ISBN-13: 978 1 935007 02 9 Mark Donohue: Technical Excellence at Speed

Michael Argetsinger's new book, Mark Donohue: Technical Excellence at Speed, will be available this Sunday, April 26. Michael and I will be launching it as part of the Mark Donohue Tribute held at Watkins Glen. Joining us will be members of the Donohue family, Mark's colleagues and crew from Penske Racing, as well as his friends and members of the media. On Saturday Michael will give a presentation about Mark at the International Motor Racing Research Center at Watkins Glen. Click on the Center's link for all the details on both days. If you'll be in the area I hope you will attend. This first complete biography of Mark goes into tremendous detail about his childhood, summers spent on Martha's Vineyard, college life at Brown, his extensive amateur and semi-professional racing experience, and continues through his meteoric professional career in Trans-Am, Can-Am, Indy cars, NASCAR, and Formula One. The scope, success, and sheer hectic pace of Mark's life are thrilling to encounter in these pages. Mark's team leader and friend Roger Penske has provided the book's foreword. Michael extensively interviewed the people who knew Mark best to present a compelling, intimate, and detailed portrait of racing's ultimate driver-engineer, one who set the standard for generations to come. They include the Donohue family, Mark's driver teammates and crew at Penske Racing, competing drivers, and the media who covered his remarkable career.