Download or read book Ronnie Peterson written by Johnny Tipler and published by Coterie PressLtd. This book was released on 2003-09-01 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nicknamed Super Swede, Ronnie Peterson rose from karts to F3 to become European F2 Champion in 1972, and came closest to winning the F1 World Championship in 1973 and 1978. By common consent the fastest driver in Formula 1 in that era, Ronnie Peterson was, paradoxically, a quiet, shy person and an all-round nice guy. Behind the wheel of a car though, he came alive, deferring to no one in his mission to be the quickest û not even his beautiful companion, Barbro. His fans loved him for it, and everyone admired him, from his F1 peers to team owners and mechanics, many of whom testify to this effect in the following chapters. For that reason, he remains an icon of speed, his prowess recalled whenever an ace from the past is required as a benchmark. As Johnny TipletÆs book reveals, Ronnie invariably strove to wring the ultimate performance out of anything he drove. And that, ironically, was probably what cost him the F1 World Championship. Not content with merely winning, he sought to annihilate the opposition and, in the process, subjected cars and tires to stresses greater than they had been designed to accept. If they didnÆt break, he usually won, but not often enough to gain the title.
Download or read book On Security written by Ronnie D. Lipschutz and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 1995 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The idea of global security has taken on new meaning in the post-Cold War world, compelling analysts of international relations to reassess the military, political, and cultural issues that intersect with the notion of security. On Security represents a wide range of views on shifting concepts of security at the turn of the millennium, when the tangible, bipolar arrangement of the Cold War-era world system no longer exists." "Unlike much work in the field, the essays in this volume do not take the state for granted as the referent object of security. Contributors probe deeper, asking what it really is that we imagine needs securing: the international system? the nation-state? culture? On Security inquires further into what constitutes security: protection against enemies? suppression of a particular ethnic or religious group? insulation against economic competitors? And finally, contributors look into how ideas about security enter the realm of public debate and become institutionalized in organizations and policies: are they based on tangible, objective threats, or do they arise from psychological and emotional attitudes about feared enemies?" "Ranging in perspective from neorealist to postmodernist to constructivist, the essays in On Security attempt to find answers and to come to grips with some of the dilemmas confronting the idea of security today. The contributors to On Security - Barry Buzan, Beverly Crawford, James Der Derian, Daniel Deudney, Pearl-Alice Marsh, Ole Wever, and Ronnie D. Lipschutz - offer a thought-provoking overview of the ongoing debate about the nature of political reality and international relations.
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 Burning Rubber written by Charles Jennings and published by Quercus. This book was released on 2014-08-12 with total page 342 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Burning Rubber, Charles Jennings tells the fast and furious tale of motor sport's premier competition, from its earliest roots in the suicidal road races of the Edwardian age to the brave new world of Hamilton, Button, Alonso and Vettel in the 2000s. In a narrative bristling with anecdote and incident, he explores the lost world of the 1950s racetrack, the rise of British constructors in the 1960s, the impact of technological changes from the late 1970s, the advent of the high-profile team boss in the 1980s and the revolution wrought on Formula One by computers in the 1990s. Throughout, sparkling and incisive profiles shed revelatory light on the drivers who have risked life and limb: the brilliant but inscrutable Juan Manuel Fangio, the ebullient Stirling Moss, the champagne-gargling James Hunt, the cerebral Alain Prost and mercurial Ayrton Senna, the adenoidal Nigel Mansell, the metronomic Michael Schumacher, the precocious Lewis Hamilton and the reborn Jenson Button. Burning Rubber takes the reader on a white-knuckle drive through the bends, straights, chicanes and pit stops of Formula One's checkered history.
