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The Kiwi Hot Rodder's Guide to Life

The Kiwi Hot Rodder's Guide to Life

By Steve Holmes(Paperback)

Immerse yourself in the world of Kiwi hot rodders - their stories and their love of the sport. Join Steve Holmes as he pokes around in their garages, uncovers rebuild projects and drools over automobilia collections. The Kiwi Hot Rodder's Guide to Life is a full-colour testament to the passion for hot rodding that resides in the garages (and hearts)....

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$39.99 $31.99NZD

A Race for Madmen: A History of the Tour de France

A Race for Madmen: A History of the Tour de France

By Chris Sidwells(Paperback)

No sporting event has had its past and present, its highs and lows so intricately entwined with those of a country like the Tour has with France. The Tour de France is the biggest annual sporting event in the world, and at the same time it transcends sport. The Tour de France comes to the people. It passes their houses,....

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$26.99 $22.94NZD

V8 Supercars: The Whole Story

V8 Supercars: The Whole Story

By Gordon Lomas & Dirk Klynsmith & Stephen Sargeant(Hardback)

In 1997, Australia's high-profile touring-car formula became V8 Supercars, and the Australian motor-racing landscape changed forever. In the years since, the V8 category, based on home-grown vehicles and Australia's unique racetracks, has evolved from a local sport to an international spectacle dominated at this point by two manufacturers: Holden and Ford. Today, the series fields eighteen teams at each of....

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$59.99 $47.99NZD

20 Years Holden Racing Team

20 Years Holden Racing Team

By Scott Publishing(Hardback)

The factory-backed Holden Racing Team holds a special place in Australian motor racing history. Its illustrious achievements span two decades of running at the front of the V8 Supercar pack and this book will capture the emotion of this 20 year journey and the passion that the team generates in it drivers, crew and fans.

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$89.99 $71.99NZD

V8 Legends: Australia's All-time Top 40 Race Drivers

V8 Legends: Australia's All-time Top 40 Race Drivers

By Paul Gover(Hardback)

What makes a great V8 race driver? From Bob Jane to Peter Brock to modern-day legends Mark Skaife and Craig Lowndes, these drivers share natural ability, fearlessness and ambition.

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$49.99 $39.99NZD

The Man in the White Suit: The Stig, Le Mans, The Fast Lane

The Man in the White Suit: The Stig, Le Mans, The Fast Lane

By Ben Collins(B-format paperback)

When the Black Stig disappeared off the end of an aircraft carrier in 2003, we were introduced to The White Stig. Faster. Stranger. Harder to keep clean. And ever since, millions have wondered - who is The Man in the White Suit? They're about to find out.

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$28.99 $24.64NZD

The Bruce McLaren Scrapbook

The Bruce McLaren Scrapbook

By Richard Becht & Jan McLaren(Hardback)

He was all things to motor racing - a man whose prodigious gifts earned him a place in history. In 1959 he became the world's youngest and New Zealand's first F1 Grand Prix winner - a record that would stand for almost 50 years. Tragically, on 2 June 1970, less than 11 years after his first Grand Prix success, Bruce....

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Slaying The Badger

Slaying The Badger

By Richard Moore(Trade paperback)

But the 1986 Tour stands out as the year in which a show-stopping rivalry had spectators across the world gripped. When Greg LeMond - a blue-eyed, blonde-haired Californian boy, dubbed 'L'American' - won the 1986 Tour, he made history. The first non-European to win the Yellow Jersey, he broke the Old World stranglehold and changed the face of the competition.....

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Up Front

Up Front: 2010 - a Season to Remember

By Mark Webber(Paperback)

2010 has been an incredible year for Mark Webber, and in Up Front he gives us the real story straight from the driver's seat. Starting with an in-depth account of his pivotal 2009 season, Mark then leads us through every race in 2010 - the highs, the lows, the controversies and the triumphs - all with his trademark up-front honesty.

