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Endurance Racing at Silverstone in the 70s and 80s
Chas Parker
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Description for Endurance Racing at Silverstone in the 70s and 80s
Paperback. Charts the progress of sports car races, year-by-year from 1976, through the era of the Group C cars, up to the end of the eighties, with accounts and photographs of each event. This book includes maps of the circuit, showing changes over the years and results from each of the races. Series: Those Were the Days.. Num Pages: 96 pages, 100 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKEMM; 3JJPL; 3JJPN; WGCB; WSPC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 212 x 9. Weight in Grams: 318.
Changes to regulations for sports car racing in the late 1970s paved the way for a golden era of endurance racing in the 80s, with the likes of Porsche, Lancia, Jaguar and Mercedes all vying for the World Sportscar Championship. The Silverstone 6-Hour and 1000km races became a cornerstone of this championship and the event was often used by the teams as a warm-up to the all important Le Mans 24-Hour race, which followed it on the calendar. This book charts the progress of the races, year-by-year from 1976, through the era of the Group C cars, up to the ... Read more
Changes to regulations for sports car racing in the late 1970s paved the way for a golden era of endurance racing in the 80s, with the likes of Porsche, Lancia, Jaguar and Mercedes all vying for the World Sportscar Championship. The Silverstone 6-Hour and 1000km races became a cornerstone of this championship and the event was often used by the teams as a warm-up to the all important Le Mans 24-Hour race, which followed it on the calendar. This book charts the progress of the races, year-by-year from 1976, through the era of the Group C cars, up to the ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Veloce Publishing Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
96
Condition
New
Series
Those Were the Days...
Number of Pages
96
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781845842772
SKU
V9781845842772
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About Chas Parker
Chas Parker is a motorsport writer who started his working life in the field of astronomy, as press officer for the Royal Greenwich Observatory. During this time he obtained a degree in mathematics and physics from the Open University. He has contributed to the Philips Encyclopaedia of Astronomy and Patrick Moore's Yearbook of Astronomy. His main interest, however, is motor ... Read more
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