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The greatest duel in FORMULA 1 history: the 1976 season between Austrian Niki Lauda and Britain's James Hunt. As the '75 season ended, Hunt was out of FORMULA 1 racing while Lauda was world champion and the odds-on favorite for '76 with a year's contract ahead of him and Enzo Ferrari begging him to sign a multi-year deal. James Hunt, without a drive until Emerson Fittipaldi broke his McLaren contract, grabbed the McLaren drive with both hands and...
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Learn about the world of golf and how science is helping the game. You'll read about golf clubs, balls, courses, carts, and statistics, and get a better understanding of how golf is improving with science and technology. Also includes a page for caregivers and teachers that suggests guiding questions to help aid in reading comprehension. Downloadable Teacher Notes available.
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A detailed guide book of off-road driving in the desert. Tips and practical advice on what to do before considering taking the plunge into the beautiful sport of off road driving. Checklists and detailed graphic descriptions on driving techniques with a predominant sense of safety in order to enjoy the sport. A must have guide for anyone considering a venture into the outdoors with their 4x4.
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DO YOU KNOW THE HISTORY OF ENZO FERRARI AND THE MOST LEGENDARY TEAM IN FORMULA 1? When Enzo Ferrari set out to create his own motorsport team, he did not give up until he succeeded and took it to absolute success. In this way, Scuderia Ferrari managed to participate in the first edition of the Formula 1 World Championship in 1950, to become the only one to appear in all the editions of its history.In the early years, it would not take long to achieve...
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The Indianapolis 500, the greatest spectacle in motorsport, has been a quest for Australians since the first race in 1911. It has been won by an Australian only once - last year by Toowoomba born Will Power (his real name). More than a century before, Rupert Jeffkins, Australia's first international racing driver, came within two laps (five miles) of winning the second Indy ever held. He and Ralph De Palma created legend when they pushed their car...
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We're living in a golden era. Grand Prix motocross has never been so competitive, bikes are more sophisticated than ever and the presentation of events continues to reach new heights of professionalism as countries vie to host MXGPs around the world. Livin' the Dream charts the journey of Hitachi/ASAKTM UK from a small privateer team to their current factory supported status as Britain's most successful MXGP team and the business of running the team...
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Written for every NASCAR fan, this account goes behind the scenes to peek into the private world of the drivers, promoters, and decision makersall while eavesdropping on their personal conversations.From high-speed thrills to colorful characters, the book includes stories from Bobby Allison, Donnie Allison, Dale Earnhardt Jr., Jeff Gordon, and Buz McKim,among others, allowing readers to relive highlights, celebrations, and other memorable moments....
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Here's everything you need to successfully improve your riding whether you are a novice or veteran, cruiser to sportbike rider. This book contains the very foundation skills for any rider looking for more confidence when cornering a motorcycle. Notes and comments by Eddie Lawson. Foreword by Wayne Rainey. A world-wide best seller since it first year of publication, A Twist of the Wrist has been read and re-read by street riders, novice racers and...
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Starting a NASCAR team is hard work. Starting a NASCAR team as an African American is even harder. These are just a few of the lessons learned by Leonard T. Miller during his decade and a half of running an auto racing program. Fueled by more than the desire to win, Miller made it his goal to create opportunities for black drivers in the vastly white, Southern world of NASCAR. Racing While Black chronicles the travails of selling marketing plans to...
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Motorcyles have long been associated with romantic adventure, freedom, rebelion, and danger. To a certain extent that remains true today, and many still associate motorcycles with images of roving gangs of violent criminals harrasing the "honest, decent local citizens". But that does great injustice to the tens of thousands of riders that travel the highways and byways and back roads. But sadly, too many of the everyday average riders out for a scenic...
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This is a history of speedway at the West Ham stadium, from its first-ever dirt track meeting in 1928 to its final season in 1971. Exhaustively researched and supplemented with detailed statistical appendixes, this is a nostalgic but worthy tribute to the track heroes of a bygone era.
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Motocross Grand Prix, the toughest sport in the world played out over 20 weekends at tracks around the world. The embodiment of sporting passion, sacrifice, struggle and accomplishment where man and machine combine to conquer mud, dust, sand and above all else the other 39 riders on the start gate. Following on from Livin' the Dream - life inside Britain's most successful MXGP team, which chronicled the business of running a Grand Prix motocross team,...
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James P. Hayes Sr. begins his storied motorcycle career in the shade of a tree atop Roan Mountain, Tennessee, in 1936. Winston Johnson is a multitalented motocross racer offering other riders a track to practice, play, and worship. The facility opened in 2019 off Interstate 81 in Abingdon, Virginia. Johnson is not only a businessman but also the lead minister at Renewed Church in Kingsport, Tennessee. Between the years of 1936 and today, hundreds...
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DO YOU WANT TO ENJOY A WALK THROUGH THE HISTORY OF ONE OF THE MOST LEGENDARY CONSTRUCTORS OF THE WORLD RALLY CHAMPIONSHIP? Ford is one of the most legendary constructors in the World Rally Championship. Since its participation in the first season of the competition, it has been present in every era and has rarely been absent from any of its editions. Ford began its adventure in the WRC with the Ford Escort, achieving its first victory through Timo...
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The backstage NASCAR race-week action is one of the most secretive and fascinating aspects of the racing world, and for the first time ever, fans have full access to every aspect of race week at Talladega and Darlington, even the top-secret post-race inspections, with this exciting book. The very best photojournalists cover Hendrick Motorsports, Haas CNC Racing, and MB2/MBV Motorsports, who allow an unprecedented, behind-the-scenes view of every...
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