Fast Company

Fast Company

ROADRACE FANS WHO TAKE THEIR SPORT SERIOUSLY know that the view from the grandstands is a very limited one. You can see action from the grandstand, but to understand the life of racing you must cross the track to where it is lived-in the garage area, on pit lane and along the rows of team transporters.

This is a book of excellent black-and-white photographs that present the daily lives of people in racing. There is no story here-the images speak for themselves and are presented without captions.

If you must have words, there are page-numbered captions in the back of the book. In these, there is just a hint of the sentimentality that you will often find in racing people themselves.

This book is full of people and powerful situations, all presented in sharply impeccable “zone-system” style. You don’t have to be a motorcyclist to enjoy it.

Art is a successful attempt to unlock the emotions, and this book succeeds.

Kevin Cameron

Fast Company, Jon Krai & Candace Barbot, 128 pages, $55; Long Wind Publishing, 2208 River Branch Dr., Ft. Pierce, FL 34981; 561/595-0268; www.longwindpub.com