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Author: Graham Robson, Hardbound, 368 Pages, H4010, ISBN: 9781844250103 - **VERY RARE BOOK IN EXCELLENT UNREAD CONDITION**
Not only did the works Escorts win more rallies, races and rallycross events than any other car in the world, but they probably encouraged the foundation of more successful tuning and preparation businesses than any other. The Escort — even the Escort RS Cosworth — was always a relatively simple, easy-to-drive machine, says Stuart Turner, Director of European Motorsports, in his Foreword, and Ford always tried to make sure that private owners could buy the pieces they needed to match the works cars.
Although the Escort was retired in 1998 in favour of the Focus, clearly its reputation would live for ever.
This book, written by an expert author who had unique access to the motorsport department at Boreham, is a complete and authoritative guide to the involvement of these cars in world-class events. It chronicles the strategy, tactics, triumphs and occasional disasters of all the works Escort programmes, providing a mass of information, insight and glamour. We meet the drivers — folk heroes such as Au i Vatanen, Roger Clark, Hannu Mikkola, Bjom Waldegard, Francois Delecour and Carlos Sainz — as well as the engineers, planners and mechanics whose skill and enthusiasm contributed so vitally towards making and keeping the cars successful.
In this fourth edition Graham Robson has made the story complete by including every detail of the Escort's works career in the mid and late 1990s, together with many rarely seen photographs and all the appendix material that enthusiasts will want to consult in future years. Also featured are two new colour sections showing works Escorts from 1968, when the car was launched, through to the final season three decades later.
Graham Robson has been a rallying enthusiast for many years, as a competitor, organiser, team manager and historian.
His work with Ford has given him an 'inside track' on the Escort generation. His recent books for Haynes have included Cosworth: The search for power and Ford in Touting Car Racing.
