Not a quiz, but the GTR topic and my discussion with Rob 18 started me on thinking about some of the books I've collected and read. Like Rob's said, "The Unforgiving Minute" has been quite the reference book for me as a Dick Johnson fan, and I've tried to read just about everything that Bill Tuckey ever wrote. IMHO, we are lucky that Bill wrote the book, as it's rare to find that sort of detail and that quality of writing about Australian racing drivers.
My faves: Bill's Bathurst tomes (post 1988, they were a little bit too dry, and not literate enough for my tastes); "Motor Racing - The Australian Way" which had chapters from Allan Moffat, Bob Jane, Ian Geoghegan, Phil Irving, John Harvey, Jack Brabham among others (you might've guessed it was compiled in the early 1970'2)... I wish I could find a cheap copy now!
Also worth a read were sundry F1-oriented books from all sorts of people (mainly dealing with some of F1's legendary pilots), Niki Lauda's autobiography, Alan Jones' "Driving Ambition", ah, so many!
What do people have hiding in their bookshelves?
My faves: Bill's Bathurst tomes (post 1988, they were a little bit too dry, and not literate enough for my tastes); "Motor Racing - The Australian Way" which had chapters from Allan Moffat, Bob Jane, Ian Geoghegan, Phil Irving, John Harvey, Jack Brabham among others (you might've guessed it was compiled in the early 1970'2)... I wish I could find a cheap copy now!
Also worth a read were sundry F1-oriented books from all sorts of people (mainly dealing with some of F1's legendary pilots), Niki Lauda's autobiography, Alan Jones' "Driving Ambition", ah, so many!
What do people have hiding in their bookshelves?
