Motor Racings Strangest Races

by Geoff Tibballs

Le Mans, Formula One, Indie 500, Paris-Dakar, Grand Prix, Daytona 500—they're all here in this collection of amazing accounts from a hundred years of auto racing.

Genres: Nonfiction

288 pages, Paperback

First published November 1, 2006

Reviews

[Michael John · Rating 3 out of 5]

As a collection of interesting little stories about motor racing history it's fine. I'm not convinced that it's a great collection of the strangest races however. I did learn how Sainte Devote is spelled though so that's a plus.

[Gareth Brown · Rating 4 out of 5]

Enjoyable read - especially some of the older and more outlandish tales from the very start of motor racing. Nice to have memories of more recent events jogged as well!

[Richie Schimkus · Rating 3 out of 5]

Mostly interesting vignettes presented in chronological order.

[Colin Murtagh · Rating 4 out of 5]

Strangeness is sometimes in the eye of the beholder. I'm not sure all of these are actually strange, but they are actually interesting. The book starts with the very earliest racesand works its way up through to the modern age. Each race taken is explained over a couple of pages. The majortiy it has to be said seem to be based on F1, but there are rallys, sheds and lawnmower races as well. An entertaining toilet book.

[M.K. Aston · Rating 3 out of 5]

An interesting read. Each section or chapter gives a short account of a particular race some of which were quite frankly bizarre, i.e. a lawnmower race. For me, the historical accounts and earlier F1 races were the most interesting but it was nice to be reminded of a couple of more recent 'incidents' too.

[Patty J. · Rating 5 out of 5]

A must-read for any motor-racing fan of any age, size, gender :) It's very funny, in the British humour sort of way. Great way to learn the history of Formula One, to be honest.

[John · Rating 4 out of 5]

An interesting series of 2 - 4 page stories of various odd race. A fun read especially for Formula 1 fans.