[Spridgets] Fw: Goods Books for a Winter's Storm

Derf derf247 at gmail.com
Sun Feb 10 09:35:46 MST 2013


The Skunk Works by Ben Rich.


On Feb 10, 2013, at 10:07 AM, Jay Fishbein <jfishbein at snet.net> wrote:

> The Unfair Advantage - great book.
>
> Jay
>
> On Feb 10, 2013, at 10:49 AM, David Booker <tncarnut1 at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>> I read lots, most of the time I'm splitting my time between two books at
>> once.  I also listen to books on CD during my daily commute. I have one
>> fiction going right now that I'm still not entirely sure I like - but it
is
>> building up to something and was recommended by very attractive friend, so
>> I'll definitely finish it. The other book I'm reading - re-reading
actually
> -
>> is Mark Donahue's masterpiece, "The Unfair Advantage". I had a copy years
> ago
>> when it was out of print and hard to find. Unfortunately, I loaned it to
>> somebody who never returned it so have not read it years. I asked for it
> for
>> Christmas this year, and my sister got it for me, so I'm devouring it.
>>
>> It is
>> a great read for any gearhead, but should be required reading for anybody
> who
>> competes or drives anywhere near the edge with any vehicle. On second
> thought
>> - you don't want it to be widely read because then everybody would have
the
>> heightened understanding of vehicle dynamics, engine building theory,
>> entry/apex/exit dissection, rulebook "interpretation", etc. The biggest
> thing
>> I took away from it is how important a strong work ethic is to success.
> Mark
>> Donahue simply worked harder for success than anybody else did.
>>
>> Seriously -
>> as drivers of sports cars, this book should be on every one of our
>> bookshelves. (and no, you can't borrow mine)
>>
>> David Booker
>> ________________________________
>> From: "WeslakeMonza1330 at aol.com"
>> <WeslakeMonza1330 at aol.com>
>> To: spridgets at autox.team.net
>> Sent: Sunday,
>> February 10, 2013 5:03 AM
>> Subject: Re: [Spridgets] Fw:  Goods Books for a
>> Winter's Storm
>>
>> I almost never read fiction books.  I thought you guys would
>> be  sitting by
>> a fire side reading 'Costin and Phipps' suspension book and
>> finding  the
>> error in the narrative that Arthur Mallock refers to confirmed
>> by the
>> calculations in the back of the book.  He describes this, If I'm
>> correct as  'The
>> myth that led to the great mistake'.
>>
>> How biographies of:
>> Joseph Whitworth, Bessemar, Ricardo, the Wright
>> brothers etc
>>
>> Weslake-Monza
>> 1330
>>
>>
>> In a message dated 10/02/2013 00:44:35 GMT Standard Time,
>> healeyrick at yahoo.com writes:
>>
>> Clancy  could spare me some details
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