Sports Car and Competition Driving

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Item # BEN-02025  ISBN: 0837602025




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Paul Frere—Le Mans winner, Grand Prix driver, and Road & Track magazine's European editor—has prepared a new edition of his classic, Sports Car and Competition Driving.

First published in 1963, Sports Car and Competition Driving sold tens of thousands of copies, establishing it as a standard reference on driving. In his revised edition, Frere builds on the strengths of the original by explaining how to meet the new challenges posed by radical new developments in automotive technology.

What separates Frere's book from other driving texts is his unique blend of theory and practice, based on a career as racer and trained engineer: Memorable observations on how to go faster combined with sophisticated discussions of the physics that govern a car.

With 78 photographs and illustrations, Sports Car and Competition Driving is required reading for all those interested in racing or in becoming a more masterful driver on the road.

Table of Contents

• Basics
• Racing on road and track
• Cornering
• From slipping to sliding
• From theory to practice
• Practicing, qualifying, racing
• The race
• Speed and safety
• Becoming a racing driver
• Dos and don'ts
• Appendices:
  - The effect of banking angle and tire load on maximum cornering speed
  - The effect of down force on maximum cornering speed
  - The effect of all-wheel drive on handling

"It is the analytical ability of Paul the engineer matched to the perception of Paul the race driver that makes Sports Car and Competition Driving such a valuable book."

"Considerable amounts of time can be gained on track by a driver utilizing the countless lessons in this 'textbook.'"

—Phil Hill, 1961 World Driving Champion, from the foreword.

Sports Car and Competition Driving