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Some good reads:
'Cooper Cars' - Doug Nye
'March: 4 guys and a telephone' - Mike Lawrence
'My Cars My Career' - Moss & Nye
'Bernie's Game' - Terry Lovell
'American Zoom' - Peter Golenbock (NASCAR)
'Endurance Racing' - Ian Briggs (Group C)
'Racers Apart' - David Tremayne
'Daytona' - Ed Hinton
'It Was Fun' - Tony Rudd
'Mon Ami Mate' - Chris Nixon (Hawthorn/Collins, also the 2 Hawthorn autobiogs)
'Theme Lotus' - Doug Nye
'Villeneuve' - Gerald Donaldson (Gilles, not Jacques - either of them)
'Race Without End' - Maurice Hamilton (Jordan's 1993 season)
'King Of The Boards' by Gary Doyle (Jimmy Murphy)
'French Sportscar Revolution' - Anthony Blight (1930s)
The Smokey Yunick Trilogy (broad minds only)
But the very best read you will come across are the 3 books by William Court - Power & Glory volumes 1 & 2 and Grand Prix Requiem. The man writes with such erudition, elegance and charm, and there are some great photos in both as well as the pre-war era given the attention it deserves.
For reference:
'A Record Of Grand Prix And Voiturette Racing' - Sheldon & others (mug your granny & get them. All of them)
'Time & 2 Seats' - Janos Wimpffen
'A Record of Motor Racing' - Gerald Rose
'Indianapolis 500' - Jack C Fox
For those who have dosh:
'Great Challenge' - Rainer Schlegelmilch
'Klemantaski' by himself
'Legendary Alfa Romeo' - Simon Moore (a snip from Chaters a £199, 3 vols on the 8C)
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