BangShift Book Club

[DNut]

Glad you liked it!

Now that you've read the book, make sure to look up Alex Roy on youtube: Almost everything in the book was also video-taped, which is pretty cool.

[LadyGT]

I have been following this thread for a while and took a list of all the titles at one point to the local bookstore and could only find one which was Dancing in the Rain. I didn't realize Racing in the Rain was fiction. It was a great story. Could I add my name to all of the lists for each book except for Racing in the Rain?

Denise

[Pumpkin]

Steve, I finally got the books packaged and they will be headed your way tomorrow!

[Monster]

Could I add my name to all of the lists for each book except for Racing in the Rain?

Sure Denise, welcome to the Club.

Steve, I finally got the books packaged and they will be headed your way tomorrow!

Thanks Matt.

[Monster]

BangShift Book Club
If you are interested in joining the fun, sharing your favorite car books with other BangShifters, post up here with what book(s) you have to contribute to the library, or which ones you are interested in reading to get your name added to the list.

The Art of Racing in the Rain
By Garth Stein
* Second copy

Read & Signed
Brian Lohnes
Joe (joebogey)
Dave (std)
Matt (Pumpkin)
Steve (White Monster)
Keith Turk
Tonya Turk
STINEY
* Cyclone03
Bob Holmes (aka horsewidower)
* Charles (BOOOGHAR)

Currently With
* Address requested Anthony (Ferrari812)
Address requested Bill (min301)

Next
Bryan (Remy-Z)
Gene (Schtauffer)
Tim (455 LeMans)
Jerry (RealSteelFreak)
Chris (PatricksDad)
Jeff (1trickpony)
Doug (ls7gto)

Rich Guys, Fast Guys, and Idiots
By Sam Moses

Read & Signed
Brian Lohnes
Matt (Pumpkin)
Steve (White Monster)
Anthony (Ferrari812)
Haley (catchmeblue70)

Currently With
Jerry (RealSteelFreak)

Next
Chris (PatricksDad)
Joe (joebogey)
SSChevyManiac
Bob (horsewidower)
Charles (BOOOGHAR)
Jeff (1trickpony)
Doug (ls7gto)
Mike (173rdherd)
Denise (LadyGT)

The Unfair Advantage
By Mark Donohue & Paul Van Valkenburgh

Read & Signed
Shawn Anderson
Anthony (Ferrari812)
Jerry (RealSteelFreak)

Currently With
Bill (min301)

Next
Chris (PatricksDad)
Steve (White Monster)
Joe (joebogey)
Jim (hoofhearted)
Jeff (1trickpony)
Doug (ls7gto)
Mike (173rdherd)
Denise (LadyGT)

Shopclass as Soulcraft
By Matthew B. Crawford

Read & Signed
Luke (BetterWithBoost)
Steve (White Monster)
Chris (PatricksDad)
Mark (Tazracing)

Currently With
..in transit to Joe (joebogey)

Next
Bob (horsewidower)
Jeff (1trickpony)
Doug (ls7gto)
Denise (LadyGT)

Driving like Crazy
By PJ O'Rourke

Read & Signed

Currently With
Luke (BetterWithBoost)

Next
Steve (White Monster)
SSChevyManiac
Bob (horsewidower)
Bill (min301)
Charles (BOOOGHAR)
Chris (PatricksDad)
Joe (joebogey)
Jeff (1trickpony)
Doug (ls7gto)
Haley (catchmeblue70)
Denise (LadyGT)

Senna Versus Prost
By Malcolm Folley

Read & Signed
Shawn Anderson
Anthony (Ferrari812)
Mark (Tazracing)

Currently With
Bill (min301)

Next
Chris (PatricksDad)
Joe (joebogey)
Bob (horsewidower)
Doug (ls7gto)
Denise (LadyGT)

Mickey Thompson: The Fast Life and Tragic Death of a Racing Legend
By Erik Arneson
* Second copy

Read & Signed
* George (200WINS)
* Anthony (Ferrari812)
* Gene (Schtauffer)
* Matt (Pumpkin)
* Bob Homes (aka horsewidower)

Currently With
Chris (PatricksDad)
* Address requested ... Jim (hoofhearted)

Next
Joe (joebogey)
Charles (BOOOGHAR)
Doug (ls7gto)
Denise (LadyGT)

The Fast Set
By Charles Jennings

Read & Signed
Chris (studemax)
Matt (Pumkin)
Steve (White Monster)
Joe (joebogey)

Currently With
Jeff (1trickpony)

Next
Doug (ls7gto)
Denise (LadyGT)

Smokey's Memoirs, Volume I - "Walkin Under a Snake's Belly"
By Henry "Smokey" Yunick

