FERRARI - Fifty Years On The Track is a 395-page book, containing over 300 illustrations,and offers definitive coverage of the Ferrari sports racing cars beginning with the earliest examples in 1947 to the current Championship-winning 333SP. This special edition of FERRARI - Fifty Years On The Track, which is limited to just 500 copies, is tastefully bound in deep red leather, fitted in a leather-covered slipcase, and signed by the authors. Each model of Ferraris sports racers is fully described and a series of appendices provide the racing and ownership history of each individual car by chassis number, as well as a wealth of technical information. This is a must have volume for any serious Ferrari enthusiast. [This is the leather-bound and slipcased version, signed by the authors and limited to 500 copies. The text is the same as ISBN 0-9665094-0-4.]

Ferrari: Fifty Years On The Track

Starkey, John

Renwick, Chrstopher

Olczyk, Philippe

Renwick & Starkey Ltd

Ferrari 166 to F50GT The Racing Berlinettas is a 366-page book, containing over 140 illustrations and photographs, and offers definitive coverage of the Ferrari racing Gran Turismo berlinettas beginning with the earliest example in 1947 to the stillborn F50GT. This special edition of Ferrari 166 to F50GT The Racing Berlinettas, which is limited to just 200 copies, is tastefully bound in deep red leather, fitted in a leather-covered slipcase, and signed by John Starkey. Each model of Ferraris famous GT berlinettas is fully described and a series of appendices provide the racing and ownership history of each individual car by chassis number, as well as a wealth of technical information. This is a must have volume for any serious Ferrari enthusiast and is a companion to John Starkeys previous winner FERRARI Fifty Years On The Track.

Ferrari 166 to F50gt: The Racing Berlinettas

Engineering & Transportation

Renwick, Christopher

Automotive

Motorbooks, International

Ferrari 166 to F50GT The Racing Berlinettas is a 366-page book, containing over 140 illustrations and photographs, and offers definitive coverage of the Ferrari racing Gran Turismo berlinettas beginning with the earliest example in 1947 to the stillborn F50GT. This special edition of Ferrari 166 to F50GT The Racing Berlinettas, which is limited to just 200 copies, is tastefully bound in deep red leather, fitted in a leather-covered slipcase, and signed by John Starkey. Each model of Ferraris famous GT berlinettas is fully described and a series of appendices provide the racing and ownership history of each individual car by chassis number, as well as a wealth of technical information. This is a must have volume for any serious Ferrari enthusiast and is a companion to John Starkeys previous winner FERRARI Fifty Years On The Track.

Ferrari 166 to F50GT - The Racing Berlinettas

Renwick & Sarkey, Ltd.

Ferrari have the distinction of being the only manufacturer to have competed throughout the history of Formula 1. The company's early Formula 1 and Formula 2 cars first appeared at the Italian Grand Prix in September 1948. It was these cars, particularly in 1950 and 1951, that really brought the name Ferrari to the attention of the general public by competing at the very pinnacle of motor racing, the Formula 1 World Championship. During the Second World War, Enzo Ferrari had a factory in Maranello making grinding machines, but he had a burning ambition - to dominate international motor racing. Within two years, his workforce had produced the company's first sports car and in 1948 Ferrari presented his first single-seater F1 cars to the world. By 1951, his new 4.5-litre F1 cars were beating his old nemesis, Alfa Romeo, on their way to winning the World Championship in 1952 and 1953.John Starkey tells the story of those early years as Ferrari struggled to overcome many obstacles to win the new World Championship. Featuring rare archive photographs, this is an indispensable guide to Ferrari's first racing cars and the emergence of motor racing as an elite sports phenomenon.

Ferrari: The Monopostos of 1947-52

Sports & Outdoors

Amberley Publishing

As well as providing photographs of Hitler’s cars and the men who became his chauffeur, John Starkey lists the technical specifications of those cars, and describes many of the journeys undertaken by the German leader over the course of two dramatic decades.\nMany are the photographs of Hitler standing proudly in the passenger seat of a midnight blue Mercedes, arm outstretched in his famous salute to the adoring German crowds. Hitler loved cars and loved to be seen in and next to the special automobiles he purchased or was presented with through friends and Nazi Party funds.\nHis first car was a 1920 green Selve 8/30, purchased in 1922, which was soon disposed of in favor of a Daimler-built Mercedes 15/70/100 – and from that moment on every car in which Hitler was chauffeured around the Third Reich and occupied countries would be a Mercedes. Indeed, even while in Landsberg prison following his failed putsch in 1923, he was writing to a Mercedes-Benz car salesman in Munich about his next car, concerning the merits of the Benz 11/40 versus the larger 16/50. It was a grey 11/40 in which Hitler was driven away from Landsberg on his release in 1924.\nIt was in his next car – a super-charged Mercedes-Benz 15/70/100 – that Hitler was involved in an accident with a large truck in March 1930. The truck was completely wrecked while the large Mercedes suffered only minor damage. This prompted Hitler to remark: ‘It was then I decided to use only a Mercedes for the rest of my life.’\nFrom 1930 onwards, Hitler was driven around in a Mercedes-Benz 770, also known as the Grosser Mercedes. Only 205 of these huge, luxury cars were manufactured with many of those being used by top-ranking Nazis.\nSuch was Hitler’s interest in cars, he arranged state sponsorship for Mercedes and Porsche (Auto Union) to participate in Grand Prix racing (today’s F1). So strong was the resulting financial support that German teams swept all before them between 1935 and 1939.\nSecurity was always a great concern of Hitler and his entourage and his 770 was protected with bullet-proof windows and steel armor-plate built into all metal work. Wartime brought increased security fears, resulting in another Mercedes entering the German leader’s car collection. This was the heavily armored, six-wheel G4, the first off-road Mercedes, in which Hitler could safely parade through the streets of conquered lands.\nAs well as providing photographs of Hitler’s cars and the men who became his chauffeur, John Starkey lists the technical specifications of those cars, and describes many of the journeys undertaken by the German leader over the course of two dramatic decades.

