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Selected Books
Baime, A. J.
Go Like Hell: Ford, Ferrari, and Their Battle for Speed and Glory at le Mans
GV1029.15.B35 2009
Go Like Hell tells the story of how Henry Ford II, with the help of a young visionary named Lee Iacocca and a former racing champion turned engineer, Carroll Shelby, concocted a scheme to reinvent the Ford company and enter the high-stakes world of European car racing, trying to design, build, and race a car that could beat Ferrari in the Grand Prix at le Mans.
Go Like Hell: Ford, Ferrari, and Their Battle for Speed and Glory at le Mans
GV1029.15.B35 2009
Go Like Hell tells the story of how Henry Ford II, with the help of a young visionary named Lee Iacocca and a former racing champion turned engineer, Carroll Shelby, concocted a scheme to reinvent the Ford company and enter the high-stakes world of European car racing, trying to design, build, and race a car that could beat Ferrari in the Grand Prix at le Mans.
Branham, H. A.
Bill France, Jr.: The Man Who Made NASCAR
GV1032.F73 B73 2010
Former NASCAR president, chairman, and CEO William Clifton France is remembered as the man who followed his visionary father at the helm of NASCAR and guided NASCAR to unprecedented levels of popularity.
Bill France, Jr.: The Man Who Made NASCAR
GV1032.F73 B73 2010
Former NASCAR president, chairman, and CEO William Clifton France is remembered as the man who followed his visionary father at the helm of NASCAR and guided NASCAR to unprecedented levels of popularity.
Down, Barrie
Art Deco and British Car Design: The Airline Cars of the 1930s
The Art Deco movement influenced design and marketing in the British motor industry during the 1930s, a radical era in automotive design.
Art Deco and British Car Design: The Airline Cars of the 1930s
The Art Deco movement influenced design and marketing in the British motor industry during the 1930s, a radical era in automotive design.
Gross, Ken
The Allure of the Automobile: Driving in Style, 1930-1965
TL255.G75 2010
A celebration of the finest designs of the Golden Age of automotive design, presenting eighteen of the world’s rarest and most brilliantly conceived cars from 1930 to the mid-1960s, including masterpieces from Bugatti, Dusenberg, Delage, Porsche, Mercedes-Benz, Jaguar, and Ferrari.
The Allure of the Automobile: Driving in Style, 1930-1965
TL255.G75 2010
A celebration of the finest designs of the Golden Age of automotive design, presenting eighteen of the world’s rarest and most brilliantly conceived cars from 1930 to the mid-1960s, including masterpieces from Bugatti, Dusenberg, Delage, Porsche, Mercedes-Benz, Jaguar, and Ferrari.
Hawley, Samuel Jay
Speed Duel: The Inside Story of the Land Speed Record in the Sixties
Speed Duel documents the quest for the land speed record (LSR) in the 1960s and the rivalry between two American drivers, Art Arfons and Craig Breedlove. By 1965, Arfons and Breedlove had pushed the record up to 600 miles per hour.
Speed Duel: The Inside Story of the Land Speed Record in the Sixties
Speed Duel documents the quest for the land speed record (LSR) in the 1960s and the rivalry between two American drivers, Art Arfons and Craig Breedlove. By 1965, Arfons and Breedlove had pushed the record up to 600 miles per hour.
Leffingwell, Randy
Legendary Corvettes: 'Vettes made famous on track and screen
q TL215.C6 L4427 2010x
Through victory at racetracks, exposure in film and television, or other notable achievements, a select few Corvettes have attained mythic status. Eighteen are portrayed here, including the first-generation Corvettes used in the classic television series Route 66.
Legendary Corvettes: 'Vettes made famous on track and screen
q TL215.C6 L4427 2010x
Through victory at racetracks, exposure in film and television, or other notable achievements, a select few Corvettes have attained mythic status. Eighteen are portrayed here, including the first-generation Corvettes used in the classic television series Route 66.
Life is a Highway: A Century of Great Automotive Writing
Life Is a Highway is a collection of the best automotive writing to date, capturing the joys of the automobile, the historical circumstances of its creation, and the major events, people, and cars involved.
