Customer Reviews

A Great Book On A Great Era - By: The Kinniburgh Kid, 20 Jul 2008
The joy of this book can be summed up by two pictures:

The first is on page 141. It is of a Ford Cortina MK3 taking partin a World Sportscar Championship racein South Africa. Such oddity & charm sums up many of the pictures used. There are many images of the expected star cars & players of the decade such as Porsche, Alfa, Matra, but also many of the small teams that entered odd-ball contraptions & threw themselves up against the manufacturing giants at the highest level.

The second is a full page shot of what you eventually work out to be the iconic Gulf Porsche 917 car. It takes a while to identify them because they are picturedin a grotty garage workshop, stripped of their iconic pale blue & orange bodywork & being worked on by dirty overalled mechanics. It's a shot you can stare at for a long time, takingin the detail & atmosphere.

There are plenty of action shots & the captions, long & very informative about not just the image, but also the context, are well written & detailed enough for all but the most fussy rivet counters. Each year has a season summary & overall it's a book to dipin & out of regularly & never grow tired of.

I am a big fan of this series of books & this era of sportscar racing is also a personal favourite so the risk of disappointment was high. I need not have worried - it is a great book.