| Stock Code: B19945B | | Publisher Code: 9781844861347 | | ISBN 13: 9781844861347 | | Published: 2011 | | Pages: 128 | | Dimensions: 125x185mm | | Illustrations: Hard Bound, b/w ill |
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Description
Filled with vivid race reports, tips on all aspects of fast driving and profiles of legendary racing drivers, cars and 'circuits, The Rocing Driver's Pocket-Book is a nostalgic look back at the first great age of motorsport. Compiled from extracts and articles dating from 1906 to 955, it covers racing's formative years, wartime curtailment and postwar resurgence. Classic pieces document the dramatic exploits of icons of the racing. world such as Nuvolari. Fangio and Malcolm Campbell. not to mention the emergence of a certain 'up-and-coming youngster named Stirling Moss.
The hook also includes a guide to race preparation and tactics, and provides an overview of famous marques, circuits and races — evoking the unique spirit and elan of motor-racing's golden age. |
