Two Wheel Showdown!: The Full Drama of the Races Which Decided the World 500Cc Motor Cycle Championship from 1949 [Hardcover]

Christopher Hilton (Author)

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Book Description

Publication Date: July 1994

Of all the motor cycle World Championship categories, the 500cc class represents the summit. Here Christopher Hilton - author of "Grand Prix Showdown!" - recounts, season by season, the excitement and drama of the pivotal races in the championship from its beginning in 1949 right through to the present day. Deeply researched, and with a host of original interviews, the book offers fascinating insights into the riders, their backgrounds, their skills and driving forces. Details off-track and on-track stories of the races that decided the World 500cc Championship, the triumphs and tragedies. Tells of the losers and the winners, and of the one-off champions whose names faded into legend - Masetti, Liberate, Hocking - as well as immortals like Graham, Duke, Surtees, Hailwood, Agostini, Read, and Sheene. Provides statistics of all the showdown races from 1949 to 1993.

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Product Details

Hardcover: 256 pages
Publisher: Motorbooks Intl (July 1994)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1852604565
ISBN-13: 978-1852604561
Product Dimensions: 9.8 x 6.5 x 1 inches
Shipping Weight: 1.3 pounds
Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,111,452 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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