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Le Mans 24 Hours: The Official History of the World's Greatest Motor Race 1949-59

Le Mans 24 Hours: The Official History of the World's Greatest Motor Race 1949-59

by Quentin Spurring
Hardback
Publication Date: 16/09/2011

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Officially licensed with the ACO, the organisers of the annual Le Mans 24 Hours race, this sumptuous book is the third title in a decade-by-decade series that will eventually build up into an eight-volume set covering every race since 1923. Each year is exhaustively covered in vivid photographs, a detailed and insightful commentary, full results data and a glorious rendering of the official race poster. Compiled by an acknowledged authority of this legendary race, this series of books will be treasured by all enthusiasts of sports car racing.
ISBN:
9781844255375
9781844255375
Category:
Car racing
Format:
Hardback
Publication Date:
16-09-2011
Publisher:
J H Haynes & Co Ltd
Country of origin:
United Kingdom
Pages:
384
Dimensions (mm):
280x230x28mm
Weight:
1.86kg
Quentin Spurring

A past editor of Autosport, the world's top motorsports weekly, Quentin Spurring has a long-held passion for the Le Mans 24 Hours - he has reported from the race 26 times - and is the ideal author for this series of officially endorsed books. In addition to his books in this Le Mans series (1923-29, 1930-39, 1949-59, 1960-69, 1970-79, 1980-89 and 1990-99), he has written books about Jim Clark, Gilles Villeneuve and Ronnie Peterson, and his book Grand Prix: Images of the First 100 Years, from David Bull Publishing, won an award from the American Publishers Association (APA). He has been the European Motorsport Correspondent of the US publication, AutoWeek, since 1982.

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