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The World Manufacturers and Sports Car Championships in Photographs, 1982-1992
Author: János Wimpffen
Format: Hardcover, 11” by 13”, 420 pages
Photos: 600 color and 32 black-and-white photographs
ISBN: 978-1-893618-97-8
Sports-car racing enjoyed one of its strongest decades during the Group C era of the 1980s and early 1990s. This period brought new techniques in chassis construction, refined aerodynamics and improved engine management systems. It also boasted a strong mix of competitors that included major manufacturers such as Porsche, Mercedes, Jaguar and Peugeot, as well as several long-running private teams. Together they raced such powerful and exotic cars as the Porsche 956 and 962, the Sauber-Mercedes, the Jaguar XJR series, and the Peugeot 905.
This meticulously researched, lavished illustrated volume recalls the sights, sounds, and personalities of this colorful era. Monocoques and Ground Effects offers a year-by-year account of championship races at such classic venues as Le Mans, Daytona, Monza and the Nürburgring. It features all the well-known Group C cars and drivers, as well many less-celebrated but important participants.
In the fourth and final volume of his photographic history of championship sports-car racing, renowned motorsports historian János Wimpffen uses hundreds of rare photographs to recreate the ambience and excitement of the Group C era. These images were personally selected by Wimpffen, who not only explains their significance to a particular race or season, but within the broader context of the sport’s development and history.
FREE SHIPPING ON ALL US ORDERS!
The World Manufacturers and Sports Car Championships in Photographs, 1982-1992
Author: János Wimpffen
Format: Hardcover, 11” by 13”, 420 pages
Photos: 600 color and 32 black-and-white photographs
ISBN: 978-1-893618-97-8
Sports-car racing enjoyed one of its strongest decades during the Group C era of the 1980s and early 1990s. This period brought new techniques in chassis construction, refined aerodynamics and improved engine management systems. It also boasted a strong mix of competitors that included major manufacturers such as Porsche, Mercedes, Jaguar and Peugeot, as well as several long-running private teams. Together they raced such powerful and exotic cars as the Porsche 956 and 962, the Sauber-Mercedes, the Jaguar XJR series, and the Peugeot 905.
This meticulously researched, lavished illustrated volume recalls the sights, sounds, and personalities of this colorful era. Monocoques and Ground Effects offers a year-by-year account of championship races at such classic venues as Le Mans, Daytona, Monza and the Nürburgring. It features all the well-known Group C cars and drivers, as well many less-celebrated but important participants.
In the fourth and final volume of his photographic history of championship sports-car racing, renowned motorsports historian János Wimpffen uses hundreds of rare photographs to recreate the ambience and excitement of the Group C era. These images were personally selected by Wimpffen, who not only explains their significance to a particular race or season, but within the broader context of the sport’s development and history.
