Auto Racing Comes of Age : A Transatlantic View of the Cars, Drivers and Speedways, 1900-1925

from johnnyapollo

This was an interesting read but I'm not sure how much I took away from it. A basic telling of the dawn of auto racing and how it developed internationally, the book became very pedantic with tons of racing facts - perhaps if I was more of a fan of the era's exploits I would have garnered more fr...

from jimcripps

Barney Oldfield was arguably the greatest racer there ever was, by being aggressive and daring, to a point. In the beginning of auto racing, as in any type of racing, if you wanted to be a racer, all you needed was the mode of movement. Automobile racers were usually wealthy at the start, due to ...

from thosgpetri

This book was all I was anticipating it to be from a review I read in Hemmings Sports & Exotic Car magazine. The book very thoroughly covers the early 20th century history of auto racing in Europe and America, and the exchange of technology between race car builders on both continents. Events are...

from tiggernme

As one would expect from a McFarland book, this one is just packed with history and historical photos that you just don't find anywhere else. The material is well written and extremely well researched, and the book itself is coffee table quality. If you're a fan of racing, cars or automotive hist...

from gmillar

Bearing in mind that I am just an avid reader with a healthy interest in speedway racing, more particularly midget cars and TQs, I had difficulty with this book. I loved the illustrations and photos/daguerros and I wanted for more, but I did not love the writing. I could not string the story toge...