Download or read book Grand Prix written by Will Buxton and published by Ten Speed Press. This book was released on 2024-08-13 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A thrilling illustrated history of Formula 1 racing, from its fascinating origins and inner workings to the top drivers of the twentieth century and today, by a celebrated motorsports broadcaster and star of Formula 1: Drive to Survive “A valuable and welcome addition to the library of any lifelong F1 fan, as well as for any curious individual new to the world of F1.”—Mario Andretti Over its seventy-plus years of history, Formula 1 racing has grown from a niche motorsport with just a few events per season into a global phenomenon followed by more than a billion fans. With just twenty drivers competing at speeds of over 220 miles per hour on more than twenty of the world’s most glamorous and challenging racetracks, Formula 1 is the ultimate test of machine and humankind. To become a champion means to be counted among the most elite athletes the world has ever known. As the lead commentator on Netflix’s breakout series Formula 1: Drive to Survive, Will Buxton has emerged as the most prominent journalist covering the sport for the new generation of fans. Grand Prix chronicles the past, present, and future of F1 in an engaging and easily digestible format. You’ll be introduced to historical heroes, such as Formula 1’s very first world champion, Giuseppe Farina, through every decade and every champion of the sport, including the iconic Lewis Hamilton and reigning champion Max Verstappen. You’ll meet the drivers these great champions did battle with and discover the teams they raced for and the tracks they mastered. Packed with incredible stories and epic races, this captivating collection also contains features on every aspect of the sport today, along with how modern teams operate from their factories to race weekend garage setups, car design, the development of the sport through the lens of automotive evolution and safety, the art of the pitstop, and the future of motor racing. Filled with immersive and engaging information with illustrations as dynamic and bold as the sport itself, Grand Prix is the definitive introduction to the world's fastest sport.
Download or read book Yours Cruelly Elvira written by Cassandra Peterson and published by Hachette Books. This book was released on 2021-09-21 with total page 390 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The woman behind the icon known as Elvira, Mistress of the Dark, the undisputed Queen of Halloween, reveals her full story filled with intimate bombshells—told by the bombshell herself. On Good Friday in 1953, at only 18 months old, 25 miles from the nearest hospital in Manhattan, Kansas, Cassandra Peterson reached for a pot on the stove and doused herself in boiling water. Third-degree burns covered 35% of her body, and the prognosis wasn't good. But she survived. Burned and scarred, the impact stayed with her and became an obstacle she was determined to overcome. Feeling like a misfit led to her love of horror. While her sisters played with Barbie dolls, Cassandra built model kits of Frankenstein and Dracula, and idolized Vincent Price. Due to a complicated relationship with her mother, Cassandra left home at 14, and by age 17 she was performing at the famed Dunes Hotel in Las Vegas. Run-ins with the likes of Frank Sinatra, Sammy Davis Jr., and Tom Jones helped her grow up fast. Then a chance encounter with her idol Elvis Presley, changed the course of her life forever, and led her to Europe where she worked in film and traveled Italy as lead singer of an Italian pop band. She eventually made her way to Los Angeles, where she joined the famed comedy improv group, The Groundlings, and worked alongside Phil Hartman and Paul "Pee-wee" Reubens, honing her comedic skills. Nearing age 30, a struggling actress considered past her prime, she auditioned at local LA channel KHJ as hostess for the late night vintage horror movies. Cassandra improvised, made the role her own, and got the job on the spot. Yours Cruelly, Elvira is an unforgettably wild memoir. Cassandra doesn't shy away from revealing exactly who she is and how she overcame seemingly insurmountable odds. Always original and sometimes outrageous, her story is loaded with twists, travails, revelry, and downright shocking experiences. It is the candid, often funny, and sometimes heart-breaking tale of a Midwest farm girl's long strange trip to become the world's sexiest, sassiest Halloween icon. Instant New York Times Bestseller, Los Angeles Times Bestseller, USA Today Bestseller, Publishers Weekly Bestseller A New York Times Best Books to Give This Season selection
Download or read book The Formula One Record Book 2023 written by Bruce Jones and published by Welbeck. This book was released on 2023-07-04 with total page 1096 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With more than one thousand sets of Grand Prix results, this is the ultimate reference for Formula One fans. The Formula One Record Book is an essential resource for any motorsport fan. This massive stats and records bible includes the full results of every Grand Prix in F1 history and much more besides. Featuring detailed driver and constructor statistics sourced from the industry-leading data providers at Motorsport Stats, championship standings and season reviews, it offers a comprehensive overview of Formula One history in a single, strikingly designed package. Alongside the facts and statistics you'll also find fascinating trivia and commentary from Bruce Jones, author of the bestselling Formula One Grand Prix Guide. Add in all-time records for drivers and constructors, and you have have a complete Formula One chronicle spanning more than 70 years of incredible racing.
