Racing Books

I found it really interesting.On a scale of 1 to 10, I rate it at a 50.Even my 18-year old brother and my dad read it.We also read #5 and #6. I think T.B. Calhoun is a terrific writer.I enjoy how he elaborates on every little and big thing.I can't wait until he comes out with more.I really look forward to reding the others. I even would like to read the ones that I have already read again.

My son doesn't like to read, but he loves NASCAR racing. We picked up this book on Mon. it's Wed. He has read half of the book with out any encouragement from us. He is 9yr. old. The first night he read for an hour. At 10:00 we had to tell him to turn the light out because he had school the next day. He think's it is so good he has shared it with his friend and asked me to read,"cause it is so good, and it has mystery and adventure in it". If your child like auto racing they will love the book.

My sons (8&9) love NASCAR and couldn't believe their eyes when they saw the 1st two books in this series. They loved them. Our only regret is that the new ones won't be available until 1999.

Wonderful book from a series that provides hours of fun reading, especially for kids who are Nascar fans.

This is number 2 in the NASCAR series and it is just as good as number 1 (Race Ready). In The Groove is in the groove. If you like cars you will love this book. The characters are very interesting. It was a fast read. I cannot wait for number 3!

This book has a lot of action. My mom and I really enjoyed reading it together. I would like to read all of the Nascar series that he wrote.

The photo on page p. 209 of Jacques Anquetil climbing the Aubisque is one of the most amazing photographs I've ever seen. It's all in there. I'm going to buy another copy just to cut that photo out and frame it.

2003 saw the 100th birthday of the Tour de France, the world's most famous bike race. This book was released at the beginning of the centenary year as part of the race's birthday celebrations.

The race was created by a newspaper called L'Auto, the forerunner of today's sports newspaper L'Equipe. The race's organisers worked closely with L'Equipe in the production of this book. Thanks to L'Equipe's involvement, the book had the pick of a huge amount of material dating back to the Tour's inception. The collection of photographs used is incredible and is the main strength of the book. The Tour is a tough enough race today, but being able to see what sort of conditions and equipment the cyclists had to endure in the early days.....well, phrases like 'seeing is believing' and 'every picture tells a thousand stories' could've been formed with these pages in mind. It was also nice being able to finally put a face to some of the famous names - the likes of Coppi, Bobet and Anquetil.

Essentially, the book begins in 1903, and has something similar to a chapter for each edition of the race. The level of detail varies from year to year - the years where there was a 'big' story are generally given the luxury of an extra couple of pages. These would include, for example, 1998's Festina Affair, Merckx's and Hinault's first wins (1969 and 1978 respectively), the deaths of Tom Simpson (1967) and Fabio Casartelli (1995) and the completion of the race's first hat-trick by Philippe Thys in 1920. Inevitably, some races are comparatively skimmed over. It would've been nice if, for example, the 1960 race had been given some extended coverage also, when Roger Reviere crashed in the mountains and broke his back.

For the most part, the writing centres on the battle for the yellow jersey. L'Auto was responsible for the creation of the famous yellow jersey. In 1919, it arranged for a special jersey to be presented to the race leader so spectators could easily identify him. As the newspaper was printed on yellow paper, they chose yellow as the colour for the jersey. Of course, this would've done no harm to the newspaper sales either.

Little is said, however, about the battles for the race's other jerseys. The King of the Mountains (polka dot) jersey was introduced in 1933, while the Sprinter's (green) jersey was introduced 20 years later, in 1953. They are given some coverage in the stats section at the back of the book, but really only mentioned in passing throughout the book. The combined and red jerseys that were formerly a part of the Tour don't even get a mention in the stats section - though the combined jersey, at least, does make an appearance in one or two photographs. These are only minor quibbles, it has to be said. These omissions are understandable, given all that has happened in this race over the years, and that there was always going to be a limited amount of space available ! This is an incredible book, one that should be owned by anyone who is even vaguely interested in sport.

