Author : Allan Staniforth
Publisher : Haynes Publications
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 28,13 MB
Release : 2001
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781859608463
A thorough guide to the DIY building and modifying of a car for racing or rallying. Describes champion circuit, rally and hill-climb cars from Formula 750 to Formula 1. If you are a serious competitor in either race, rally or hill climbing this is an excellent addition to the tool box. The guide is simple, easy to follow and it is a must for any club.
Author : Martin Holmes
Publisher : Haynes Publications
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 12,95 MB
Release : 1997
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781859604007
by Martin Holmes Written by an international rally journalist and photographer, this is a collection of interviews with experts covering every aspect of present-day rally navigation, from club level to world championship events. A bible for co-driving wannabes Auto Express
Author : Alexandru DOBAI
Publisher :
Page : 792 pages
File Size : 27,92 MB
Release : 2019-11-23
Category :
ISBN : 9781710301922
The World Rally Guide is the perfect companion not only for the professionals who cover the World Rally Championship, but also for those passionate enthusiast in love with rallying. This is the first edition of the guide, a compilation of results, references and statistics for all the 596 rounds between 1973 and 2019. For the first time in the pages of the same book, you will find the special stage winners and the rally plates for each of the 596 WRC rounds. For each of the 38 drivers with at least three wins, you will find their complete WRC records. With more than 500 photos, The World Rally Guide is the perfect gift for any enthusiast.
Author : Graham Robson
Publisher : Veloce Publishing
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 34,2 MB
Release : 2021-02-16
Category :
ISBN : 9781787117365
Now in paperback, The Great British Rally is the complete history of British international rally events, starting with the very first RAC rally of 1932, which included 1,000 miles of road motoring, when a mere three driving tests were needed to produce a result. By 1951 an international permit had been achieved, a speed element was included, and the 'Rally of the Tests' ran until 1960. From 1961, the event took on a number of high-speed, loose-surfaced Special Stages, the Scandinavian influence became clear, and the event took on a World Championship qualification in 1973. In that time, competing cars had progressed from having perhaps 50bhp to at least 300bhp, and even more high-tech machines with 500bhp and four-wheel-drive would follow. By then the RAC Rally was - and remains in its present form as Wales Rally GB - one of the three most important rallies in the world. Every 'works' team makes sure that it is represented, and it has a very important image throughout the world. Major sponsors embraced the event from the 1960s - first The Sun and Daily Mirror, then Lombard, and Network Q, and finally the Welsh government - which in recent years has become a very high-profile showcase for the world's most exciting cars. Few other British International events have such a long and distinguished record. The 75th running of this event takes place in 2019. With year-by-year accounts of all events in the Rally's history, copiously illustrated with period photographs, and covering the various challenges posed by such crises as foot and mouth disease, weather conditions and controversy over rules and regulations, this book is the definitive guide.
Author : Ross Bentley
Publisher : Motorbooks
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 47,11 MB
Release : 2011-08-28
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 161058273X
Performance and racing drivers constantly seek ways to sharpen their skills and lower their lap times. Ultimate Speed Secrets is the indispensable tool to help make you faster, whatever your driving goals. Professional race driver and coach Ross Bentley has raced everything from Indycars to World Sports Cars to production sedans, on ovals, road courses, and street circuits around the world. His proven high-performance driving techniques benefit novice drivers as well as professional racers. Ultimate Speed Secrets covers everything you need to know to maximize your potential and your car: Choosing the correct line Overtaking maneuvers Adapting to new tracks and cars The mental game and dealing with adversity Finding (and keeping) a sponsor. The pages are filled with specially commissioned color diagrams to illustrate the concepts described. Whether you are a track-day novice or a seasoned professional, Ultimate Speed Secrets will arm you with practical information to lower your lap times and help you get the best out of your vehicle—and yourself. It’s the ultimate high-performance driving tutorial!
Author : Paul Ohren-Bird
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Page : 42 pages
File Size : 30,16 MB
Release : 2018-04-22
Category :
ISBN : 9781987789522
This guide has been produced not only to give an insight into rallying but more importantly to guide and support new co-drivers coming into grassroots club motorsport at entry level of this fantastic sport.