Download or read book Inspired to Design written by Nigel Bennett and published by David and Charles. This book was released on 2020-01-23 with total page 443 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nigel Bennett's unique autobiography describes his life and career, from growing-up influenced by car design, to his education and the building of his 750 specials. He describes his work as Firestone Development Manager, recounting many tales of the outstanding designers and drivers of the period. Detailing his work in Formula 1, as a Team Lotus engineer, and then as Team Ensign designer, he also covers his Indycar designs at Theodore, Lola Cars and Penske Cars. Life after his retirement, his involvement in boat design and with modern F1 teams, are also recounted.
Download or read book Tales from the Toolbox written by Michael Oliver and published by David and Charles. This book was released on 2012-10-15 with total page 277 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A unique collection of behind-the-scenes stories and anecdotes as told, in their own words, by former Grand Prix mechanics who have worked at the top level of the sport during the past 50 years. On the front line of the sport, mixing with drivers and team bosses, they saw a side of it that nobody else got to see and rarely gets to hear about – and this book tells their story, supplemented by photographs from the archives and photo albums of the mechanics themselves, many of which are previously unpublished.
Download or read book Motor Racing Heroes The Stories of 100 Greats written by Robert Newman and published by David and Charles. This book was released on 2014-09-11 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Covering the period from the first Grand Prix win in 1906, to Michael Schumacher’s 2006 retirement, this book is one man’s idea of the 20th century’s motor racing heroes. The sport has attracted many men and women whose determination, raw courage, and skill at the wheel has driven them into that special, rarified atmosphere of heroism – this book tells the stories of 100 of these heroes.
Download or read book Motor Racing at Brands Hatch in the Seventies written by Chas Parker and published by David and Charles. This book was released on 2014-03-03 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During the 1970s, Brands Hatch was the busiest motor racing circuit in the world. Using previously unpublished photographs and accounts of events, this book provides a personal view of activities and changes at the track during its heyday and paints an affectionate picture of motor racing at its very best.
Download or read book Living in the Fast Lane written by Michael Grace De'udy and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2013 with total page 127 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Michael was born in England on April 27, 1941. His early years were spent in Bermuda, later attending school in England. He has also lived in Johannesburg, Cape Town, Australia, New Jersey, and Chicago. He now lives in New York. He was educated at Worth Priory in Sussex, Fort Augustus Abbey in Inverness-shire, and Millfield in Somerset. After he graduated from the Jim Russell Racing Drivers School in Snetterton in the early '60s, his motor racing career began. He retired from motor racing at the age of thirty (which was a difficult decision at the time). Cars: Ferrari 250 GTO, Ford Mustang Boss, Porsche 904 GTS, Porsche 906, and Lola T70 Racing Circuits: Kyalami, Killarney, Roy Hesketh, Silverstone, Crystal Palace, Brands Hatch, Lourenco Marques, Kumalo, Zeltweg, Vila Real, Reims, Bulawayo, Nurburgring, Mugello, Castle Combe, Mallory Park, Sebring Codrivers: Frank Gardner, Peter de Klerk, Hugh Dibley, Paul Hawkins, David Piper, Peter Westbury, Mike Hailwood, Colin Davis, and Jimmy Blumer De'Udy held the South African Land Speed record for twenty years, driving his Lola T70 in 1968 at 191.8 mph.
