Motor Racing's Strangest Races: Extraordinary but True Stories from over a Century of Motor Racing - Couverture rigide

Tibballs, Geoff

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1907554653 ISBN 13 : 9781907554650

Editeur : Portico, 2012

Synopsis

In 1894, when the motley assortment of steam and petrol-powered vehicles lined up at the start of the trial from Paris to Rouen, motor-racing's colourful history was launched. Many of the pioneering events were death-defying, trans-continental marathons, in which the competitors were obliged to negotiate basic dirt tracks, muddy bogs, fast-flowing rivers, over-zealous policemen and a seemingly ednless supply of stray dogs. Barely contained in this new hardback edition are 80+ bizarre, brilliant and bonkers stories from over a century of motor racing. They include the Frenchman who drove 25 miles in reverse; the Grand Prix where the leading drivers were so far ahead that they stopped for a meal in the pits; the Le Mans 24-hour race won by a car patched up with chewing gum; and the driver who drunk six bottles of champagne on the way to winning the Indianapolis 500.

Word count: 45,000

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Sports writer Geoff Tibballs is the author of several bestselling titles in the Strangest... series, on a range of sports including motor-racing and the Olympics. He also wrote Great Sporting Scandals published by Robson.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Portico
• Date d'édition: 2012
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1907554653
• ISBN 13: 9781907554650
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 176
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible