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International Motor Racing Guide: From Formula 1 to NASCAR

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4 star:		(1)
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It seems that Mr. Higham has spent years searching through dusty basements and smelly photo archives to assemble all of this information. If you're interesed in finding out who won what when, this is the book for you. A bit mind-numbing really, as there is so much information gathered here that it is overwhelming.

For the serious anorak, there is nothing like this volume!

Highly recommended.

This book attempts the impossible task of covering virtually all of the world's major auto racing series' in one volume, as well as discussing racing circuits and race drivers. Considering that fact the author has done an amazing job of distilling all of this information into one, easy to handle volume.

The item description perfectly describes this book, and to anyone whose interest is piqued by the description, adding this book to your library would be well worth it. I bought this book in 2005, and I still look at it fairly often in 2011. My hope is that someday we will see an updated edition.

This is an indipensible reference work for the motor racing enthusiast. Unfortunately, the web is making books of this type rare. Vital stats for every major series, driver, and circuit are included. The presentation and commentaries are readable and enlightening. Hopefully another volume is forthcoming from Mr. Higham but if not, this book provides a comprehensive overview of automobile racing in the 20th century within the covers of a single volume. Highly recommended.

This book is very well done and a nice follow up to the prior edition and I would recommend having both since the first volume does feature certain things not covered in the follow up, such as the now defunct IROC series. My understanding is that IROC was continued up past 2002, so why it is not in the follow up is beyond my grasp. I hope a more current edition is published in a year or so, and if it is, I plan on purchasing it as well. The data provided in these books is invaluable. Highly recommended, but this edition I feel is not worthy of 5 stars as it lacks input on the ARCA, NASCAR lower tier series, and IROC, but given that what it does contain dwarfs what it doesn't I'd certainly give it 4 stars.

The trouble with this kind of data book is that it's already dated one minute before it's published. This book covers up until 2002 and, as you know, were already at 2007...

Also, in the Internet age all thsi data can easily be obtained in a lot of web sites. Of course, this kind of book has the advantage of displaying the data in a friendly manner and within only one tome.

Well, anyway, make up your own mind...