When Sex Was Safe

For a time, auto racing was the most dangerous sport in the world. And while it is still risky, from the 1930s up through the early 1980s, go-fast technology far outpaced safety. Basics that we take for granted like safety harnesses, roll bars, fire-proof suits, and full-face helmets were novelties and even disregarded by drivers up through the 1950s. The Automobilist's When Sex Was Safe revisits the time when just stepping into a racing vehicle meant potentially losing your life, with 253 pages of history and stunning, hyper-realistic artwork that captures the daring and bravado of racing's Golden Age.