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Long before he became a best-selling novelist, Robert Daley was a European sports correspondent for the New York Times. In 1961, he published his first book, Cars At Speed, an historical and contemporary look at Grand Prix and sports car racing at twelve of the worlds greatest circuits.

This hard-to-find and now collectible book, widely considered one of the best books ever written about sports car racing, returns here in a special edition, with a new Introduction by Daley as well as commissioned drawings of each featured circuit.

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Overview

Long before he became a best-selling novelist, Robert Daley was a European sports correspondent for the New York Times. In 1961, he published his first book, Cars At Speed, an historical and contemporary look at Grand Prix and sports car racing at twelve of the worlds greatest circuits.

This hard-to-find and now collectible book, widely considered one of the best books ever written about sports car racing, returns here in a special edition, with a new Introduction by Daley as well as commissioned drawings of each featured circuit.

A rare opportunity to travel back in time to racings golden era, Cars at Speed offers a fascinating look at a time when danger and passion defined racing. Daley discusses the Grand Prix circuits of that era--e.g., Nu00fcrburgring, Monza, Silverstone, Zandvoort, Spa, Monaco--detailing the qualities, history, great races, controversies, and accidents of each. He focuses on the stories of drivers such as the Marquis de Portago, Phil Hill, Stirling Moss, and Jean Behra, among others, recreating the mythical quality of the Grand Prix in its prime.

Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9780760331170
  • Publisher: MBI Publishing Company
  • Publication date: 6/15/2007
  • Edition description: Second
  • Edition number: 2
  • Pages: 304
  • Product dimensions: 6.00 (w) x 9.00 (h) x 0.81 (d)

Meet the Author

Robert Daley, bestselling author of works including Prince of the City and Year of the Dragon, was a European sports correspondent for the New York Times in the late 1950s and early 1960s. He is the author of The Cruel Sport, also from Motorbooks.

Table of Contents


Introduction to the 2007 Edition     7
Prologue     13
End of the Open Road     17
Juan M. Fangio and Juan D. Peron     37
Through the Streets of Monte Carlo     53
Man vs. Sicily     77
Over the Sand Dunes     101
Through the Ardennes Forest     115
The Twenty-Four Hours     129
The Race for Champagne     147
Silverstone and the Stiff Upper Lip     169
Uncomfortable in Portugal     195
The Ring     209
The Death Circuit     229
The Quiet Americans     251
Epilogue     267
The World Championship     270
Index     290
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  • Posted February 25, 2009

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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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  • Anonymous

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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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