| High Performance Driving
(1974)
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| Front Cover |
Book Details |
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| Genre |
Non-Fiction |
| Subject |
Automobile driving |
| Publication Date |
1974 |
| Format |
Hardcover |
| Publisher |
Simon & Schuster |
| Language |
English |
| Extras |
Dust Jacket; Dust Jacket Cover |
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| Product Details |
| LoC Classification |
TL152.5 .P43 |
| Dewey |
629.28/3/2 |
| ISBN |
671-27117-2 |
| Cover Price |
$7.95 |
| No. of Pages |
123 |
| First Edition |
No |
| Rare |
No |
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| Notes/Review |
Hardcover. Very good, well cared for. DJ: Very good, minor creasing or wrinkling.
$8.80 + $3.00 shipping
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"You might come across a multileveled, off-camber, decreasing radius primary corner with a flyover at its entrance and it's nice to know what to call it." - Paul Petersen.
Lots of material in such a small book. I'll need to read it again, and take notes. But most of all I need to get the car on a skidpad to really understand it. I'll mangle a Vonnegut quote and say that reading about driving is like dancing about architecture. Petersen does a great job of describing the physics of driving a car. He explains turns in terms of type and kind. As an exercise, I should analyze High Plains Raceway in these terms. |
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