Le Mans : the official history of the world's greatest motor race : 24 Heures du Mans
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Le Mans : the official history of the world's greatest motor race : 24 Heures du Mans
Haynes, 2010-
- 1949-59
- 1960-69
- 1970-79
- 1980-89
- 1990-99
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1949-59788.7/Sp9FG591826,
1960-69788.7/Sp9FG591827, 1970-79788.7/Sp9FG590537, 1980-89788.7/Sp9FG595945, 1990-99788.7/Sp9FG610973
Note
"Officially licensed by the Automobile Club de l'Ouest"
Publisher varies: Evro Pub., 1990-99 (2014)-
Includes bibliographical references and index
Description and Table of Contents
- Volume
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1980-89 ISBN 9780857331281
Description
Officially licensed with the ACO, the organisers of the annual Le Mans 24 Hours race, this sumptuous book is the fourth 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.
Table of Contents
The book provides highly detailed year-by-year coverage of the decade's ten races, giving over 30 pages of information and photographs for each year. Official status provides a number of unique features, including the reproduction of the full-colour race poster artwork for each year. The images include a considerable proportion of rare 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.
- Volume
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1990-99 ISBN 9780992820916
Description
Officially 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.
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1949-59 ISBN 9781844255375
Description
Officially licensed with the ACO, the organisers 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.
Table of Contents
Includes the first post-war race, which was won by embryonic Ferrari - a company that would evolve towards greatness during the decade and score further victories in 1954 and '58. Jaguar is the big story of the 24 Hours in the 1950s, with victory in five of the decade's ten races: with the C-type in 1951 and '53, and with the D-type in 1955, '56 and '57. The tragic 1955 race: Pierre Levegh's Mercedes-Benz 300SLR crashed into the crowd, killing 83 spectators. The 1958 event brought the first of four victories for Belgian driver Olivier Gendebien and also marked the start of the Ferrari Testa Rossa's reign in sports car racing. Aston Martin's one and only success at Le Mans came in 1959, with Carroll Shelby and Roy Salvadori the successful drivers. With wonderful photographs and detailed commentary, this official book captures every aspect of the world's greatest motor race through the formative first decade of the post-war period.
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1970-79 ISBN 9781844255399
Description
Officially licensed with the ACO, the organisers of the annual Le Mans 24 Hours race, this sumptuous book will be the second title 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.
Table of Contents
Porsche started the decade with the dominant 917, which won in 1970 and '71 driven by - respectively - Herrmann/Attwood and Marko/van Lennep. After achieving the first French win for 32 years in 1972, Matra-Simca secured a hat-trick with further victories in '73 and '74, Pescarolo being the lead driver on all three occasions. John Wyer's British Mirage team won in 1975 with the formidable driver pairing of Jacky Ickx and Derek Bell - they would win twice more in the '80s. Porsche returned with a vengeance with the 936 model, winning with it in 1976 and '77, Ickx driving both times. Another French win came in 1978, for Alpine-Renault, followed in '79 by victory for the new Porsche 935, which would become a mainstay of endurance sports car racing for many years.
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1960-69 ISBN 9781844255849
Description
Officially licensed with the ACO, the organisers 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.
Table of Contents
The book provides highly detailed year-by-year coverage of the decade's ten races, giving over 30 pages of information and photographs for each year. Official status provides a number of unique features, including the reproduction of the full-colour race poster artwork for each year. The images include a considerable proportion of rare 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.
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