A sumptuous volume. I found I had to ration my reading to three years at a sitting to avoid finishing it too quickly. A perfect balance of history, anecdote, statistics and photographs.

One thing to bear in mind is that this book is written by the tour organisation. The organisation is rarely at fault for the mishaps and scandals down the years.

One technical quibble is that I don't seem to be able to avoid making smudges on the page edges, no matter now carefully I handle the pages.

No-one is going to be disappointed by this book. I may buy several more copies to give as gifts.

I thought this book was an exciting book because in every part of the book there was something happening. I also liked it because it had a lot in it about biking and how to get started in biking with out showing it directly. It also showed that if your a kind of lazy person who just sits and watches television all the time that you can get out and do something to make yourself proud like doug did on the book.

Olympic Dream by Matt Christopher is an extremely amusing, in my opinion. This book takes place in a small town in the U.S., late 1980's. It is about an adolescent boy. Doug, who meets a man, Red, that completely changes his life. They become friends and Red teaches Doug to ride a bike. The reasons I am recommending this book are, that the author was very descriptive on every part including the characters and setting. He went into superb detail about each characters personality. He described the setting which was the town so that you could visualize it as you were reading it. For instance he described the arcade and old wooden shack with 6 arcade machines each costing a quarter to play. He also made this book have a wonderful moral. This book teachers a lesson that stuck in my head and sticks in others heads too. The moral was never give up and never stop trying. Even though he described the book well he didn't describe it enough to make it boring. Some people say that the problem with this book is that there wasn't a main character. That can be exceptional or miserable but in my opinion that is extraordinary. I think having more than one main character is remarkable because the story isn't focused on one person but on three or four people. This makes the story more absorbing. The three main characters lives all connect. One is the best man in Doug's sisters wedding. Doug is taught to ride a bike by Red (the best man) and they all support each other and it shows different points of view.

This book was fantastic! It really explains how to become a true Olympian. I really encourage people to read this great book!

Mike O'Leary's OUTLAW SPRINTS puts the reader so close to the track you start sneezing. The small cars with big wings that are built from start to finish in a week, tear up the track when they come close to flying. If you have a dirt track near and its a Saturday, then you know they sometimes do fly.
These cars and their drivers are what make motor sport racing an intimate personal event for the owners, the drivers, the fans, the pit crews and the neighbors who live near the track.
A must for every shelf of a true race fan.
Nash Black, author of QUALIFYING LAPS and TRAVELERS.

Mike O'Leary's book is outstanding. A person who has no background in American racing can easily understand the sport after reading this. Great photos and solid information. This book is a pleasure.

Husband loves his Christmas present. There was some delay to get it by Dec 25th, but not a problem. Receiving after the 25th just stretched the holiday out further. I had ordered other books too so it wasn't like he had no books.
The item was as it is described. Reasonable wait time to get it. Great customer service from Amazon.
No problems.

Excellent picturs, and data on the cars. I reccommend this book, although amazon packing was not the best.

As a fan of prototype race cars especially the Porsche 956/962 it's nice to finally see a book on this. Haynes publshing and Peter Morgan do it again with another detailed, thoroughly researched book on Porsches. Great photos with coverage of the IMSA series, Group C and races in Japan. A chassis record and race results are included. I highly recommend this book!!

Peter Morgan has done an excellent job of taking what could be a dry and technical subject and making it an easy and enjoyable read. If you like the Porsche 956/962 series of race cars, this book is a must-have, with outstanding pictures and text that helps explain the origins of the cars as well as the fascinating technical background - and all in such a way that even a novice to the world of sports car racing would understand and enjoy. And did I mention that the pictures in this book are outstanding?

This is the best of the Dr. Walker books. It's a concise treatice on all the tactical elements needed for around the buoys racing.

