Download or read book Modern Racing Cars written by Ross Robert Olney and published by Dutton Juvenile. This book was released on 1978 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describes the characteristic features of fourteen racing cars such as the Formula One and Formula 5000 racers and various national and international races.
Download or read book Famous Modern Racing Cars of the World written by David Phipps and published by . This book was released on 1986-08-01 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Modern Formula 1 Race Car written by Nigel Macknight and published by Motorbooks. This book was released on 1993 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explains how a Formula One automobile is designed, built, and raced, and covers the business plan, driver selection, computer-assisted design, windtunnel testing, aerodynamics, safety engineering, and pre-race testing
Download or read book Legendary Race Cars written by Basem Wasef and published by MotorBooks International. This book was released on 2009-10-09 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Illustrated profiles of the greatest motorsports pairings of man and machine, from the winner of the first Indy 500 race to the Audi R10 the dominated Le Mans for nearly a decade.
Download or read book Famous Modern Racing Cars of the World Illustrated by Donald Barnes written by David PHIPPS and published by . This book was released on 1963 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Modern Thunder written by Dave Argabright and published by . This book was released on 2018-07-05 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Racing Chassis and Suspension Design written by Carroll Smith and published by SAE International. This book was released on 2004-05-21 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hand-selected by racing engineer legend Carroll Smith, the 28 SAE Technical Papers in this book focus on the chassis and suspension design of pure racing cars, an area that has traditionally been - farmed out - to independent designers or firms since the early 1970s. Smith believed that any discussion of vehicle dynamics must begin with a basic understanding of the pneumatic tire, the focus of the first chapter. The racing tire connects the racing car to the track surface by only the footprints of its four tires. Through the tires, the driver receives most of the sensory information needed to maintain or regain control of the race car at high force levels. The second chapter, focusing on suspension design, is an introduction to this complex and fascinating subject. Topics covered include chassis stiffness and flexibility, suspension tuning on the cornering of a Winston Cup race car, suspension kinematics, and vehicle dynamics of road racing cars. Chapter 3 addresses the design of the racing chassis design and how aerodynamics affect the chassis, and the final chapter on materials brings out the fact that the modern racing car utilizes carbon construction to the maximum extent allowed by regulations. These technical papers, written between 1971 and 2003, offer what Smith believed to be the best and most practical nuggets of racing chassis and suspension design information.
Download or read book Modern GT Racing written by Dave Friedman and published by Motorbooks. This book was released on 2007 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Modern GT race cars are some of the fastest, most exciting race cars this side of a Formula 1 track—an amazing variety of full-race versions of the world’s most iconic production cars from Ferrari, Maserati, Aston Martin, Corvette, and Porsche. This book takes you to the world’s most famous racetracks, where these fantastic machines face off: places like Le Mans, Sebring, Daytona, Road America, Laguna Seca and more. Author and photographer Dave Friedman covers the truly impressive range of classes, cars, drivers (including NASCAR great Dale Earnhardt Jr. in a Corvette GT car), and venues represented by GT racing. Friedman also offers a look at select historical GT cars and links the lineage of these rare vehicles of the 50s, 60s, and 70s with today’s top cars.
Download or read book Jim Hall written by George Levy and published by Motorbooks. This book was released on 2020-03-03 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jim Hall is the Charles Lindbergh of motor racing. The man who changed everything. Here, he tells his story for the first time. From racing's earliest days, the men who designed and built these land-bound rocket ships viewed the air that moved over, under, and around a car as ithauled toward 200 miles per hour as a nuisance with which they had to contend. It was Jim Hall who first saw how this nuisance could be turned not only into a force for good, but a breakthrough in vehicle performance. Today, racers call it “downforce”—the amount of downward force that can be exerted on a car’s tires to improve how well the vehicle stops, goes, and, most of all, grips the corners. Hall’s innovations made him both a hero and celebrity throughout the 1960s and ‘70s. He was on the cover of Newsweek and Sports Illustrated and featured in countless newspaper and magazine articles. TheNew York Times alone published 250 stories about Hall over the period. The Chaparral phenomenon reached Europe and Asia, and into seemingly every American home. Hall’s achievements made him more renowned than understood; he was a famously private individual. Part of it was a natural introspection and an almost obsessive focus on his goals. Part of it was the Texas-cowboy ethos that a man’s actions should count for more than his words. But now, in Jim Hall, he will finally tell his story. How he changed race car design. How he conquered the world’s greatest automakers from a tiny quad of steel-sided buildings on State Highway 349 in Midland, Texas. How he inspired a generation.
