mglobe

Looking for recommendations. Could be technical on cars, data acquisition, technique, ... Historical. Biographic. ...

I've read:
The Art of Racing in the Rain
Making Sense of Squigly Lines
Speed Secrets -- Multiple ones
Go Like Hell
A couple of Vic Elford books

How about we start a reading list.

gbuff

Taruffi's Technique of Motor Racing will make your head spin but is generally regarded as the Bible of motorsports publications.

I like Paul Frere's Sportscar and Competition Driving as well as Bob Bondurant on High Performance Driving.

Gary

ProCoach

Matt Romanowski

in addition to what's been listed already (this is what I have at the house. There are more in the office).

Beast by Jade Gurss
Total Competition by Ross Brawn and Adam Parr
Analysis Techniques for Race Car Data Acquisition (Second Edition) by Jorge Segers
Kussmaul Chronicles by Craig Watkins
An Introduction to Race Car Engineering by Rowley
All of the Perfect Corner books by Adam Brouillard
My Mecedes is Not for Sale by Jeroien Van Bergeijk
Top Fuel for Life by Jim Oberhofer

Then their is a ton of Porsche books from coffee table style to Johnson's 914 book.

LuigiVampa

The Unfair Advantage by Mark Donohue was a good read.
Shunt: the story of James Hunt
Hunt vs Lauda

Veloce Raptor

Going Faster

SoClose

Skip Barber's book- the one VR mentioned- and the Speed Secrets books

2BWise

I enjoyed both of these.

There's also The Limit by Michael Cannell
Senna; The Whole Story by Christopher Hilton
I've read a lot of Christopher Hilton's F1 books and really enjoy them. Most are biographical but enjoyable and in depth. There are also a couple books he's written called Memories of... (I've read the Senna and Hunt books) and they're full of great anecdotal bits about the subjects which I've not seen elsewhere.
Niki Lauda has written (co-written) a few good books;
The Fundamentals of Grand Prix Driving
F1: The Turbo Years
My Life at Ferrari

Matt Romanowski

The Racing and High Performance Tire by Paul Haney
Data Power by Buddy Fey
Competition Car Suspension by Alan Staniforth
Making it Faster by Dan Binks

And the big Daddy
Race Car Vehicle Dynamics by Milliken and Milliken

931guru

Fast Guys, Rich Guys, and Idiots: A Racing Odyssey on the Border of Obsession

by Sam Moses

gbuff

For a historical (and oftentimes hysterical) perspective :

Touch Wood! Duncan Hamilton
All Arms and Elbows--Innes Ireland
Mon Ami Mate--Chris Nixon (story of Mike Hawthorn/Peter Collins)

Gary

T&T Racing

​​​​IMO, Taruffi's Technique of Motor Racing and Adam Bouillard's 3 series books on the Perfect Corner and Perfect Control are the only books an intermediate to advanced and accomplished race drive needs to step their game up notch (es). Skip Barber's on Going Faster, is good for beginners and novice drivers. For full disclosure, all these books are in my library.

Mike in Chi

History:

AGAINST DEATH AND TIME by Brock Yates -- about the horribly tragic year of 1955

ProCoach

Taruffi, Going Faster and Driving on the Edge, by Michael Krumm, will benefit ALL drivers, particularly those more advanced and experienced who are "stuck."

The latter is simply superb. Going Faster explains the best execution of fundamental skills and Taruffi is baseline study of optimal geometry and how to get there.

I REALLY like Sam Moses (who still races in historics) "Fast Guys, Rich Guys and Idiots."

gbuff

I've read most of these listed and my fave is probably the Frere book; it has enough tech material to satisfy those looking for it, as well as alot of real-world stuff to benefit everyone at any level i.e comparing handling traits of FWD, RWD and 4WD cars (mine is FWD).

Gary