Dr Walker's book, Positioning, has provided me with an integrated and logical framework with which to formulate my own racing strategy. The categorisation of beats and runs into category I, II or III conditions and a thorough discusion of the principles pertinent to each, greatly simplify the process of data collection and effective strategic decision making during a race. The book is made very readable by Dr Walker's use of interesting examples from races in soling yachts conducted at a high level (names such as Torben Grael, Buddy Melges and Hans Fogh feature regularly). The book integrates much of the content of Dr Walker's earlier books such as Advanced Racing Tactics into a far more digestible format which is suitable for beginners, but also is beneficial for experienced sailors wishing to achieve true mastery of sail boat strategy and wind shifts.

This is the book by Stuart Walker which cleared a lot of things up for me -- I go back to it constantly, especially when there are areas of my racing that I want cleared up a bit. As he likes to do, the author has plenty of real-race situations from which he draws his experience. This one is out of print, but keep checking out-of-print sources; it is well worth the search!

The recommendation on this book is for readers too young to read the original book, but I think its wonderful for anyone of any age who loves this beautiful story.
Its beautifully illustrated and the graphic novel format leaves out none of the spirit or depth of the original.
A true pleasure to read.

I love this book Black Beauty: The Graphic Novel adapted by June Brigman and Roy Richardson and it's the great and the best book ever of and about a life story of a beautiful black horse with a white star and a white foot and I like horses and the color black and this is the best beautiful book adapted by June Brigman and Roy Richardson that's an abridged version containing over 49 chapters and the drawings and the writing is very great and that book almost looks like they would have made a movie out of it and that one should match up the 1994 version of Black Beauty starring Sean Bean.

My favorite character in this book is Joe Green, because at the end of Black Beauty, Joe becomes a man and one lucky day, he finds that horse he used to care for and gets excited when he said he had almost killed him so many nearly ten years ago at Squire Gordon's farm after coming back from the Doctor's.

The characters in this book of Black Beauty where Black Beauty's white foot is on the back in the left of the one of for this one of the few seven charcters out of this book just to tell you of what clothes they would wear and they are John Manly the coachman in a plaid green cap, white shirt, plaid vest of green and black, green riding jacket with yellow lining, brown riding pants and tall black leather riding boots, except in A Stormy Day, when John Manly would be in a different outfit when he would be in a black derby hat, white shirt, red tie, brown vest, black blazer, grey pants and tall black leather riding boots, then James Howard the stableboy in a plaid green cap, yellow shirt with blue stripes, plaid vest of green and black, light green scarf, brown riding pants and tall black leather riding boots, then Joe Green the stableboy after James leaves in a brown cap, white shirt, brown vest, grey riding jacket, beige riding pants and tall black leather riding boots, then Reuben Smith in black top hat, white shirt, black vest, blue riding jacket, black leather gloves, grey pants and tall black leather riding boots with brown tops, Alfred Smirk in a brown cap, light blue shirt, red tie, black vest, brown pants and short black leather boots, then Jerry Barker in a black derby hat, white shirt, black tie, black vest, black blazer, black pants, black shoes and in the winter Jerry is in a black derby hat, red scarf, white shirt, black vest, black blazer, long brown jacket, black leather gloves, black pants and black shoes and then Nicholas Skinner in a black top hat, black bowtie, white shirt, green vest, blue jacket, grey pants and short black leather boots and then in My Last Home when Joe Green becomes a man, Joe would be in a green cap, blue necktie, pink shirt, brown vest, blue blazer, beige riding pants and tall black leather riding boots and when Joe is in the low park cab with Miss Ellen, Joe is in a different outfit of a green cap, white shirt, black tie, black vest, white shirt, brown riding jacket, grey pants, and short black leather boots and that's very perfect for some of the few favorite characters out of this book of Black Beauty so you'd know what their clothing would have been like.

