Overview

Officially licensed with the ACO, the organisers of the annual Le Mans 24 Hours race, this sumptuous book will be the second title in a decade-by-decade series that will eventually build up into an eight-volume set covering every race since 1923. Each year will be exhaustively covered in vivid photographs, a detailed race account, full results data and a glorious rendering of the official race poster. Compiled by an acknowledged authority of this legendary race, this series of books will be treasured by all enthusiasts of sports car racing.

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Author:   Quentin Spurring
Publisher:   J H Haynes & Co Ltd
Imprint:   J H Haynes & Co Ltd
Dimensions:   Width: 23.00cm , Height: 2.80cm , Length: 28.00cm
Weight:   1.746kg
ISBN:  

9781844255399

ISBN 10:   1844255395
Pages:   352
Publication Date:   03 February 2011
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
Availability:   Awaiting stock  

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Porsche started the decade with the dominant 917, which won in 1970 and '71 driven by - respectively - Herrmann/Attwood and Marko/van Lennep. After achieving the first French win for 32 years in 1972, Matra-Simca secured a hat-trick with further victories in '73 and '74, Pescarolo being the lead driver on all three occasions. John Wyer's British Mirage team won in 1975 with the formidable driver pairing of Jacky Ickx and Derek Bell - they would win twice more in the '80s. Porsche returned with a vengeance with the 936 model, winning with it in 1976 and '77, Ickx driving both times. Another French win came in 1978, for Alpine-Renault, followed in '79 by victory for the new Porsche 935, which would become a mainstay of endurance sports car racing for many years.

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Quentin Spurring, a distinguished former editor of Autosport, is an acknowledged expert on the history of Le Mans. He has attended the race on 23 occasions, starting with Renault's victory in 1978.

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