Inside the book
"But Ferrari would never discuss the
competitors' cars. He felt he gave to his drivers the car to win,
and he was not concerned about the competition." -- Jean
Guichet
"When I left the pits, the Cobra
right away felt big and clumsy. As it accelerated through the gears
it felt very fast, but it also felt like a piece of junk, a scary
kind of combination." -- John Morton
"We were running neck and neck with
the Daytona Cobra -- around 180 mph." -- Bob Grossman
"So every time I would see a red car
coming up, I'd think, 'Oh shit. Now they are going to go by us.' "
-- Bob Bondurant
"He (Ken Miles) was the best racing
driver I ever worked for. We used to go to races with the man and I
knew we were going to win. Have you ever had the feeling? I've
never had that feeling since." -- Charlie Agapiou
"The GTO was the most
beautiful-handling car I've ever been privileged to drive. The GTO
had perfect balance, absolutely perfect -- the ballet dancer of
motor cars. There was never an other car like the GTO. Never." --
Mike Salmon
"But the people who said that the
289 (Cobra) wasn't a good handling car didn't know what they were
talking about. Compared to what?. That FIA Cobra handled like a
dream -- and was fast too." -- Dan Gurney
"We knew, plus or minus, what
capabilites of the Ferrari were, and we knew we would beat it. I
knew that, if I could get the Daytona coupe Ferrari wouldn't
be in business." -- Carroll Shelby
Original
Reviews
"The year's best book
about racing" -- Automobile. "Rarely does the past come alive as it
does through the pages of this wonderful book. Absolutely
brilliant" -- Classic and Sportscar. "Not only excellent, it is
spectacular" -- Ferrari Market Letter. "Automotive history at an
uncommonly high level" -- Car and Driver. "A real car-nut book" --
Motor Trend. "One of those rare books that you can enjoy over and
over and then in ten years look back on as an investment" -- FCA
Bulletin. "A great read" -- Supercar Classsics. "Scholarly quality
while combining elements of drama, pathos, tragedy and victory at
the highest and most engrossing entertainment level" -- Victory
Lane. "You won't find anything better" -- The Shelby American. "A
model of how racing histories should be researched and written" --
Prancing Horse. "Essential reference" -- Model Auto Review. "This
book is so well done that every single primary source I know -- the
guys who were there -- recommends it without reservation" --
Vintage Motorsport. "The definitive work on this subject" --
MotorWeek. "The extensive quotes from participants give the book
its special flavor, the sense of oral history being passed along.
You close it feeling you've met each of them, as Shoen did,
face-to-face" -- Autoweek. "It's a miracle that his wife and
children still let him in the house because he had to have put his
life force into the creation of this fine work" -- Sports Car
International. " Can't recommend it too highly" -- Thoroughbred
& Classic Cars. "The only thing ever done on this that wasn't
bullshit" -- Carroll Shelby.
