A splendid collection of photographs displaying the Novi V-8 Racing Car. Few cars of any kind have exuded the charismatic appeal of the great Novi V-8 racing cars that competed in at Indianapolis from 1941 to 1965. First a front wheel car, it earned the reputation for wicked handling by killing two of its drivers. Despite that, the Novis were so fast that more racers were always willing to take them on.
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Karl Ludvigsen
In addition to his motor industry activities as an executive (with GM, Fiat and Ford) and head of a consulting company, Karl Ludvigsen has been active for over 50 years as an author and historian. As an author, co-author or editor he has some four dozen books to his credit. Needless to say, they are all about cars and the motor industry, Karl's life-long passion.
Since 1997 Ludvigsen has been drawing on the photographic resources of the Ludvigsen Library to write and illustrate books on the great racing drivers. His first title in this series was Stirling Moss ' Racing with the Maestro. He followed this with Jackie Stewart ' Triple-Crowned King of Speed and Juan Manuel Fangio ' Motor Racing's Grand Master. Fourth in this series for Haynes Publishing was Dan Gurney ' The Ultimate Racer and fifth was Alberto Ascari ' Ferrari's First Double Champion. Next came Bruce McLaren ' Life and Legend of Excellence and Emerson Fittipaldi ' Heart of a Racer.
Also in the field of motor sports Karl Ludvigsen has written about road racing in America, the cars of the Can-Am series, the AAR Eagle racing cars, the GT40 Fords and Prime Movers, the story of Britain's Ilmor Engineering. His introduction to At Speed, a book of Jesse Alexander's racing photography, won the Ken W. Purdy Award for Excellence in Automotive Journalism. Other motors-sports titles include Classic Grand Prix Cars, a history of the front-engined G.P. racer, and Classic Racing Engines, Karl's personal selection of 50 notable power units.
Four of Karl Ludvigsen's books concern the Chevrolet Corvette, one of them an industry best-seller. He has written three times about Mercedes-Benz, twice about its racing cars. His books on the latter subject have won the Montagu Trophy (once) and the Nicholas-Joseph Cugnot Award (twice), both recognising outstanding automotive historical writing. In 2001 he again received the Cugnot award from the Society of Automotive Historians for his book about the early years of the Volkswagen, Battle for the Beetle, a Robert Bentley publication.
Karl Ludvigsen's Porsche history, Excellence was Expected, is considered by many to be a model of the researching and writing of the history of an auto company. He has updated it twice in a three-volume format for Bentley Publishers for the new Millennium. He is the author of a series of monographs on great Maserati cars. His book BRM V16 for Veloce Publishing tells the story of one of the most controversial racing cars of all time. In The V12 Engine for Haynes he describes the creation and consequences of all the cars ever powered by the iconic vee-twelves.
In 1997 Ludvigsen researched and wrote the catalogue for a special exhibition of Ferrari technological innovations on the occasion of the company's 50th anniversary and contributed a major section to the company's official 50-year history. He has updated this for the company's 60th anniversary. Karl's understanding of the Ferrari world combined with his Library's holding of the Rodolfo Mailander photo archive to produce Ferrari by Mailander in 2005, a Dalton Watson publication. In 2006 with Dalton Watson Karl has published The Incredible Blitzen Benz, the story of six great record-breaking cars.
In co-operation with publisher Iconografix, Ludvigsen has established the Ludvigsen Library Series of 128-page books drawing on the holdings of the Ludvigsen Library. The series now numbers 19 titles, including books on Indy racing cars of 1911 to 1939, the 1940s, 1950s, 1960s and 1970s, the Indy Novis, Chevrolet's Corvair and Corvette, the Mercedes-Benz 300SL of 1952 and 1954-1964, the 300SLR of 1955, Porsche Spyders, Porsche 917, Jaguar XK120, XK140 and XK150, Land Rover Defender the Ferrari factory and American sports-racers: the Cunninghams, Chaparrals and Can-Am racing cars. More titles are in preparation.
Status: December 2006
Karl Ludvigsen
In addition to his motor industry activities as an executive (with GM, Fiat and Ford) and head of a consulting company, Karl Ludvigsen has been active for over 50 years as an author and historian. As an author, co-author or editor he has some four dozen books to his credit. Needless to say, they are all about cars and the motor industry, Karl's life-long passion.
Since 1997 Ludvigsen has been drawing on the photographic resources of the Ludvigsen Library to write and illustrate books on the great racing drivers. His first title in this series was Stirling Moss ' Racing with the Maestro. He followed this with Jackie Stewart ' Triple-Crowned King of Speed and Juan Manuel Fangio ' Motor Racing's Grand Master. Fourth in this series for Haynes Publishing was Dan Gurney ' The Ultimate Racer and fifth was Alberto Ascari ' Ferrari's First Double Champion. Next came Bruce McLaren ' Life and Legend of Excellence and Emerson Fittipaldi ' Heart of a Racer.
Also in the field of motor sports Karl Ludvigsen has written about road racing in America, the cars of the Can-Am series, the AAR Eagle racing cars, the GT40 Fords and Prime Movers, the story of Britain's Ilmor Engineering. His introduction to At Speed, a book of Jesse Alexander's racing photography, won the Ken W. Purdy Award for Excellence in Automotive Journalism. Other motors-sports titles include Classic Grand Prix Cars, a history of the front-engined G.P. racer, and Classic Racing Engines, Karl's personal selection of 50 notable power units.
