Le Mans 24 Hours

Author : Quentin Spurring
Publisher : Evro Publishing Limited
ISBN 13 : 9780992820961
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.60/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Le Mans 1949-59 written by Quentin Spurring and published by Evro Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2014-09-15 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This was a very important period in the Le Mans story. Ferrari and Jaguar raced to stake claims as the foremost manufacturers of high-performance cars. Mercedes-Benz came back from war-ravaged Germany and again set the standards in race-car engineering. Aston Martin finally won at its 20th attempt. Enormous crowds - approaching half a million people - saw the first rear-engined saloons to compete at Le Mans, and the first mid-engined sports-racing cars, and the first diesels. On-track performance soared. In 1949 the fastest car hit 135mph on the unique Mulsanne straight. Before the end of the 1950s, top speeds exceeded 180mph. This fascinating book tells the stories of these increasingly potent racing cars and conveys the punishing nature of an incomparable event - the ultimate test of the mental and physical abilities of the fragile individuals who make up racing teams, be they drivers, engineers, strategists or mechanics. 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-color race poster artwork for each year and photographs from the ACO's archives. - The images include rare color, 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 1950s was a decade of post-war recovery, with defeated Germany providing only one of the period's race winners - Mercedes-Benz in 1952. Britain, by contrast, took six victories – five for Jaguar, one for Aston Martin.

Author : Brian Laban
Publisher : Motorbooks International
ISBN 13 : 0760312567
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.68/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Le Mans 24 Hours written by Brian Laban and published by Motorbooks International. This book was released on 2001-10 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Foreward by five-time Le Mans winner Derek Bell. This book is a comprehensive history of the 24 Hours of Le Mans, the world's most prestigious sports car race. You'll read virtual lap-by-lap accounts of each year's race, from the premiere in 1923 through 2001. Learn about the drivers and teams that battled through night and day, and see never-before-published photos of race action that capture the spirit of the event.

Author : Brian Laban
Publisher : Virgin Books Limited
ISBN 13 : 9781852279714
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.10/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Le Mans 24 Hours written by Brian Laban and published by Virgin Books Limited. This book was released on 2001 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Virgins motoring list has established an enviabel reputation for setti ng the highest standards of book design, illustration and content with much admired bestsellers such as Into The Red, The Glory Of Goodwood, Driving Ambition-The McLaren F1 and Jaguar-The Sporting Heritage. Le Mans is a worthy addition to this prestigious and exclusive list. Since 1923 for one long weekend each year in the early summer, the eyes of the motor racing world have focused on a small town in north wester n France, whose name has come synonymouswith the race that takes place annually on its outskirts. That race is The Grand Prix d'Endurance de Vingt-Quatre Heures du Mans, the 24 Hours of Le Mans. Le Mans is an institution, an event where the tradition and the history the international rivalry, the heat and dust, the all-night-party atmosp here and the bleary dawn of the second day are as much a part of the experience as the race itself. And all of it is constructed around the colourful high-speed carnivalon the famous circuit. This book is the story of what makes Le Mans so special. With over 200 Photographs, many previously unpublished and taken from the archives at Le Mans, along with newly researched material and interveiws, Brian Laba n tells the full story of the races, the drivers, the teams and the tech nology behind the most famous motor race in the world.

Author : Tom Kristensen
Publisher : Evro Publishing Limited
ISBN 13 : 9788797260302
Total Pages : 432 pages
Book Rating : 4.04/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Mr Le Mans written by Tom Kristensen and published by Evro Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2021-05-18 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Between 1997 and 2014, Tom Kristensen won the world's toughest motor race, the Le Mans 24 Hours, a record nine times and finished on the podium on five more occasions. Every time his car made it to the finish, in fact, he was in the top three. It is no wonder that this great sports car driver is known as 'Mr Le Mans' to motorsport fans around the world. Now retired from racing, Kristensen shares in this book his deepest personal reflections and insights from inside and outside the cockpit. He looks back on more than 30 years spent striving for perfection in racing and tells of the battles and setbacks that sometimes seemed impossible to overcome, including a terrible accident in 2007. Climbing the racing ladder, from karting into Formula 3 single-seaters, including championship titles in Germany (1991) and Japan (1993), then Formula 3000 and a Formula 1 testing role with Tyrrell. Winning as an underdog on his first visit to Le Mans, in 1997 driving an elderly Joest-run privateer Porsche in which he impressed all onlookers with a night-time charge to vanquish Porsche's factory-entered favourite. His second Le Mans victory came in 2000 on his maiden drive for Audi in the R8, a car that was to become all-conquering. Kristensen won the next five editions of Le Mans, four times with Audi and once with Bentley (in 2003), his last victory in this sequence taking him past Jacky Ickx's previous record at the Circuit de la Sarthe. His eighth win came in one of the all-time classic contests at Le Mans, in 2008, a rollercoaster of a race in which his ageing diesel-powered Audi was never expected to beat the fancied works Peugeots. One more victory with Audi in 2013 sealed his reputation as a true legend of Le Mans. His story includes exploits at other racetracks all over the world, none more prolific than Sebring, home of America's long-established classic endurance race that Kristensen won six times. Personal reflections together with contributions from notable observers -- including English journalists Gary Watkins and Charles Bradley -- complete a truly rounded portrait of the man and his achievements. Voted 'Sports Book of the Year' when originally published in Kristensen's native Denmark, this thoughtful memoir is now available in English.

