TEXAS LEGEND:
Jim Hall and his Chaparrals

by George Levy

One of the greatest drivers of his generation, Jim Hall is even better known as an innovator. From tiny Chaparral Cars in Midland, Texas, a series of vehicles emerged that changed the face of racing. Hall’s high-winged Chaparral 2E Can-Am car and 2F World Sportscar may be the most influential race vehicles of the 20th century. Today, every Formula 1 car uses technology that Chaparral pioneered in the mid-1960s.

 In this authorized biography, Jim Hall tells his full story for the first time. Packed with facts and anecdotes and lavishly illustrated with period photographs by many of the world’s best motorsports photographers.

Hard cover, 484 pages.

ED PINK: THE OLD MASTER

The Remarkable Life and Times of Racing’s Most Versatile Engine Builder

by Ed Pink with Bones Bourcier

Ed Pink’s gift for designing and building engines made him a motorsports icon. His handiwork has powered, among others, drag-racing superstars Don Prudhomme and Tom McEwen, Indy Car legends Al Unser and Tom Sneva, sports car heroes Bob Wollek and Brian Redman, and USAC champions Tony Stewart and Kasey Kahne.

But this is not a technical book. Pink began his long-awaited autobiography with one goal: that it would be more about people than engines.

Mission accomplished, yet again, for auto racing’s Old Master.

Hard cover, 276 pp, 253 color and B&W photos. 

DON’T MENTION RACING 
Unless You Have An Hour To Spare
(100 Stories, 60 Years, 1 Driver)

by Roger Allan French

Exceptional storytellers know how to grab readers and ensure they want to hear the rest of the story. Roger French not only shares 100 of his best stories about his racing career, but also sheds light on what he experienced along the way: laugh-out-loud moments along with sobering tales of near-misses for French and his competitors.

From his earliest days in rough-and-tough stock cars, then on to SCCA Formula Vee racing, GT3, go-karts and more, he raced from New England to Europe and back.

Even longtime racers and fans will learn about racing as only an insider, a former chief instructor, flagger and rescue marshal can share. 

Soft cover, 300 pages.

SHELBY AMERICAN

The Renegades Who Built the Cars,

Won the Races, and Lived the Legend

by Preston Lerner

The story of Shelby American, the iconic company that in less than a decade created a legacy that will be revered as long as cars still roar around racetracks.

This entertaining book delves into the personalities and explosive hijinks that made Shelby American such a vibrant place to work.

Always standing above it all was Carroll Shelby himself. Dynamic, charismatic, mercurial, mercenary, and a little bit dangerous, he had to fight Ford bean-counters as fiercely as he dueled with Enzo Ferrari. But for a few magical years, Shelby managed to beat both of them at their own games. 

Soft cover, 320 pages.

KING OF THE BOARDS:
The Life and Times of Jimmy Murphy

by Gary D. Doyle (2002)

Beginning as a riding mechanic and young colleague for the Duesenberg Brothers and racing greats Eddie O’Donnell and Tommy Milton, Jimmy Murphy rapidly rose to become one of the greatest drivers of the 1920s. He drove championship Duesenberg and Miller cars, winning on America’s high-banked board track speedways at Indianapolis and at the French Grand Prix.

His brilliant but all-too-brief career spanned the period from September 1919 to his tragic death in a 1924 September 100-mile dirt track race at Syracuse, New York. Author Gary Doyle’s highly readable and extensively illustrated book provides an excellent analysis of Murphy’s life, the significance of his accomplishments and the high drama of championship racing in the era of the roaring twenties.

Hard cover, 336 pages, heavily illustrated with B&W and color photos.

Boost!

Roger Bailey’s Extraordinary
Motor Racing Career

by Gordon Kirby

Perhaps nobody in the history of automobile racing enjoyed a career of wider reach and diversity than Roger Bailey.

Over the course of 52 years (1959–2012) Bailey competed as a mechanic, engine builder, crew chief, sanctioning body technical inspector and finally, co-founder and administrator of the Indy Lights series.

Bailey’s career came to its culmination in 1986 when he co-founded the American Racing Series with Pat Patrick. In 1991, the ARS became the Indy Lights series with Bailey at the helm of the category through its heydays until his retirement in 2012.

Hard cover, 208 pages

SAM’S SCRAPBOOK
My Motorsports Memories

by Sam Posey with John Posey

Sam Posey raced a huge variety of sports cars, saloons and open-wheel machines in numerous racing arenas - Can-Am, USRRC, Trans-Am, IMSA, Indy, NASCAR, Formula 5000 and Formula 1 - against rivals and friends such as George Follmer, Parnelli Jones, Mark Donohue, Peter Revson, Dan Gurney, David Hobbs and Brian Redman.

Sam’s Scrapbook gives a first-hand account of a romantic era in racing, through pictures no one has seen and stories no one has heard. Running alongside the images, Posey's commentary is fascinating and thoughtful, and in turns both amusing and emotional.

This is an unusual and engaging memoir by one of America’s best-loved racing heroes and will appeal to all motorsports enthusiasts.

Hard cover, 160 pp. 250 B&W photos.

HOT SHOE! A Checkered Past: My Story

by Gary Balough with Bones Bourcier

Gary Balough streaked across the racing sky like a comet, hot and fiery, blazing through several categories of motorsports. He won in everything he drove – Late Models, Modifieds, superspeedway Late Model Sportsman cars, you name it – and stood in victory lanes from Florida to New York, Pennsylvania to Texas, and at historic venues like the Nashville Fairgrounds and Charlotte Motor Speedway.

But when that comet flamed out, Balough’s world went notoriously dark. Now, he sheds some light. Brash, bold, and honest, “HOT SHOE” is Gary’s story, told in his own words. Balough the author is as aggressive as Balough the racer, charging hard and never shy. It’s a gripping ride.

Soft cover, 272 pages, 144 B&W and color photos.