Glen Smale

Le Mans 100

A Century at the World's Greatest Endurance Race

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Packed with photography, narrative,Ã Â and race results, Le Mans 100 is the official illustrated centennial history of this iconic motorsport event.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Quarto Publishing Group USA Inc
• Seitenzahl: 240
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. August 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 295mm x 250mm x 37mm
• Gewicht: 1936g
• ISBN-13: 9780760376171
• ISBN-10: 0760376174
• Artikelnr.: 65829428

Autorenporträt

Glen Smale is a lifelong motorsport enthusiast who has has covered the Le Mans 24 Hour race numerous times and authored 14 books on sports cars and motor racing, including Porsche at Le Mans: 70 Years. His 2012 book, Porsche at Le Mans: 60 Years of Porsche Participation in the World’s Greatest Motor Race, was shortlisted in the British Sports Book Awards. He lives in Carmarthenshire, Wales. Born in 1967 in Hobro, Denmark, Tom Kristensen is the most successful racer of sports cars there has ever been, with record tallies of victories in the Le Mans 24 Hours (nine) and the Sebring 12 Hours (six). He wrote this book in collaboration with Lars Krone.

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword
Introduction
1 The 1920s First Steps
2 The 1930s Building a Solid Foundation
3 1949 & 1950s New Beginnings
4 The 1960s Let the Good Times Roll
5 The 1970s Forced Induction
6 The 1980s Zuffenhausen Rules
7 The 1990s Going Where . . . ?
8 The 2000s Diesel Power Rules
9 The 2010s & Early 2020s Winds of Change
List of Abbreviations
Bibliography
About the Author
Index