Motorsports Mavericks: Daring Drivers, Brilliant Designers, and Milestone Events That Reshaped F1, Indy,...

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George Levy Pete Biro

Motorsports Mavericks

Name: Motorsports Mavericks
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ISBN: 9780760399057

Daring Drivers, Brilliant Designers, and Milestone Events That Reshaped F1, Indy, NASCAR, Le...

George Levy, Pete Biro, Roger Penske

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10 September 2026

Motor cars: general interest; Car racing; Formula 1 & Grand Prix

Motorsport’s most thrilling and perilous era, brought to life with expert narration, exclusive interviews, and Pete Biro's spectacular photography.

In the 1960s and ’70s, every form of racing demanded courage in the face of disproportionate risk. In Motorsports Mavericks, the award-winning team of photographer Pete Biro and racing historian George Levy brings us the rise and fall of this “Golden Age” of motorsports through the insights and analysis of the participants themselves—putting us in the same room with history’s greatest racing legends. Pete Biro’s unforgettable photography, much of it unpublished or long unseen, conveys the speed, danger, and glory in vivid detail.

It was a time of:

Extremes – Top speeds spiked, risk soared, and racing's popularity exploded. Legends – AJ Foyt, Dan Gurney, Don Garlits, Richard Petty, Mario Andretti, Jackie Stewart, Niki Lauda, Derek Bell, and more became household names piloting all manner of race cars in series including Formula 1, NASCAR, drag racing, Indy 500, and sports prototypes. Innovation – Bold experimentation prevailed, led by designers, engineers, and team owners like Enzo Ferrari, Colin Chapman, Jim Hall, and Robin Herd. Racers were as much test pilots as competitors.

It was a window in time that would open and just as certainly close. Racing will never be—can never be—like that again.

Featuring a foreword by auto racing icon Roger Penske, Motorsports Mavericks is a visual feast and an insightful, wistful, occasionally humorous look at that golden-and-simultaneously-fraught age when all race drivers courted danger with little in the way of a safety net. Whether you’re an F1 enthusiast, a NASCAR fan, or just love motorsport, this book offers an exhilarating ride.

By: George Levy
By (photographer): Pete Biro
Foreword by: Roger Penske
Imprint: Motorbooks
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 235mm, Width: 276mm,
Weight: 1.379kg
ISBN: 9780760399057
ISBN 10: 0760399050
Pages: 240
Publication Date: 10 September 2026
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Forthcoming

After a distinguished career as a motorsports author, speaker, and historian, George Levy is now President of the Motorsports Hall of Fame of America, based at Daytona Beach, Florida. He began his journalism career in 1980 at Autoweek, where he rose to editor at 27. He has also contributed to RACER, Car and Driver, and Vintage Motorsport. Latterly, he has turned to writing books and is best known for Can-Am 50th Anniversary: Flat Out with North America’s Greatest Race Series (2016), which earned a Gold Medal in the 2017 International Automotive Media Competition, and F1 Mavericks: The Men and Machines that Revolutionized Formula 1 Racing (2019). He lives in Ormond Beach, Florida.Pete Biro is a photographer who began shooting motorsports in the 1950s, contributing to magazines such as Road & Track and Car and Driver. As his career progressed, his work found greater fame on the pages of outlets such as Time, LIFE, and Sports Illustrated, eventually garnering high-profile clients like the Big Three US automakers and Goodyear Tire. He followed the Can-Am series throughout its 1966 to 1974 glory years, becoming good friends with its top drivers, team owners, and engineers.Roger Penske is unsurpassed in the history of motorsports for the length and breadth of his involvement, and the sheer volume of his success. Team Penske has won in every category in which it has competed, including multiple championships in NASCAR, IndyCar, Can-Am, Trans-Am, IMSA, and ALMS. “The Captain” has guided his team to an unprecedented 20 Indianapolis 500 victories and nearly as many IndyCar titles. Over that span, he has employed a Who’s Who of drivers and aligned with some of the biggest manufacturers. He is still actively pursuing victory at the 24 Hours of Le Mans.