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Author : Karl Ludvigsen
Publisher : Haynes Publications
Page : 206 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 184425318X
Karl Ludvigsen's highly illustrated history of front-engined Formula 1 cars celebrates the engineering brilliance of their designs and recaptures the spirit of the golden age of Grand Prix racing. Previous ed.: Stroud: Sutton, 2000.
Author : Karl E. Ludvigsen
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2018-05-15
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 0837617359
Classic Grand Prix Cars explores the origins and evolution of Grand Prix racing during the first half of the twentieth century. With a newly expanded introduction for this edition, Karl Ludvigsen's authoritative history describes the technical development of these powerful machines, decade by decade. A former auto industry executive and award-winning author of dozens of books, including Classic Racing Engines, Ludvigsen is an expert guide to the cars, manufacturers and drivers who pioneered the sport that would become Formula 1.Front engines dominated the top tier of motor racing from the first Grand Prix held in France in 1906 through most of the 1950s. Ludvigsen describes the conception and construction of these ground-breaking vehicles, spotlighting the many remarkable advances in chassis and engine technology that were made during Grand Prix racing's first few decades. The final chapters of the book introduce the game-changing move to rear engines in Grand Prix cars after the Second World War.Ludvigsen¿s thoroughly researched text is augmented with hundreds of archival photos, illustrations and blueprints along with color photos of many of these historic cars in action. Lending further authority to his history are dozens of first-hand-accounts of early Grand Prix competitions as they appeared in the leading automotive journals of the day. Karl Ludvigsen's celebration of the innovative early years of the Grand Prix car makes for fascinating reading as well as providing a lasting reference for all F1 fans with a sense of history.
Author : David W. Hodges
Publisher : Chelsea House Pub
Page : 78 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 079104999X
Text and photographs present different kinds of racing cars and explore their history and future.
Author : Doug Nye,Geoffrey Goddard
Publisher : Haynes Publishing
Page : 158 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 1991-01-01
Category : Automobiles, Racing
ISBN : 0854297758
The introduction by Doug Nye helps to set the scene and analyze Grand Prix activity from 1945 to 1961 in this book about classic racing cars. Photographs illustrate the more unusual cars and events of the period as well as mainstream designs, drivers and championship races. Many photographs featured were taken throughout Europe in the heyday of the classical post-war GP car although the book begins with pre-war models from Italy, France, UK and the USA.
Author : Karl Ludvigsen
Publisher : Sutton Publishing
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : History
ISBN : STANFORD:36105025197430
An illustrated history of the development of front-engined racing Formula 1 cars. The author builds from the technical evolution of the cars, era by era. He accompanies this with insights into the rise and fall of the famous manufacturers whose creations were the ultimate expression of the motoring know-how of their day. Ludvigsen takes the reader from the early days of the Formula 1 Grand Prix car through to the 1950s, giving a glimpse at drivers, managers and engineers who contributed to the classic era of Grand Prix racing.
Author : Cyril Posthumus
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 1977
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 0528818430
Author : David Hodges
Publisher : Chevprime
Page : 79 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Automobile racing
ISBN : 1853614211
Memorial: David J. Thompson.
Author : Don Keefe
Publisher : Enthusiast Books
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2007-04-27
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 1583881840
With 18 years of research on the Pontiac Grand Prix, Don Keefe takes the reader on a voyage that covers nearly a half century, from the earliest design sketches of the late 1950s, bringing the concept to market, all production figures to date, to the exciting Grand Prixs of today. Not simply a rosy depiction of the Grand Prix’s history, the author also deals frankly with the darkest days of the 1970s and 1980s, leading to its rebirth as an exciting front-drive sport coupe. Also covered are experimental, showcar, and specialty versions of the Grand Prix.
Author : Carlo Demand
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 52 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2013-11-21
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9780486242941
Black-and-white drawings of classic racing cars dating from the period 1895 to 1978, with information on cars, drivers, and races.
