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Winged Sports Cars and Enduring Innovation The International Championship for Manufacturers in Photographs, 19621971 By János Wimpffen Sports car racing's decade of greatest diversity occurred between 1962 and 1971, perhaps the richest and most exciting period in sports car racing history. This ten-year span featured an epic struggle between the two giants of the sports car world-Ferrari and Porsche-accompanied by a host of successful challengers, including Ford, Alfa Romeo, Shelby Cobra, and Chaparral. Manufacturers were also locked in fierce contests to develop cutting-edge technology in aerodynamics, engines, and tires. These charismatic cars possessed an unrivaled combination of grace and power. Like Open Roads and Front Engines, which is the first book in this series of four volumes, this meticulously researched and edited photographic essay captures an era of spectacular Manufacturers Championship competition. In addition to highlighting the leading manufacturers, Winged Sports Cars and Enduring Innovation explores a fascinating supporting cast of seldom-seen smaller-displacement cars, specialty builders, and "one-offs." Many of the great drivers, team leaders, and constructors are shown in compelling portraits. János Wimpffen, author of the critically acclaimed Time and Two Seats, weaves each image into the context of that season's racing and the various themes of the era. Most of these photographs have never been published before, and each was personally selected by the author during his visits to archives throughout Hardcover, 11" x 13", 400 pages, with 229 color and 327 black-and-white photos $149.95 |
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Porsche Rennsport The Definitive Photographic Record of Porsche Racing Sports Cars: 1949-2004 Photos by Jeffrey R. Zwart The dramatic shapes of Porsche's most successful sports cars are the subjects of this lavish book by renowned photographer and Porsche racer Jeff Zwart. During a recent Rennsport Reunion at Daytona International Speedway Jeff constructed a temporary studio to photograph more than 125 cars. Every sports-car model type from every decade is represented, from the first Porsche built in 1948 (356-001) through the 2004 GT3 RSR. Each chapter is introduced by a factory driver from that period, who include Herbert Linge, Dan Gurney, Brian Redman, Derek Bell, Hurley Haywood, and Sascha Maassen. These historic Porsches are accompanied by their chassis numbers and brief specifications, and presented in chapters organized by decade. Every car is featured in profile, often accompanied by a front view-a consistent presentation that encourages comparisons between types. Jeff's highly detailed, super-saturated color images capture characteristic silhouettes, famous racing liveries, and arresting individual details. Such is the quality of the images and reproduction that one can see individual stone chips in the paintwork, battle scars from the world's most demanding circuits. The concept and execution of this photography project so impressed Porsche that the factory has supported and approved this book, and it carries an official Porsche part number.
Hardcover, 15" x 10", 192 pages, 222 color photographs, plus 144 small detail shots.presented in a slipcase. $149.95 |
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Porsche Moments Photographs from Europe and Mexico, 19531962 By Jesse Alexander Foreword by Dan Gurney Jesse Alexander produced some of his most indelible Porsche photographs between 1953 and 1962. These images reflect an unsurpassed level of access, both in terms of where Alexander was free to roam and work, and also, more critically, in the openness of his subjects. It's this quality that gives his photographs their unusual intimacy and inspired the book's title. Drivers and team principals appear relaxed and unguarded, a result of his personal friendships and familiarity with his subjects. Though he is best known for his black-and-white work, Alexander's early color images are also featured in this book. Alexander was beginning his photography career at the same time Porsche was in its ascendancy as a manufacturer, competing in production-car classes with the 356; in sports-car and GT classes with the spyders and exotic coupes; and in Formula 1 and Formula 2. These cars were raced by some of the best drivers of their day, a charismatic group that included Edgar Barth, Jean Behra, Jo Bonnier, Dan Gurney, Hans Herrmann, Graham Hill, Umberto Maglioli, Harry Schell, and Wolfgang von Trips. Porsche Moments is a vivid look at a defining period for what has become one of the world's greatest sports-car marques, and of the parallel career of one of motor racing's preeminent photographers, who was there to chronicle this pivotal moment in time. "All of us who raced in the 1950s and 1960s far away from home are very fortunate that somebody of Jesse Alexander's talent and dedication was around in the early days of sports-car racing's golden era." -Dan Gurney, from his foreword Hardcover, 13" x 11", 96 pages, 92 black & white and 26 color photos $75.00
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Racing in the Rain My Years with Brilliant Drivers, Legendary Sports Cars, and a Dedicated Team By John Horsman Forewords by Derek Bell, Jacky Ickx, Brian Redman, and Vern Schuppan Few can claim that their racing careers spanned the greatest decades in sports-car competition-the 1960s and 1970s-and then extended into the 1980s. Fewer still were consistently successful. John Horsman is one of the fortunate few. The blue-and-orange Gulf-sponsored Ford GT40s, Mirages, and Porsche 917s prepared by Horsman and his team are among the most famous race cars ever produced. The all-star driver lineup that competed in his cars includes Derek Bell, Mike Hailwood, David Hobbs, Jacky Ickx, Brian Redman, Pedro Rodriguez, Vern Schuppan, and Jo Siffert. The team excelled everywhere, winning Le Mans three times and the World Championship three times, and was particularly adept in wet-weather conditions where competitors struggled to match their pace. Some records achieved by Horsman's team still stand forty years later. Horsman's vivid personal account takes you to the world's greatest racing circuits and puts you alongside the drivers and the crew as you experience things such as Jacky Ickx's prowess driving in the rain, the fiery determination of Pedro Rodriguez and his astonishing come-from-behind wins, and Horsman's exciting solution to the Porsche 917's handling problems, with a tail of his own design. The details provided in the behind-the-scenes operation of the team are phenomenal, spanning everything from the operating budget of the GT40 program to the tire pressures used in the winning cars at Le Mans. This is the definitive account of one of the most successful teams in motorsports.
Hardcover, 8 3/8" by 9", 400 pages, with more than 250 black-and-white and 50 color photos $49.95 |
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the pages of this appealing hardcover book. The Alphabet and the AutomobileTimes is a handsome, witty, and highly readable survey that readers of all ages can learn from and enjoy. |
