In 1952 the old Formula 1 was superseded by Formula 2 and many new cars appeared in Grand Prix racing. This book tells of these cars and their performances, along with a background into the events of 1948-1952. Of the competition cars, information is shared on the AFM, Alta, Aston Butterworth, Conna..
Alan Brown he drove for the Ecurle Richmond The 500 cc class of motor racing is peculiarly British. It grew out of necessity. Those things which were not scarce after the war: enthusiasm, determination and resourcefulness, overcame the other shortages, and rather than wait until times were ..
Jaguar is still the name which most people recall when they wish to associate the greatness of British motor racing with competition racing. It is to the nineteen-fifties that one must look for the start of the real success; the pre-war SS 100 Jaguars were, of course, most proficient both on the tra..
Long Straights and Hairpin Turns is the first of two volumes capturing a special time in Pacific Northwest sports car racing history, the 1950s and 1960s. The story, written with amazing detail, insight, and passion, starts in 1950 with the first four-cylinder exhaust notes at B.C.'s Abbotsford Airp..
The Jaguar XK engine is most certainly a legend in its own lifetime. With its variable capacity and application from the XK120 Sports car, to C and D Type race cars, Jaguar produced a winning engine. In this book, Doug Nye looks at the golden era of sports racing cars, ‘powered by Jaguar’. With a ch..
The Jaguar XK engine is most certainly a legend in its own lifetime. With its variable capacity and application from the XK120 Sports car, to C and D Type race cars, Jaguar produced a winning engine. In this book, Doug Nye looks at the golden era of sports racing cars, ‘powered by Jaguar’. With a ch..
Here are the memoirs of Duncan Hamilton. For many years the story of this extraordinary man has been awaited and now at last it is here. Things happen to Duncan! Sometimes he makes them happen, but often they just occur: whether flying in the Fleet Air Arm or racing at Le Mans with Jaguar, he attrac..
A memoir of the racing driver W.T.("Bill") Smith who successfully raced Jowett, Triumph, and Jaguar cars before his untimely death at the age of 20 while driving a Connaught in the 1955 Dundrod TT. Illustrated...
Founded by John Heath
and George Abecassis, the HWM racing team set out in 1950, the year of the
Formula 1 World Championship’s inauguration, to race its Formula 2 cars all
over Europe in a unique British endeavour. Always run on a shoestring, HWM’s
single-seaters achieved great results in flyin..
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