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 enlarge | Author: Ross Bentley
Publisher: Motorbooks
Category: Book
List Price: $17.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  31 reviews
Sales Rank: 8953
Media: Paperback
Edition: 1st
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 160
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.6
Dimensions (in): 8.9 x 6 x 0.5
ISBN: 0760305188
Dewey Decimal Number: 796.72
EAN: 9780760305188
ASIN: 0760305188
Publication Date: August 13, 1998
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TRACK TIME June 11, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This book is an absolute must for any novice or even intermediate racer. I race karts often and bought this book recently to enhance my skills.
Within a week of reading this book I have already dropped more than a FULL SECOND off my lap times!!! MUST READ MATERIAL!
Race Car Resource April 10, 2007
Any gearhead should read this book about racing. Learn what race car drivers do while on the circuit and find out about car modifications.
My review of an excellent book February 27, 2007
This book is an absolute must read for any gear head. Whether your planning to race professionally, or just moddifing your daily driver. This book will change your entire view on racing, and will affect your daily drivig habbits.
The book also goes over different aspects of your suspension, what each component does, and how altering them will affect the cars handling.
After reading this book I have been more focused on driving smoothly, and being more precise with the controls. Already, I can see the positive effects on my driving style.
Note however, that this book is written for racing, so some information may not apply to daily driven vehicles, e.g. shifting without the clutch
 A great primer on racing. January 26, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This book is an excellent introduction to what race car drivers do, why they do it, and how they do it. Before I read this book, all I knew about car racing was "race cars go around a track real fast". Now I know about the apex, under/oversteer, scrubbing off speed, trail braking, and finding the line. There's also penty of info on suspension tuning if I ever feel like spending the bucks to have it done.
I am so happy I read this book prior to my first autocross event in my 911. I able to take the concepts explained in the book and immediately apply them to the course I was racing. And I beat my big-mouth buddy by 1/10th of a second. Sweeeeeeeeeet.
Good bood for racers January 3, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Unfortunately, I'm not a racer. I was looking for info more along the lines of performance and safety techniques to use on the road, not a race track. It didn't offer a lot for every day driving, unfortunately. But - it didn't claim to either. I'd read what the book covered and took a chance that I might get something more out of it than I did.
That said, I still found it very interesting to be exposed to the depth of the science behind racing. Not that I didn't expect there was a lot to it, but to read about what's going on in those guys minds - wow! The book explains well various techniques (and more importantly to me, the reasons behind the techniques) for cornering, developing a line through a race track, and other side items such as prepping for a race.
I'm a fan of motorcycle racing more than auto racing, but I believe a lot of the info here is valuable to bikers too. On a side note, after reading this it re-inforces my lack of enthusiasm for NASCAR races. I'm sure there's something exciting about them, but going around in a circle doesn't seem nearly as challenging as Le Mans or other road races.
If you're actually racing on a track, this book will probably give you good information. And, as the book claims, I believe it's worth owning so that you can re-read it periodically. But that's coming from someone who doesn't actually race, so take it for what it's worth!
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