Hitler's Motorcars: The Führer's Vehicles From the Birth of the Nazi Party to the Fall of the Third Reich

History

Military

Frontline Books

The story of the RAF, and in particular Fighter Command, during the Battle of Britain has been told many times. It is a tale of the gallant pilots of ‘The Few’, in their Hurricanes and Spitfires, with the nation’s back to the wall, fighting off the Luftwaffe’s airborne assault against enormous odds. But the story of Fighter Command’s operations immediately after the Battle of Britain is less well known.\nMarshal of the Royal Air Force Hugh Montague Trenchard commanded the Royal Flying Corps in the First World War. His policy then had been for his aircraft and men to be continually on the offensive, always over the German lines taking the fight to the enemy. After being promoted to command the RAF, Trenchard retired in 1930.\nIn November 1940, Trenchard showed up again at the Air Ministry and proposed that the RAF should ‘Lean Towards France’ – that it should go on the offensive. The RAF would, claimed Trenchard, win the resulting battle of attrition.\nOne of the main outcomes of the RAF’s new offensive stance was the introduction of the Circus sorties. These were attacks undertaken by a small force of bombers with a powerful fighter escort. They were intended to lure enemy fighters into the air so that they could be engaged by RAF fighters, the primary objective being the destruction of Luftwaffe fighters, followed by the protection of the bombers from attack.\nA further development of the Circus missions were Ramrods, Rhubarbs and Rodeos, all of which were variations on the same theme. A Ramrod was similar to a Circus, though in this instance the primary objective was the destruction of the target, the main role of the accompanying fighters being to protect the bombers from attack. A Rhubarb was a small-scale attack by fighters using cloud cover and/or surprise, the object of which was to destroy German aircraft in the air and/or striking at ground targets, while a Rodeo consisted of a fighter sweep over enemy territory with no bombers.\nDrawing on official documents and archive material, as well as accounts by many of those involved, James Starkey reveals just how Trenchard’s views won through and the RAF went on the offensive from late 1940 into 1941. Was it a failed strategy? If so, why was it not halted once the results began to be seen?

The RAF's Cross-Channel Offensive: Circuses, Ramrods, Rhubarbs and Rodeos 1941-1942

Americas

Air World

After Eric Broadley found the Ford GT40 too conservative in specs for a state-of-the-art sports racing car, he left the company to create his own company, Lola, and the car he always truly desired, the Lola T70. Immediately successful, the T70 carried John Surtees to the Championship in the 1966 Can-Am series. The cars were also very successful in Group 7 races until the series ended in 1966, by which time the likes of Denny Hulme, David Hobbs, and Brian Redman had all driven T70s to victory. John Starkey, T70 owner and ex-Curator of the famous Donington racing car collection, has compiled a huge amount of information on the cars and interviewed many past and present owners and drivers about their experiences with the T70. Uniquely, this book contains the history and specification of each individual T70 chassis.  Available again after an absence of several years, here is the definitive development and racing history of the Lola T70.

Lola T70 – The Racing History & Individual Chassis Record: Classic Reprint of 4th Edition in paperback

Veloce

Lola, the British car manufacturer, is probably the best-known and most-respected builder of racing cars, and has built successful cars for almost every racing formula. This book covers the 63 types of Lola car built between 1957 and 1977, and is written by Lola expert John Starkey; curator of the Donington racing car collection.

Lola: The Illustrated History 1957 to 1977 (Veloce Classic Reprint Series)

In 1974, to rave reviews, Porsche produced the 930/911 Turbo to the public and set off on a new road. At the same time, the governing body of motorsport introduced a new "silhouette" formula to sports car racing. Thus the immortal 934 and 935 were born. Porsche 930 to 935: The Turbo Porsches tells the story of the 911 Turbo and its racing cousins, from the 1974 2.1-liter RSR Turbo Carrera to the tube-framed 750 horsepower final variants of the 935. These are the cars which still bring a gleam of pleasure to any of the drivers lucky enough to have sampled their enormous power and, sometimes, their wayward handling!

Porsche 930 to 935: The Turbo Porsches (Veloce Classic Reprint)

Veloce Publishing

The Ferrari GT Berlinettas are undeniably beautiful and, arguably, the greatest Ferrari racing cars ever built. The 250 GT Competizione Berlinetta – now popularly known as the Tour de France Berlinetta, in honour of the model's domination of the great French event with four outright victories – was the true forerunner of the series of cars which established Ferrari as a major force in sports car racing. Here is the story of the development, building and racing of the Tour de France Ferraris. Importantly, the book also contains individual histories of the Ferrari TdF Berlinettas. Out of print for many years, this classic edition has been reissued in paperback format, due to popular demand.

Ferrari 250GT "Tour de France"

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