World Encyclopaedia of Racing Drivers

The Definitive Reference to the Lives and Achievements of 2,500 International Racing Drivers

Peter Higham (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

1048 Seiten

2013 | Volume Set ed.
J H Haynes & Co Ltd (Verlag)
978-1-84425-433-0 (ISBN)

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This remarkable work of unprecedented scale, presented in three volumes within a slipcase, outlines the lives and achievements of 2,500 racing drivers from all eras and all parts of the world. The result of many years of endeavour by a dedicated author, this mighty publication contains nearly a million words along with a comprehensive array of high-quality portrait photographs of the drivers described, in colour where possible, together with key biographical information and successes. This magnificent encyclopaedia breaks new ground in motor racing research and will be treasured by anyone interested in the history of the sport.

Peter Higham is a director of Haymarket Consumer Media, the leading publisher of motorsport magazines and websites, and runs the company's photographic business, LAT, the world's largest archive of motorsport photographs. He has contributed statistical analysis to Autosport and has produced a statistics-based book that was first published in 1995 as The Guinness Guide to International Motor Racing and then updated in 2003 as the International Motor Racing Guide. He was also co-author of World Motor Racing Circuits, published by Andre Deutsch in 1999.

An incredible collection of racing driver biographies presented in three volumes within a slipcase. An extraordinary range of drivers covered, from the true greats to those obscure or long-forgotten characters who enrich the sport. The drivers included meet the following criteria: all F1 drivers; leading finishers at Le Mans and the Indy 500; top three finishers in pre-war grands prix; race winners in major international categories such as GT, World Sports Car Championship, CART, IRL, non-championship F1, Aurora F1, NASCAR, Tasman, CanAm and European F3 races; points scorers in F2, F3000 and GP2 championships - and one or two wild cards to complete the story. Appealing to enthusiasts in so many ways: a definitive biographical reference; a source of statistics; a wonderful collection of portrait photographs, a mine of factual information both significant and arcane.

Zusatzinfo	Illustrations
Verlagsort	Yeovil
Sprache	englisch
Maße	210 x 270 mm
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Sport ► Motor- / Rad- / Flugsport
Themenwelt	Schulbuch / Wörterbuch ► Lexikon / Chroniken
ISBN-10	1-84425-433-X / 184425433X
ISBN-13	978-1-84425-433-0 / 9781844254330
Zustand	Neuware