In the romance of Grand Prix racing and racing cars, the six year period 1934-1939, saw the development and increase of speed in a new light. To break standard Grand Prix entries of the time from Italian and French manufacturers such as Alfa Romeo, Maserati and Bugatti, the Germans produced the Silv..
Maurice Louche examines the history of the Grand Prix de Provence and Marseille during two eras, Miramas – Istres 1924-1937 and Marseille 1946-1952. With his usual skill Louche has been able to amass a fine and varied selection of photographs to compliment the details of each event for which t..
The story of Brian Lister and the Lister-Jaguars evokes the late 1950's era of glorious front-engined sports cars driven by the top drivers of the day. The Lister-Jaguar won at almost every circuit in Britain. Ecurie Ecosse adopted the marque, and, entered by Briggs Cunningham, was virtually unbeata..
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..
This book has been dedicated to the previous ownerBernard Cahier was just five years old when his father took him to see his first motor race, the 1932 Miramas Grand Prix. He was so entranced by the spectacle and the smells that he decided he would become a racing driver. The war, though, put pa..
How do you describe a man who looked decades younger than he was, who bubbles with enthusiasm for life, who has natural charm in abundance, who is an English gentleman in the mould of David Niven and who has crammed more into his seventy-plus years than most people could into several lifetimes? Extr..
Over the years Porsche has built some of the most exciting racing cars of all time. Sleek projectiles that have been faster and more powerful than contemporary Formula One cars and which (up to 1985) have won the world's greatest motor race, the Le Mans 24 Hours, no less than nine times - a record e..
For more than thirty years, the name Porsche has been synonymous with high-performance sports and competition cars. But what may not be generally appreciated, is that ever since it was founded as the technical design studio of Professor Ferdinand Porsche in Stuttgart, the name has been associated wi..
The essential Speedster book has been created. Three years in the making, Porsche Speedster Typ 540: Quintessential Sports Car presents the story of the Typ 540 from its inception as the America Roadster, through its defining years as the Speedster, and follows with a look at its successor, the Conv..
The essential Speedster book has been created. Three years in the making, Porsche Speedster Typ 540: Quintessential Sports Car presents the story of the Typ 540 from its inception as the America Roadster, through its defining years as the Speedster, and follows with a look at its successor, the Conv..
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