RACER: Robin Miller ’s Holiday Gift Guide

There’s quite a variety to chose from this holiday season as RACER’s Robin Miller gives race fans some reading gift options. For IndyCar fans there’s Sylvia Wilkinson’s 50/50 -- the story of star-crossed John Paul Jr. and all his triumphs and tragedies as he fights Hutchinson’s disease. All proceeds from this $40 book go to JPJ’s staggering medical bills and it can be purchased at . More than 60 years ago Wilbur Shaw wrote “Gentlemen Start Your Engines“ and now it’s been updated by Bob Gates to include life after the three-time Indy winner lost his in an airplane crash. It’s available at . And Stardust International Raceway (Motorsports Meets the Mob) is an interesting look at how Indy cars and Can-Am came to race outside Las Vegas with the mob firmly behind the race track. It can be ordered at . Bones Bourcier’s latest work is titled “Hot Shoe“ and it’s the story of Gary Balough, the modified star whose path to NASCAR stardom was