Read & Signed
Bob Holmes (aka horsewidower)
Anthony (Ferrari812)
Steve (White Monster)
Jerry (RealSteelFreak)

Currently With
Joe (joebogey)

Next
Gene (Schtauffer)
Doug (ls7gto)
Denise (LadyGT)

Smokey's Memoirs, Volume II - "All Right You Sons-a-Bitches, Let's have a Race!"
By Henry "Smokey" Yunick

Read & Signed
Bob (horsewidower)
Anthony (Ferrari812)
Steve (White Monster)
Jerry (RealSteelFreak)

Currently With
Joe (joebogey)

Next
Gene (Schtauffer)
Doug (ls7gto)
Denise (LadyGT)

Smokey's Memoirs, Volume III - "Li'l Skinny Rule Book & Eatin' an Elephant"
By Henry "Smokey" Yunick

Read & Signed
Bob (horsewidower)
Anthony (Ferrari812)
Steve (White Monster)
Jerry (RealSteelFreak)

Currently With
Joe (joebogey)

Next
Gene (Schtauffer)
Doug (ls7gto)
Denise (LadyGT)

DIY Performance EFI
By Matt Cramer

Read & Signed
Anthony (Ferrari812)
George (200WINS)I
Doug (ls7gto)

Currently With
Mark (Stich496)

Next
Denise (LadyGT)

Glory Days
By Jim Wangers

Read & Signed
George (200WINS)
Steve (White Monster)

Currently With
Mark (Stich496)

Next
Anthony (Ferrari812)
Jeff (1trickpony)
Doug (ls7gto)
Denise (LadyGT)

Racing To Win Wood Brothers Style
By Lyle Lenyon Engel

Read & Signed
Mark (Stich496)

Currently With
..in transit to Bob (horsewidower)

Next
Doug (ls7gto)
George (200WINS)
Denise (LadyGT)

Leadership and Self-Deception: Getting Out of the Box
By The Arbinger Institue

Read & Signed
PeeWee
Matt (Pumpkin)

Currently With
Steve (White Monster)

Next
Keith Turk
HEMI
Denise (LadyGT)
Ron Ward

The Anatomy of Peace
By The Arbinger Institue

Read & Signed
PeeWee
Matt (Pumpkin)

Currently With
Steve (White Monster)

Next
Denise (LadyGT)

The Driver: My Dangerous Pursuit of Speed and Truth in the Outlaw Racing World
By Alexander Roy

Read & Signed
Dave (DNut)
Steve (White Monster
Denise (LadyGT)

Currently With
in transit to ...

Next
Matt (Orange95Z)


Don't forget to update the thread when a change has occurred, so I can update the library index.

[LadyGT]

Thanks for including me!!

Denise

[Schtauffer]

Looking forward to reading the Smokey Trilogy.

[Monster]

Thanks for including me!!

You are very welcome.


Matt, I received the two books in today's post, thanks !

[studemax]

I know it's not car stuff, but if you like Civil War history or murder mysteries... I just read "Killing Lincoln", it's all about the conspiracy to kill the president. It's a real page turner - exciting and informative. Written by Bill O'Reilly (yeah, THAT guy).

[pdub]

Steve, I finally got the books packaged and they will be headed your way tomorrow!

Cool, thanks Matt! Steve, the blue one is about home life and the white one is about work life. Much the same message in each one.

[LadyGT]

I'm almost done with The Driver. Who gets it next? While reading it, I was thinking I sure would love to do this. lol.

[Monster]

OK everyone, Denise (LadyGT) is almost done with this book ... who wants it next ?





The riveting memoir of a life lived at the right-hand edge of the speedometer.

Alex Roy's father, while on his deathbed, hints about the notorious, utterly illegal cross-country drive from Los Angeles to New York of the 1970s, which then inspired his young son to enter the mysterious world of underground road rallies. Tantalized by the legend of the Driver - the anonymous, possibly nonexistent organizer of the world's ultimate secret race - Roy set out to become a force to be reckoned with. At speeds approaching 200 mph, he sped from London to Morocco, from Budapest to Rome, from San Francisco to Miami, in his highly modified BMW M5, culminating in a new record for the infamous Los Angelos to New York run: 32:07.

Sexy, funny, and shocking, The Driver is a never-before-told insider's look at an unbelievably fast and dangerous society that has long been off-limits to ordinary mortals.

[Pumpkin]

OK everyone, Denise (LadyGT) is almost done with this book ... who wants it next ?

Put me down as next.

[pdub]

Where are my brain books?

[Monster]

Put me down as next.

You got it Matt, PM Denise (LadyGT) with your address.