Download or read book James Hunt written by Maurice Hamilton and published by Bonnier Publishing Ltd.. This book was released on 2016-10-20 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fast, aggressive and wonderfully magnetic, James Hunt electrified Formula One during one the most exciting period in the sport's history. The charismatic Englishman won the Championship in 1976 following the most intense and controversial season on record. The classic 'play boy' racing driver, Hunt was renowned for his love of women, parties and, of course, fast cars. In this wonderful authorised biography, motor sport journalist Maurice Hamilton celebrates forty years since Hunt's World Championship win and recalls the legendary life, endless carouses and career milestones of a true legend of Formula One.
Download or read book Formula One The Rivals written by Tony Dodgins and published by . This book was released on 2023-03-07 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The battle between Max Verstappen and Lewis Hamilton gripped the sports world in 2021 – and with Hamilton set for two more years at Mercedes, it’s a rivalry that will only intensify. Formula One: The Rivals looks back at F1’s greatest rivalries over the years, with a foreword by Mark Webber.
Download or read book Grand Prix Ford written by Graham Robson and published by David and Charles. This book was released on 2019-03-04 with total page 875 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1965, Colin Chapman persuaded Ford to underwrite development of a V8 for the new 3000cc Grand Prix formula. Built by Cosworth, the new DFV engine won Lotus four World Championship Grands Prix in 1967. A year later, and now available to other constructors, the engine began its domination of Grand Prix racing.
Download or read book Murray Walker s Formula One Heroes written by Murray Walker and published by Random House. This book was released on 2012-05-31 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Murray Walker combines and enclyclopaedic knowlege of Grand Prix racing with an unbridled fanaticism that remains undimmed after more than half a century of race commentaries. In his personal tribute to the sport, he celebrates the most talented drivers of all time, the rivalries that have set his pulse racing and the circuits he finds the most inspiring. This updated edition of Murray Walker's Formula One Heroes gives an 'in a nutshell' appraisal of legends old and new from an esteemed hero and geniuine F1 insider who, even now he' retired, cannot keep his all-consuming passion off the page.
Download or read book F1 Mavericks written by Pete Biro and published by Motorbooks. This book was released on 2019-08-06 with total page 243 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: F1 Mavericks is the story of the grandest, most influential, and most fondly remembered era in Formula 1 racing as seen through the lens of master motorsports photographer, Pete Biro. The period from 1960 to 1982 saw the greatest technological changes in the history of Formula 1 racing: the transition from front engines to rear engines, narrow-treaded tires, massive racing slicks, zero downforce, and neck-wrenching ground effects—and, of course, a staggering increase in performance and reduction in lap times. In short, the period saw the creation of the modern Formula 1 car. This is also the time when legendary names who defined F1 were out in full force: Jim Clark, Jack Brabham, Dan Gurney, Sir Jackie Stewart, Graham Hill, Niki Lauda, James Hunt, Bruce McLaren, Jody Scheckter. We’ll see and meet all of them. But F1 Mavericks also focuses on the designers and engineers behind the cars—men like Colin Chapman, Sir Patrick Head, Maurice Philippe, Franco Rochhi, Gordon Murray, and many others. We’ll hear directly from many of them, including a foreword from 1978 F1 World Champion, Mario Andretti. Every chapter is a photographic account of key races throughout the period, supplemented with sidebars featuring key designers and technologies, like wings, ground effects, slick tires, turbochargers, and the Brabham “fan” suction car. F1 Mavericks is an international story, and includes loads of information on designs from Japan (Honda), Britain (McLaren, Tyrrell, Cooper, BRM) Italy (Ferrari, Maserati, Alfa Romeo), France (Matra, Ligier, Renault), Germany (Porsche, BMW) and the United States (Eagle, Shadow, Penske, Parnelli). Strap yourself in for the story of the greatest era in Formula 1 racing—it's all here in F1 Mavericks.
