Bob Bondurant on Race Kart Driving [Paperback]

Bob Bondurant (Author), Ross Bentley (Author)

Book Description

Series: Bob Bondurant On | Publication Date: July 4, 2002

Karting is the single largest form of motor racing in the world, and for most drivers it has been the starting point for a career in racing. Almost every current F-1, CART, and IRL driver has some kind of karting experience, and many current professional drivers continue to race karts to keep their driving skills finely honed. All of the vital techniques such as selecting the best lines, and using braking and reference points are covered in fine detail. The book explains how to learn and understand each racecourse, and it illustrates the differences between decreasing, constant, and increasing radius turns, as well as positive, flat, and negative camber turns. Mental preparation, pre-visualization, dieting, training, racing in the rain, testing, passing, and many other facets are explained. Bob Bondurant's kart driving-school instructors were used as a resource, and the school provided all of the photography.

Product Details

• Paperback: 128 pages
• Publisher: Motorbooks; First edition (July 4, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0760310769
• ISBN-13: 978-0760310762
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 7 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,035,908 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars General book but lacks depth., July 14, 2006

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Some Random Dude (Somewhere) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Bob Bondurant on Race Kart Driving (Paperback)

This book's content is very similar to Memo Gidley's book. Memo's book is in color and is more up to date. Memo's book also has slightly more information. You only need one of these books. Get Memo's if you need an overview of karting. You won't find detailed advanced driving techniques in either.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great book for driving technique., June 18, 2003

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Troy Sievers (Phoenix AZ) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Bob Bondurant on Race Kart Driving (Paperback)

This book is geared towrd the racer who is just starting. It will help explain proper line and driving technique. I learned a great deal in requards to throttle and braking but it lacks in proper setup and maintenance. One thing that would have been nice to know is how to properly read tracks. An example would have been to show maps of a track and then show the proper race line in another map.

As a beginner it is a must read before bad driving turns into bad habits.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good for beginners, but..., October 25, 2004

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William Bradley (Chandler, AZ USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Bob Bondurant on Race Kart Driving (Paperback)

Bondurant's karting book is a good book if you haven't read any other books on race driving technique. If you have, however, the majority of the book reads like a summary of Ross Bentley's "Speed Secrets" series. There are only three our four chapters that are really specific to karting (I was hoping for more, unfortunately), but they discuss topics where karting may differ the most from other forms of motorsport.

If you have a child or teen interested in karting, this is a good starting point for them, if only to motivate them to read more in-depth books such as Bentley's "Speed Secrets" series or Carroll Smith's "...To Win" books.