Any good Racing books out there?

Hello, I am looking for any books on Indy car racing (Nascar OK too). I went to my local library, and all they had where about four books, and they were all in the Juvenille section. Even so, I learned a lot from them. One of them had a two person theme, with Al Unser Jr, giving the author information about the cars, then talking him through some actual laps on Michigan and a raod course. The one *** book was pretty cool, though it only talked about the cars. It went from the first Indy cars up through the present day. It went into great detail on how the cars were improved over the years. Some of the details were pretty wild. They said that in the early days the cars would use GALLONS of oil per race due to faulty gaskets and such. You know were the oil ended up, making the track a skating rink. Any help is appreciated. Thanks, Paul

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> Hello, > I am looking for any books on Indy car racing (Nascar OK too). I went > to my local library, and all they had where about four books, and they > were all in the Juvenille section. Even so, I learned a lot from > them. > One of them had a two person theme, with Al Unser Jr, giving the > author information about the cars, then talking him through some > actual laps on Michigan and a raod course. > The one *** book was pretty cool, though it only talked about the > cars. It went from the first Indy cars up through the present day. > It went into great detail on how the cars were improved over the > years. Some of the details were pretty wild. They said that in the > early days the cars would use GALLONS of oil per race due to faulty > gaskets and such. You know were the oil ended up, making the track a > skating rink. > Any help is appreciated. > Thanks, > Paul

Paul, You might want to try INDY: SEVENTY-FIVE YEARS OF RACING'S GREATEST SPECTACLE by Rich Taylor. Lots of good color photos, interesting info on car development, and coverage of personalities that move the sport. ISBN 0-312-05447-5 It's about thirty-forty dollars (U.S.) but very well worth it IMHO.

> I am looking for any books on Indy car racing (Nascar OK too). I went > to my local library, and all they had where about four books, and they > were all in the Juvenille section. Even so, I learned a lot from Sounds like you live in the wrong town... The Watkins Glen, NY town library has a whole section dedicated to auto racing -- if you are actually into library research, this would be a good trip to make. If you do it at the right time of year, you can see a NASCAR or other race as well.