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Type of bind: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 796.72
EAN num: 9780760315507
ISBN number: 0760315507
Label: Motorbooks
Manufacturer: Motorbooks
Quantity: 1
Page Count: 128
Printing Date: 2003-08
Publishing house: Motorbooks
Sale Popularity Level: 793178
Studio: Motorbooks
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The fifth edition (first time in color) of the popular and long-running primer on high-performance street and race track driving from top driver and driving instructor Bob Bondurant. This new edition is updated to include the latest information from Bondurant's school and will appear with a fresh new, all-colour design. About the Author:Bob Bondurant has two other successful titles in print through MBI Publishing: Bob Bondurant on Race Kart Driving (0-7603-1076-9) and Bob Bondurant on Police and Pursuit Driving (0-7603-0686-9). Features:, Fifth Edition, First Time in Color, The Bondurant High-Performance School of Driving now features two exciting new training cars, the Corvette and the Cadillac CTS, Bob Bondurant's school, located in Phoenix, is one of the top driving schools in the world. Thousands of students take the Bondurant courses every year.
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if u really want to start out on hi-per driving u must get this one above all!!!
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I've read a lot of books about Performance driving/racing techniques lately and I have to say that this one pretty much ranks at the bottom.
It is a well written biography about Bondurants life (a whole chapter in the book, and intersperced throughout the text), but lacks on much useful information on driving and racing techniques. After reading a lot of other books on this topic I feel that this one is fairly light on actual information and driving techniques in comparison. It is more up to date though than some books written on this topic. I would probably recommend Carl Lopez'/Skip Barber's book "Going Faster" Or Piero Taruffi's book "The technique of Motor Racing(Driving)" and similar titles over Bondurant's book. It does make a quick read and an introduction to the sport though.
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It has been a while since I read this book, but I disagree with those who only see it as a plug for Bondurant's racing school. This is a well-written explanation of vehicle dynamics, and contains a wealth of information that is useful in everyday driving. I have tried to apply what I learned from this book in various low-buck automotive sport competitions, and frankly I just don't have what it takes to excel in motorsports. I do appreciate, however, Bondurant's efforts to explain everything from seating position, to how to place your hand on the sift knob, to proper line through the corner to gain the fastest exit speed. I believe reading this book has been at least as much benefit to my every day driving skill as the mega-buck 3-day race car driving school I took a few years back.
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If you want to read some poorly organized stories about Bob's
good old racing days, this might be the book for you. If you
want to learn to drive quickly, this book will disappoint you.
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I bought this book because I wanted to learn more about high performance driving without the cost of going to a school, but roughly half of this book is just advertisement of Bob's driving school in Southern California. For example, on controlling skids, he talks very little about how to get out of a skid and then he begins on how you can learn more if you come to his driving school because the school has such and such equipments. There's even an entire chapter dedicated to how to graduate from his driving school. He also seems to be obssessed with his past glory, which he doesn't mind spending time to talk about. DON'T WASTE YOUR MONEY ON THIS PIECE OF GARBAGE.
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