The Great Racing Cars and Drivers

For 75 years the evolution of racing cars has been matched by the evolution of racings drivers. Each mechanical advance has been accommodated by new intellectual and physical skills in the cockpit. This is Charles Fox’s story of the striving toward unknown limits, from the French Grand Prix in 1914 to the brink of tomorrow. The contents cover the following topics; Boillot’s Folly, 100mph at Indy, The Bentley Legend, Nuvolari vs. The Third Reich, The Coming of the Roadster, The Grand Masters, Recollections of Ferrari, The Funny-Car Revolution, The Days of Jimmy Clark, What Price Le Mans? McLaren Unlimited, and The Superstars. The text is very informative and superbly illustrated with numerous period photographs and illustrations throughout.