Book Reviews
Dirt Track
The Complete Grand
National Championship - Volume I: 1954-1969 by Gregory R.
Pearson
There are 637 pages of the
most complete description of each race from 1954 to 1969 in
this volume. The text allows you to visualize the each race
and each season. It would not e possible to create more
complete coverage of the Grand National Championship series.
There are 150 photos and all of the 237 Grand Nationals are
covered.
Dick Mann, Ronnie Rall and Gary Nixon all reviewed the book
and thought is was great.
To order search the web using
"The Complete Grand
National Championship - Volume I: 1954-1969 by Gregory R.
Pearson". To order via email contact
gtammyp89@cs.com or
phone 304.743.0344.
Motocross
Dirt Bike Ike -
Casting the Dream by Roy Jenkins
Roy Jenkins tells a great story of how a
teenager with determination and grit can achieve great
things. The story is fictional and inspirational to both
parents and children. Check out 2wheelcommunications.com. To
order search the web using "Dirt Bike Ike".
Legendary Motocross Bikes - by Terry Good
This is an incredible collection of excellent
photos of rare championship-winning factory works bikes.
This is a must have for any serious motocross racer. The
photo are of excellent quality and great color showing
detail of many of the greatest vintage bikes ever.
This is available on the web by searching on Legendary
Motocross Bikes.
Trials
Road Racing
The Grand Prix
Motorcycle by Kevin Cameron (Foreword by Kenny Roberts Sr.)
This book covers
road racing's evolution since 1949 to the present day and is
a benchmark work. It is a must acquire, and must read. It is
much more. The book explains the sport bike evolution.
Cameron takes the design eras phase by phase, each year
illustrated by an individual race bike. He covers every
significant engineering advance and its immediate and
long-term relevance, explaining not just what happened but
what it meant then and what it means today.
Kenny Roberts Sr.'s foreword is great. As he puts it:
"Racing isn't a fairytale with a happy ending--it's a stream
of problems, half-answers, and coping with the rest."
To order online search on
"The Grand Prix motorcycle, the official technical history."
Vintage Racing on a 1926 Indian Scout
Butch Baer has published another book,
following his and Tom Baer's "A Century of Motorcycling".
This book, however, chronicles Butch's vintage racing days
with his Scout as the center of his adventures. We are
invited to see all the details from the machine shop to
Butch's retirement race at Daytona in 1997, a cross country
trip on the scout, and a few other vintage gatherings. Good
stuff.
The Baers have been Indian dealers and
riders all their lives and kept enough pictures to remind us
of AHRMA's earlier venues. Butch always has time to talk,
and if his Scout isn't the main character then Butch is, and
if he isn't his red shirt is. Just like his Dad's red hat.
Buy a book from him. His company-ACOM
Publishing, PO Box 115, Monson, MA. 01057, 413 267-4999,
www.acenturyof motorcycling.com-has several other vintage
titles and literature reprints. When they say "from the Baer
family library"....they mean it.
Will Harding
