The formative years of the 1950s are explored in this next instalment of Evro’s decade-by-decade series covering all Formula 1 cars and teams. When the World Championship was first held in 1950, red Italian cars predominated, from Alfa Romeo, Ferrari and Maserati, and continued to do so for much of the period. But by the time the decade closed, ......
Top racing drivers, legendary cars, and thrills - the 1960s were the golden age of motorsport. Up close: the photographer Horst H. Baumann and his camera. He was one of the first to record the Formula 1 races in colour photos and published his works in 1965 in the cult book The New Matadors. Close to it. Full risk. Full of emotion. That was the ......
Steve McQueen touched the world through his larger-than-life onscreen persona portraying characters that were flawed and realistic. He played his roles to perfection due to his own imperfections and the bitter realism of his early life. As he once said, he had seemingly lived an entire lifetime before his 18th birthday, all of which shines ......
Wit, wisdom, and revelations from sixty years of life on the road. Driving one highway after another at sunrise, winding through the mountainside, hearing the call to rise of the roosters, or simply exchanging "fishing stories" with the other guys at the truck stops. Like that one about the trucker who stopped along the highway and helped a ......
Ford’s debut in April 1964 of the Mustang was the first stone overturned in the difficult task of repurposing its image to the youth market. The Mustang achieved that in spades but was often not taken very seriously in the muscle car ranks, where the 390GT engine was no match for the competition. When the Cobra Jet–equipped fastback Mustangs ......
Since Jenson Button burst onto the Formula One scene in 2000, he has been one of the sports most popular and highest profile stars. With his good looks and exciting lifestyle, he is living the dream of many. Yet how true is that to reality?
Now he has decided to provide a full portrait of his life, speaking openly and honestly about ......
The world famous motorsport annual is regarded as the definitive account of the Formula 1 season. Edited by leading F1 journalist Tony Dodgins, plus Formula One coverage from Maurice Hamilton and Mark Hughes as Technical Editor, it has been long established as a genuine collectors item. Autocourse has an unrivaled heritage which is recognised ......
Product Description: Limited edition, photographic print celebrating Shell V-Power Racing Team’s 2019 Bathurst 1000 victory signed by winning drivers Scott McLaughlin and Alexandre Prémat.
Limited Edition Number: 1000 Pieces
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Why is it best to practice your champagne celebration ahead of the big day? How do you tell a multiple F1 champion they need to check their blind-spot? And how do you face down your boss when youve just stacked his multi-million pound car into a wall during practice? In his brilliantly-written and revealing new book, expert driver Jenson Button ......
The Formula One book. Art of the Race - V18 is book 5 in a series that encapsulates the very essence of Formula 1 motor racing through the lens of Darren Heath, one of the sports most celebrated photographers. Art of The Race captures the key moments and rarely seen images of each race as the 2018 season unfolds, culminating in Lewis Hamilton ......
Theres no other motor-racing circuit in Australia that holds the same magic as Bathursts Mount Panorama. Its been home to the Australian Grand Prix, the Australian Motorcycle Grand Prix and TT, the Australian Hill Climb Championship, the Bathurst 1000 and now a round of the Intercontinental GT Challenge. To win on the Mountain is still the ......
In early 1959, young Harry Heuer, Executive Vice President of the Peter Hand Brewery, Chicago, Illinois, caught the racing bug. He immediately bought a race carand entered it in the May 1959 Meadowdale USAC professional race. At the same time, Reventlow Automobiles Inc., builder and racer of the Scarab, put both of its 1958 race-winning Scarabs ......
When Valerie Pirie interviewed for her first real secretarial job after college, she did not expect to end up working for Stirling Moss. Regarded as the greatest driver who was never crowned world champion, he would become not only her new boss, but a lifelong friend. Here, in this playful and moving memoir, she opens up about the man behind ......
Carroll Shelby, legendary driving ace, race team owner, and designer of Shelby Cobra, Daytona, and Mustang GT350 classics is revered by automotive enthusiasts, yet little has been written about the last quarter century of Carroll Shelbys life. During that time Chris Theodore, VP at Chrysler and Ford, developed a close personal friendship with ......
No driver is as connected to a track as the legendary Peter Brock is to Bathurst. October 2019 marks half a century since a shy and bearded Brock first took on the turns of Mount Panorama, the track he was destined to dominate with a record nine wins, earning him the mantle King of the Mountain. That uncanny relationship between driver and ......
No other team in history has come close to matching the record of Roger Penske s team at the famed Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Team Penske has won seventeen times in its forty-four Indianapolis 500 races at the Brickyard. Penske first attended the Indy 500 with his father in 1951. He became a champion sports-car driver in the 1950s and 60s ......
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