Reddit reviews Beast: The Top Secret Ilmor-Penske Race Car That Shocked the World at the 1994 Indy 500

If you're finding that interesting, you'll want to read Jade Gurss's Beast, which details the development of a special Mercedes-branded one-off by Ilmor engineering for the 1994 Indianapolis 500. It's a little too positive for my taste on one of the factors that helped wreck the sport, but it's well written and you will learn a lot.

https://www.amazon.ca/Beast-Secret-Ilmor-Penske-Shocked-World-ebook/dp/B00KBBVQ0G/ref=sr_1_fkmr0_1?keywords=jade+gurs+beast&qid=1567888735&s=gateway&sr=8-1-fkmr0

There's an entire book on how this motor happened:

Beast: The Top Secret Ilmor-Penske Race Car That Shocked the World at the 1994 Indy 500 https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00KBBVQ0G/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_N3haBb06KTWX3


The engine is Ilmore, not Mercedes. Mercedes just supplied some funding. Not only was it built to win at Indy, it was built in secercy to the point that the wives of the people working on it couldn't know. Penski went as far as buying a separate building just to hide the work being done. It's a very good read!

Since this question keeps coming up, here's a link to an entertaining book about them:
http://www.amazon.com/Beast-Secret-Ilmor-Penske-Shocked-English-ebook/dp/B00KBBVQ0G/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1444243090&sr=8-1

(No financial ties to the book author or Amazon).

There's also a book about it:

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00KBBVQ0G/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_awdb_ugUuzb54VERT3

I loved this car growing up. 94 was an amazing year for Team Penske, they swept the podium 3 times.

There's also a good book about the pushrod engine the PC23 used at indy:
https://www.amazon.com/Beast-Secret-Ilmor-Penske-Shocked-World-ebook/dp/B00KBBVQ0G

Beast: The Top Secret Ilmor-Penske Race Car That Shocked the World at the 1994 Indy 500

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00KBBVQ0G

Very cool video! This was such a special era of CART. I would highly recommend the book Beast by Jade Gurss about the development of the special Ilmor engine used in the PC-23 for the 1994 Indy 500.

https://www.amazon.com/Beast-Secret-Ilmor-Penske-Shocked-World-ebook/dp/B00KBBVQ0G

(Just saw someone else posted this book too after the fact...)

Penske ran the Mercedes engines the year after, 1994. But it was mostly just branding. Engine was designed by Ilmor Engineering (whose engineer, Mario Illien is now advising Renault F1).
Source: I read this recently: Beast: The Top Secret Ilmor-Penske Race Car That Shocked the World at the 1994 Indy 500