Road Racing essential reading

[Johnny Drummond]

Hi Guys,
Here are some books for anyone interested in the history of racing on road circuits here in Ireland.This is for those of you around the world who are interested but need some background history(and mabye a reason for a holiday!) into the sport,you should find them on Amazon booksellers.Enjoy!.

Beautiful Danger:-author Stephen Davidson

Days of Thunder:-author alastair McCook

The Power and the Glory:the history of the North West 200:-author Alistair McCook

Between the Hedges: a celebration of 40 years of road racing:-author Stephen Davidson

They range in price from ?18-25 a little expensive I know but well worth the money. Johnny

 

[Charlie G]

I checked Amazon for "Between the Hedges". It's due to be relaesed Jan 28 and their taking pre-orders. $23.99, free shiping. The wife got a sugestion for my Feb. birthday present. We'll see.

cg

 

[Guest]

Thanks for the heads up on good reads. Interesting subject, I searched for any other threads on good bike books to read and didn't find any. I for one would sure like some heads up on good bike reads. Personally I just finished "The long way down". Not a skills book but a great read and I would definitely recommend it. I'm grabbing David Hough's "Proficient Motorcycling". I started reading "Twist of the Wrist" by David Code but it's about track racing and I just couldn't get into it, so I'll come back to that one.

 

[gs58]

Two books just released in New Zealand are;

Croz, Larrikin biker. This is the biography of Graeme Crosby who probably needs no introduction up to about 1982. . Famous quote is "which way does the track go and what's the lap record". Just got an autographed copy and spent some time talking to the man about the old days.

Kim, the Kiwi on the Konig. This is the story of Kim Newcombe who put an outboard motor in a bike frame and beat the factories. Unfortunately he was killed in 1973 but still came second in the world 500 championship although he didn't contest the the last couple of meetings. This book is written by Tim Hannah who is also the author of "John Britten" and "One good run - the legend of Burt Munro". They are also excellent reading with a lot of technical information about the development of their bikes.

 

[exploited789]

Keith Code: A Twist of the Wrist, A Twist of the Wrist 2, Soft Science of Roadracing Motorcycles.

 

[Buffalo Bill]

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My favorite auto racing book has to be:
The Technique of Motor Racing, by Piero Taruffi, pb. 1959
Classic racing concepts that can be applied to motorcycle racing as well. Fabulous photos from 1940's and 50's Grand Prix racing.
Bill