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[Chris Ashcraft]

I have watched as many Youtube videos and searched to the end of the internet during the deep freeze of the Midwest as
possible and even the wood stove in the garage would barely keep up with the cold. I am looking for something good to read on racing. Techniques, tuning, anything about racing at this point..lol.. The Sebring updates have been a good read so far!! Does anyone have any recommendations?

Thanks

Chris

[Craig Berry]

THE ART OF RACING IN THE RAIN and GO LIKE HELL both are outstanding! The first is fictional, the second is not

[Todd Lamb]

Data Power

Drive to Win (and Tune to Win)

Performance Thinking

Going Faster

Speed Secrets

[Jeff Wasilko]

Picked up Driving on the Edge: The Art and Science of Race Driving  by Michael Krumm. it's been a good read so far.

[Bruce Wilson]

Drive to Win

Screw to Win (just kidding, but check the reading list on the back pages of Drive to Win)

Speed Secrets

The Unfair Advantage (Not really a driving book, but lots of interesting nuggets that helped along the way)

[LarryKing]

The Stainless Steel Carrot by Sylvia Wilkinson is an extremely well written account of John Morton's domination of the TransAm 2.5 series with BRE in the early 1970s.

[Bruce Wilson]

THE ART OF RACING IN THE RAIN and GO LIKE HELL both are outstanding! The first is fictional, the second is not

 

Not sure if everyone knew, but Garth Stein author of AORIR was an early Spec Miata regular in the Northwest.  Now he's a big shot best selling author

[fotostars]

Not sure if everyone knew, but Garth Stein author of AORIR was an early Spec Miata regular in the Northwest.  Now he's a big shot best selling author

 

And it's more a drama than a racing book... Cool description of Thunderhill from the passenger seat as a dog ;-)

[svvs]

Fast guys, rich guys, and idiots.  Want some good insite into pro racing....this is it.  Also some great stories out of IMSA racing in the 80's.

 

-Vick

[Race Engineering]

All of these recommendations / books are good books. Bob Bondurant also has a really good book. I would suggest in addition to good reading, would be to seek out a good driving coach. There are several very accomplished spec Miata driving coaches available.

[SaulSpeedwell]

Rock, Paper, Scissors, BlakeClements.Com:

 

(Scissors wins, but only when it is cheating!)

 

[DES4]

Michael Keyser's "The Speed Merchants":

 

Whether you read the original (released in the early 1970's, it is the BEST and most comprehensive coverage of the then-contemporary sports car scene, encompassing Can-Am, Trans-Am, FIA groups 5 and 6, as well as Formula 1), or his re-write released in the 1990's (sharing his experiences participating, photographing, writing about and producing the same-titled film), it will hook you. Well-written, insightful, and with many gorgeous photos from the era (co-shot by Balfour Walker). All my heroes are covered, with great quotes/contributions from Mario Andretti, Vic Elford, Peter Schetty, Helmut Marko, Brian Redman... ultimate stuff. 

[LarryKing]

An essay not a book - if you've never read Tom Wolfe's "The Last American Hero" you owe it to yourself to do so. Great record of NASCAR in the early days and I don't think anyone has better captured the old "new South" than Wolfe.

 

http://www.esquire.c...-tom-wolfe-0365

[Jaime Florence]

Twist of the Wrist by Kieth Code. It's written for motorcycle racing but I got a lot out of it, and most of it can be applied to four wheels.

[LarryKing]

Excellent recommendation Jaime. As a much younger man I had the pleasure of attending Keith Code's Superbike School at Mid-Ohio and having Mr. Code for an instructor. His concept of attention dollars and spending them wisely translates to any form of competition.