Author : Paula Yoo
Publisher : WW Norton
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 38,44 MB
Release : 2021-04-20
Category : Young Adult Nonfiction
ISBN : 1324002883
Winner of the 2021 Boston Globe Horn Book Award for Nonfiction Longlisted for the 2021 National Book Award for Young People's Literature Finalist for the 2022 YALSA Award for Excellence in Young Adult Nonfiction An NPR Best Book of 2021 A Washington Post Best Children's Book of 2021 A Time Young Adult Best Book of 2021 A Kirkus Reviews Best Children's Book of 2021 A Publishers Weekly Best Young Adult Book of 2021 A School Library Journal Best Book of 2021 A Horn Book Best Book of 2021 A compelling account of the killing of Vincent Chin, the verdicts that took the Asian American community to the streets in protest, and the groundbreaking civil rights trial that followed. America in 1982: Japanese car companies are on the rise and believed to be putting U.S. autoworkers out of their jobs. Anti–Asian American sentiment simmers, especially in Detroit. A bar fight turns fatal, leaving a Chinese American man, Vincent Chin, beaten to death at the hands of two white men, autoworker Ronald Ebens and his stepson, Michael Nitz. Paula Yoo has crafted a searing examination of the killing and the trial and verdicts that followed. When Ebens and Nitz pled guilty to manslaughter and received only a $3,000 fine and three years’ probation, the lenient sentence sparked outrage. The protests that followed led to a federal civil rights trial—the first involving a crime against an Asian American—and galvanized what came to be known as the Asian American movement. Extensively researched from court transcripts, contemporary news accounts, and in-person interviews with key participants, From a Whisper to a Rallying Cry is a suspenseful, nuanced, and authoritative portrait of a pivotal moment in civil rights history, and a man who became a symbol against hatred and racism.
Author : James Wilson
Publisher : Casemate Publishers
Page : 305 pages
File Size : 31,37 MB
Release : 2012-07-19
Category : History
ISBN : 1781599009
“An amazing collection of original photographs and postcards relating to the Nuremberg rallies of the Nazis . . . the book is dazzling.” —War History Online This book describes the background to and the development of the Nazi Party Rallies held at Nuremberg each September from 1933 to 1939. These Reichsparteitage (National Party Days) were vast and meticulously staged managed extravaganzas in which ritual and ceremony played an important part. The Rallies had two key objectives. The first was to focus public attention on the successes of the Nazi Party and connect with the public conscience and build a close bond between Party and people. Even more important was the Rallies’ role in presenting Adolf Hitler as the savior of the German nation sent to restore national pride, power and prosperity after the shame and economic disaster of the post war years and the deeply resented Versailles Treaty. The Hitler Cult was blatantly promoted with revolutionary use of propaganda by the latest technology and iron control of the media. The author’s superb collection of postcards and images takes the reader on a visual journey through each year’s Reichsparteitage. The Nazis’ Nuremberg Rallies, which also includes character studies of the principal Nazi figures, is a truly fascinating way to understand this uniquely successful and threatening phenomena. “Excellent . . . The book really does bring each and every rally to life, the book also has some rare photos that I haven’t seen before and it also displays posters and postcards designed for the events. So you get to see the propaganda on multiple levels.” —UK Historian
Author : Tom Ainslie
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 356 pages
File Size : 13,92 MB
Release : 1988-03-15
Category : Games & Activities
ISBN : 0671656554
"The author describes the handicapping of thoroughbred horse races, covering such factors as the use of computers, what to watch before a race, and the best jockeys and horse trainers. He also explains 60 ways to build a betting system"--Library of Congress description
Author : Reinhard Klein
Publisher : McKlein Distribution
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 18,13 MB
Release : 2019-12-15
Category :
ISBN : 9783947156214
During 1986 there were several fatal accidents to competitors and spectators involving Group B cars during events of the World Rally Championship. The governing body of motorsport, the FIA, decided that the regulations concerning which cars were eligible to enter the WRC had to be changed and they opted to go for Group A where 5,000 cars of a particular model had to be manufactured in order to qualify. The change was implemented within six months of the decision being taken and thus at the beginning of 1987 season, there were very few cars that both qualified and were also competitive. The rally stars from the previous era like Walter Röhrl, Hannu Mikkola, Juha Kakkunen and Markku Alén were still there with new stars like Carlos Sainz, Didier Auriol, Tommi Mäkinen and Colin McRae emerging. Rallying technology was forced to undergo an almost complete re-start and it took some time before more than just one or two manufacturers could produce a winner. When they did, the side-effect was astounding with thousands of four-wheel drive, turbocharged road cars coming onto the global market. The new McKlein book, Group A: When Rallying created Road Car Icons, covers the ten years from 1987 to 1996 when Group A went from featuring fairly unexciting road cars to exotic, hi-tech rally cars whose performance was not much less than their predecessors. As well as an overview of the major events, the leading cars and crews, the factory teams, the changes of regulations--both technical and sporting--as well as results of all the major events and the championships associated with them, the books are lavishly illustrated with photographs from the famous McKlein archive. In addition, there are many stories of incidents and occurrences that give the reader an insight into just what rallying was like during the period covered and how Lancia, Ford, Toyota, Subaru and Mitsubishi fought for the WRC title.
