Bathurst: 50 Years of the Great Race
Last year’s running of the Bathurst 1000 marked the fiftieth anniversary of the endurance classic dubbed ‘The Great Race’. It’s a race with a history that few events could possibly hope to match.
In 1963, the inaugural event featured ordinary road cars lapping what was effectively a scenic tourist loop around Mount Panorama.
Today, the event sees up to thirty of the most expensive V8-powered machinery do battle for the Peter Brock Trophy over 161 laps of thrilling, high-speed racing.
While much may have changed, there is still plenty that has remained constant. It is truly one of the greatest tests of car and driver you can find. Dubbed the ‘Melbourne Cup of Australian motorsport’, it has remained the biggest and most important motor race in the country.
Charting every one of the fifty years of racing around Mount Panorama 'Bathurst: 50 Years of the Great Race' celebrates the event’s history with a year-by-year account of the highlights, triumphs, controversies and tragedies that unfolded at each race.
Starting out with dealer-bought saloons, the event moved through subsequent Muscle Car, Group A, and SuperTouring eras before its current V8 Supercars Championship guise.
The book tracks all of this, sourcing some of the finest photos from the Chevron Library archives and well-supported by Normoyle’s prose.
For long-time fans of touring car racing in Australia, this title is well worth adding to your collection. Using our unique ‘Chequered Flags’ rating system, we award Bathurst: 50 Years of the Great Race… 4 out of 4 Stars.
An extract from http://richardsf1.com
Geoff Burke. Richard's F1 – 23 January, 2014
Bathurst: 50 Years of the Great Race
By: Steve Normoyle
A book that celebrates the 50 years of the Iconic Australian Motor Sport Race, Bathurst. Showcasing great motoring images from every year at Bathurst, coupled with fast moving anecdotes about what happened every year on the hill.
Featuring images of the Australian Big Race legends Brock, Moffat, Lowndes, Johnson, Skaife, Perkins, Grice, Whincup, Murphy and many more. With over 200 full colour photos and great design this is a book that should be on the shelf of every true blue blooded Australian.
With genuinely good content from the editors of Chevron Publishing Group and from the makers of Holden Vs Ford and Muscle Car Mania.
