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General topics (by year published)
Title	Year	Author	Covers	Held by	Publisher	ISBN
Drive It! The Complete Book of Formula 2 Motor Racing	1984	Tristan Wood	History, circuits, drivers, cars - all F2.	Bretonbanquet	Haynes Group	ISBN 0-85429-366-3
Racing the Silver Arrows: Mercedes-Benz versus Auto Union 1934-1939	1986	Chris Nixon	Detailed look at racing in the 1930s with a particular emphasis on Auto-Union and Mercedes-Benz.	Readro	Osprey Publishing	ISBN 0-85184-055-8
The Complete History of Grand Prix Motor Racing	1990	Adriano Cimarosti	Every Grand Prix season (or equivalent) from 1894 to 1989, including a focus on cars and tracks.	Apterygial	Crescent Books	ISBN 0-517-69709-2
Sports Car and Competition Driving	1993	Paul Frère	Driving theory, technique, physics, race tactics,	Readro	Patrick Stephens	ISBN 1-85260-438-7
The Chequered Flag: 100 Years of Motor Racing	1993	Ivan Rendall	Covering all top forms of motorsport, basically the whole history of the sport.	Apterygial Readro	Weidenfeld & Nicolson	ISBN 0-297-83220-4
Street Stock Chassis Technology	1994	Steve Smith	Tips and techniques for constructing and altering a street stock racecar - suspension (refinements, setup, springs, shocks, front end alignment), stagger, scaling, adjustment to track conditions, etc.	Royalbroil	Steve Smith Autosports Publications	ISBN 0-936834-92-7
The Guinness Guide to International Motor Racing	1994	Peter Higham	Detailed statistical compendium of major motorsport formulae and races, both international and national, from the 19th century to 1994	Midgrid	Guinness Publishing	ISBN 0-85112-642-1
The Chequered Flag: 100 Years of Motor Racing	1997 ed.	Ivan Rendall	Covering all top forms of motorsport, basically the whole history of the sport.	Bretonbanquet	Weidenfeld & Nicolson	ISBN 0-297-82402-3
A century of Grand Prix motor racing	1998	Anthony Pritchard	A season-by-season account of Grand Prix racing from 1895 to 1998. Selected features including driver profiles, Grand Prix reports, interviews, etc.	Readro	Motor Racing Publications	ISBN 1-899870-38-5
A-Z of Formula racing cars 1945 - 1990	1998	David Hodges	Exhaustive A-Z guide to F1, F2, F3, F3000, and FJunior cars. Brief constructor histories.	4u1e	Bay View Books	ISBN 1-901432-17-3
Motor racing's strangest races	2001	Geoff Tibballs	Accounts of races and rallies that were notable for bizarre happenings.	Readro Bretonbanquet	Robson Books	ISBN 1-86105-411-4
Women in Motorsport	2003	Susan TP-Jamieson Peter Tutthill	Encyclopedia of practically every woman who raced or rallied cars from 1945-2003.	Bretonbanquet	Jaker / BWRDC	ISBN 0-9544315-0-2
Grand Prix Century: The First 100 Years of the World's Most Glamorous and Dangerous Sport	2005	Christopher Hilton	Essentially a novel-form story of Grand Prix racing, from 1906 to 2005, with a focus on important races.	Apterygial	Haynes Publishing	ISBN 1-84425-120-9
Hitler's Motor Racing Battles: The Silver Arrows under the Swastika	2008	Eberhard Reuss Angus McGeoch (trans)	The Silver Arrows of Auto-Union and Mercedes-Benz under the Nazi regime.	Apterygial Readro	Haynes Publishing	ISBN 978-1-84425-476-7

IRL / CART / Indianapolis 500

IRL / CART / Indianapolis 500
Title	Year	Author	Covers	Held by	Publisher	ISBN
The Indianapolis 500: the Story of the Motor Speedway	1956	Brock Yates	General history of the Indy 500 and speedway from the start to the races of the early/mid 1950s	GURoadrunner	Harper & Brothers, New York	Unk. -- see WorldCat
IndyCar Champion: A Season with Target/Chip Ganassi Racing	1998	Ned Wicker	A 1997 CART season profile of Target Chip Ganassi Racing; Zanardi, Vasser, team info, results	GURoadrunner	Motorbooks International	ISBN 0-7603-0394-0
Indy Cars of the 1960s	2001	Karl Ludvigsen	Mostly photos, but also some technical detail on many of the 60s machines.	Bretonbanquet	Iconografix	ISBN 1-58388-052-6
Indy: The Race and Ritual of the Indianapolis 500 (2nd ed.)	2005	Terry Reed	Comprehensive history of the event, with incredible off-track detail.	Bretonbanquet	Potomac Books	ISBN 1-57488-907-9
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