Please Note: We currently expect it to arrive in our warehouse in September 2020.

About This Product:

Holden has been a major part of Australian motorsport history and, in this special edition hardcover 400-page release from the V8 Sleuth team, they celebrate and honour the brand’s history in racing.

An illustrated racing history publication assembled by Aaron Noonan, Will Dale and the V8 Sleuth team, this book will feature a massive range of photos never-before-published.

Whether it’s the memorable Monaros, Toranas or Commodores or the star drivers that achieved great feats behind the wheel, there will be something for everyone in this book.

Also included is a range of motorsport activities undertaken by Holden in racing from touring cars to rallying and trials, rallycross, production cars and much, much more.

With chunky captions outlining the history, statistics and interesting facts related to each image, this is the sort of book you’ll pick up, put down and pick up again many times over.

The V8 Sleuth editorial team has searched high and low through their photo archives to find Holden motorsport history of all sorts, the book is their tribute to the brand as it comes to an end prior to 2021.

This book is a must-have for the collection of any Holden or general motorsport enthusiast.

Place your pre-order here to ensure you don't miss out.

Please Note: We currently expect it to arrive in our warehouse in August 2020.

Product Specifications:

• 320 Page (estimated) hardcover book

About This Product:

FOR the first time, the ultimate history of the Bathurst 12 Hour is being published to mark 10 years of the event catering to exotic GT3 sports cars, a thrilling era of racing that opened the iconic Mount Panorama circuit to the world's most revered and prestigious automotive brands. 

Never-before-attempted, this 320-page, hardcover, limited edition collector’s book edited by long-time voice of the race Richard Craill and published by Aaron Noonan’s AN1 Media organisation, will chart the event's rise in global esteem and importance across the last decade, with reflections from key players, winners and influencers throughout the period.

Illustrated by over 500 stunning photos, this book will also feature a photo of every car to have competed in the Bathurst 12 Hour from 2011 through to 2020 including non-starting and non-qualifier cars. 

Complementing the recent publications by the publisher that documented every Holden and every Ford to compete in the Bathurst 1000, this book will also be a limited edition release and is bound to also be very popular - so don’t miss out!

The new ‘Bathurst: Going Global – 10 Years of Australia's International Enduro 2011-2020’ book will feature: 

• Rare and never-before-published photos of Bathurst 12 Hour race and practice cars from 2011 to 2020, headlined by the exotic, outright class entries including machines produced by Aston Martin, Audi, Bentley, BMW, Ferrari, Honda, Lamborghini, McLaren, Mercedes-AMG, Nissan and Porsche.
  
• Driver names, team names, model details, race time/laps completed, qualifying times and grid positions and miscellaneous notes relating to each car.
  
• A dedicated chapter on each race, recapping the events from that year's running plus its wider context in the growth of the race.
  
• A comprehensive list of results from each running of the Bathurst 12 Hour from 2011 to 2020.
  
• All of the iconic cars, teams and drivers to compete in the GT3 era of the Bathurst 12 Hour. 

This book is a must-have for the collection of any Bathurst, motorsport, motoring or automotive enthusiast.

Place your pre-order here to ensure you don't miss out.

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Limited Edition: 3000 Copies, signed by Dick Johnson.

Product Specifications:

• 400 Page hardcover book
• Size: (W) 300mm X (H) 240mm
• Each copy is an individually numbered limited edition, signed by Dick Johnson.
• Produced by V8 Sleuth’s award-winning author Aaron Noonan and Will Dale

About This Product:

Covering four decades, this official book captures the amazing history of Dick Johnson Racing and DJR Team Penske via the racing achievements of its individual race cars.

With nearly 50 cars profiled, the book follows on from the sold-out publication by the same production house documenting the history of every Holden Racing Team race car.

This book will feature all of the iconic Johnson team cars, starting with the Tru-Blu Ford Falcon XD that Johnson drove at Bathurst in 1980, infamously colliding with a rock that had spilled out onto the circuit.

It features the famous Greens-Tuf Falcons and Mustangs, turbocharged Shell Sierras and Falcons as well as the current-day Shell V-Power Ford Mustang Supercars run by DJR Team Penske - and every car in between!

The team’s Bathurst and Championship-winning cars are included, each car’s racing history presented in a stunning layout along with a special focus placed on each car’s performances at ‘The Great Race’ at Bathurst.

A wide range of never-before-published photos will feature in this book packed with rare content. 

This hardcover book will be produced in an exclusive limited edition print run of 3000 copies with each one signed by Dick Johnson making it not only an official historic resource but a truly special collectable item.

Australian-made and printed in Australia via green printing methods, this book is a must-have for the collection of any Dick Johnson, DJR/DJRTP, Ford, Bathurst, motorsport, motoring or automotive enthusiast.

Don't miss this piece of motorsport history!

Product Code: V8SJSB

Product Description: Soft cover book by John Smailes.

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There's no other motor racing circuit in Australia that holds the same magic as Bathurst's Mount Panorama. It's been home to the Australian F1 Grand Prix, The Australian Motorcycle Grand Prix, the world's greatest 1000km touring car race, the Australian Hill Climb championship and now a round of the world GT championship. To win on the Mountain is still the pinnacle of Australian motor sport achievement.

John Smailes, co-writer of Allan Moffat's autobiography, and author of Race Across the World, has been at the Mountain for some of its greatest and infamous moments. His book tells the stories behind the champions and legendary races that have made Mount Panorama so famous. With extraordinary access to all of Australia's leading motor racing names, both past and present, John's book is full of colour, anecdote and true inside knowledge.

Product Code: AC2018BAB

Product Description: Limited Collectors Edition 192 page soft cover book covering the 2018 Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000.

Limited Edition Number: 2000 Copies Worldwide.

Product Specifications: 

• The official 2018 Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000 book - licensed by Supercars. 
• A4 Size landscape soft cover book.
• 192 Pages.
• Designed and printed in Australia.
• Each book will come individually wrapped in a protective plastic wrap.
• Will be shipped in sturdy mailing box to ensure a safe arrival to customers.

About This Product:

Published in conjunction with respected motorsport journalist and historian Aaron Noonan and his team at V8 Sleuth, the 2018 Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000 Annual is the impressive official limited edition collector’s book for fans of Australia’s Great Race, licensed by Supercars.

An awesome array of information and imagery covering the 2018 Bathurst 1000 is featured in this soft cover book over 192 pages which includes:

• Foreword by Aaron Noonan on the 2018 edition of The Great Race and what it means for Craig Lowndes' legacy moving forward.
• The road to Bathurst and build up to the race features.
• Thursday, Friday, Qualifying and Armor All Top Ten Shootout features.
• Every 2018 Bathurst 1000 car from the race covered including session information, statistics and fast facts provided by the team at V8 Sleuth.
• All the star drivers from this year’s race.
• Comprehensive 2018 race statistics section.
• Chassis history feature for every car raced in the 2018 Bathurst 1000 by the team at V8 Sleuth.
• Bathurst record book featuring statistics and rare images of the history of the Bathurst 1000 from the V8 Sleuth AN1 Media archive.
• Impressive imagery of the race weekend throughout from some of Australia’s best motorsport photographers.

This book will be printed in a one-off limited edition print run of only 2000 copies in Australia using green printing methods. Each edition will come in a protective plastic wrap and will be shipped in a sturdy mailing box to ensure it arrives to you in pristine condition.