{"product_id":"le-mans-the-official-history-of-the-worlds-greatest-motor-race-1923-29","title":"Le Mans: The Official History Of The World'S Greatest Motor Race, 1923-29","description":"Officially licensed with the ACO, the organisers of the annual Le Mans \n24 Hours race, this sumptuous book is the sixth title in a \ndecade-by-decade series that is building up into a multi-volume set \ncovering every race. This title covers the seven 24 Hours races of the \n1920s, plus, as a prologue, all the events held at the Le Mans circuit \nduring the period 1906-23. Each running of the 24 Hours is exhaustively \ncovered in vivid photographs, an insightful commentary providing more \ndetailed information than has ever been published about the period, and \nfull statistics. Compiled by an acknowledged authority of this legendary \nrace, this series of books is treasured by all enthusiasts of sports car \nracing.\n\n- The 1920s saw a fascinating variety of machinery from 55 marques, \nthree of which won: Bentley (1924 and 1927\/28\/29), Chenard-Walcker \n(1923) and Lorraine-Dietrich (1925\/26).\n\n- Above all this was the era of Bentley and the famous ‘Bentley Boys'.\n\n- Highly detailed year-by-year treatment of the decade's seven races, \ngiving unprecedented depth of information and photographic coverage for \neach year.\n\n- Official status provides a number of unique features, including the \nreproduction of photographs and full-colour race poster artwork from the \nACO's archives.\n\n- The emphasis is on photographs that enthusiasts will not have seen \nbefore.\n\n- The story of each race is told through photographs and an accompanying \ncommentary.\n\n- Complete data for each year includes technical regulations, entry \nlist, circuit changes (with diagram), full results and category awards.\n\n- The whole work is beautifully designed and presented.\n\nAbout the Author\n\nA past editor of Autosport, the world's top motorsports weekly, Quentin \nSpurring has a long-held passion for the Le Mans 24 Hours – he has \nreported from the race 26 times – and is the ideal author for this \nseries of officially endorsed books. As well as his four previous books \nin this Le Mans series, he has written books about Jim Clark, Gilles \nVilleneuve and Ronnie Peterson, and his book Grand Prix: Images of the \nFirst 100 Years, from David Bull Publishing, won an award from the \nAmerican Publishers Association (APA). He has been the European \nMotorsport Correspondent of the US publication, AutoWeek, since 1982.","brand":"Evro Publishing Limited","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52133739626776,"sku":"9781910505083","price":56.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0057\/9813\/3831\/files\/9781910505083_40758625-563d-4774-b055-33f2a179fbae.jpg?v=1780503813","url":"https:\/\/www.midlifeclassiccars.com\/es\/products\/le-mans-the-official-history-of-the-worlds-greatest-motor-race-1923-29","provider":"MidlifeClassicCars.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}