Those two different books of Black Beauty adapted by June Brigman and Roy Richardson and illustrated by Robert Doremus published and copyright in 1951 by Whitman publishing company goes very well and great with the Black Beauty (1994) DVD video starring Sean Bean and directed by Caroline Thompson and those two books would follow the movie very great because the real Black Beauty you ought to own is his white foot on the back in the left and that's how those two books adapted by June Brigman and Roy Richardson and illustrated by Robert Doremus matches the movie by Sean Bean.

At the end of the book, Black Beauty comes into the care of Joe Green with three kind ladies and Joe Green is proud to be home with him again. Black Beauty has a beautiful white foot on the back in the right in this book.

This book of Black Beauty - adapted by June Brigman and Roy Richardson goes great with the 1994 version of Black Beauty starring Sean Bean and those two both remind me of a book on Horses Cube book by Valeria Manferto De Fabianis, DVD videos on Yours, Mine & Ours starring Dennis Quaid, Disney's Where the Red Fern Grows starring Joseph Ashton, Black Beauty starring Sean Bean, The Last Cowboy (2003) starring Lance Henriksenand and The Great American Western, Vol. 21: Trouble in Texas/Call the Mesquiteers/Without Honor/Stampede all for some of the NFR years and that's what this means to me, a lot.

Two couples of chapters for Black Beauty are an example of The Fire and My Last Home.

The Fire

Later on that evening, another traveler's horse was brought in and cleaned by one of the hostlers and a man with a pipe in his mouth was talking to one of the hostlers.
"Towler," said the hostler, "you'll not smoke your pipe in the stables so just, first lay down your pipe and run up the ladder to the loft and drop some hay down here."
"All right," the man Towler said. He went up to the loft and put down the hay and I paid him no heed. James came into look at us one more time, and then the door was locked for the night and I went to sleep.
I awoke later in the night chocking, the air was all hot and thick.
I could hear Ginger coughing and a strange crackling noise that was terrifying me.
All the other horses were all awake, whinnying, pulling at their halters and stamping their feet in fear.
At last I could hear footsteps outside, and a hostler appeared with a lantern and tried to pull one of the horses out, but he was crazed with fear and wouldn't move.
No doubt we were very foolish, and the danger all around us and how could we trust someone?
A red light flickered on the wall, then someone outside shouted "fire! fire!" Then the old hostler who had cared for me that night came in quietly and led one horse out.
The flamed roared above us now, and the noise was very, very terrible. After a moment, the next thing I knew James was at my side when I heard his voice, quiet and cherry as always, whispering, "Come, my beauties, it is time for us to be off. Come along." I stood nearest the door, so he came to me first, patting me as he came in.
"Come, Beauty! It is time for us to be off. Come along." He put my bridle on in no time; then he took off the scarf from his neck and tied it over my eyes to calm me, and after some coaxing, he led me out. Safely when we were out of the burning stable into the yard, he slipped the scarf off my eyes and shouted, "Here, somebody! Take this horse while I go back for the other!"
A tall, broad man came and took me, while James raced back into the stable. I let out a shrill whinny as I watched him go. Ginger had told me afterwards that my whinny was the best thing I would have done for if she never heard me outside, she wouldn't have had the courage to come out.
There was a lot of confusion in the yard! There was a mess of carriages and horses and people shouting. Above all the noise I heard a loud, clear voice which I knew was Squire Gordon's.
"James Howard! James Howard! Are you in there?" I had whinnied at the sound of my master's voice, but there was no other answer.
Then suddenly, I heard a crash of something falling in the stable. The next moment I saw James appearing through the smoke, leading Ginger with him and I gave a loud, joyful neigh. Ginger coughed violently and he was not able to speak, but she looked all right.
"My brave lad! You hurt!" said Squire Gordon. "I am well, Squire," James said after he was able to speak. Then gazing at James, the big man who held me said, "Aye, he's a brave lad an no mistake about it."
"Let us get out of the way then, for I hear the fire engine coming!" There was a dreadful crash as the roof collapsed on the burning stable, and then we were away in the fresh night air.
The next morning we heard James and the hostler talking and James had looked very pleased that our master was proud of him.
The next day James told of the man who was seen entering the stable with a pipe, and exiting without it. It was thought that this was how the fire had started. I remembered our John Manly's rule never to allow pipes in the stables and thought it ought to be the rule everywhere.
James said that the roof and floor of the burning stable had fallen in and that only the walls were standing. There was two horses underneath the remains that could not be lead out that night.

