Inside Racing: A Season with the PacWest CART Indy Car Team [Paperback]

Paul Haney (Author), Linda Mansfield (Editor)

Product Details

• Paperback: 358 pages
• Publisher: Motorbooks International (February 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0964641410
• ISBN-13: 978-0964641419
• Product Dimensions: 10.7 x 8.3 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,206,704 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Behind the scenes accounts of a Fed-Ex Championship Team, May 29, 1998

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This review is from: Inside Racing: A Season with the PacWest CART Indy Car Team (Paperback)

I have been involved in motorsports for over 10 years, on a pit crew and with a major supplier. It was always amazing to me that many crews members, drivers and sponsors really did not know what it was really like until they were heavily involved in the sport. That has changed with Paul's book. It is very informative for both the casual Indycar fan, and for those who are already in the sport. Many of us on the "inside" of the sport are not able to hear what the engineers/drivers/crew are saying during the course of a race weekend, and especially private testing days. Paul has taken the reader literally behind the "closed doors" of a major Indycar team. If you have ever wondered how a team gets a sponsor, or how they make the car go faster, or what the team does when they leave the track for the day, then Paul will tell you. It is told in a matter-of-fact and easy to follow way, that will keep you interested throughout. I recommend it for the race fan and team member alike! I can't wait for another book by Paul!

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5.0 out of 5 stars A feast for car racing nuts., November 9, 1998

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This review is from: Inside Racing: A Season with the PacWest CART Indy Car Team (Paperback)

Paul arranged the year we'd all love to have: traveling with a top-line CART team and listening in to all their radio traffic on race weekends. He combines a talent for explaining technical issues with painstaking note-taking (the part of the year we didn't have to worry about) and presents it all with a fresh, self-effacing style.

The bulk of the book is Paul's description of how engineers and drivers set up the PacWest cars. We can listen in as they drift in and out of the right setup, struggling to find the right combination in this hugely competitive racing series.

Buy it if you're fascinated by the technical part of Champ Car racing. Stay away if you're looking for brisk narrative about people or a tight dramatic structure. This is hardcore racing.

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5.0 out of 5 stars If you're an auto racing fan, buy this book!, September 24, 1998

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This review is from: Inside Racing: A Season with the PacWest CART Indy Car Team (Paperback)

This is the book I've always wanted to read. I've been a fan of auto racing for many years, but no book has ever given a real "behind the scenes" look at what goes on in a top line race team. Haney's style is very readable and gives a good honest potrayal of all the key members of the race team. None better!