Four of Karl Ludvigsen's books concern the Chevrolet Corvette, one of them an industry best-seller. He has written three times about Mercedes-Benz, twice about its racing cars. His books on the latter subject have won the Montagu Trophy (once) and the Nicholas-Joseph Cugnot Award (twice), both recognising outstanding automotive historical writing. In 2001 he again received the Cugnot award from the Society of Automotive Historians for his book about the early years of the Volkswagen, Battle for the Beetle, a Robert Bentley publication.
Karl Ludvigsen's Porsche history, Excellence was Expected, is considered by many to be a model of the researching and writing of the history of an auto company. He has updated it twice in a three-volume format for Bentley Publishers for the new Millennium. He is the author of a series of monographs on great Maserati cars. His book BRM V16 for Veloce Publishing tells the story of one of the most controversial racing cars of all time. In The V12 Engine for Haynes he describes the creation and consequences of all the cars ever powered by the iconic vee-twelves.
In 1997 Ludvigsen researched and wrote the catalogue for a special exhibition of Ferrari technological innovations on the occasion of the company's 50th anniversary and contributed a major section to the company's official 50-year history. He has updated this for the company's 60th anniversary. Karl's understanding of the Ferrari world combined with his Library's holding of the Rodolfo Mailander photo archive to produce Ferrari by Mailander in 2005, a Dalton Watson publication. In 2006 with Dalton Watson Karl has published The Incredible Blitzen Benz, the story of six great record-breaking cars.
In co-operation with publisher Iconografix, Ludvigsen has established the Ludvigsen Library Series of 128-page books drawing on the holdings of the Ludvigsen Library. The series now numbers 19 titles, including books on Indy racing cars of 1911 to 1939, the 1940s, 1950s, 1960s and 1970s, the Indy Novis, Chevrolet's Corvair and Corvette, the Mercedes-Benz 300SL of 1952 and 1954-1964, the 300SLR of 1955, Porsche Spyders, Porsche 917, Jaguar XK120, XK140 and XK150, Land Rover Defender the Ferrari factory and American sports-racers: the Cunninghams, Chaparrals and Can-Am racing cars. More titles are in preparation.
Status: December 2006
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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
My Love Affair with the Novi,
By Don Kotouc (Guilford, CT) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Novi V-8 Indy Cars 1941-1965 (Ludvigsen Library Series) (Paperback)
Growing up in Indiana, and first seeing the Novi as a teenager, I can still see the unmistakable Novi racing cars at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. After seeing (and hearing) these cars in person, all other racing cars, even today, seem less powerful and glamorous. No other cars captured the imagination the way the Novis did. Karl Ludvigsen's book brought back many fond memories of a time when the cars seemed faster and more dangerous, and the drivers braver, even though the speeds of that time pale by comparison with comtemporary racecar performance. As an example, when a Novi passed by on the Indy track, you could actually feel the concussion, and its sound made the hair on the back of your neck stand up. Forty years later, I have not heard anything else like that. The Novi drivers--Paul Russo, Bobby Unser, and Jim Hurtubise, all became larger than life just because they were piloting a Novi. It was the ultimate marriage of horsepower, frightening acceleration, and courage. I enjoyed the Ludvigsen book because it took me back to that time. Perhaps it was my age then, or how impressionable I was before reaching adulthood, combined with the unmatched mystique and history of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway that etched the memory of the Novis in my mind forever. Anyone who never got to seem them run at racing speeds at Indy truly missed something special, and those of us who did were truly fortunate.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Great Photo Essay for Indy Car Buffs,
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This review is from: Novi V-8 Indy Cars 1941-1965 (Ludvigsen Library Series) (Paperback)
This is a terrific photo study with appropriate titles on a fascinating racing engine, it's bullders, and the cars that used it. In pre-TV days, I used to listen to the Indy race on the radio and was always intrigued with announcer covering the event when he called out Paul Russo in the Novi V-8. Now I have the photo history showing these beautiful cars and that motor! This book is a "must" for anyone interested in the great Indy races of the past.
4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
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Novi story in pictures,
By Clem (Nashville, TN) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Novi V-8 Indy Cars 1941-1965 (Ludvigsen Library Series) (Paperback)
Great pictures of this famous race car. This book is of the normal high quality associated with Ludvigsen books. I am especially fond of the 2 Kurtis 500F cars that were built for the '56 race and there a several really nice photos of them.
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When I came to Indy the first time in 1946 the track was mostly brick and weeds were growing in the corners. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Lew Welch, Paul Russo, Jean Marcenac, Andy Granatelli, Ralph Hepburn, Bud Winfield, Duke Nalon, Frank Kurtis, Leo Goossen, Bobby Unser, Cliff Bergere, Indy Speedway, Chet Miller, Rex Mays New!
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When I came to Indy the first time in 1946 the track was mostly brick and weeds were growing in the corners. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Lew Welch, Paul Russo, Jean Marcenac, Andy Granatelli, Ralph Hepburn, Bud Winfield, Duke Nalon, Frank Kurtis, Leo Goossen, Bobby Unser, Cliff Bergere, Indy Speedway, Chet Miller, Rex Mays New!
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Front Cover | First Pages | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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