# Juvenile fiction about British Grand Prix racing team? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 24, 2013, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/juvenile-fiction-about-british-grand-prix-racing-team/672084 "2013-10-24T03:49:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Mr\_Downtown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Mr\_Downtown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr_Downtown)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2013, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/juvenile-fiction-about-british-grand-prix-racing-team/672084/1 "2013-10-24T03:49:07Z")
As a young teen, I read several books from my local library about the adventures of a British racing team led by a crusty old Scot, whose brogue the books tried to phonetically reproduce. It’s where I learned about accelerating out of the apex of a turn, and I think of them every time I watch Top Gear. My tries at Google searches didn’t turn up anything. Does this ring a bell (or wave a checkered flag) with any other lads of the 1960s? ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2013, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/juvenile-fiction-about-british-grand-prix-racing-team/672084/2 "2013-10-24T13:55:10Z")
The Black Tiger series, by Leonard Wibberley under the pseudonym Patrick O’Connor, comes to mind. ---
**Author:** ![Mr\_Downtown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Mr\_Downtown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr_Downtown)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2013, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/juvenile-fiction-about-british-grand-prix-racing-team/672084/3 "2013-10-25T03:35:46Z")
Yes, that’s it. Thanks! I was surprised to learn that he later wrote _The Mouse That Roared._