Book on NART coming out in September in the UK

Here's the official description from Veloce Press Ltd. website. Has a picture of the red NART spyder on the cover. Available in Sept., I am not the author but have an order in;hoping it's got some juicy behind-the-scenes politics of LeMans, etc.
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N.A.R.T. – A concise history of the North American Racing Team 1957 to 1983
Coming September 2015!

By Terry O’Neil
About the Author

24.8x24.8cm • 272 pages • 295 pictures

ISBN: 978-1-845847-87-6




£ 60.00 (for eBooks this varies and delivery is free)

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Chapter Titles
Features

• Describes Luigi Chinetti’s achievements prior to the formation of NART
• Chinetti’s unique relationship with Enzo Ferrari
• The formation of the North American Racing Team
• An insight into how NART functioned
• Why and how NART was involved in Formula One
• The fall-out with the Le Mans organisers and subsequent consequences
• The question of who drove the NART car to victory at Le Mans
• Examples of vehicle purchase documents from Ferrari
• Reveals the payments made to drivers for their services
• Includes details of NART entries to races in America and Europe
Description

Luigi Chinetti’s association with Ferrari, and the origins, formation and racing history of NART (North American Racing Team). A complex organisation, inextricably linked to Luigi Chinetti Motors Inc, NART enjoyed success on the race tracks of the US and Europe for three decades – as well as financial difficulties and arguments with organisers – to rightly become a legend.
Synopsis

Most people with an interest in motor sport will be familiar with the acronym N.A.R.T., yet few people profess to know too much about the North American Racing Team.
Starting in the the second half of the 1950s, NART existed for three decades, during which it experienced successes on the tracks of America and Europe. It also suffered financial difficulties, and arguments with track organisers.
This book explains what NART was, how it was formed, and what it achieved over three decades of competition. It wasn’t just sports cars that were entered into races, NART entered Formula One cars and Formula Junior cars as well.
Never as financially stable as his rival team owners, Chinetti did deals with Ferrari to purchase the latest specification sports cars at the end of a season, in order to attract the best drivers to drive for NART. It was also an opportunity to lease the cars on a race-by-race basis, an arrangement that appealed to some of Chinetti’s clientele.
Whilst success on the track was significant, problems were never far away. Working on the cars with a limited number of staff, and not receiving spares from Ferrari on time, NART always appeared to be in a state of crisis.
No matter … despite the difficulties, the formula worked well for Luigi Chinetti, and the acronym N.A.R.T. has rightly become legendary.
Additional Information

Covers the period 1956-1983 and Ferrari, OSCA - specifically:
FERRARI: 250 GT TdF 84 built, 1954-1959, 250 GT LWB/SWB 259 built, 1955-1962, 250 GT California 104 built 1957-1963, 250 GTO 40 built, 1962-64, 315 S 2 built 1957, 335 S 4 built 1957, 500TR/TRC 35 built 1956, 250 TR 33 built 1957-1961, 375 Indy 1 built 1957, 860 Monza 4 built 1956, Dino V-6 & V-8 15 built 1958-1967, 250/330/412 P 23 built 1963-1967, 250LM 32 built 1964-1965, 275 GTB/C 12 built 1965, Dino 206S @18 built 1966, 365 GTB4/C n/k built , 512S & 512M 26 built, 1970-1971, 312P 3 built 1971, 612 C-A 2 built 1968-1969 512 BB LM 29 built 1978-1982
OSCA: OSCA S-187 18 built 1956-1960, OSCA 1600 GT 56 built 1960-1963, OSCA Formula Junior 15 built 1959-1961

 

I am hoping the NART book will call a spade a spade like Smokey Yunick's bio, which should have been printed on asbestos paper (because of the four letter words!)

I mentioned an article on Lou Jr. in another category in FChat but since some newbies don't know who Luigi Chinetti Jr. is, reading this article might help to acquaint them before they tackle the book.

Luigi Chinetti junior, mr. Ferrari - MIXTE MAGAZINE - LIFESTYLE NETWORKING & FUN | MIXTE MAGAZINE - LIFESTYLE NETWORKING & FUN

PS I am familiar with revisionist histories, I fear that most books written with the co-operation of the original subjects are prone to some re-writes of history with the ever present pressure being applied on the author that co-operation of the subject being profiled will be suspended if they write about such-and-such. (Still I was surprised on the British author's huge 3-inch thick hardbound bio of Shelby that there was a good story in there about Mrs Shelby meeting his movie star girlfriend...)