Who is Motoring Historian Luke West?
Luke West is a life-long motorsport tragic who has turned his passion into a career.
He is an Australian motoring historian with an eye for colourful characters, quirky content and significant moments. He has a special fondness for digging up previously untold stories and bringing them to life. He spent eight years as editor of Australia’s favourite retro motoring magazine, Australian Muscle Car, which followed a stint at Auto Action.
He spent several seasons as a V8 Supercars on-course announcer, including anchoring the Bathurst 1000 PA commentary team. He’s also dabbled in television commentary.
He lives in Sydney’s Hills District and is married with two adult sons, who, thus far, have not caught the racing bug off their old man.
Books by Luke West
Ford Falcon | Commemorative edition – celebrates the much-loved car's six-decade rule of Aussie roads and racetracks.
Bathurst | 60 Years of the Great Race – The gruelling Bathurst 1000 is a race like no other: from the early days when ordinary road cars were pitted against one another in the toughest test imaginable to today's ultra-professional Supercars. Every one of those first 60 years is captured here in great pictures and fast-moving anecdotes.
Supercars – gives detailed insight into how each and every championship was won, tracking the development of the Supercars class between 1993-2010.
Australia's Greatest Racecars – This fully illustrated hardcover includes dedicated chapters on 25 famous Aussie racing muscle cars.
Immortals of Australian Motor Racing – delves into the careers and characteristics of icons Peter Brock, Allan Moffat and Dick Johnson along with modern-era champions such as Mark Skaife, Craig Lowndes and Jamie Whincup: heroes who are not just high achievers but influential identities who set a new benchmark and changed local racing forever through skill, determination and sheer will.
Luke West and Gelding Street Press
Luke West's many books are available through Gelding Street Press, you can discover those and more in our full range of Sports and Recreation books online now
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