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Books > Sport & Leisure > Sports & outdoor recreation > Motor sports
Fifteen world championships in the 350 cc and 500 cc classes, 18
Italian national titles (175, 250, 350 and 500 cc), 311 victories
in world championship races of which 123 were world championship
counters and 10 wins in the legendary TT. That is the incredible
record of Giacomo Agostini, achieved between 1962, the year in
which he won his first race at Bologna-San Luca on a Morini
Settebello, and 1977 when he took the win at Hockenheim on a
Yamamoto in the 750 cc class.
Agostini - just about everyone calls him Ago - was the greatest
racing motorcyclist ever, and today he has decided to review his
magnificent career again by bringing together the greatest, most
significant photographs of his life in a book. The debut on the
Morini, the golden years with MV and the less dazzling period with
Yamaha, his experience as a team manager as well as his family,
friends and his fleeting appearance on four wheels; these are the
chapters that comprise this work, which has never previously been
attempted.
Stirling Moss is an absolute legend. The very name conjures up
speed, excitement, heroics and adventure. This is the fascinating
story of his early years and his meteoric rise to fame. Based
entirely of Sir Stirling's own archives and his personal
scrapbooks, diaries and albums, this book is unique. Never before
has so much intriguing material been published on, arguably, the
greatest racing driver of all time. The full story is here: the
Grand Prix racing, the sports and sports racing cars, the rallying
exploits, the little 500 racers, the record-breaking, the girls,
the friends; there are great names like Fangio, Farina, Ascari,
Hawthorn, Collins; many of the most evocative racing cars - C-types
and D-types, Maseratis, Coopers, HWMs, Kiefts, XK 120s, Frazer
Nashes, Mercedes-Benz W196, BRM; and, Moss is quoted extensively,
as his famous rallying sister Pat Moss-Carlsson. They relive and
bring alive this formative, and very challenging, period in his
life - the early successes, the frustration of bad cars and
retirements, the great cars, the circuits, the rivals. This book
brings alive the colour, the atmosphere, the danger, the girls and
the fun of this wonderful period in motor sport.
This book details the origin and history of the Mirage sports cars,
designed by the British-based John Wyer Automotive firm to contest
the various versions of the World Sports Car Championship between
1967 and 1975, funded by the Gulf Oil Corporation. The cars began
as developments of the Ford GT40, but they soon assumed their own
identity. After 1975, the Mirage was no longer in John Wyer hands,
but the name lived on, and the marque remained a significant player
in the World Championship for some years. This book includes the
developmental and race history, with a full list of all events and
individual chassis numbers.
THE BUGATTI QUEEN is the beautifully illustrated story of an
indomitable and fascinating woman, a pioneer of motorsport who
revelled in danger. Born in 1900 in a tiny French village, Helene
Delangle, aka Helle Nice, became a dancer and a stripper before
catching the eye of Ettore Bugatti. Seduced by the combination of
machines and speed, Helle Nice went on to have an unprecedented
career, competing in numerous Grands Prix and becoming the only
woman to drive on the treacherous American speedbowls in the 1930s.
She set new land-speed records before a notorious accident which
almost ended her racing days. Re-creating her rollercoaster career
with authority and panache from many previously unpublished
sources, Miranda Seymour reveals the story of an unforgettable life
and sheds new light on the extraordinary and reckless world of
motor-racing between the wars.
10 September 1961: at the boomerang-shaped racetrack at Monza half
a dozen teams are preparing for the Italian Grand Prix. It is the
biggest race anyone can remember. Phil Hill - the first American to
break into the top ranks of European racing - and his Ferrari
teammate, Count Wolfgang von Trips - a German nobleman with a
movie-star manner - face one another in a race that will decide the
winner of the Formula One drivers' championship. By the day's end,
one man will clinch that prize. The other will perish face down on
the track. Seeped in danger, seductive glamour and burning rivalry,
this is the story of two young men living in the shadow of oblivion
and dicing with death.
Known as the "Greatest Spectacle in Racing," the Indy 500 humbly
began in 1911. Labeled as the first speedway, this
two-and-a-half-mile oval is now home to many of today's top races,
including the Brickyard 400, the Verizon IndyCar Series, the
Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series, the SportsCar Vintage Racing
Association, the Red Bull Air Race World Championship, and its most
famous race, the Indianapolis 500. In The Indianapolis 500: Inside
the Greatest Spectacle in Racing, speedway tour guide and racing
aficionado James Craig Reinhardt shares what makes the legendary
racetrack special. He reveals the speedway's unbelievable history,
fast-flying action, notorious moments, and its secrets, including
facts about the beginning of the brickyard, why the drivers kiss
the finish line, how milk became the drink of choice, and much
more. The perfect gift for the veteran or rookie, The Indianapolis
500 is a must-have for all race fans.
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