British Touring Car Racing by Peter Collins
This book is a brief but affectionate, mainly pictorial panorama of twenty-odd years of the British Touring Car Championship, from the anarchical 1960s and early 1970s of flared wheelarches, lifting wheels and smoking tyres, through the Group 1 years when the rule-makers tried to make the cars look standard and as a result, slow them down. This had the classic effect on racecar builders, who were not worth their salt unless they could get around the restrictions. The eventual results were faster cars than before, which evolved into the tarmac-melting, fire-breathing turbo powered front-runners of the late 1980s. The story stops at the point where the rule-makers tried another clampdown as the final decade of the 20th century dawned.-
The Cafe Racer Phenomenon
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American 1/2-Ton Pickup Trucks of the 1950s
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Don Hayters Mgb Story
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Endurance Racing at Silverstone in the 1970s & 1980s
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Motor Racing at Oulton Park in the 1970s
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Motor Racing at Goodwood in the Sixties
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Motor Racing at Brands Hatch
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British and European Trucks of the 1980s
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Motor Racing at Brands Hatch in the Eighties
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British Lorries of the 1960s
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Brighton National Speed Trials
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American Station Wagons the Golden Era 1950-1975
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Anglo-American Cars
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The The Last Real Austins - 1946-1959
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American Trucks of the 1960s
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Motor Racing at Nassau in the 1950s and 1960s
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Austerity Motoring
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Motor Racing at Thruxton in the 1980s
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MgS Abingdon Factory
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Three Wheelers
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British Woodies from the 1920s to the 1950s
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Chevrolet ½-Ton C/K-Series Pickup Trucks 1973-1987
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British Lorries of the 1950s
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Buick Riviera
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American Independent Automakers - Amc to Willys 1945 to 1960
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American Trucks of the 1950s
Born in London, Peter Collins has been a motoring journalist and photographer for over 20 years. He has a lifelong interest in motorsport and racing history and has been attending events worldwide since 1965. Co-founder and editor-at-large of Auto Italia magazine, he also contributes to American and other European magazines, as well as websites. This is his fourth book. Peter now lives in South London with his wife, Liz and cat, Teddy, and travels extensively throughout the year covering motoring events of all disciplines and maintaining his close ties with racing people of all persuasions. This book is the result of a long-held passion for saloon car racing.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9781845842475 |
| ISBN 10 | 1845842472 |
| Title | British Touring Car Racing |
| Author | Peter Collins |
| Series | Those Were The Days |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | David & Charles |
| Year published | 2009-08-06 |
| Number of pages | 96 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
| Note | Unavailable |