Open Cockpits & Straw Bales: Motor Racing in the 1950s
Language: English
Published by Halsgrove, Somerset, 2011
- First Edition
- Hardcover
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Hardback with dust-wrapper. 30.5cm x 21.5cm. 160pp. Numerous colour photographic plates. 1st Uk edition 2011. Slightest wear to d/w, faint mark to front free end-paper. A very decent copy. (r6).
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- Title
- Open Cockpits & Straw Bales: Motor Racing in the 1950s
- Author
- Apps, Bryan
- Publisher
- Halsgrove, Somerset
- Publication year
- 2011
- Condition
- Very Good
- Dust jacket
- Very Good
- Binding
- Hard Cover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0857041126
- ISBN 13
- 9780857041128
- Edition
- 1st UK Edition.
- Seller catalogs
- Motoring
In Straw Bales and Open Cockpits the author,
through his superb paintings, captures the excitement
of the cars and drivers who risked everything in what
turned out to be the final days of unrestrained competitive
motor racing, when cars were still operated
by controls which any motorist would easily recognise
today, racing drivers were clearly visible in their
open cockpits, often with only thin leather helmets
to protect their heads. National colours and large
racing numbers made the cars and their drivers easy
to identify as they sped past only yards away from
where one stood. But with the thrills came increased
dangers for the drivers with little more than straw
bales between them and disaster. So many great
racing drivers lost their lives in the course of those
ten years and all of them are remembered here.
This book inevitably majors on the Formula 1
World Championship series which began at Silverstone
in 1950, but some notable non-championship
events are also included and, in addition, the Monte
Carlo Rally, the Mille Miglia and Le Mans.
"Synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.
About the Author
been an Anglican priest in the Diocese of
Winchester for nearly 50 years. When he
was a young curate in Andover his 97 hp
Mobile Church attracted the interest of
the international Press. His passion for
motor racing was ignited at the age of
twelve by a visit to Goodwood in 1949,
and he corresponded with Raymond
Mays,who was both the originator of the
E.R.A., and the instigator of the B.R.M.His
paintings of racing cars and drivers from
the earliest days of the sport are
wonderful evocations of their period and
they led to lasting friendships with
Manfred von Brauchitsch, KenTyrrell, and
many of the most famous racing drivers
from before and after the SecondWorld
War. His previous books include When
Motor RacingWas Fun, Silverstone Shadows
and When ToysWere Fun.
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