The sports prototypes
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The sports prototypes
（Alpine & Renault）
Veloce, 2010
- v. 1
- v. 2
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Vol. 1. 1963-1969 -- v. 2. 1973-1978
Includes index
Description and Table of Contents
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v. 1 ISBN 9781845841911
Description
Sports prototype racing is about endurance, for the drivers, for the teams and for the companies involved. In this first volume of Alpine and Renault – The Sports Prototypes we see the effort, the blood, the sweat and the tears, reputations won and lost, life and also death. Alpine had a passion and dedication for racing over a long period with stunningly beautiful, creative, slippery aerodynamic designs that allowed it to take many class wins and a few outright victories in championship racing, and ultimately, under Renault ownership and a new V6 turbo engine, outright victory at Le Mans (see volume 2). Here you will feel the passion and dedication for racing from interviews with the men involved over the many long hard years, countless innovations, the coming of radial and slick tyres, and successes and failures, all illustrated with dramatic period photographs.
Table of Contents
Author's introduction Acknowledgements Forewords 1- 1000 miles and more 2- A car is born 3- Time to go racing 4- A long way from home 5- Difficult times 6- Comeback - The 1966 season 7- 1967: The V8 arrives - eventually 8- The dream and the risks 9- The end of an era 10- A summary Index
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v. 2 ISBN 9781845842260
Description
Sports prototype racing is about endurance for the drivers, for the teams, and for the companies involved. Under the new management at Renault, and with assistance from Elf, the state-owned French oil company, Alpine made a remarkable return to sports car racing, vividly described here along with the reputations that were won and lost."
by "Nielsen BookData"
