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Author: B. A. Hoena
Publisher: Capstone
Published: 2017-08
Total Pages: 113
ISBN-13: 1515771725
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Le Mans auto race in France is a true test of endurance, and as you sit behind the wheel of a high-powered racecar, you're in control. The decisions you make may take you across the finish line as a champion--or send you careening off course. Will you find a way to win--or even survive? YOU CHOOSE how this adventure story ends.
Author: Brian Laban
Publisher: Virgin Books Limited
Published: 2001
Total Pages: 256
ISBN-13: 9781852279714
DOWNLOAD EBOOKVirgins motoring list has established an enviabel reputation for setti ng the highest standards of book design, illustration and content with much admired bestsellers such as Into The Red, The Glory Of Goodwood, Driving Ambition-The McLaren F1 and Jaguar-The Sporting Heritage. Le Mans is a worthy addition to this prestigious and exclusive list. Since 1923 for one long weekend each year in the early summer, the eyes of the motor racing world have focused on a small town in north wester n France, whose name has come synonymouswith the race that takes place annually on its outskirts. That race is The Grand Prix d'Endurance de Vingt-Quatre Heures du Mans, the 24 Hours of Le Mans. Le Mans is an institution, an event where the tradition and the history the international rivalry, the heat and dust, the all-night-party atmosp here and the bleary dawn of the second day are as much a part of the experience as the race itself. And all of it is constructed around the colourful high-speed carnivalon the famous circuit. This book is the story of what makes Le Mans so special. With over 200 Photographs, many previously unpublished and taken from the archives at Le Mans, along with newly researched material and interveiws, Brian Laba n tells the full story of the races, the drivers, the teams and the tech nology behind the most famous motor race in the world.
Author: Glen Smale
Publisher: Motorbooks International
Published: 2023-08
Total Pages: 247
ISBN-13: 0760376174
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"Packed with photography, narrative, and race results, Le Mans 100 is the definitive illustrated centennial history of this iconic motorsport event"--
Author: Quentin Spurring
Publisher: Haynes Publishing UK
Published: 2010-08-15
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781844255849
DOWNLOAD EBOOKOfficially licensed with the ACO, the organizers of the annual Le Mans 24 Hours race, this sumptuous book will be the first in a decade-by-decade series that will eventually build up into an eight-volume set covering every race since 1923. Each year will be exhaustively covered in vivid photographs, a detailed race account, full results data and a glorious rendering of the official race poster. Compiled by an acknowledged authority of this legendary race, this series of books will be treasured by all enthusiasts of sports car racing.
Author: Michael Cotton
Publisher: HarperThorsons
Published: 1989
Total Pages: 152
ISBN-13: 9781852600914
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Jay Schleifer
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books For Young Readers
Published: 1995
Total Pages: 52
ISBN-13: 9780896868205
DOWNLOAD EBOOKChronicles the Le Mans car race from its beginning in 1923 to present day, including the automobile makers and racers that have influenced it.
Author: Quentin Spurring
Publisher: Evro Publishing Limited
Published: 2014-10-01
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780992820916
DOWNLOAD EBOOKOfficially endorsed by the ACO, the organisers of the annual Le Mans 24 Hours race, this sumptuous book is the fifth title in a decade-by-decade series that is building up into a multi-volume set covering every race since 1923. Each year is exhaustively covered in vivid photographs, a detailed and insightful commentary, full results data and a glorious rendering of the official race poster, the whole work providing coverage that far exceeds any previous books in quality, depth and authority. Compiled by an acknowledgedexpert on this legendary race, this series of books is treasured by all enthusiasts of sports car racing. - Highly detailed year-by-year coverage of the decade's ten races, giving over 32 pages of information and photographs for each year. - Official status provides a number of unique features, including the reproduction of the full-color race poster artwork for each year and photographs from the ACO's archives. - The images are entirely in colour, and the emphasis is on photographs that enthusiasts will not have seen before. - The story of each race is told through photographs and an accompanying commentary. - Complete data for each year includes technical regulations, entry list, circuit changes (with diagram), lap chart, full results and category awards. - The whole work is beautifully designed and presented. - The 1990s was a richly varied decade, with winning cars from a wide range of manufacturers: Jaguar, Mazda, Peugeot, Dauer, McLaren, Porsche and BMW.
