From the running of the 1932 RAC rally, mainly a social event, to the present day, when Rally GB is a high-speed endurance World Championship rally, this is the very first all-embracing history of an important part of British motorsport history. Descriptions of every event, opinions, results and images are brought together for the very first time.
From the running of the 1932 RAC rally, mainly a social event, to the present day, when Rally GB is a high-speed endurance World Championship rally, this is the very first all-embracing history of an important part of British motorsport history. Descriptions of every event, opinions, results and images are brought together for the very first time.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
After a varied career in the automotive industry, Graham Robson has gained a worldwide reputation as a motoring historian, and has more than 160 books to his credit. Born in 1936, and educated at Ermysteds Grammar School in Yorkshire, Graham then went on to study Engineering at Oxford University. He joined Jaguar Cars as a graduate trainee, becoming involved in design work on the Mk II, E-Type and Mark X. Beginning as a hobby, he became a rally co-driver, eventually joining the Sunbeam 'works' team in 1961, and took part in rallies up to International level (once with Roger Clark), but stopped rallying by 1968. During this time, he joined Standard-Triumph in Coventry, in 1961, as a Development Engineer, mainly on sports car projects. He then ran the re-opened 'works' motorsport department from 1962 to 1965, this being the period of the birth of Spitfire Le Mans cars, TR4, Vitesse, Spitfire and 2000 rally car developments. Graham Robson’s writing began with rally reports for magazines which evolved into a job with Autocar from 1965 to 1969. He was recruited back to industry at Rootes to run the Product Proving department, then after a brief period in 1972 as technical director of a safety belt company, became an independent motoring writer. Graham has lived 'by the pen' and 'by the voice', not only writing but commentating, presenting and organising events of all types.
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Contents Foreword Introduction Table of winners- 1932 to 2018 Where it all Began Chapter 1 : 1932 – 1939. Driving Tests and Concours Overview – leisure motoring, gentle rallying * 1932 * 1933 * 1934 * 1935 * 1936 * 1937 * 1938 * 1939 Chapter 2 : 1951 – 1959. An International ‘Rally of the Tests’ Overview * 1951 * 1952 * 1953 * 1954 * 1955 * 1956 * 1957 * 1958 * 1959 Chapter 3 : 1960 – 1971. Special Stages and Scandinavians Overview * 1960 * 1961 * 1962 * 1963 * 1964 * 1965 * 1966 * 1967 * 1968 * 1969 * 1970 * 1971 Chapter 4 : 1972 – 1980. The Escort Era Overview * 1972 * 1973 * Sidebar :13in. or 15in. wheels * 1974 * 1975 * 1976 * 1977 * 1978 * Sidebar : Dealer Team Ford in 1978 * 1979 * 1980 Chapter 5 1981 – 1986 ; Turbocharging, four-wheel-drive and Group B Overview * 1981 * 1982 * 1983 * sidebar/feature : Riding with Ragnotti * 1984 * 1985 * 1986 Chapter 6 1987 – 1996 : The Group A era * Overview * 1987 * 1988 * 1989 * 1990 * 1991 * 1992 * 1993 * 1994 * 1995 * 1996 * sidebar/feature : Colin McRae Chapter 7 1997 – 2002 : World Rally Cars, the first Generation * Overview * 1997 * 1998 * sidebar/feature; David Lapworth on World Rally Cars * 1999 * 2000 * 2001 * 2002 Chapter 8 2003 -2012 : A new Home, in Wales * Overview * 2003 * 2004 * 2005 * 2006 * 2007 * 2008 * 2009 * 2010 * 2011 * 2012 Chapter 9 2013 – 2018 : Deeside, and Closed Public Roads * Overview * 2013 * 2014 * 2015 * 2016 * 2017 * 2018 Afterthoughts : What future for British rallying?
