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On The Prowl - The Definitive History of the Walkinshaw Jaguar Sports Car Team
August 2024
Author: Neil Smith
Format: Hardcover with dust jacket, 9“ x 12”/23cm x 30.5 cm, 528 pages
Photographs: 650 color & b/w
ISBN: 979-8-9906140-1-7
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Special contributions from: Derek Warwick, Derek Bell MBE and Eddie Cheever
The Group C and IMSA GTP era of sports car racing was truly a golden age, and few teams reached the level of success and admiration as Tom Walkinshaw Racing, whose factory Jaguar programs took on the very best on both sides of the Atlantic.
For the first time, the full history of this iconic team has been told, with author Neil Smith going beyond race results and car specifications and uncovering the fascinating stories, anecdotes and intrigue from those who were there.
On the Prowl - The Definitive History of the Walkinshaw Jaguar Sports Car Team includes contributions from drivers such as Derek Warwick, Davy Jones, Andy Wallace, Price Cobb and more, who share their experiences of winning in the fearsome XJR prototypes and what it was like to drive for the legendary and enigmatic Walkinshaw. Key team members from the era also reflect on their memories, with Tony Southgate providing the designer’s view, Le Mans-winning team managers Alastair Macqueen and Tony Dowe speaking to the inner workings of TWR, and some of the most experienced crew members such as Eddie Hinckley (who engineered the ’88 Le Mans winner) covering the nuts and bolts of the program.
TWR formed a pivotal part of Jaguar’s history, both commercial and sporting, and Smith places them into that wider context, going back to the company’s first race at Silverstone in 1949, through the legendary Le Mans wins of the 50s, Jaguar’s painful absorption by British Leyland, and the return to racing in touring cars and IMSA in the 70s and 80s.
The mystique of Walkinshaw himself looms large through the narrative, as one by one those who knew him attempt to detangle a complex personality that could inspire great loyalty or equally significant animosity.
The final section is a meticulously-researched history of all 32 TWR-Jaguar XJR chassis that saw track action, with extensive competition and ownership records and history, assembled with the input of the foremost collectors and preparers of the cars today.
With contributions from TWR team members’ personal archives, “On the Prowl” features more than 600 images and documents, many never before published, and is a fitting and comprehensive tribute to one of the most legendary sports car race teams of all time.
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A beloved car marque deep in trouble; a mercurial team owner hungry to win at ever-higher levels; two sports car championships at the height of their popularity but headed for disaster... On the Prowl - The Definitive History of the Walkinshaw Jaguar Sports Car Team pulls together the stories of Jaguar, Tom Walkinshaw and the Group C and IMSA GTP championships to tell the extraordinary tale of how one iconic team ascended to the very top of sports car racing and in the process carved out a legendary reputation.
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Enzo Ferrari: Power, Politics, and the Making of an Automotive Empire - The Publisher’s Edition
This Publisher’s Edition is limited to 265 copies. Each book is bound in genuine Schedoni Italian red leather. Schedoni, leather supplier for Ferrari, has a long history providing Ferrari with bespoke Italian leather luggage kits for nearly every Ferrari model for the past 46 years. Each copy is signed by Ferrari legends: former Ferrari President Luca di Montezemolo; drivers Mario Andretti, Jody Scheckter, Gerhard Berger, and Stefan Johansson; and Ferrari insider, author Luca Dal Monte.
Each book comes in a genuine black leather slipcase hand crafted by Roswell Binding in Arizona. Roswell Binding is renowned for the quality cases and books it produces including works for well known authors such as Steven King.
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Author: Luca Dal Monte
Format: Hardcover, 6” by 9”, 968 pages
Photos: 100 black-and-white and 33 color
ISBN-13: 978-1-935007-28-9
When Enzo Ferrari was born in 1898, automobiles were still a novelty in his native Italy. When he died ninety years later, the company he built stood at the top of a global industry, with the Ferrari name universally recognized for performance, racing prowess, and state-of-the-art Italian design. Enzo Ferrari: Power, Politics, and the Making of an Automotive Empire is the definitive account of an epic life.
Drawing on years of original research conducted in Italy and abroad, author (and Ferrari insider) Luca Dal Monte uncovers a wealth of new facts about Enzo's origins, ambitions, business practices, and private life. The book revisits all the highlights of Ferrari's rise to greatness: his driving career in the 1920s; his management of racing teams for Alfa Romeo in the 1930s; the launch of his own company and team in the late 1940s, and his unprecedented successes building cars for the road and race track in the following decades. But the book also examines lesser-known and sometimes hidden aspects of Ferrari's career, from his earliest failed business ventures to his political dealings with Italy's Fascist government, Allied occupiers, and even Communist leaders. And it lays bare the internal politics of the Ferrari company and team, whose leader manipulated employees, drivers, competitors and the media with a volatile mixture of brute force, paranoia, and guile.
Accompanying the in-depth text are extensive endnotes along with a full bibliography and index. The book is illustrated with four separate sections of photos, exhibits, and artefacts, and opens with a foreword by former Ferrari president Luca Di Montezemolo, who previously served as the company's Formula One team manager.
This is truly the definitive biography of Enzo Ferrari, one that makes previous accounts obsolete. Its depth, scale, and detail make it essential reading for automotive and motorsports enthusiasts. But other readers will be drawn to a sweeping story of Italian life, business, and culture during the 20th century.
