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

Tibballs, Geoff

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1910232963 ISBN 13 : 9781910232965

Editeur : Portico, 2016

Synopsis

Since 1894, when motor racing’s colourful history began with a bang (and a banger!), drivers, racers and lunatics alike have done many stupid and bizarre things all in the name of motor sport. Author Geoff Tibballs has gathered together this absorbing collection of stories from over a century of motor racing around the world, including the Frenchman who drove 25 miles in reverse, the Grand Prix in which 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 drank six bottles of champagne – virtually one per pit-stop – on the way to winning the Indianapolis 500. The stories in this book are bizarre, fascinating, hilarious, and, most importantly, true.

Revised, redesigned and updated for a new generation of petrolheads, this book contains enough extraordinary-but-true tales to drive anyone around the bend.

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: 2016
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1910232963
• ISBN 13: 9781910232965
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 256
• Coordonnées du fabricant: HarperCollins Publishers, Product Safety Manager; enquiries@harpercollins.ie; ; HarperCollins, Macken House, 39/40 Mayor Street Upper; Dublin 1; D01 C9W8; Irlande