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Motor-Racing's Strangest Races

Motor-Racing's Strangest Races Paperback - 2001

by Geoff Tibballs

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Robson Books, 2001. In 1894, when the motley assortment of steam and petrol-powered vehicles lined up at the start of the trial from Paris to Rouen, motor-racing's colourful history was launched. Many of the pioneering events were death-defying, trans-continental marathons, in which the competitors were obliged to negotiate basic dirt tracks, muddy bogs, fast-flowing rivers, over-zealous policemen and a seemingly endless supply of stray dogs. Barely contained in this new hardback edition are 80+ bizarre, brilliant and bonkers stories from over a century of motor racing. They include the Frenchman who drove 25 miles in reverse; the Grand Prix where 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 drunk six bottles of champagne on the way to winning the Indianapolis 500. Book in very good condition paperback, 278 pages. First Edition. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket.
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  • Title Motor-Racing's Strangest Races
  • Author Geoff Tibballs
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition First Edition
  • Condition Used - Very Good
  • Pages 277
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Robson Books, London
  • Date 2001
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 160RG
  • ISBN 9781861054111 / 1861054114
  • Weight 6.83 lbs (3.10 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.5 x 5.5 x 0.75 in (21.59 x 13.97 x 1.91 cm)
  • Dewey Decimal Code 796.720

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Sports writer Geoff Tibballs is the author of several bestselling titles in the Strangest... series, on a range of sports including motor-racing and the Olympics. He also wrote Great Sporting Scandals published by Robson.

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