Author: Tony Southgate
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
The author's 38-year career as a racecar designer brought him into contact with many of the most colorful personalities in the sport. He was solely responsible for almost 50 cars, contributed to the design of a further 25, and was able to claim the 'triple crown' of major victories: his cars won the Indianapolis 500, the 24 Hours of Le Mans, and the Formula 1 Monaco Grand Prix. He writes about the challenges and stresses of designing and developing safe and race-winning cars, of periods of sadness after fatal accidents, and constantly pushing the boundaries of design technology. The wealth of color and black-and-white pictures and drawings are testament to the talent and versatility of this brilliantly successful designer.
Tony Southgate Drawing Board to Chequered Flag: The Autobiography of One of Motorsport's Most Prolific and Versatile Racing Car Designers
Author: Tony Southgate
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
The author's 38-year career as a racecar designer brought him into contact with many of the most colorful personalities in the sport. He was solely responsible for almost 50 cars, contributed to the design of a further 25, and was able to claim the 'triple crown' of major victories: his cars won the Indianapolis 500, the 24 Hours of Le Mans, and the Formula 1 Monaco Grand Prix. He writes about the challenges and stresses of designing and developing safe and race-winning cars, of periods of sadness after fatal accidents, and constantly pushing the boundaries of design technology. The wealth of color and black-and-white pictures and drawings are testament to the talent and versatility of this brilliantly successful designer.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
The author's 38-year career as a racecar designer brought him into contact with many of the most colorful personalities in the sport. He was solely responsible for almost 50 cars, contributed to the design of a further 25, and was able to claim the 'triple crown' of major victories: his cars won the Indianapolis 500, the 24 Hours of Le Mans, and the Formula 1 Monaco Grand Prix. He writes about the challenges and stresses of designing and developing safe and race-winning cars, of periods of sadness after fatal accidents, and constantly pushing the boundaries of design technology. The wealth of color and black-and-white pictures and drawings are testament to the talent and versatility of this brilliantly successful designer.
Tony Southgate From Drawing Board to Chequered Flag
Author: Tony Southgate
Publisher: Motor Racing Publications
ISBN: 9781899870820
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The author's 38-year career as a racecar designer brought him into contact with many of the most colorful personalities in the sport. He was solely responsible for almost 50 cars, contributed to the design of a further 25, and was able to claim the 'triple crown' of major victories: his cars won the Indianapolis 500, the 24 Hours of Le Mans, and the Formula 1 Monaco Grand Prix. He writes about the challenges and stresses of designing and developing safe and race-winning cars, of periods of sadness after fatal accidents, and constantly pushing the boundaries of design technology. The wealth of color and black-and-white pictures and drawings are testament to the talent and versatility of this brilliantly successful designer.
Publisher: Motor Racing Publications
ISBN: 9781899870820
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The author's 38-year career as a racecar designer brought him into contact with many of the most colorful personalities in the sport. He was solely responsible for almost 50 cars, contributed to the design of a further 25, and was able to claim the 'triple crown' of major victories: his cars won the Indianapolis 500, the 24 Hours of Le Mans, and the Formula 1 Monaco Grand Prix. He writes about the challenges and stresses of designing and developing safe and race-winning cars, of periods of sadness after fatal accidents, and constantly pushing the boundaries of design technology. The wealth of color and black-and-white pictures and drawings are testament to the talent and versatility of this brilliantly successful designer.
Grand Prix Ford
Author: Graham Robson
Publisher: David and Charles
ISBN: 178711502X
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 875
Book Description
In 1965, Colin Chapman persuaded Ford to underwrite development of a V8 for the new 3000cc Grand Prix formula. Built by Cosworth, the new DFV engine won Lotus four World Championship Grands Prix in 1967. A year later, and now available to other constructors, the engine began its domination of Grand Prix racing.
Publisher: David and Charles
ISBN: 178711502X
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 875
Book Description
In 1965, Colin Chapman persuaded Ford to underwrite development of a V8 for the new 3000cc Grand Prix formula. Built by Cosworth, the new DFV engine won Lotus four World Championship Grands Prix in 1967. A year later, and now available to other constructors, the engine began its domination of Grand Prix racing.
The Road to Monaco
Author: Howden Ganley
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780993139505
Category : Automobile racing drivers
Languages : en
Pages : 448
Book Description
New Zealander Howden Ganley raced cars at the highest level internationally at the apex of motor racing's most glamorous and dangerous era - the 1960s and 70s, when Formula 1 drivers enjoyed rock star status, while dicing in cars and on circuits that had virtually none of the safety features today's drivers take for granted.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780993139505
Category : Automobile racing drivers
Languages : en
Pages : 448
Book Description
New Zealander Howden Ganley raced cars at the highest level internationally at the apex of motor racing's most glamorous and dangerous era - the 1960s and 70s, when Formula 1 drivers enjoyed rock star status, while dicing in cars and on circuits that had virtually none of the safety features today's drivers take for granted.
Monocoques & Ground Effects
Author: Janos Wimpffen
Publisher: Haynes Publishing Group
ISBN: 9781893618978
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 419
Book Description
Sports car racing enjoyed one of its strongest decades during the Group C era of the 1980s and early '90s. Competition was heightened by the participation of major manufacturers and private teams, as well as technical improvements in many fields. This photo history looks back at that time.
Publisher: Haynes Publishing Group
ISBN: 9781893618978
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 419
Book Description
Sports car racing enjoyed one of its strongest decades during the Group C era of the 1980s and early '90s. Competition was heightened by the participation of major manufacturers and private teams, as well as technical improvements in many fields. This photo history looks back at that time.
Rolls-Royce Camargue
Author: Bernard L. King
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780956567130
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780956567130
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
American Automobile Names
Author: Ingrid Piller
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Automobiles
Languages : en
Pages : 352
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Automobiles
Languages : en
Pages : 352
Book Description
A Life of Walt Whitman
Author: Henry Bryan Binns
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 472
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 472
Book Description
Memorials of the Danvers Family (of Dauntsey and Culworth)
Author: Francis Nottidge MacNamara
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 654
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 654
Book Description
The Labour League of Youth
Author: Michelle Webb
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 316
Book Description
The book chronicles, for the first time, the full history of the Labour Party's youth movement from the LOX established 1924, to the present organisation, Young Labour, established 1994. Previously unpublished primary source material, including oral interviews, provides a narrative that illuminates the culture, organisation and political activism of the youth sections.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 316
Book Description
The book chronicles, for the first time, the full history of the Labour Party's youth movement from the LOX established 1924, to the present organisation, Young Labour, established 1994. Previously unpublished primary source material, including oral interviews, provides a narrative that illuminates the culture, organisation and political activism of the youth sections.