Motor Sport

This book is about the drivers, builders, car owners, promoters and others who gave us the history of the Fabulous Fifties American National Championship Series. It also includes the results and statistics on the 1950s National Championship races. The text is very informative and superbly illustrate..

This book is about the drivers, builders, car owners, promoters and others who gave us the history of the Fabulous Fifties American National Championship Series. It also includes the results and statistics on the 1950s National Championship races. The text is very informative and superbly illustrate..

Here for the first time is a book dedicated to the famous red cars of Alfa Romeo, in Grand Prix racing. Drawing on factory archives and the previously unpublished memories of men who built and raced the cars, David Venables chronicles the full story, from the company’s tentative start in 1910 throug..

Following the success of its sister volume, which covered the 1970s, this book features another classic era of Formula 1, attracting an ever growing interest via TV, ensuring it mainstream sport. The 1980s saw the emergence of McLaren and Williams as the dominant teams. Normally aspirated engines ga..

In 1952 the old Formula 1 was superseded by Formula 2 and many new cars appeared in Grand Prix racing. This book tells of these cars and their performances, along with a background into the events of 1948-1952. Of the competition cars, information is shared on the AFM, Alta, Aston Butterworth, Conna..

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Alan Brown he drove for the Ecurle Richmond The 500 cc class of motor racing is peculiarly British. It grew out of necessity. Those things which were not scarce after the war: enthusiasm, determination and resourcefulness, overcame the other shortages, and rather than wait until times were ..

This was the first work to cover this new formula. Beginning with its origins in Italy, John Blunsden traces Formula Junior’s early history on the continent and its first full season in England. There are detailed descriptions of cars, both British and foreign, and the modifications they underwent a..

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In the last thirty years, only one or two books have been devoted to Formula Junior motor racing. No one as such has ever compiled a book on the entire period of Formula Junior racing in the UK—that is from 1959 until 1963. Bernard Cowdrey has, for some years, relished a desire to fill this gap. It ..

Limited Edition of 500 Copies and signed by the Author; Bernard Cowdrey..

The AFN story is a long and fascinating one of triumphs, intrigues and disasters which will make absorbing reading for anyone interested in sports cars, the motor trade or the inner workings of the motor industry. Above all, though, it is a story of people and in particular of the three Aldington br..