Book Cover
Book
Author Smith, Carroll, 1932-2003, author

Title Drive to win : the essential guide to race driving / Carroll Smith
Published Palos Verdes Estates, Calif. : Carroll Smith Consulting, [1996]
Palos Verdes Estates, Calif. : Carroll Smith Consulting, c1996
c1996
©1996

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Description 1 volume (various pagings) : illustrations ; 28 cm
Contents 1. The drive -- The yellow brick road -- Fitness, mental and physical -- 2. Vehicle dynamics -- The driver's best friend: you & your tires -- Braking -- The cornering sequence -- Shifting gears, gearing and using the gearbox -- 3. Learn to win -- Training aids -- 4. Environments -- Permanent circuits -- Oval track hints -- Street fighting -- Racing in the rain -- 5. On track -- Testing -- Practice time -- The race -- 6. At the office -- Safety and cockpit controls -- Don't burn the hands that support you -- 7. Advanced drive to win -- The old rules change -- The racing shock absorber -- The racing differential
Notes Includes appendices
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references
Subject Automobile racing.
Automobiles, Racing.
LC no. 00001318
ISBN 0965160009
Other Titles Carroll Smith's drive to win
Essential guide to race driving