Description
Author: Graham Robson, Hardbound, 296 Pages, F926, ISBN: 9780854299263, Re-Issued in 2003 - **VERY RARE BOOK IN EXCELLENT UNREAD CONDITION**
For more than half a century Triumph cars featured strongly in motorsport, and factory-supported entries successfully raced and rallied in events all round the world. Sadly this came to an end, however, when the British Leyland axe finally fell on Triumph Motorsport immediately after the 1980 Lombard RAC Rally.
In this classic book, re-issued due to enthusiast demand, Graham Robson, Triumph's competitions manager between 1962 and 1965, and who co-drove for them in a number of rallies, tells the full story of the 'works' cars from beginning to end, vividly capturing the excitement of that era.
His commentary is interlaced with the personal views — derived from extensive interviews — of the drivers, team managers and engineers who helped create the victories.
The story began with a young garage owner from Perranporth, Cornwall, named Donald Healey whose first epic drive with a Triumph 'works' connection was in the 1929 Monte Carlo Rally. This proved to be the start of a successful competitions programme for Triumph cars which lasted until 1939.
After the war, as part of Standard-Triumph, a new 'works' team was formed in 1954 with the recently launched TR2. There followed 26 turbulent years of participation in motorsport, marked with many successes. This period saw the TRs, Heralds, Vitesses, Spitfires, 2000s, 2.5Pls and Dolomites tackling all the major international rallies, the spirited assaults on Le Mans and various Marathons and Safaris, as well as achieving racing successes.
Finally, under British Leyland, the Triumph flag was carried by the Dolomite Sprints on the circuits, and by the spectacular wedge-shaped TR7 V8s in rallies.
Graham Robson has been involved in rallying all his working life, as a co-driver, team manager, organiser and historian. He is the world's leading authority on all things Triumph.