Download or read book Racing Cars written by Mark Morris and published by Heinemann-Raintree Library. This book was released on 2005 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discusses different racing cars and how they have developed over time and a look into the future of some of the world's most amazing vehicles.
Download or read book The Exciting History of Auto Racing written by Ross R. Olney and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2013-01-17 with total page 139 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Two teen-agers back in early day France probably started it all by "borrowing" their Dad's "horseless carriages" and seeing which could go fastest. That was when highly respected doctors were certain that you would die if you moved faster than sixty miles an hour. The human body simply couldn't survive at that speed. Now, racers routinely go two hundred miles an hour, and drag racers go more than three hundred miles an hour in only a thousand feet. Auto racing is one of the most popular sports in the world. It is daring, dangerous, and exciting, and the winners often become millionaires. This book aimed at young adults is full of stories about racing as it describes the progress from the two kids to modern racing. The author has participated as a driver, photographer and journalist for many years, and has written a number of books on the subject.
Download or read book Race Cars written by Ian Graham and published by Heinemann Educational Books. This book was released on 2003 with total page 38 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What is the difference between Formula 1 and Formula 3000 race cars? Why do race cars have wings? How powerful are the engines of the fastest race cars? Have you ever wanted to drive a race car? Read Race Cars and learn how the fastest and most modern race cars are designed, built, and driven. Take a look at Formula 1 and Champ cars. See the differences among racing saloons such as NASCAR stock cars and Australian V8 supercars, and the fast and furious Top Fuel dragsters. Find out about the design and operation of race car engines. In the Closer Look section, learn everything there is to know about the Ferrari F2002 grand prix car. Strap on your race car harness and prepare to zoom ahead! Book jacket.
Download or read book Go Faster written by Sven Voelker and published by Gestalten. This book was released on 2009 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A visual presentation of the fascination of racecars and their and their graphic design.
Download or read book The Quest for Speed written by Alan Henry and published by Motorbooks International. This book was released on 1993-01-01 with total page 223 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Racing Cars written by Jon Richards and published by Copper Beach Books. This book was released on 1998 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describes the cars used in Formula One, stock car, and drag racing and briefly discusses the development of racing cars.
Download or read book Racing Green written by Kit Chapman and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2022-03-03 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Racing Green is the story of how motorsport science has become smarter and more environmentally friendly, and how these developments on the track are changing the world. Motor racing is the most scientifically demanding sport in the world: a combination of peak physical and mental skill, world-class mechanical nous and technological innovation. Ideas first pioneered during races – from ABS brakes to crash helmets – have been incorporated into car designs around the world to improve racing safety. And cleaner technologies first trialled and improved in modern racing are also informing the designs of everyday vehicles, such as better electric cars and more efficient fuels and tyres. Racing Green is the story of how motorsport science has changed the world, helping it become smarter and more environmentally friendly. From the radical shake-ups of safety in the 1970s through to innovations such as the lithium-ion battery, this book explores the science that has been translated from racing to the road. It looks at the history of motor racing, both its glories and its tragedies, and demonstrates how these moments led to some of the most important modern developments we see in car design today. It explores how motor racing is not only at the cutting edge of modern engineering, but also human psychology and physiology, both of which are integral to creating a winning car and driver. Author Kit Chapman is a lifelong motorsports fan who has previously worked with Virgin Racing's Formula E team to explore the chemistry and material science of their racing cars. With cooperation from his wide range of contacts in the industry, he goes behind the scenes of the current breakthroughs to show where motorsport is likely to take us in the future, picking up extraordinary tales along the way, such as the maverick designer Warren Mosler, who designed a car that was so fast he wasn't allowed to race it. Racing Green is a mix of travelogue and historical retrospective, combining visits to the experts and discussing the science with retellings of real-life incidents that represent milestones in modern car development.
Download or read book Modern Auto Racing Superstars written by Ross R. Olney and published by Dodd Mead. This book was released on 1978 with total page 118 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Career biographies of Mario Andretti, James Hunt, A. J. Foyt, Niki Lauda, Bobby Allison, and Al and Bobby Unser.
