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It's a miracle anyone survived.
Daley writes from his experience in covering motorsports in Europe for the New York Times. It was, without question, one of the deadliest eras of motor racing, but the book isn't morbid, just factual. A great tale of great circuits and great drivers.
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Posted March 13, 2008
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Inside this book I was hoping to discover a delightful account of sports car racing¿s early European history complete with descriptions and comparisons of these beautiful machines and the stories of their drivers. What I found was a ¿cocktail¿ racing fan¿s chauvinistic view whom knows nothing about racing or the engineering genius behind these machines, but is more than happy to talk about where he has been and experienced in a pseudo-sophisticated manner. Simply imagine a tabloid writer describing a race and you should understand this book. Every other paragraph centers on the death of drivers or spectators. This shallow attempt of ¿shock-value¿ writing defines his style. This book did help me understand two things, how primitive European tracks were when compared to tracks in the US of the same era, and how racing in the US centered on fans while racing in Europe was reserved for the privileged. The icing on the cake for me was his hatred of American cars, fans, and tracks.
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