If you were Joe Green with a moustache in My Last Home and saw Black Beauty again, you would say, "You have a scar on your back
like Black Beauty." Then you would be surprised and say "Beauty, is that really you? Don't you know me? I'm little Joe Green from Squire Gordon's stables. I can see you've had some hard times, Beauty and I must think so and I wonder who the nasty one was that scarred your knees, my old Beauty. You must have been treated horribly somewhere, but I'll make sure that you only have good times now. Now, I'm here, Black Beauty, I'm here. I swear I won't ever let you out of my sight again. Oh, Beauty ... You're safe now. I only wish John Manly would be here to see you, too, Black Beauty! I promise I'll take good care of you so your troubles are over."

That's a great line to say if you were Joe Green when you found Black Beauty again, the horse you raised and loved and it's white star on the forehead and his white foot on the back in the left.

The best 18 colour black and white illustrations that you might love to look at out of a book and love the best are:

I Lived in a Large Pleasant Meadow
My Master Took Me to the Smith
At Last After a Terrible Struggle Ginger Threw him off Backwards
I Just Knew that the Bridge Was Not Safe
"Come, Beauty! It is time for us to be off. Come along." He put my bridle on in no time; then he took the scarf from his neck and tied it over my eyes to calm me, and after some coaxing, he led me out
"Can I have Your Horse?"
Ginger reared suddenly and York had His Nose Roughly and Hard Hit and His hat knocked Off
Lizzie Took the Leap, Stumbled Among the Rough Clouds and Fell
"I Must Be Afraid to Have to Sell The Black One."
Poor Rory Was Speared With The Gig Shaft!
The Horse Fair was the Best Place
I Had never Been Used to London
"I'll Do All That Can Be Done, Sir."
Dolly Brought Jerry's "First Course"
"I'll Drive You safe to the Hospital."
"Come on, You Lazy Cruel, or I'll Beat You!"
The Farmer Looked at My Mouth
"You have a scar on your back like Black Beauty."

Those would be the best eighteen black and white illustrations to look at in the Black Beauty book and they would be your favourites for the slow years to slowly and slow come.

Black Beauty (1994) starring Sean Bean DVD is like the novel with the four of the real books on four different Black Beauty books of Adapted by Laura F. Marsh, Illustrated by James Needham, Illustrated by Robert Doremus and Adapted by June Brigman and Roy Richardson and because those four different books of Black Beauty would go great with the movie as the three matched up and go. The one illustrated by James Needham and adapted by June Brigman and Roy Richardson for sure goes great with the movie because of his white foot on the back in the left.

Black Beauty with actor David Gregory in the animated DVD is like the novel with the book of Black Beauty Illustrated by Scott McKowen would go great with the animated DVD version as it matched up with some of the Black Beauty books of illustrated in black and white by Edwin John Prittie and colour illustrations by Edward F. Cortese and the only one out of another one is Going for the Doctor colour illustration by Percy F. Spence and that for sure goes great with the animated movie because of his white foot on the front in the right and that's how it would be for the animated version.

From now on, my new favorite six Black Beauty books to live easier with the one of adapted by June Brigman and Roy Richardson is the other best five are Illustrated by Neil Reed - Published by Prospero books in 2001, Illustrated by Ian Andrew, Illustrated by Scott McKowen, Illustrated by G. P. Micklewright and Illustrated by Libby Turner - published by Brimax in 1985 and that's my best new favorite six books of Black Beauty to live and read with but, they are now the best real ones I would be in for the ones I like are the best and that's how I'll make my living that way.

