British Touring Car Racing
Veloce (Verlag)
978-1-84584-247-5 (ISBN)
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This book is a brief but affectionate, mainly pictorial panorama of twenty-odd years of the British Touring Car Championship, from the anarchical 1960s and early 1970s of flared wheelarches, lifting wheels and smoking tyres, through the Group 1 years when the rule-makers tried to make the cars look standard and as a result, slow them down. This had the classic effect on racecar builders, who were not worth their salt unless they could get around the restrictions. The eventual results were faster cars than before, which evolved into the tarmac-melting, fire-breathing turbo powered front-runners of the late 1980s. The story stops at the point where the rule-makers tried another clampdown as the final decade of the 20th century dawned.
Born in London, Peter Collins has been a motoring journalist and photographer for over 20 years. He has a lifelong interest in motorsport and racing history and has been attending events worldwide since 1965. Co-founder and editor-at-large of Auto Italia magazine, he also contributes to American and other European magazines, as well as websites. This is his fourth book. Peter now lives in South London with his wife, Liz and cat, Teddy, and travels extensively throughout the year covering motoring events of all disciplines and maintaining his close ties with racing people of all persuasions. This book is the result of a long-held passion for saloon car racing.
1 1967 - the end of the beginning 2 Flares, smoke and wheel-waving 3 Just like dad's - or possibly not! 4 Rule-maker's revenge ... (the Group 1 clampdown with the intention of making the cars slower and safer and more like everyday cars) 5 ... but the fun continues (the car builders soon got round the rule problem) 6 V's for victory (arrival of the Rover V8s) 7 Just turn up the wick (the turbo era)
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 6.8.2009 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | Those Were the Days |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 205 x 190 mm |
| Gewicht | 475 g |
| Themenwelt | Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik ► Fahrzeuge / Flugzeuge / Schiffe |
| Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Sport ► Motor- / Rad- / Flugsport | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-84584-247-2 / 1845842472 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-84584-247-5 / 9781845842475 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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