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$57.99 $46.39NZD

Marco Pantani: The Legend of a Tragic Champion

Marco Pantani: The Legend of a Tragic Champion

By John Wilcockson & Pier Bergonzi & Guillaerm Prebuis

Marco Pantani won the Tour de France and Giro d'Italia in the same year, 1998, a feat previously achieved only by giants of the sport like Eddy Merckx, Fausto Coppi, and Miguel Indurain. The master cyclist was also a victim of the drug culture of pro cycling, eventually sinking into a deep depression and dying alone in a hotel room....

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$44.99 $34.99NZD

Croz: The Larrikin Kiwi Biker

Croz: The Larrikin Kiwi Biker

By Graeme Crosby

I lifted up my UV-cracked visor with my thumb. ‘Which way does the track go and what’s the lap record?' Become Graeme Crosby's pillion passenger as he takes you on a fast and furious journey from the grassroots of New Zealand motorcycle racing through Australia, Japan, the UK and Europe. Experience with him the crashes, the pain, the elation of....

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$44.99 $37.99NZD

Bike Snob

Bike Snob: Systematically and Mercilessly Realigning the World of Cycling

By Eben Weiss(Hardback)

A humourous look at the ins and outs of cycling.

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$25.04 $22.53NZD

Is That Thing Diesel?

Is That Thing Diesel?

By Paul Carter

At forty years old, a successful writer, husband and father, no longer toiling on offshore drilling rigs, was Paul Carter happily nestled in the cotton wool of suburban life enjoying the fruits of his labour? Was he f**k! With his manic life left far behind and the perfect opportunity to take it easy stretched before him what else would a....

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$29.99 $22.49NZD

Jamie Whincup

Jamie Whincup: My Championship Year

By Jamie Whincup(Paperback)

A unique glimpse into the life and mind of one of Australia's top sportsmen. This is Jamie Whincup's personal account of the year in which he won his second consecutive V8 Supercar Championship, starting from the big one at Bathurst. He reveals what makes Bathurst so special, his motivation for winning, and how he copes with failure.

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$10.00 $9.00NZD

Cyclopedia

Cyclopedia: It's All About the Bike

By William Fotheringham(Hardback)

Features facts, figures and quirky characters from the world of cycling. This title tells you what you want to know about the bicycle from the history of the Tour de France to Chris Hoy's dominance of the Beijing Velodrome through the origins of the ubiquitous quick release system and the diet that powered Graeme Obree to the world hour record.

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$34.17 $30.75NZD

Out There

Out There: South : a 4WD Adventure in New Zealand's South Island

By Chris Morton & Tony Bridges(Hardback)

This book is the record of a four-wheel drive adventure through some of the most spectacular country to be found in the South Island, undertaken by leading photographers Chris Morton and Tony Bridge. Their objective was to portray something of the magic to be found off-road in the South Island backcountry.

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$49.99 $39.99NZD

My Championship Year

My Championship Year

By Jenson Button(Paperback)

From nowhere to the winner's podium: the story of Jenson Button's astonishing domination of the F1 world championship.

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$23.09 $20.78NZD

Tour De Lance

Tour De Lance: A Wild Ride Through Lance Armstrong's Comeback

By Bill Strickland(Paperback)

What drives someone to step back into the glare of the spotlight after they've walked away showered with adulation? As Bill Strickland follows Lance Armstrong's comeback year he explores the motivations and struggles of a cyclist's journey back to the peloton, and also explores Armstrong as a symbol of our culture - why is it we so love a comeback?

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$10.00 $9.00NZD

A Race for Madmen

A Race for Madmen: The Extraordinary History of the Tour de France

By Chris Sidwells(Hardback)

No sporting event has had its past and present, its highs and lows so intricately entwined with those of a country like the Tour has with France.

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$44.56 $40.10NZD

Senna versus Prost

Senna versus Prost

By Malcolm Folley(Paperback)

Alain Prost is France's only F1 world champion. Ayrton Senna is the mercurial kid from a privileged background in Sao Paolo. As the great rivals raced to victory, their relationship deteriorated badly, beginning with the breaking of a gentleman's agreement. This title provides us an account of one of the all-time classic sporting rivalries.

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$26.04 $22.64NZD

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