“The Enzo Ferrari I knew as boss, friend, and opponent returns vividly to life in these pages, along with a wealth of new facts and details I never could have imagined.”
—Mario Andretti
“(Enzo Ferrari) stands as the definitive biography of one of the Automobile Age’s most memorable men.”
—The New York Times
Milan’s leading daily newspaper, Il Giornale, praised the 968 page book for its ease of reading, saying that “Enzo Ferrari” reads like a novel.
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"Love Enzo, or hate him, you'll understand him having read this book."
Based on years of original research, Enzo Ferrari is the definitive biography of the legendary Italian auto maker, revealing new information about Ferrari's rise to power and complex personal life.
Against All The Others: Porsche’s Racing History, Volume 1 - 1968
Author: Randy Leffingwell
Release Date: August 2024, Volume 2 - 1969 coming late 2025 or early 2026!
Format: Hardcover with dust jacket, 11“ x 12,”/27.94 cm x 30.48 cm, 432 pages; First volume in a series / Porsche Museum Edition
Photographs/Illustrations: 257
ISBN: 979-8-9906140-0-0
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"Something that sets Leffingwell’s approach apart is that he captures the dynamics of the story by juxtaposing the stream of ongoing innovation by teams, drivers, and organizers with Porsche’s response to that. The book sometimes has an almost diary, real-time feel to it, further enlivened by hundreds of quotes, that realistically reflects the trial-and-error if not chaotic aspect of motorsport development. This is the beauty of a book that doesn’t have to economize space but, in the hands of a writer who is a master of his craft, can develop detail and nuance as well as a particular, immersive tone.
Since starting in 1995, David Bull Publishing had the goal of producing the highest-quality motorsports books; their very first one won an award, and many others since then have as well. Their “understated elegance” and “unmistakable quality” Leffingwell praises at one point is evident here in spades, not least the staggeringly good proofreading." - Excerpted from Speedreaders.com review. See full review here.
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By 1968, when we step into Porsche's racing history, the marque was well established in international competition, having won nearly every race and championship title at the time except Le Mans.
This year is significant: Porsche launched its no-holds-barred assault on its remaining goals with its 917. However, 1968 was not only 917s. Works and private teams campaigned 911s in rallies, hillclimbs, and road races, and did the same with year-old 907s, two-year-old 910s, and brand-new 908s.
Company management under founder Ferry Porsche and motorsports direction under his nephew Ferdinand Piëch were not always in precise sync, nor was the nephew always fully forthcoming to his uncle and boss. And that is a big part of the story that Against All The Others tells: Sometimes those “others” occupied the office next door.
Porsche’s Racing History is a multi-volume set that begins, near the middle of the tale, in 1968. Subsequent volumes in the series lead readers through trials and triumphs until the end of 1974. Then we take a step back 100 years to 1875 for the birth of dynasty founder Ferdinand Porsche. When he was 24, in 1899, Ferdinand raced the first car he ever built, a battery-powered Lohner. Several volumes drive forward the history from electric cars to internal combustion, illuminating the forces that influenced Ferdinand's working practices and then formulated his son Ferry’s thinking.
When the series catches up again with 1975, the remaining volumes take the reader through 1999. This is the story of Porsche’s first hundred years of racing, as cars evolved from wooden frames to carbon fiber, bodies from unpainted canvas to bold sponsor logos, and drivers from royalty and wealthy amateurs to paid professionals. The series draws on some 200 personal interviews with racing engineers such as Ernst Fuhrmann, Helmuth Bott, Helmut Flegl, Peter Falk, and Norbert Singer, and drivers including Hans Herrmann, Jacky Ickx, Derek Bell, Vic Elford, Walter Rohrl, and dozens of others. Previously unpublished photos, never-before-seen Works documents, and specially commissioned circuit maps will illustrate Porsche’s racing efforts Against All The Others.
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By 1968, when we step into Porsche's racing history, the marque was well established in international competition, having won nearly every race and championship title at the time except Le Mans.
Author: Tim Considine
Publication Date: 2025
ISBN: 978-0-9993953-1-8
Page Size: 9 x 11 inches
Two volumes, hard cover in slipcase
Vol. IV (1980 - 1989): 352 pages, 330 images
Vol. V (1990 - 1999): 416 pages, 435 images
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Continuing the late Tim Considine’s award-winning work on the memorable contributions of the Americans that have competed in the world’s most fabled endurance race, Volumes IV-V of Twice Around the Clock: The Yanks at Le Mans examines their experiences during the 1980s and 1990s, revealing the details behind their triumphs and tragedies. With a host of friends and colleagues helping take Considine’s original story across the finish line, this book is certain to thrill and entertain racing fans eager to relive one of the most exciting eras in motorsport.
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Continuing the late Tim Considine’s award-winning work on the memorable contributions of the Americans that have competed in the world’s most fabled endurance race, Volumes IV-V of Twice Around the Clock: The Yanks at Le Mans examines their experiences during the 1980s and 1990s, revealing the details behind their triumphs and tragedies. With a host of friends and colleagues helping take Considine’s original story across the finish line, this book is certain to thrill and entertain racing fans eager to relive one of the most exciting eras in motorsport.
