Walt Hansgen was a star in both sports cars and single-seaters, and his meteoric career carried him from the early days of amateur road racing to the very highest level of professional competition in America and Europe. As the lead driver on Briggs Cunningham’s dominant team, and later John Mecom’s team, Walt evaluated and developed race cars working closely with Jaguar, Lister, Maserati, and Ford. At different points in his career he paired with Dan Gurney, Stirling Moss, John Fitch, Archie Scott Brown, and Augie Pabst on circuits as far-flung as Watkins Glen, Le Mans, Silverstone, Sebring, and Road America. Walt was a relentless competitor, but his sense of fairness and camaraderie made him respected by his peers and a leader in the sport. For many up-and-coming racers, including Mark Donohue, Walt was a crucial mentor. The 1950s and 1960s were a time of tremendous change in racing. In this exciting, fast-paced biography author Michael Argetsinger shows how Walt’s life encompassed the conflict between amateur and professional racing, the extraordinary advances in technology, and the joyful ambition of his era. The result is a vivid account of the remarkable history of post-war American road racing.

Walt Hansgen: His Life and the History of Post-War American Road Racing

Michael Argetsinger

Biographies & Memoirs

David Bull Publishing

In the 1960s and 1970s Mark Donohue redefined what it meant to be a successful driver. To millions of fans he was Captain Nice, the photogenic all-American boy who made winning look easy in sports-cars, the popular new Trans-Am and Can-Am series, and even the Indianapolis 500. 
Mark Donohue: His Life in Photographs recaptures Donohue's brillant career through revealing photographs from his childhood, his early amateur-racing days, and his brief, brillant career as a professional. Many of these pictures were provided by the people who were closest to Donohue: his family, friends, and Penske Racing teammates. The book also offers some of the best work by the top motorsports photographers of the era, who deliver brillant images of Donohue with a dazzling array of race cars, and intimate shots with his team and fellow drivers. 
Each photograph is accompanied by detailed insightful captions and text by Michael Argetsinger, author of the definitive biography, Mark Donohue: Technical Excellence at Speed. Mark's Penske Racing teammates, friends, family, and fellow drivers also offer their recollections and commentary.

Mark Donohue: His Life in Photographs

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Walt Hansgen: His Life and the History of Post-War American Road Racing

Mark Donohue: His Life in Photographs