{"id":751785,"date":"2013-05-17T17:29:32","date_gmt":"2013-05-17T17:29:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/?p=751785"},"modified":"2024-01-04T22:03:03","modified_gmt":"2024-01-04T22:03:03","slug":"book-review-steve-mcqueen-a-passion-for-speed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/book-review-steve-mcqueen-a-passion-for-speed\/","title":{"rendered":"[Book Review] Steve McQueen \u2013 A Passion for Speed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<h2>Steve McQueen \u2013 A Passion for Speed<\/h2>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/PR201305-p3.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/PR201305-p3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"699\" height=\"700\" \/><\/a>By Frederic Brun<\/h3>\n<p>This is not a racing book, rather one about a man who enjoyed his racing as but one aspect of his broad perspective on life. It traces that life from its severely humble origins to its global icon end, touching upon its subject\u2019s various interests and passions, one of which was speed.<\/p>\n<p>Within that narrative, McQueen is profiled using the movies he made in which he was able to indulge his lifelong obsession with wheeled travel, whether it was that stolen Wehrmacht motorcycle in The Great Escape, his Meyers Manx from The Thomas Crown Affair, the Bullitt Mustang or a Porsche 917 in Le Mans. Plus there\u2019s his remarkable real-world run to 2nd place at Sebring in 1970 alongside Peter Revson.<\/p>\n<p>One of the book\u2019s crucial quotes explains McQueen\u2019s attraction to the elemental nature of motorsport: \u201cI enjoy racing in any form because the guy next to me couldn\u2019t care less what my name is, he just wants to beat me.\u201d Seems he wanted to escape the trappings of stardom and find validation in a meritocracy where only ability matters and neither position nor politics carries any weight. If you have any interest in Steve McQueen you will enjoy this book.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Available for US$40\/\u00a325 from better bookstores or direct from publisher Motorbooks by visiting <a href=\"http:\/\/www.motorbooks.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.motorbooks.com<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Steve McQueen \u2013 A Passion for Speed By Frederic Brun This is not a racing book, rather one about a man who enjoyed his racing as but one aspect of his broad perspective on life. It traces that life from its severely humble origins to its global icon end, touching upon its subject\u2019s various interests and passions, one of which was speed. Within that narrative, McQueen is profiled using the movies he made in which he was able to indulge [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":751788,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[263,11339],"tags":[2942,17152,17940,3297],"class_list":["post-751785","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-car-culture","category-product","tag-car-books","tag-car-culture","tag-product-reviews","tag-products"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>[Book Review] Steve McQueen \u2013 A Passion for Speed<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/book-review-steve-mcqueen-a-passion-for-speed\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"[Book Review] Steve McQueen \u2013 A Passion for Speed\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Steve McQueen \u2013 A Passion for Speed By Frederic Brun This is not a racing book, rather one about a man who enjoyed his racing as but one aspect of his broad perspective on life. 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