{"title":"Books","description":"\u003cp\u003eExplore our collection of motorsport books covering legendary drivers, iconic teams, racing history and unforgettable moments from Australia and around the world.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"murph-the-illustrated-history-of-greg-murphy","title":"MURPH: The Illustrated History of Greg Murphy","description":"\u003cp data-hook=\"description\" class=\"skK8UF\"\u003eAs a racing driver, Greg Murphy saw the highs and the lows of the sport, and through it all he wore his heart on his sleeve. At his peak, he was one of the most loved sportsmen in New Zealand and he divided opinion in Australia. He was known simply as Murph. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLove him or hate him, his talent behind the wheel was never questioned. Four wins at Bathurst plus the greatest lap ever driven at the iconic centrepiece of the Australian motorsport world stand him near the peak of the pile. That qualifying lap stood unmatched for more than a decade. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHe was runner-up in the V8 Supercar Championship twice and climbed to the top step of the podium 37 times in a V8 Supercar with wins in both Championship and non-Championship events. He also won the Bathurst 24-hour race with childhood hero Peter Brock and scored back-to-back Championship wins in New Zealand’s V8SuperTourers. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn the troughs, he stood on the wrong side of the officialdom, scoring the infamous five-minute penalty at Bathurst as well as an erroneously applied drive through penalty at Winton that cost him a chance at winning the 2004 Championship. He also had to endure some tough times as a driver as teams buckled around him and fate dealt a cruel hand. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHe was fiery and never took a backward step, either on or off the track. His emotions carried him to a period of absolute domination at Pukekohe in New Zealand, and also took him to many a verbal stoush with rivals. Today, his honesty is known well enough to see him active in motorsport media on both sides of the Tasman. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis is Greg Murphy’s story. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Auto Action Magazine","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42954510696531,"sku":null,"price":30.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0567\/2966\/5619\/files\/Cover-Murph.jpg?v=1755223403"},{"product_id":"allan-moffat-climbing-the-mountain","title":"ALLAN MOFFAT: Climbing the Mountain","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTold for the first time in his own words, this is the gripping inside story of Allan Moffat, an Australian motor sport legend.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAllan Moffat is one of the legends of Australian motor sport. His extraordinary driving career, which lasted from the mid-1960s to the late 1980s, coincided with the heyday of touring car racing. His achievements included 32 Australian Touring Car wins, four of them at Bathurst, and four Championships. His Trans Am Mustang, surely the definitive racing touring car of all time, claimed more than 100 victories. But Moffat's impact went well beyond the winner's podium. He brought a new level of business professionalism to motor racing, pioneering the use of sponsorship in a way that would change the sport forever.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMoffat, intense, reserved and driven, has been known as a man of few words. For years motor-sport fans have wanted to hear his story, and now Allan is telling it for the first time. His book is the compelling account of a young Canadian who moved to Australia with his family as a boy and became one of our greatest racing drivers. It's a tale of the epic rivalry with Peter Brock, which surprisingly culminated in a driving partnership and huge mutual respect, and it's about nostalgia for the glory days of motor sport in this country, when the concept of Holden versus Ford really did divide the nation, and when Mount Panorama was the true Mecca for hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of Australians.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFilled with intense rivalries, huge egos, on-course stories and incidents, and all against the backdrop of our motor sport history over more than forty years, this is THE book for all fans of Australian motor racing. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Auto Action Magazine","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43343634333779,"sku":"10","price":37.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0567\/2966\/5619\/files\/BookCover-ClimbingtheMountian_c2dc4a62-e4f4-4ede-a4e9-3e66422770d6.jpg?v=1765533056"},{"product_id":"full-tilt-a-champions-story-of-ford-holden-and-the-defining-era-of-motor-racing","title":"Full Tilt: A champion's story of Ford, Holden and the defining era of motor-racing","description":"\u003cdiv style=\"padding-bottom: 24px;\" class=\"a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content a-expander-content-expanded\" data-expanded=\"true\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eFord versus Holden and beyond, the story of motor-racing's greatest era through the eyes of a champion\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"padding-bottom: 24px;\" class=\"a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content a-expander-content-expanded\" data-expanded=\"true\"\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003e'Bond is a true pioneer of our sport. Growing up in a motorsport family I knew the strong rivalry between Holden and Ford. Not many drivers have managed to cross over and be successful. Colin Bond was one of the first drivers to make the change and show it works.'\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e - Craig Lowndes, three-time Australian Touring Car Champion\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"padding-bottom: 24px;\" class=\"a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content a-expander-content-expanded\" data-expanded=\"true\"\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003e'A terrific memoir of a stellar career, and an insightful inside perspective of top-level motorsport, both rallying and racing, from the 1960s through into the 1990s.' \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e- \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eAustralian Muscle Car\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"padding-bottom: 24px;\" class=\"a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content a-expander-content-expanded\" data-expanded=\"true\"\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003e'The only driver to win the national rally and touring car championships as well as the Bathurst endurance classic, Bond holds a special place in the history of Australian motorsport.'\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003e- V8 Sleuth\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"padding-bottom: 24px;\" class=\"a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content a-expander-content-expanded\" data-expanded=\"true\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBathurst winner, Australian Touring Car Champion, and the only man to have won on both sides of racing's most iconic rivalry - Ford versus Holden - this is the high-octane story of motor-racing legend Colin Bond.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"padding-bottom: 24px;\" class=\"a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content a-expander-content-expanded\" data-expanded=\"true\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFrom his rallying crowns to his extraordinary Bathurst victory and his Touring Car Championship triumph, to the hugely controversial 1-2 Bathurst win with Allan Moffat in '77, Bond's career spanned the most thrilling decades of Australian motorsport. At the heart of it all was the fierce tribal battle between Ford and Holden - a rivalry Bond knew better than anyone. