What are the Must Read books on racing?

Gairloch · 03-03-2006, 12:42 PM

I was digging through amazon.com looking for Fred Puhn's "How To Make Your Car Handle" and found a bunch of stuff on car setup and on racing techniques. It was occuring to me that with such a cornucopia of source material that a percentage of it is likely really good and a percentage of it is likely really crap.

What do you guys see as being the Must Read books for someone getting into autocrossing, HPDE and road racing? What books do you think should be avoided and why?

Murphy · 03-03-2006, 01:00 PM

For engine tech, A. Graham Bell's books are the best IMO.

"How to Make Your Car Handle" is really dated. Not worth it I'd say. It does have good info on alignment.

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Gairloch Dreaming of apexes Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Minneapolis, MN Posts: 5,313 Thanks: 139 Thanked 296 Times in 264 Posts Blog Entries: 4 My Google Map iTrader Rating: (7/100% )	What are the Must Read books on racing? I was digging through amazon.com looking for Fred Puhn's "How To Make Your Car Handle" and found a bunch of stuff on car setup and on racing techniques. It was occuring to me that with such a cornucopia of source material that a percentage of it is likely really good and a percentage of it is likely really crap. What do you guys see as being the Must Read books for someone getting into autocrossing, HPDE and road racing? What books do you think should be avoided and why?

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Murphy Speed Merchant Join Date: May 2005 Location: Manitoba, Canada Posts: 101 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts iTrader Rating: (0/0% )	For engine tech, A. Graham Bell's books are the best IMO. "How to Make Your Car Handle" is really dated. Not worth it I'd say. It does have good info on alignment.