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Our favorite books about cars, racing, and the automotive hobby. From brooklands to le mans, spa, indy 500, and the isle of man. Pages in category motorsports in fiction the following 15 pages are in this category, out of 15 total. Smokey yunick started carbon press in 2001 to make sure his now legendary autobiography was published just the way he wanted. The two girls just happened to be best friends coming back from a weekend away in scotland with their families but they had been forced to drive home by themselves as there wasnt any room in the other car. Dave friedman books list of books by author dave friedman.
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