Best books for racers

[fireballs]

What is your list of the best books for helping racers win? Here's mine:

1. Engineer to Win - Carroll Smith http://www.carrollsmith.com/books/#ngner2win

2. Bob Bondurant on High Performance Driving - Bob Bondurant
http://www.amazon.com/Bob-Bondurant-High-Performance-Driving/dp/0760306036

3. Think Fast - The Racer's Why-To Guide to Winning - Neil Roberts
http://thinkfastbook.com/

[anthonyvop]

Speed costs money....How fast do you want to go?

The Wealth of Nations - Adam Smith
Capitalism and Freedom - Milton Friedman
Atlas Shrugged - Ayn Rand
The Art of War - Sun Tzu

[Brown, Jon Brow]

The Art of War - Sun Tzu

:up:

I read this for the business strategy element of my degree.

[fireballs]

Speed costs money....How fast do you want to go?

There is a better way. Think Fast is about ways to win with smarts instead of money.

[Easy Drifter]

The entire Carroll Smith line of of books starting with 'Prepare to Win'.
His books were the race mechanics' bible although outdated in some aspects now.
My copies are well thumbed and stained!
The late Carroll Smith was a fascinating guy to talk to. He spent a season in F Atlantic when I was an Atlantic wrench.
Not so much on the art of driving but on proper car preparation.

[markabilly]

senna wrote an interesting book as well,

[anthonyvop]

There is a better way. Think Fast is about ways to win with smarts instead of money.

While driver talent does help it can't help if you don't have a fast car.

You can take Hamilton and Alonso from their respective teams and put them in the HRT or Virgen cars and they will not get out of Q1.

Look at Kovalinen! He was a front runner at McLaren.....now?

[fireballs]

[quote="anthonyvop"]While driver talent does help it can't help if you don't have a fast car.[quote]

Think Fast has 1 chapter about driving and 17 about car development. It's a practical race car user's guide, not just another driving or technology book.

[Easy Drifter]

Maybe Princess Lapped a Lot should read these books.