jul 7, 2021 19:11:46 GMT
The French books are all hardcovers.
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Post by Kayo "Sideways" Michiels on Jul 7, 2021 19:20:32 GMT
Except, i have both Spa and Senna in Dutch...
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Post by Juha Bos on Jul 7, 2021 19:29:13 GMT
True. Maybe yours are re-releases because my Senna and Ferrari books are softcovers.
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Post by Jason White on Jun 20, 2022 14:17:53 GMT
Just finished reading this great Lloyd Ruby biography by Ted Buss. If I had been a teenager or in my twenties in the late 1960s and early 1970s, I think I can safely say I would have been a Ruby fan. Always so close to winning the Indy 500, but fate intervened so many times. If he had managed to win the race, it would have been a very popular victory. The book chronicles the life of a man who spoke slow, but drove hard, understood the meaning of keeping your word and was very loyal, often to a fault.  |
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Post by Jason White on Dec 30, 2023 21:45:53 GMT
Just finished reading this Chris Amon biography by Eoin Young. Very good read. Lots of great details (some amazing, some humorous, some quite illuminating) surrounding the life of the unluckiest man in F1.  |
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Post by Jason White on Jan 27, 2024 20:05:10 GMT
Just finished reading Al Unser Jr: A Checkered Past. As the title suggests, Al Jr. details both the good and the bad in his life. How a man so skilled and disciplined to win the CART championship and two Indy 500s could fall so dramatically, fueled by addiction to drugs and alcohol. I'm glad to say the book has a happy ending, with Al enjoying a peaceful life in Indianapolis, surrounded by good people and free from substance abuse. The few times I have seen him at Vintage Indy events, he seems happy. I'm glad he found the light at the end of a very long, dark tunnel.  |
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Post by Jason White on Apr 12, 2024 20:20:18 GMT
Just finished reading James Hunt Against All Odds. A very good retelling of the 1976 F1 Championship. Eoin Young's solid writing is interspersed with quotes in italics from Hunt. It's one of those neat situations where you can hear someone's voice as you read their words. The book also features beautiful photos from the '76 season.  |
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