Passion For Speed

Passion For Speed puts you behind the wheel of the greatest ever sports and racing cars. Nick Mason of Pink Floyd has been acquiring and racing cars for nearly 40 years.

Driving racing cars has been my passion since childhood. This need for thrills, excitement, and satisfaction of controlling a powerful machine is a bug that has never left me. This mainly photographic record gives some idea of the twists and turns my life has taken by chasing my racing dreams.

Even 30 years after his death, Steve McQueen remains an icon of cool. His image continues to appear in advertising and pop culture, and car, motorcycle, and racing fans embrace him as one of their own. Now comes this volume featuring rare photography and chronicling McQueen’s fascination with and passion for all things internal-combustion powered. McQueen’s movie characters always had a great motorcycle or car—from the 650cc “BMW” motorcycle (a disguised Triumph) in The Great Escape (1963) to the Gulf Porsche 917 race car he raced in Le Mans (1971). His need for speed propelled him from Hollywood into a number of top off-road motorcycle races, including the Baja 1000, Mint 400, and Elsinore Grand Prix. Determined to be ahead of the pack, McQueen trained vigorously, weight lifting, running, and studying martial arts. Steve McQueen A Passion for Speed reflects a life lived in the moment and with the pedal to the metal.

Shave lap times or find a faster line through your favorite set of S-curves with professional race driver Ross Bentley as he shows you the quickest line from apex to apex! With tips and commentary from current race drivers, Bentley covers the vital techniques of speed, from visualizing lines to interpreting tire temps to put you in front of the pack. Includes discussion of practice techniques, chassis set-up, and working with your pit chief.

Someone's out to destroy the Devlin Motor Sports racing team, whose stock car racing roots span three generations. A top DMS driver, Jimmy Stanton, Is brutally kidnapped. When sexy 23 year old Sean Chase Devlin tries to intervene, he's tasered senseless. Two days later, Sean, a champion driver in his own right, barely survives a suspicious accident and a bone-crushing crash on the speedway. At his hospital bed hover an angel and a possible devil. Daniella Lawson, his true-love whom he betrayed with nameless one night stands, senses Sean's attraction To The dark-haired beauty, Dakota Phillips, a competitive racer For The Devlins And The only one on the DMS racing team left to qualify For The upcoming Gator 500 race. Caught in a web of danger, The Devlin family must pull together to find Jimmy and discover who is behind the plot to keep them out of the big race. Everyone becomes suspect. Switching alliances reveal family secrets, new enemies, And The identity behind a deadly scheme. Set in southern Florida and New York City, Maximum Speed provides a behind-the scenes look at adrenaline-pumping excitement of stock car racing, and fascinating characters whose passion for winning goes beyond the racetrack.

'James Dean. From Passion for Speed to Immortality' focuses on the iconic actor's aspirations to be a world class racing driver and his brief period of fame before his untimely death in a car accident.

Driving racing cars has been the passion since childhood. This need for thrills and the satisfaction of controlling a powerful machine is a need that has never left me. This mainly photographic record shows some of the twists and turns my life followed by chasing my racing dreams

Here is a detailed and personal look at the Unsers, the most successful family in American auto racing. Their dynasty was first established on Pikes Peak, where both Bobby and Al garnered several victories early on in their careers. Then the brothers went to the world’s premier race, the Indianapolis 500, and won a combined seven crowns before their driving days were done. The second generation of the family continued the Indy dominance as Al Unser Jr. won in both 1992 and 1994. Eventually, Robby Unser became the seventh member of the family to start at the big Brickyard, and now the newest racing Unser, Alfred Richard Unser (or ""Just Al"" as he’s called), looks to add yet another Unser name to the Indy 500 competitor list.