Life Is a Highway is a collection of the best automotive writing to date, capturing the joys of the automobile, the historical circumstances of its creation, and the major events, people, and cars involved.
O'Rourke, P. J.
Driving Like Crazy
"Thirty Years of Vehicular Hell-Bending, Celebrating America the Way It's Supposed to Be - with an Oil Well in Every Backyard, a Cadillac Escalade in Every Carport, and the Chairman of the Federal Reserve Mowing Our Lawn"
PN6231.A8 O76 2009x
In a collection spanning over three decades, the famed humorist and certified gearhead chronicles his love affair with the automobile from mid-twentieth century until now, in a humorous romp through all things on four wheels.
Driving Like Crazy
"Thirty Years of Vehicular Hell-Bending, Celebrating America the Way It's Supposed to Be - with an Oil Well in Every Backyard, a Cadillac Escalade in Every Carport, and the Chairman of the Federal Reserve Mowing Our Lawn"
PN6231.A8 O76 2009x
In a collection spanning over three decades, the famed humorist and certified gearhead chronicles his love affair with the automobile from mid-twentieth century until now, in a humorous romp through all things on four wheels.
Pierce, Daniel S.
Real NASCAR: White Lightning, Red Clay, and Big Bill France
GV1029.9.S74 P54 2010
In this history of the stock car racing circuit known as NASCAR, Daniel Pierce offers a look at the sport from its postwar beginnings on Daytona Beach and Piedmont dirt tracks through the early 1970s when the sport spread beyond its southern roots and gained national recognition.
Real NASCAR: White Lightning, Red Clay, and Big Bill France
GV1029.9.S74 P54 2010
In this history of the stock car racing circuit known as NASCAR, Daniel Pierce offers a look at the sport from its postwar beginnings on Daytona Beach and Piedmont dirt tracks through the early 1970s when the sport spread beyond its southern roots and gained national recognition.
Return to the topDVDs
(NASCAR) Full Throttle Adrenaline
(DVD) GV1029.9.S74 F85 2008x
This collectible two-DVD set interviews NASCAR drivers to hear their thoughts on the G-force pressures of racing, and the skills and focus needed to stay off the wall and in the victory lane.
(DVD) GV1029.9.S74 F85 2008x
This collectible two-DVD set interviews NASCAR drivers to hear their thoughts on the G-force pressures of racing, and the skills and focus needed to stay off the wall and in the victory lane.
The Ride of Their Lives
(DVD) GV1029.9.S74 R5355 2009x
An adrenaline-filled journey chronicling the history of NASCAR, presented in accounts from the people who lived it. Includes archival footage and interviews with famed NASCAR personalities.
(DVD) GV1029.9.S74 R5355 2009x
An adrenaline-filled journey chronicling the history of NASCAR, presented in accounts from the people who lived it. Includes archival footage and interviews with famed NASCAR personalities.
Browse the Catalog
For library materials for car buffs, browse these subjects:
- Automobile Racing
- Automobile Racing Drivers
- Automobiles
- Automobiles - History
- Automobiles, Racing
- NASCAR (Association)
- Stock Car Racing
- Stock Cars, Automobiles
Web Sites
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IndyCar.com
Championship open wheel auto racing. -
International Motorsports Association
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NASCAR
National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing -
Speed TV
Covers auto racing and motorcycle news.
Pittsburgh Region
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Lernerville Speedway
Located in Sarver, Butler County -
Motordrome Speedway
Located in Smithton, Westmoreland County -
Pittsburgh Circle Track Club
A non-profit organization made up of promoters, car owners, drivers, pit crew members, and fans of the sport of auto racing. -
Pittsburgh Vintage Grand Prix Association
Organizers of the annual Vintage Grand Prix, a race and show of vintage cars. This event, started in 1983, has grown from a one-day vintage race in Schenley Park to a full week of race and car show related activities. Annually in July. -
Pittsburgh's Pennsylvania Motor Speedway
Located in Imperial, PA (west of Pittsburgh) -
Racing Web
Information about the local and national auto racing scene. -
Roaring Knob Motorsports Complex
Motocross and stock car racing in Markleysburg, southeast of Uniontown near the Maryland border.
