For newbies just now learning about the great years of American road racing, this book is a mighty educational tool.  A neophyte thirsty for knowledge can drink his fill, becoming familiar with the cars, the drivers, the great races, and more.  For the already up-to-speed, the level of detail found here, especially on the little-known minor European events, will broaden and deepen the knowledge base of all but the most erudite.

Your webmaster had no idea that Shelby's Cobras ran the classic European hillclimbs, but they did.  You can read about these hard-fought contests -- all but ignored in the media of the day -- in Bob Bondurant's own words.

Cobra Daytona coupes in fender-to-fender battles with Ferrari GTOs!  Learn about every dramatic race, from the three-hour "Daytona Continental" on Feb. 17, 1963 to the Cobra team's last great run at the thoroughly obscure "Coppa Citta' di Enna 500km" on August 15, 1965.  All are covered in depth.
 

From Michael Shoen:  "I have agreed to do a second edition only because advances in digital scan technology now make a high-quality copy possible, based upon a mint-original first edition. For this technology and for re-typesetting the entire text, I thank Walter Kellner, who did the color separations in the first edition. Because of the inevitable degradation of second-generation visuals, I have priced this second edition at one-half the inflation adjusted price of the original. This second edition incorporates minor text corrections on 40 pages. For many of these, I credit Willem Oosthoek, a careful and knowledgeable reader.