Great Australian Motor Racing Pictures
| Author | : Bryan Hanrahan |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 96 |
| Release | : 1976 |
| Genre | : Automobile racing |
| ISBN | : 9780725102302 |
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Great Australian Motor Racing Stories
| Author | : Will Hagon |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 304 |
| Release | : 2015-08-01 |
| Genre | : |
| ISBN | : 9780733333781 |
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Birthplaces of Australian Motor Racing
| Author | : Bill Pearson |
| Publisher | : Austin Macauley Publishers |
| Total Pages | : 446 |
| Release | : 2022-12-16 |
| Genre | : Sports & Recreation |
| ISBN | : 1398411353 |
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This book records and now preserves the history of Australian motorsport. Huge proportions of it were just on the very edge of being lost. By the time you have read this book, you will be unbeatable at Australian motor racing trivia around any race campground fire pit or BBQ. You will know what the deadliest day was trackside in this country, the speedway promoter who discovered and named one of Australia’s biggest international rock groups, the most extreme financial car racing venue disaster of all time, why many residential roads have names the people who live there don’t appreciate, and what venue built its own railway station which is still in use today. You will discover places worth dragging the family off to so you can take photos of rusting artefacts and sprout knowledgeable but boring nostalgic conversations. You’ll also be amazed at some of the historic car racing locations you’ve unknowingly been driving past. How do you locate old car venues when some were utterly demolished 90 years ago, an industrial complex built on the same spot, which was in turn torn down and replaced with a university, a lake or a multi-storey housing estate? This roll call of mine started out with two simple questions that most petrol heads in this country ask themselves sooner or later. How many car racing facilities have closed in Australia – and why?
The Immortals of Australian Motor Racing
| Author | : Luke West |
| Publisher | : Simon and Schuster |
| Total Pages | : 212 |
| Release | : 2021-08-20 |
| Genre | : Sports & Recreation |
| ISBN | : 1922579882 |
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This book takes the Immortals concept made famous in cricket and applies it to motorsport, choosing the best of the best from Bathurst and the Australian Touring Car Championship (now the Supercars Championship) and other local series. It delves into the careers and characteristics of icons Peter Brock, Allan Moffat and Dick Johnson along with modern-era champions such as Mark Skaife, Craig Lowndes and Jamie Whincup: heroes who are not just high achievers but influential identities who set a new benchmark and changed local racing forever through skill, determination and sheer will. It tells the remarkable stories behind each Immortal's rise, from the fabled tale of rock star Johnson to the little-known facts surrounding Lowndes' Bathurst arrival in 1994 that, a few hours earlier, teetered on the brink of disaster. The Immortals of Australian Motor Racing: the Local Heroes is the third instalment in Gelding Street Press's Immortals of Australian Sport series. In it, motorsport writer Luke West gives readers insights into his 10 chosen immortals and their influence on the national scene.
Speed Kings
| Author | : John Smailes |
| Publisher | : Allen & Unwin |
| Total Pages | : 416 |
| Release | : 2020-11-03 |
| Genre | : Sports & Recreation |
| ISBN | : 1761060678 |
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The fascinating, definitive story of Australia and New Zealand's quest to win the world's greatest motor race Winning the Indianapolis 500, the greatest spectacle in motorsport, has been a quest for Australians and New Zealanders since the first race in 1911. Seventeen have tried and two have succeeded: Scott Dixon in 2008 and Will Power in 2018. Rupert Jeffkins, Australia's original speed king, entered the first Indy 500 and on his second attempt in 1912 came within five kilometres of victory. He and Italian Ralph De Palma created legend when they pushed their car to the finish line after it blew up while leading. Speed Kings tells Jeffkins' full story for the first time. The lure of the Brickyard, paved with 3.2 million bricks, has drawn champions from both sides of the Tasman. Sir Jack Brabham, his son Geoffrey and grandson Matthew have each tried to win. So have the 'big three' of New Zealand motor racing: Bruce McLaren, Denny Hulme and Chris Amon. Now Scott McLaughlin looks set to become the next driver from down under to chase American motor racing's greatest prize. Indy doesn't offer up victory lightly. Blinding speed - nudging 380 km/h and averaging 280 km/h over 500 miles - makes the Brickyard one of the most precarious racetracks in the world. Forty-two drivers have died attempting the 500. Speed Kings tells the story of the Australian and New Zealand drivers, team owners, engineers, even commentators who've made the Brickyard their quest.
Formula One
| Author | : John Smailes |
| Publisher | : Allen & Unwin |
| Total Pages | : 407 |
| Release | : 2021-11-02 |
| Genre | : Sports & Recreation |
| ISBN | : 1761063197 |
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Since 1950, fifteen Australians and nine New Zealanders have raced in world championship Formula One, the pinnacle of motor racing. Three - Jack Brabham, Denny Hulme and Alan Jones - have won the world title. Two have died in the attempt without ever facing the world championship starters' lights. So few drivers make it to Formula One. Ever fewer succeed in the fastest and most challenging four-wheeled sport of all. Now John Smailes, author of the bestselling Climbing the Mountain, Race Across the World, Mount Panorama and Speed Kings, gives us the definitive story of our involvement with Formula One, from the pioneer days in the aftermath of World War II, to the championship glory of Brabham, Hulme and Jones, the grit and determination of Mark Webber, and Australia's current Formula One star, the irrepressible Daniel Ricciardo, all the way to potential champions of the future like Oscar Piastri. With over 150 stunning photographs, and interviews with drivers past and present, as well as the engineers, managers and team owners behind the scenes, this is the must-have book for every Australian and New Zealand fan of Formula One.
Half a Century of Speed
| Author | : Barry Lake |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 320 |
| Release | : 1998-10 |
| Genre | : |
| ISBN | : 9780646358796 |
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Supercars
| Author | : Luke West |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 280 |
| Release | : 2021-07-07 |
| Genre | : |
| ISBN | : 9781925946994 |
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V8 Supercars is a great Australian sporting success story, still going strong for over a quarter of a century. It was the first local race series to gain a mainstream national following, catapulting the likes of Peter Brock and Dick Johnson to fame against the backdrop of Mount Panorama, Bathurst. These days the sport draws huge crowds, attracts big-dollar TV rights deals and a new generation of heroes have appeared battling over old territory, plus a host of new street circuits, turning this Australian motor sport into a globally recognised phenomenon. The V8s have evolved into today's Supercars Championship, creating household megastars such as Craig Lowndes, Marcos Ambrose, Jamie Whincup and Scott McLaughlin. Supercars gives detailed insight into how each and every championship was won, tracking the development of the Supercars class between 1993-2010. This comprehensive and absorbing account of a uniquely Australian sport is a must for any race fan's bookshelf.
Australian Books in Print
| Author | : |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 1484 |
| Release | : 1996 |
| Genre | : Australia |
| ISBN | : |
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Australia's Greatest Racecars
| Author | : Luke West |
| Publisher | : Simon and Schuster |
| Total Pages | : 490 |
| Release | : 2024-07-31 |
| Genre | : Sports & Recreation |
| ISBN | : 1923009303 |
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Fully illustrated chapters showcasing the most famous Aussie racing muscle cars. Australia's Greatest Racecars showcases the most spectacular machines to hit the track. These are the V8 beasts that created the legend of Brock, Moffat, Johnson, Bathurst and many more household names. This book rolls out a full grid of legendary metal with magnetic attraction for racing enthusiasts. This fully illustrated hardcover includes dedicated chapters on 25 famous Aussie racing muscle cars. With over 300 full colour photos and great design, this is a book every Australian with petrol in their veins should have on their bookshelf.
