by Willem Oosthoek

The history of sports car racing in the Southern United States featuring the top echelon of European sports cars has long been unexplored territory. With the exception of the Sebring 12 Hours, the meets were largely ignored by the national press, and no comprehensive research material is available for the numerous events organized between Texas and Florida, when amateur competition surged in the late 1950s. Yet, the South offers a rich road racing history, often fueled by wealthy oilmen from Texas and Oklahoma.

Many of the events were hosted on airport courses where late-model Ferraris, Maseratis, Jaguars, Porsches, OSCAs and Climax-engined cars such as Lotus, Cooper and Elva did battle with American V8-powered vehicles, both Corvettes and homebuilt Specials. This book, the first of a series of three, offers a race-by-race account of all 1957 and 1958 Southern events, from Novice Races to the weekend-

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By Robert T. Devlin

Robert T. Devlin is an automotive historian with a particular passion for the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance. He first attended the event as a teenager back in 1952, just two years after it started, and he has been among its most faithful participants in the ensuing five decades. Throughout much of the past two decades, he has served the event as a Class Judge. In 1980, he wrote and published Pebble Beach , A Matter of Style detailing the Concours’ early history. He has also written over 90 articles about automobiles for various magazines and other publications.

by Malcolm Tucker

In this book, author Malcolm Tucker delves into the photographic archives of the celebrated motoring historian Mike Worthington-Williams. For over forty years Mike has collected photographs of derelict vehicles; some in scrap yards, some abandoned and some neglected, but often kept for sentimental reasons. Many are now fading and rusting into oblivion but there are also uplifting tales of resurrection. Old car enthusiasts the world over will know of Mike’s reporting of such finds, but this is the first time that a book dedicated to his lifetime passion has been published.  Around 450 photographs are included, each captioned with a brief explanation of the vehicle shown.

by Patrick Lesueur and translated by David Burgess-Wise

Arriving mid-August 2011 and will be available at Pebble Beach RetroAuto in California from August 19-21.

Surely no form of contest has ever equalled the marriage of luxury and ostentation offered for many years by the great concours d’élégance. Elitist perhaps but their sheer magnificence seems just as fascinating in our  present world as it did in the first half of the 20^th Century. It should be remembered that these events allowed the most celebrated artists and artisans boundless freedom of expression. Everything was put into the melting-pot to achieve one end – the realisation of a dream.

The vital step for organisers of such events was to choose a venue famous  for its air of leisurely hedonism, such as Longchamp, Deauville, Cannes, La Baule, Vichy, Nice or Enghien, where costly automobiles, their elegant silhouettes crafted by the great names of  contemporary coachwork , could parade. To enhance the atmosphere, these exotic creations were presented by pretty ladies, mostly recruited from fashionable society, dressed in the latest fashion by the leading Parisian couturiers in an attempt to achieve the best possible symbiosis with the machines that they accompanied.

By Philippe Defechereux

A few copies have been hand carried from Singapore and are now available as of September 1 in the USA

Available around later September 2011 in the UK and USA, this is a fully upgraded and updated book, one that will do even fuller justice to Cameron Argetsinger and his towering accomplishments. The abundance of unique and exclusive color photos, now at last reproduced luminously within the full chromatic range, is simply dazzling. This should make the Watkins Glen community very proud of their racing heritage.

In 1948 Watkins Glen staged the first official American race for sports cars since the Vanderbilt Cup races of the early years of the century. This book is about the transformation of post-World War II racing in America and how road racing became a leading sport in the US, beginning at Watkins Glen and followed by Sebring, Daytona, Laguna Seca and other circuits.

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by David Cross with Bjørn Kjer

Now available for purchase with stocks in both the UK and USA.

Transport in international motor sport has always been a major task for all competitors. Whilst modern Formula 1 drivers travel in style, often in private jet planes, their cars and mechanics follow in sophisticated tractor/trailer transporters but earlier contestants and in particular those who were not well-to-do, had to use whatever transport was available to them, more often travelling in old vehicles in the dead of night, when roads were quieter.

Overshadowed by the antics of racing drivers and their magnificent steeds, perhaps it is not surprising that there is no treatise dedicated to the racing car transporter. However, transporters are so vital to the start of every race that this omission needed to be rectified and the 550 photographs and other images collected in this book not only represent a unique visual history of an important motor racing ingredient but also fill a glaring gap in the chronicles of motor sport.

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