Author : Rob de la Rive Box
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Antique and classic cars
ISBN : 1579581188
The complete encyclopedia of classic sports cars with informative text and over 750 color photographs.
Author : Robert Daley
Publisher : Motorbooks International
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2007-06-01
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 0760331170
Long before he became a best-selling novelist, Robert Daley was a European sports correspondent for the New York Times. In 1961, he published his first book, Cars At Speed, an historical and contemporary look at Grand Prix and sports car racing at twelve of the worlds greatest circuits. This hard-to-find and now collectible book, widely considered one of the best books ever written about sports car racing, returns here in a special edition, with a new Introduction by Daley as well as commissioned drawings of each featured circuit. A rare opportunity to travel back in time to racings golden era, Cars at Speed offers a fascinating look at a time when danger and passion defined racing. Daley discusses the Grand Prix circuits of that era--e.g., Nu00fcrburgring, Monza, Silverstone, Zandvoort, Spa, Monaco--detailing the qualities, history, great races, controversies, and accidents of each. He focuses on the stories of drivers such as the Marquis de Portago, Phil Hill, Stirling Moss, and Jean Behra, among others, recreating the mythical quality of the Grand Prix in its prime.
Author : Adam Skinner,James Gilleard
Publisher : Wide Eyed Editions
Page : 83 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2019-05-07
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781786036292
Travel back through time to experience 18 iconic moments in motor racing history in this lavishly illustrated book, which gives you the inside track on classic cars, routes, and racers. Race 'The Green Hell’ in a Porsche 911, complete the course at Le Mans in a Ford GT40, compete in the Festival of Speed at Goodwood in a Jaguar E-type, and take on the Nascar drivers at Daytona’s Speedway. Bursting with facts, figures, stats, and racing stars, this is a racing book of dreams.
Author : DK
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2016-09-13
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 9781465495235
"When I see an Alfa Romeo, I lift my hat." Henry Ford Few things ignite such reverence as a classic car. With more than 250 iconic models from the 1940s to the 1980s, photographed from every angle, this title is a glorious celebration of the stars in the classic car firmament. Edited by award-winning automotive journalist Giles Chapman, Classic Car brings you the story of more than 20 great marques, including household names Bentley, Mercedes, Ferrari, Cadillac, and Aston Martin. Its lavish photography reveals every detail in close-ups of models that range from the 1940s giant two-ton Daimler DE36, which ferried royals about in style, through to sleek Ferraris from the 1980s capable of smashing the 200mph barrier. It puts you in the driving seat of such icons as the Chevrolet Corvette, the Ford Thunderbird, and the Mercedes 300SL and brings you the designers of these amazing machines and the story of their manufacturers. Whether you dream of owning one of these super-cool cars or you are a collector already, Classic Car is set to become a treasured favorite.
Author : Clyde Berryman
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 544 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2021-08
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 1854433156
Innovative statistical analysis and hundreds of new illustrations rewrite the history of Formula One racing. Any devotee of Formula One Grand Prix racing will have their picks for which drivers are the greatest of all time and which are wildly overrated--selections likely guided in large part by personal, even emotional, preferences. Clyde Berryman's QPRS brings a welcome dose of hard data into these fevered discussions with the introduction of the Quality Point Rating System, a method that uses mathematical formulae to analyze both Formula One drivers and their racing vehicles. In this book, Berryman digs deep into every Formula One World Championship from 1950 to 2019, using the QPRS method to create a new statistical analysis-based rating for every driver and car in competition. In addition to its potentially paradigm-shifting assessments of racing legends, QPRS also stands out as a major fine art book, with more than 200 color illustrations from some of today's foremost motorsport artists that depict Formula One's most memorable moments in a variety of media. This book may forever change the way racing fans look at the history of the Formula One Grand Prix.
Author : Louis Sugahara
Publisher : Book Marketing Plus
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Automobiles, Racing
ISBN : 1933123001
Set is number 8 of 10, and contains prints for framing based on Sugahara's book "Mercedes-Benz grand prix cars, 1934-1955."