Matra Sports Cars: WSC Giants
Autor Ed McDonoughen Limba Engleză Paperback – 27 ian 2010
The late 1960s and early 1970s were a significant era in the world of international sports car racing. As the motor racing rule-making body moved back and forth between cars that less and less resembled road going vehicles, prototype sports car racing captured the imagination of manufacturers, teams and fans alike. Porsche vs. Ferrari vs. Alfa Romeo vs. Matra provided some of the best racing for sports cars ever witnessed, and by 1973, the Matra prototype ߝ little more than a Grand Prix car with full bodywork ߝ was dominating the scene. That period has always been viewed as one of the great eras in sports car racing, when all the Grand Prix drivers were fully active in sports car as well as F1 machines. This is the story of a great time, and a great model, in motorsport.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9781845842611
ISBN-10: 1845842618
Pagini: 128
Ilustrații: 100 illustrations
Dimensiuni: 213 x 193 x 10 mm
Greutate: 0.43 kg
Editura: Veloce Publishing
Seria WSC Giants
ISBN-10: 1845842618
Pagini: 128
Ilustrații: 100 illustrations
Dimensiuni: 213 x 193 x 10 mm
Greutate: 0.43 kg
Editura: Veloce Publishing
Seria WSC Giants
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Recenzii
"There's an excellent spread of historic shots in this compact softback, while pull-out boxes on key Matra staff liven up the layout." ߝ Classic & Sports Car
"If only books could reproduce the noise some cars made … The first English book to cover these cars in detail is a great read." ߝ Motor Sport
"It's a good read and there are some wonderful images, too. A good introduction to a compelling subject." ߝ Octane
"For fellow sports car anoraks like myself and to those with memories of the sonorous, and totally unique toned, Matra V12 engines this is the book for you as you're unlikely to find similar content elsewhere." ߝ Speedscene
"Well-illustrated and an interesting look at a marque that hasn't has a lot of English language books devoted to it." ߝ TACCOC
Notă biografică
Ed McDonough was born in the USA but has lived in the UK and France for many years. He has raced saloons, sports cars and single seaters from the late 1950s, and took part in the World Championship Sports car Races in the 1970s at a time when the Alfa Romeo Tipo 33s were competing. He was UK Chairman of the Alfa Romeo Owners Club for 10 years, still competes in historic races, and is European Editor of Vintage Racecar Journal, and contributes to Autocollezioni , Auto Italia, Porsche Post and other journals. He specializes in track testing some of the rarest and most exotic historic racing cars. He is married to Nancy and is based in Northampton.
Descriere
This book details the origin and history of the Matra sports cars. Designed and built by a French firm with no history of sports car racing to contest the various versions of the World Sports Car Championship between 1966 and 1974, this series of cars started life with the 2-litre BRM engine before progressing to the Ford V8, and subsequently Matra’s own V12 from its then current Grand Prix car. Includes the developmental and race history, with a full list of all events and individual chassis numbers.