Motor Racing's Strangest Races : Extraordinary but True Stories From Over a Century of Motor Racing

Title Contents Introduction Working up a Head of Steam (1894) A Modest Beginning (1895) Police Brutality (1898) Charron in Reverse (1899) The Hound from Hell (1900) Fuelled by Alcohol (1902) Jarrott's Running Repairs (1902) The Race to Death (1903) Journey into the Unknown (1907) The Race around the World (1908) The Firing Squad (1908) Dogged by Misfortune (1912) Champagne Jules (1913) Across the Line Backwards (1919) A Pit Stop for Lunch (1925) A Clash of the Giants (1925) Three Car Trick (1927) The Actress and the Opera Singer (1929) The Ice-man Melteth (1930). Fagioli Brings the Bridge Down (1931)Victory at 1ưMph (1932) Campari's Hammer Blow (1932) A Fiery Finish (1933) On the Beach (1933) The Fixed Race (1933) Le Mans Victory Sealed by Chewing Gum (1933) The Wrong Pit Signal (1935) Nuvolari Versus the Germans (1935) An Encounter with a Stag (1938) The Tied Monte (1939) The Wrong Side of the Road (1940) Racing on Ice (1947) The Silverstone Sheep (1947) Farina in a Huff (1949) Called from the Bar (1953) Hell in Buenos Aires (1955) Helping Hands (1956) The Day the Track Melted (1959) The Final Push (1959). Brabham Goes by Tram (1960)The Post-race Collision (1962) The Great Escape (1965) The Demolition Indy (1966) A Hare's Breadth (1969) On Tow around Monza (1969) Punch-up at the Palace (1970) Mad Dogs and Mexicans (1970) The Rally with No Finishers (1972) Through the Barricades (1973) Safety First (1973) Stuck in the Pit Lane (1974) Half Points in Barcelona (1975) Victory in Slow Motion (1976) Six Wheels on My Wagon (1976) Hunt's Flag Day (1976) Lauda Surrenders the Title (1976) Fan Worship (1978) An Unexpected Obstruction (1979) The Race That Never Was (1980). Mansell: A Painful Beginning (1980)The Long Wait (1981) A Falling-out Among Friends (1982) All Change at Monaco (1982) A Hint of National Bias? (1982) It's a Washout (1986) A Family Affair (1988) the Battle of Suzuka (1990) The 25-minute Grand Prix (1991) Mansell and the Safety Truck (1993) The Race against the Train (1993) Let the Sunshine in (1996) Road Rage (1997) After You, Mika! (1998) Schumacher Wins in the Pits (1998) Carnage at La Source (1998) The Shed, the Bed and the Boot (1999) No Tyres for Irvine (1999) The Six-day World Champion (1999). Coulthard and the Trespasser (2000)The Ugly Six Pack (2005) Forty-one People Went to Mow (2006) A Passage Through India (2006) The Deliberate Crash (2008) Final Turn Decider (2008) Last to First (2011) This Little Piggy (2014) A Crazy Miscalculation (2015) Copyright. Since 1894, when motor racing’s colourful history began with a bang (and a banger!), drivers, racers and lunatics alike have done many stupid and bizarre things all in the name of motor sport. Author Geoff Tibballs has gathered together this absorbing collection of stories from over a century of motor racing around the world, including the Frenchman who drove 25 miles in reverse, the Grand Prix in which the leading drivers were so far ahead that they stopped for a meal in the pits, the Le Mans 24-hour race won by a car patched up with chewing gum, and the driver who drank six bottles of champagne – virtually one per pit-stop – on the way to winning the Indianapolis 500. The stories in this book are bizarre, fascinating, hilarious, and, most importantly, true. Revised, redesigned and updated for a new generation of petrolheads, this book contains enough extraordinary-but-true tales to drive anyone around the bend. Word count: 45,000 A quirky collection of true stories from the stranger side of motor racing, including the Frenchman who drove 25 miles in reverse, the Le Mans 24-hour race won by a car patched up with chewing gum, and the driver who drank six bottles of champagne on the way to winning the Indianapolis 500