Another real four favourites of Black Beauty I like are his white foot on the back in the left, another of his white foot on the front in the right and another one with three white feet of two on the front in the right and the left and the one in the hind left and also his white foot on the front in the left and that's my real four different favourites I like of Black Beauty and where his white foot will be.

Examples of my favorite horse of Black Beauty in different books of his white foot are:

Black Beauty's white foot on the back in the left in the different books of Adapted by June Brigman and Roy Richardson, Illustrated by Neil Reed - Published by Prospero books in 2001, Illustrated by Robert Doremus and Illustrated by James Needham. So that's where I would like to see Black Beauty's white foot on the back in the left for sure and for real.

Black Beauty's white foot on the front in the right in the different book of Illustrated by Scott McKowen. So that's where I would like to see Black Beauty's white foot on the front in the right.

Black Beauty with three white feet of two on the front in the right and left and the one in the hind left in the ones Illustrated by Ian Andrew and Illustrated by G. P. Micklewright. So that's where I would see Black Beauty with three white feet so his you would want it on the front in the right and the left, back in the left and if you see one white foot because of the three, you would say the one on the front in the left and that's the all time best horse ever to have.

Black Beauty's white foot on the front in the left perfect for the best one of Illustrated by Libby Turner - published by Brimax in 1985. So that's where I would like to see Black Beauty's white foot perfectly on the front in the left. That's the best one to ever own.

I loved, liked and enjoyed this book.

It is a GEM, I loved it and it's the greatest novel of all times of the greatest horse story ever told.

Of course, I am the sentimental type that gets all gooey-eyed at any of the great horse stories, whether on film or printed page. So, I was particularly struck by the earnest renderings of June Brigman and Roy Richardson in their labor of love and timeless beauty: Black Beauty. For any reading this who know not the tale, suffice it to say this will be an excellent, pithy and tasty introduction. The story moves right along and the illustrations capture the spirit of the age and of the plucky steeds portrayed. The little paperback format is an inexpensive way to introduce young readers to the story; and its simplicity will merit many repeat readings by those grandfatherly types - such as I - who love a little one in the lap for an evening's storytime, until one or both of us falls fast asleep! Get a whole case of these and pass them out to horselovers wherever you go! EXTRAS worthy of mention include a few pages devoted to June's adapive stylings, i.e. just HOW the little paperback was developed from her artist's perspectives. Too, you will find the sweet synopsis of the life of Anna Sewell very moving. Highest recommendation.

"Nash Black's Qualifying Laps will leave you asking when this exciting new author will have another book out! Wonderfully original, the book is filled with fast action, realistic description and dialgue, with believable characters you will never forget! Mystery fans must add this one to their collections." Roberta Simpson Brown, Queen of the Cold-Blooded Tales.

If you like a good mystery with a little humor and can't wait to see how the book ends, you will enjoy reading this book.

Qualifying Laps is a good little mystery. A family of nine boys and their mother get involved in trying to solve the mystery of the skeleton found sitting in the Corvette in a Brewster County barn. The book is exciting and even funny in places. Being from Kentucky, I really enjoyed the references to real names and places. This is a good start. We want more!

i think this book was a great it shows God is always there even in hard times. it is about a girl who loves racing but when her father gets sick it's up to her and older brother to keep the farm running , but when some of the horses start getting sick her homework suffers. This book is best if you want excitement i hope you like it like i did

I loved this book so much, that I couldn't put it down!! I am also a horse lover, and Spitfire seemed like a dream horse. But when her dad went into the hospital with lung cancer, I cried for a long time. I hope that I can read this whole series and find out what happens!!

I received this book when I was little and I didn't read it until maybe two years ago...

This book was VERY GOOD...I cannot stress that enough. Even if you aren't a Christian, if you love horses and powerful writing, you'll love this book. I think the seris gets a little cheesy after this because every horse in every racing book wins the triple crown, but anyway..read it...it's inspiring and it's got real problems and real people in it. :)