Description
Author: Steve Normoyle, ISBN: 9781925017137, paperback, published in 2014, 223 pages.
The gruelling Bathurst 1000 is a race like no other: from the early days 50 years ago when ordinary road cars were pitted against one another in the toughest test imaginable to today's professional V8 Supercars circus — it is the Melbourne Cup of Australian motor racing and clearly the biggest and most important motor race of the year.
Every one of those first 50 races is captured here in great pictures and fast-moving anecdotes.
Follow all the Bathurst stars and cars — Brock, Moffat, Lowndes, Johnson, Skaife, Perkins, Grice, Whincup, Murphy — around the Mount Panorama circuit.
Synopsis
A book that celebrates the 50 years of the Iconic Austrlian Motor Sport Race, Bathurst. Showcasing great motoring images from every year at Bathurst, coupled with fast moving anecdotes about what happened every year on the hill.
Featuring images of the Australian Big Race ledgends Brock, Moffat, Lowndes, Johnson, Skaife, Perkins, Grice, Whincup, Murphy – and many more. With over 200 full colour photos and great design this is a book that should be on the shelf of every true blue blooded Australian.
With genuinely good content from the editors of Chevron Publishing Group and from the makers of Holden Vs Ford and Muscle Car Mania.
About The Author
Steve Normoyle is the Editor of Motorsport News, long time motorsport enthusiast and journalist and has over 10 years experience as a motoring and motorsport journalist.
