Bruce McLaren's sports racers were among the most successful and innovative race cars of the 1960s. McLaren's driving was impressive, but it was his cars - particularly the Can-Am racers - that really put the Kiwi on the motorsports map. This dynamic photohistory focuses on McLaren and his cars from his early racing days through the end of the original Can-Am series in 1974. Includes coverage of the 1990s McLaren F1 sports car in both road and race trim.
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Dave Friedman is a world renowned photographer and motion picture still photographer known for his pictures of celebrities and cinema, racing and ballet. In 1986, Friedman became the first and only Still Photographer to be voted in to the Motion Picture Academy of Arts and Sciences. By the 1990s, the film industry had drastically changed and Friedman didn\u2019t like what he saw. He decided to move on to other photographic challenges such as international endurance racing and classical ballet, for which his pictures have won numerous awards. David Friedman currently resides in southern California.
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McLaren Sports Racing Cars,
By Michael J. Stucker (Sugar Land, TX USA) - See all my reviews
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McLaren is known today for the Formula One championships they have won in the 1980's and 1990's with drivers like Ayrton Senna, Alain Prost, and Mika Hakkinnen. But many people don't know who founder Bruce McLaren was or that the team was selling sportscars and winning sportscar championships in the 1960s and 1970s. McLaren Sports Racing Cars by Dave Friedman is a wonderful photo history of the early Team McLaren.Starting with a brief section on Bruce McLaren's early racing career, it moves through the formation of Team McLaren, their Can-Am championships, Bruce's death in a testing accident, and the team finally quitting sportscar racing to concentrate on F1. There is also a chapter on McLaren's foray into racing at Le Mans in the '90s -- coming back to its heritage. The book does not go too deep into facts on the old Can-Am outside of Team McLaren, but as in his other books, Dave Friedman's photos (both B&W and color) are wonderful. Fabulous action shots, close-ups of the engines and chassis, and candid photos of Bruce and the other drivers of McLaren cars, such as Chris Amon, Dennis Hulme, Dan Gurney, and Peter Revson. Included are not only the race team's cars, but also those of the Can-Am privateers, who bought and raced McLaren customer cars. A beautiful photo history of an age in racing when bigger was better and engineers were only beginning to come to grips with aerodynamics. A must for every fan of Bruce McLaren, Team McLaren, the old Can-Am series, or vintage sports racers in general.
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Excellent Pictorial History of McLaren, Bruce McLaren Is a Legend. Beautiful Chevy Powered big Block Cars in Can-Am Action,Early Cars as Well.Includes Some McLaren F1GTR pics.
Dave Friedman never disappoints.
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This book is a must for all people appreciative of The Group 7 cars of the late '50's. and the '60's and '70's.
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Who knew that when Bruce McLaren started racing in his native homeland of New Zealand in the early 1950s that within a very few years he would be the guiding light behind a company that would grow to legendary proportions? Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
team cars, final race Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Denny Hulme, Laguna Seca, Chris Amon, Dan Gurney, Peter Revson, Lothar Motschenbacher, Mark Donohue, Jim Hall, Chuck Parsons, Watkins Glen, John Cannon, John Surtees, Tyler Alexander, Bob Bondurant, Road America, George Eaton, Las Vegas, Skip Scott, Times Grand Prix, Teddy Mayer, Jack Brabham, Jim Clark, Roger Penske, Cooper Monaco, Denis Hulme New!
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Front Cover | Front Flap | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Flap | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
Who knew that when Bruce McLaren started racing in his native homeland of New Zealand in the early 1950s that within a very few years he would be the guiding light behind a company that would grow to legendary proportions? Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
team cars, final race Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Denny Hulme, Laguna Seca, Chris Amon, Dan Gurney, Peter Revson, Lothar Motschenbacher, Mark Donohue, Jim Hall, Chuck Parsons, Watkins Glen, John Cannon, John Surtees, Tyler Alexander, Bob Bondurant, Road America, George Eaton, Las Vegas, Skip Scott, Times Grand Prix, Teddy Mayer, Jack Brabham, Jim Clark, Roger Penske, Cooper Monaco, Denis Hulme New!
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Front Cover | Front Flap | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Flap | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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