Author | : Michael T. Lynch |
Publisher | : Motorbooks International |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 1998 |
Genre | : Sports car racing |
ISBN | : 9780760303672 |
Traces the history of stock car racing and looks at major drivers, teams, and racetracks.
Author | : Michael T. Lynch |
Publisher | : Motorbooks International |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 1998 |
Genre | : Sports car racing |
ISBN | : 9780760303672 |
Traces the history of stock car racing and looks at major drivers, teams, and racetracks.
Author | : Terry O'Neil |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2015-01-24 |
Genre | : Transportation |
ISBN | : 9781854432636 |
In 1977, precisely 20 years after the last unforgettable high speed Mille Miglia in 1957, the great race came back to relive its history all over again with the commemorative Mille Miglia, attracting once more to Brescia?s Piazza della Vittoria the cars of the greatest, most prestigious race in the world that took place between the end of the?20s and the second half of the?50s. Since then, the Mille Miglia has gone back to being an event not to be missed, first every two years and then yearly for all motoring and motor racing enthusiasts. A book tells the story of this great sporting and cultural event, the 2014 edition of which opens with a historical section that recalls the 1934 race, won by Achille Varzi, and the 1954, with the magnificent victory of Alberto Ascari. After that, the book concentrates on the race that took place last May and its protagonists? competitors, crew after crew, car after car, in a long and fully-illustrated section. 2014 Mille Miglia starting grid was full of exceptional protagonists too: actors Luke Evans, Adrien Brody and Jeremy Irons, American Tv personality Jay Leno, French stylist Paloma Picasso and industrial designer Mark Newson. Many musicians were also there: Brian Johnson, AC/DC frontman, British rapper Example, Scottish singer Amy Macdonald and Belgian singer Milow. Many racing drivers took the start, first and foremost Eros Crivellari, the only one with an original Mille Miglia to his credit, Andy Wallace, Jochen Mass, Teo Fabi, Bernd Schneider, Jacky Ickx, Martin Brundle e Bruno Senna, with the very evocative helmet of his late uncle Ayrton. This is indispensible publication for all those who were there, and for all vintage car enthusiasts.
Author | : Harold Pace Mark R. Brinker |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 320 |
Release | : |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9781610592406 |
Author | : Terry O'Neil |
Publisher | : David and Charles |
Total Pages | : 432 |
Release | : 2022-02-02 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 178711841X |
This book focuses on the different aspects that contributed to the development of Northeast American sports car racing during the 1950s. The evolution from amateur drivers racing on public roads in 1950, to both professional and amateur drivers racing at private, purpose-built tracks in 1959, demanded huge leaps of faith, trust and understanding. The transition was neither easy nor uneventful for drivers, clubs or track owners, and the tragedy, politics and intrigue that came to characterise the period are covered here in fascinating detail.
Author | : Willem Oosthoek |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2013-02-15 |
Genre | : Sports & Recreation |
ISBN | : 9781854432575 |
Author | : Karl Ludvigsen |
Publisher | : Enthusiast Books |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2003-11-20 |
Genre | : Transportation |
ISBN | : 9781583881095 |
Time magazine cover hero and Americas Cup yachtsman Briggs Cunningham cut a swathe through the post-war sports-racing scene with his magnificent Cunningham sports cars. He burst into view in 1951 with his Chrysler-powered C-2 sports-racers and in 1952 launched the production C-3, a Vignale-bodied car built as both a coupe and cabriolet. Some two dozen were made. The C-4R was his 1952 racer, still Chrysler-powered, which performed well at Le Mans and with Phil Walters and John Fitch was all but unbeatable in American racing. Radical with its solid-axle front end and colossal drum brakes, the C-5R of 1953 was a challenger to the Jaguars at Le Mans. In 1954 Cunningham raced a much-modified Ferrari with water-cooled brakes and in 1955 introduced his C-6R, beautifully engineered by Briggs Weaver and Offenhauser powered. Fabulous unpublished pictures from the Ludvigsen Library show these great cars on the track and at rest. They carried the American flag at home and abroad with style and panache.
Author | : Willem Oosthoek |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2015-01-24 |
Genre | : Sports & Recreation |
ISBN | : 9781854432728 |
Author | : John Morton |
Publisher | : Quarto Publishing Group USA |
Total Pages | : 256 |
Release | : 2013-11-18 |
Genre | : Sports & Recreation |
ISBN | : 1627880828 |
In the late 1950s, a young John Morton was transfixed with sports car racing. His dreams of competition eventually led him to enroll, in 1962, in the Shelby School of High Performance Driving. In a bold moment after the last class, Morton asked Carroll Shelby if he might come to work for the newly formed Shelby American. The answer was “Yes, here's a broom.” Thus ended Morton's college career and began his long racing career. Over the next three years, Morton would be a firsthand witness to the evolution of one of the most iconic sports car builders and racing teams of the 1960s. Inside Shelby American is his personal account of a company overflowing with talent, from designer Pete Brock to fabricator extraordinare Phil Remington to drivers like Dan Gurney, Ken Miles, Bob Bondurant, and Phil Hill. The cars were equally captivating: AC Cobra, Mustang GT350, Ford GT, Daytona Coupe. In this book, Morton’s story is intertwined with the memories of other Shelby staffers of the period, revealing through historic photography and an untold perspective the rousing story of America’s most legendary racer and car builder.
Author | : Michael Argetsinger |
Publisher | : David Bull Publishing |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2006 |
Genre | : Automobile racing drivers |
ISBN | : 9781893618541 |
Walt Hansgen was a dominant driver in sports cars for the Cunningham team, then went on to prove his talent at the Indianapolis 500 as well as in NASCAR and Formula 1. He was also a first-rate development driver. Tragically, he died in 1966 after injuries suffered at Le Mans.