THINK FAST: THE RACER'S WHY-TO GUIDE FOR WINNING
by Neil Roberts (Self-Published)

Target Audience: Racers, engineers, crew
Overall Grade: A
Purchasing Info: ThinkFastBook.com

Swift Engineering's Neil Roberts' new self-published tome on achieving success in racing has three distinct pluses:

1. It's written conversationally instead of reading like a lecture.
2. The author's current race car design work prevents him from getting too far into the arcane technicalities of race car physics.
3. It's very short and has large type.

The feeling you get reading "Think Fast: The Racer's Why-to Guide to Winning" is that you're sitting in the paddock, talking with a fellow racer - maybe over a beer or a Red Bull - about how to be a better racer. It's got a peer-to-peer feel to it that many "How-to" books on racing completely lack, and the book is far better for it.

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