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Group 44: Bob Tullius and the Rise of Professional Sports Car Racing in America

Autor Bob Tullius, John Nikas, Neil Smith
en Limba Engleză Hardback – 19 iun 2026
The definitive history of Group 44, one of the most respected and successful racing teams in motorsport.

Group 44 Ltd. established an unprecedented standard of professionalism, helping to propel sports car racing into a bold new era. Over the course of more than two decades, the team recorded multiple championships and hundreds of wins in various series, competing with vehicles from American Motors, Audi, Dodge, Jaguar, Lotus, MG, Triumph, and Pontiac. Written with unprecedented access to Group 44’s extensive archives, the book reveals in exacting detail the fascinating account behind this hallowed operation, focusing on the men and machines that left an indelible impression on fans worldwide. Lavishly illustrated with more than 1,400 images, most never previously published, this is an essential volume for racing enthusiasts and aficionados of the pristine green-and-white racers that won with clockwork precision from coast to coast.
 
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781956309287
ISBN-10: 1956309284
Pagini: 680
Ilustrații: 500 color, 500 halftones
Dimensiuni: 240 x 330 mm
Greutate: 0.45 kg
Editura: Dalton Watson Fine Books
Colecția Dalton Watson Fine Books

Notă biografică

Bob Tullius is a race car driver, racing team owner, and a two-time Trans-Am and four-time SCCA national champion. Described as “one of the best and brightest academic minds in the automotive space,” John Nikas is an award-winning motoring historian who has authored almost two dozen books and writes columns each month for several magazines located around the world. Irish-born, British-raised, and California-domiciled, Neil Smith’s love of motorsports came from his father, himself a former grasstrack motorcycle racer. Smith is the author of On the Prowl: The Definitive History of the Walkinshaw Jaguar Sports Car Team.
 

Cuprins

Prologue: “We need to be better than anyone else ….”
 
Foreword: Hurley Haywood
 
Introduction: Michael Dale, C.B.E.
 
Author’s Note
 
  1. Learning to Crawl
  2. Back to School
  3. Confidence and Conquest
  4. Pushing the Limit
  5. An American Tale
  6. The Last Knight
  7. Against All Odds
  8. Taking Flight
  9. The Lion in Winter
 
  1. Group 44 in Competition – The Sports Cars
  2. Group 44 in Competition – IMSA GTP and Le Mans
  3. Group 44 – The Cars
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