Author: Duncan Hamilton
Publisher: Kings Road Publishing
Published: 2014-06-05
Total Pages: 283
ISBN-13: 1784180815
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDuncan Hamilton won the classic Le Mans 24-Hours race in 1953, co-driving his works entered C-Type Jaguar with Tony Rolt. In 1954 the same pair finished second, losing to a much larger-engined V12 Ferrari and by the narrowest margin in years. In all, Duncan Hamilton competed in nine of those great Le Mans endurance classics.Having cut his racing teeth in such pre-war cars as the R-Type M.G. and the Bugatti Type 35B, Duncan graduated to one of the immortal Lago-Talbot Grand Prix cars - which he subsequently mislaid in a French coal-hole. After a hugely eventful racing career - only Duncan could get himself fired by Jaguars for winning the Rheims 12-Hours race in 1956 - he eventually hung up his racing helmet in 1958.As Earl Howe wrote in the original 1960 foreword to this book, though the drivers of this age were fiercely competitive, there were also 'friends to meet, stories to tell and almost certainly a party to be enjoyed...' Duncan Hamilton was certainly a little larger than life, and this book tells the story of a man who wasn't just one of the most successful drivers of the 1950s, but also the man who trespassed at Brooklands, who spent the war in the Fleet Air Arm surviving plane crashes and trying to drown American Admirals and who was once stopped for speeding on the Cromwell Road, rushing to take part in a TV programme on road safety. It is a must for any classic car enthusiast's bookshelf.
Author: Quentin Spurring
Publisher: Haynes Publishing UK
Published: 2011-11-15
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781844255375
DOWNLOAD EBOOKOfficially licensed with the ACO, the organizers of the annual Le Mans 24 Hours race, this sumptuous book is the third title in a decade-by-decade series that will eventually build up into an eight-volume set covering every race since 1923. Each year is exhaustively covered in vivid photographs, a detailed and insightful commentary, full results data and a glorious rendering of the official race poster. Compiled by an acknowledged authority of this legendary race, this series of books will be treasured by all enthusiasts of sports car racing.
Author: Richard Williams
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Published: 2023-05-25
Total Pages: 324
ISBN-13: 1398517232
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAward-winning writer Richard Williams tells the remarkable story of the 24 Hours of Le Mans, one of the world's most iconic motorsports events, which celebrates its centenary in 2023. The event was created by a group of Frenchmen in 1923 and remains uniquely compelling to spectators, to the major motor manufacturers who continue to see it as an opportunity for priceless publicity, as well as to drivers hoping to add their names to its distinguished roll of honour. Between the wars, those manufacturers included Bugatti, Bentley and Alfa Romeo. Subsequently, Ferrari, Jaguar, Mercedes, Aston Martin, Ford, Porsche, Audi and Toyota have all been serial winners, guaranteeing the continuation of ferocious inter-marque rivalry. Over the decades the race acquired a rich folklore, including stories of leaking petrol tanks being sealed with chewing gum, one competitor making his last pit-stop for a fill-up and a glass of champagne, or the woman who drove her MG through the night wearing a fur coat. Competitors have included princes, debutantes, drug smugglers and a Nazi spy. Leading Hollywood film-makers lured to the romance of the race include Steve McQueen, who conceived and starred in Le Mans in 1971, and James Mangold, who made Le Mans ’66 in 2019. But in 1955 it had also been the scene of the greatest tragedy ever to befall motor racing, when 82 people were killed by a competing car, an accident that for a while threatened the sport’s entire future. From the Bentley Boys of the 1920s, through record-breaking multiple winners Jacky Ickx and Tom Kristensen to modern stars such as Allan McNish, 24 Hours celebrates the skill, courage and technical brilliance of the men and women who gave the race its worldwide renown.