Author : Kate Mikoley
Publisher : Gareth Stevens Publishing LLLP
ISBN 13 : 1538258978
Total Pages : 32 pages
Book Rating : 4.72/5 ( download)

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Download or read book 24 Hours of Le Mans written by Kate Mikoley and published by Gareth Stevens Publishing LLLP. This book was released on 2020-07-15 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For many automobile races, the winner is the person who drives a set distance the fastest, but for the 24 Hours of Le Mans, it's all about who can travel the farthest in 24 hours. This informative volume presents an exciting overview of what it's like to compete in this intense race. Striking photographs and concise fact boxes support the comprehension of key facts, while low-level text ensures readers of many ages and levels can enjoy this high-interest book.

Author : Gordon Jones
Publisher : Evro Publishing Limited
ISBN 13 : 9781910505533
Total Pages : 480 pages
Book Rating : 4.36/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Lola written by Gordon Jones and published by Evro Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2022-03-29 with total page 480 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This important new book exhaustively records the racing history of the Lola T70 and the Can-Am models that followed -- from T160 to T310 -- complete with a superb array of over 600 photographs.

Author : Glen Smale
Publisher : Motorbooks International
ISBN 13 : 0760376174
Total Pages : 247 pages
Book Rating : 4.71/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Le Mans 100 written by Glen Smale and published by Motorbooks International. This book was released on 2023-08 with total page 247 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Packed with photography, narrative, and race results, Le Mans 100 is the definitive illustrated centennial history of this iconic motorsport event"--

Author : Jean-Marc Teissèdre
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.07/5 ( download)

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Download or read book 24 Hours Le Mans 83e édition written by Jean-Marc Teissèdre and published by . This book was released on 2015-11-12 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: De notoriété mondiale, la course des 24 Heures du Mans attire des concurrents venus de France bien sûr, mais aussi de toute l'Europe, des Etats-Unis, du Japon mais aussi du Venezuela, de Chine, du Brésil. C'est pour cela que l'épreuve est la pierre angulaire du nouveau championnat du Monde d'Endurance FIA. Depuis 1978, l'annuel des 24 Heures du Mans, à travers la même équipe rédactionnelle, se propose de faire revivre par le texte mais surtout par l'image la course mais aussi ses préparatifs et la fièvre qui s'empare de la Préfecture de la Sarthe tout au long de la semaine précédant le départ. Chaque voiture et leurs pilotes y sont présentés. Des essais préliminaires à l'explosion de joie suivant le drapeau à damiers en passant par le pesage, la parade des pilotes et surtout les moments forts de chaque heure, rien ne manque. Pour les plus passionnés, un chapitre technique avec tableaux et statistiques finit de compléter l'ensemble. Et en faisant appel à des photographes reconnus, l'ambiance qui ne cesse d'évoluer entre fin d'après-midi, nuit et lever de soleil dans un décor différent de celui d'un circuit traditionnel est parfaitement restituée. Depuis 2012, l'Automobile Club de l'Ouest (ACO) confie l'édition de son annuel consacré aux 24 Heures du Mans à E-T-A-I, premier éditeur français de Beaux Livres sur la thématique du transport. Cet annuel officiel est donc un livre incontournable pour qui veut garder une trace d'un des plus grands événements sportifs annuels actuels.

Author : Quentin Spurring
Publisher : Evro Publishing Limited
ISBN 13 : 9781910505083
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.80/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Le Mans 1923-29 written by Quentin Spurring and published by Evro Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2016-04-15 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Officially licensed with the ACO, the organisers of the annual Le Mans 24 Hours race, this sumptuous book is the sixth title in a decade-by-decade series that is building up into a multi-volume set covering every race. This title covers the seven 24 Hours races of the 1920s, plus, as a prologue, all the events held at the Le Mans circuit during the period 1906-23. Each running of the 24 Hours is exhaustively covered in vivid photographs, an insightful commentary providing more detailed information than has ever been published about the period, and full statistics. Compiled by an acknowledged authority of this legendary race, this series of books is treasured by all enthusiasts of sports car racing. - The 1920s saw a fascinating variety of machinery from 55 marques, three of which won: Bentley (1924 and 1927/28/29), Chenard-Walcker (1923) and Lorraine-Dietrich (1925/26). - Above all this was the era of Bentley and the famous ‘Bentley Boys'. - Highly detailed year-by-year treatment of the decade's seven races, giving unprecedented depth of information and photographic coverage for each year. - Official status provides a number of unique features, including the reproduction of photographs and full-colour race poster artwork from the ACO's archives. - 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), full results and category awards. - The whole work is beautifully designed and presented.

Author : Glen Smale
Publisher : Motorbooks International
ISBN 13 : 0760369054
Total Pages : 327 pages
Book Rating : 4.50/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Porsche at Le Mans written by Glen Smale and published by Motorbooks International. This book was released on 2021-12-21 with total page 327 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Looking back on 70 years of the legendary marque at one of the world's greatest races, Porsche at Le Mans is authoritatively written and packed with photos, history, and results.