Moments that made Racing History E-Book

Rodney Walkerley

• Herausgeber: Edizioni Savine
• Kategorie: Lebensstil
• Sprache: Englisch

Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2016

Beschreibung

ORIGINAL DESCRIPTION (1959) - In a few dramatic motor races down the years the issue has been decided by a single moment of time when fate hung in the balance. Here, vividly recalled by the Sports Editor of The Motor, are nine such moments selected from more than half a century of motor racing’s eventful history—never-to- be-forgotten moments as enduring as the lure of speed itself. The memorable events from which these dramatic moments are recaptured range from the fantastic Gordon- Bennett Trophy Race of 1902 to Juan Fangio's greatest drive in the German Grand Prix of 1957. They include the Race that Nobody Won at Silverstone in 1957, Nuvolari’s hair’s breadth victory in the last fleeting moments of the 1933 R.A.C. Tourist Trophy Race and other races which revive nostalgic memories of Brooklands in its heyday and the thunderous roar of the German Mercedes and Auto- Unions as they swept the board at Donington. And, its excitement undimmed by time, that epoch-marking moment in 1947 when John Cobb streaked across the Bonneville Salt Flats at Utah—the first man to travel on land at 400 miles an hour.Based on a series of articles published in The Motor, supplemented by additional chapters and illustrated by over 45 photographs and specially-prepared drawings, Moments that made Racing History is a book to stir the memories and capture the imaginations of those to whom it is dedicated—racing drivers and motor-racing enthusiasts the world over.

Leseprobe

MOMENTS THAT MADE RACING HISTORY

by Rodney Walkerley

New digital edition of:

Moments that made Racing History

by Rodney Walkerley

© 1959 by Temple Press Limited

Copyright © 2016 - Edizioni Savine

email: [email protected]

ISBN 978-88-96365-84-7

CONTENTS

MOMENTS THAT MADE RACING HISTORY

Foreword

1902 - An abandoned Panhard on the Arlberg

1933 - The “Hamilton Pit Stop” in the Tourist Trophy

1935 - Victory by one second—after 260 miles at Brooklands

1947 - Four hundred miles per hour on land

1937 - When the Germans came to Donington

1949 - The drain plug that lost the French Grand Prix 1949

1957 - From ninth to victory in 60 laps

1951 - The race that nobody won - Silverstone' s amazing International Trophy of 1951

1957 - A champion's greatest drive

Foreword

I feel that instead of asking someone, who may or may not have had time and opportunity to glance through the proofs, to write the Foreword to this small volume, it is better that I explain what I have been up to.

I have not written another book about motor racing—the sport which so many regard as the finest in the world. Apart from two new chapters, the contents comprise a series of articles which appeared in The Motor where they aroused sufficient interest among enthusiasts on both sides of the Atlantic to warrant their collection into one volume which could be put into the bookshelf for future reference after present perusal.

The selection of the races which are discussed was based on the fact that in a few dramatic motor races down the years the issue has been decided by a single moment of time when fate hung in the balance. There is much luck in motor racing, and the story of great races has often been the story of a man’s struggle against his luck. I shall, therefore, with great admiration, dedicate this work to all racing drivers and motor racing enthusiasts, including the many in the United States who, seldom able to be present at these great European contests, have, nevertheless, discovered for themselves the fascination, colour and spectacle of motor racing.

London

Rodney Walkerley