Autocourse Cart 1998-99: Official Champ Car Yearbook 1998-99 [Illustrated] [Hardcover]

Jeremy Shaw (Author)

Product Details

• Hardcover: 192 pages
• Publisher: Motorbooks Intl; illustrated edition edition (March 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1874557330
• ISBN-13: 978-1874557333
• Product Dimensions: 12.4 x 9.4 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.3 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,090,961 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars A must have for every CART fan!, April 15, 1999

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This review is from: Autocourse Cart 1998-99: Official Champ Car Yearbook 1998-99 (Hardcover)

This book is awesome!! Great pics and insightful commentary. It details each team that competed, each race that was run, and features a spotlight of the editor's "Top 10 Drivers".

CART fans - show this book to anyone who doesn't understand why we love this series so much, and you will win a convert :-)

5.0 out of 5 stars Forget NASCAR - Bring on the Open Wheelers !, January 18, 2007

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T. Lester "Guins Guy" (Pittsburgh, PA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Autocourse Cart 1998-99: Official Champ Car Yearbook 1998-99 (Hardcover)

For those outside the loop of racing, NASCAR garners a great deal of attention. Lost in all the attention paid to that series is a great style of racing collectively known as "open wheel" or "Champ Car." The series has evolved over the years but one thing has always remained. The races are fast, exciting and very competitive. How exciting? Put 800+ horsepower in a 1,600lb car that stands at knee level and enjoy the fun! If you are a fan - new or old - this series from Autocourse is a must-have. Autocourse started doing yearbooks 40+ years ago for the Formula One Grand Prix series and they have grown to include Champ Cars. They offer a tremendous amount of detail about the teams, drivers, cars, technical advances, etc. They also showcase the support series and the up-and-coming drivers in them. Each race is covered in detail with all qualifying times and finishing spots as well as highlights of the event itself. Photography is 100% incredible. That's another point. I enjoy doing my own photography and sometimes it's easy to lose track of things, especially if you don't get the film developed for a while. This book offers tremendous resource materials for someone maintaining photo albums of the events themselves. Basically, if you have a question about this style of racing, you'll find it in this book.