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Author:   John Smailes
Publisher:   Allen & Unwin
Imprint:   Allen & Unwin
Weight:   0.478kg
ISBN:  

9781761471216

ISBN 10:   176147121
Pages:   384
Publication Date:   13 August 2024
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

List of Maps Prologue Part One: The Road Course, 1928-1940 1 The Making of Phillip Island 2 The Incredible Story of a War Hero 3 First Shots-The Prewar Grands Prix 4 The Bugs' Clean Sweep 5 Heroes of the '30s 6 Maintaining the Marriage Part Two: A Permanent Circuit, 1956-1962 7 The New Phillip Island 8 The Racer and the Gentleman 9 The Making of World Champions 10 The Race That Changed the Motor Industry 11 The End of the World Part Three: The Circuit Revisited, 1967-1978 12 Funland: Len Lukey Saves the Circuit 13 The Man in Pink 14 Lukey Unmuffles PIARC's Potential 15 Hear the Thunder 16 New Year for Bikes 17 End of the Lukey Line Part Four: The Grand Prix Circuit, 1989-2004 18 Saving the Circuit 19 Thinking Big 20 Wayne Gardner-Genesis and Genius 21 Winners and Losers 22 A Simple Case of Accounting 23 Four Wheels . . . Good 24 The Superbike World Championship- A Tale of Two Troys 25 The Doohan Factor 26 The Stoner Age Part Five: A Class of Its Own, 2004-Onwards 27 Selling the Farm 28 Building on Heritage 29 A Day at the Races-Australian MotoGP, 2023 30 Future Shock Epilogue Acknowledgements Bibliography Index

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John Smailes is a journalist, motorsport commentator and publicist. His speciality is the automotive industry and motorsport. He has covered and broadcast rounds of the World F1 championship (Australia, Singapore, India, Monaco), the World Rally Championship (Australia, NZ, Greece), MotoGP, the Le Mans 24 hour race and Goodwood Festival of Speed. John was part of the commentary team for the first live broadcast of F1 in Australia - along with Sir Jack Brabham. His bestselling books include Climbing the Mountain (with Allan Moffat), Mount Panorama, Race Across the World and Formula One.

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