Since 1894, when motor racing's colourful history began with a bang (and a banger!), drivers, racers and lunatics alike have done many stupid and bizarre things all in the name of motor sport.
Author Geoff Tibballs has gathered together this absorbing collection of stories from over a century of motor racing around the world, including the Frenchman who drove 25 miles in reverse, the Grand Prix in which the leading drivers were so far ahead that they stopped for a meal in the pits, the Le Mans 24-hour race won by a car patched up with chewing gum, and the driver who drank six bottles of champagne - virtually one per pit-stop - on the way to winning the Indianapolis 500. The stories in this book are bizarre, fascinating, hilarious, and, most importantly, true.
Revised, redesigned and updated for a new generation of petrolheads, this book contains enough extraordinary-but-true tales to drive anyone around the bend.
Word count: 45,000
| ISBN: | 9781910232965 |
| Publication date: | 9th June 2016 |
| Author: | Geoff Tibballs |
| Publisher: | Portico an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 256 pages |
| Series: | Strangest Series |
| Genres: |
Car racing Humour collections and anthologies True stories: general History of sport |
Since 1894, when motor racing's colourful history began with a bang (and a banger!), drivers, racers and lunatics alike have done many stupid and bizarre things all in the name of motor sport.
Author Geoff Tibballs has gathered together this absorbing collection of stories from over a century of motor racing around the world, including the Frenchman who drove 25 miles in reverse, the Grand Prix in which the leading drivers were so far ahead that they stopped for a meal in the pits, the Le Mans 24-hour race won by a car patched up with chewing gum, and the driver who drank six bottles of champagne - virtually one per pit-stop - on the way to winning the Indianapolis 500. The stories in this book are bizarre, fascinating, hilarious, and, most importantly, true.
Revised, redesigned and updated for a new generation of petrolheads, this book contains enough extraordinary-but-true tales to drive anyone around the bend.
Word count: 45,000
Motor Racing's Strangest Races features in the following genres: Car racing, Humour collections and anthologies, True stories: general, History of sport
Motor Racing's Strangest Races is available in Paperback, Hardback
Motor Racing's Strangest Races was written by Geoff Tibballs and published by Portico an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Motor Racing's Strangest Races has 256 pages
Yes it is part of Strangest Series series
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