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"padding-bottom: 24px;\" class=\"a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content a-expander-content-expanded\" data-expanded=\"true\"\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003eAgainst the backdrop of the golden age of motorsport, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eFull Tilt \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eis packed with accounts of racing with and against other superstars like Peter Brock and Allan Moffat. It captures the drama, danger and intense competition of the sixties to the nineties, the incredibly engineered Monaros, Toranas, Falcons and Commodores, the dirty tricks, dodgy deals and maverick team managers. \u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"padding-bottom: 24px;\" class=\"a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content a-expander-content-expanded\" data-expanded=\"true\"\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003eA celebration of speed, skill and the defining era of motor-racing, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eFull Tilt\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is essential reading for any lover of the sport. Written with bestselling motorsport journalist John Smailes, this is the incredible story of a life raced at full tilt.\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"padding-bottom: 24px;\" class=\"a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content a-expander-content-expanded\" data-expanded=\"true\"\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003e'Colin Bond is one of the all-time greats of Australia's unique Ford vs. Holden battle. I don't recall ever having as much fun when working, and riding, with him.'\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e- Edsel Ford II, Chairman of the Henry Ford Estate\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"padding-bottom: 24px;\" class=\"a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content a-expander-content-expanded\" data-expanded=\"true\"\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003e'This is the motor-racing life of Colin Bond and it is also a history of the growth of the motor-racing scene at the time of the emerging touring car racing. A most interesting read - the backroom stories of some of my competitors are very entertaining.'\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e- Norm 'Stormin' Norman' Beechey, two-time Australian Touring Car Champion\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"padding-bottom: 24px;\" class=\"a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content a-expander-content-expanded\" data-expanded=\"true\"\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003e'Gracious and funny . . . gave us a Bathurst finish that will always transcend motorsport.'\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e- \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eDaily Telegraph\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"padding-bottom: 24px;\" class=\"a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content a-expander-content-expanded\" data-expanded=\"true\"\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003e'a legend of motorsport, with a unique insight into racing . . . \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eFull Tilt\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e captures all the celebrations and controversy of racing from the 1960s to the 1990s.'\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e- \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eWestern Advocate\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"padding-bottom: 24px;\" class=\"a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content a-expander-content-expanded\" data-expanded=\"true\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003ePRAISE FOR JOHN SMAILES' BOOKS\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"padding-bottom: 24px;\" class=\"a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content a-expander-content-expanded\" data-expanded=\"true\"\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003e'\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eClimbing the Mountain\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is a book many of us have been waiting for ... It's an ideal gift for anyone who has followed motor sport in this country through the years.' - \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eAustralian Financial Review \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eon \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eClimbing the Mountain\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"padding-bottom: 24px;\" class=\"a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content a-expander-content-expanded\" data-expanded=\"true\"\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003e'John Smailes, author of the recent \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eRace Across the World\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (the rip-roaring story of the original London-Sydney Marathon), has applied his talents to covering the entire story of Australia's best known racetrack - Mount Panorama at Bathurst - in 346 pages ... There is a good sense of each era, and plenty of fascinating tales.' \u003cstrong\u003e- \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eAustralian Financial Review\u003c\/span\u003e on \u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eMount Panorama\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"padding-bottom: 24px;\" class=\"a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content a-expander-content-expanded\" data-expanded=\"true\"\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003e'This book is a delight to read. Perhaps, dare we say it, even more enthralling than the races themselves.' \u003cstrong\u003e- \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eHighlife Magazine\u003c\/span\u003e on \u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eFormula One\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"padding-bottom: 24px;\" class=\"a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content a-expander-content-expanded\" data-expanded=\"true\"\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003e'you need to read Speed Kings' \u003cstrong\u003e- \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eSunday Telegraph\u003c\/span\u003e on \u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eSpeed Kings\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'In a highly readable style, backed up by copious research and no fewer than 54 interviews, Smailes gives the go-to-whoa story of the Speedway and Antipodean attempts to conquer it.'\u003cstrong\u003e - \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eAustralian Financial Review\u003c\/span\u003e on \u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eSpeed Kings\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"padding-bottom: 24px;\" class=\"a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content a-expander-content-expanded\" data-expanded=\"true\"\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003e'A rattling good read'\u003cstrong\u003e - \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eAustralian Financial Review\u003c\/span\u003e on \u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eRace Across the World\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"padding-bottom: 24px;\" class=\"a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content a-expander-content-expanded\" data-expanded=\"true\"\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003e'Smailes recaptures the excitement of the moment, when each day we learnt of fresh disasters besetting the increasingly weary drivers ... His first-hand account does a fine job in describing the excitement of a race unlikely ever to be repeated.' \u003cstrong\u003e- \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eDaily Telegraph\u003c\/span\u003e on \u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eRace Across the World\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Auto Action Magazine","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43351841407059,"sku":null,"price":37.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0567\/2966\/5619\/files\/BookCover-FullTilt.jpg?v=1765849379"},{"product_id":"the-immortals-of-nascar","title":"The Immortals of NASCAR","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe best of the best from the world of NASCAR.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eYou can have the fastest car, the best engine, the smartest crew chief, but at the end of the day, it's the person behind the wheel who makes the difference.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom the Foreword by Richard Petty\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn this ultimate tribute to the high-stakes world of NASCAR, seasoned motorsports journalist Andrew Clarke takes us on an exhilarating ride through the backstories of 20 car racing superstars – plus a few bonus icons. 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