Product Description

Around Europe lie a number of long forgotten monuments, windswept and abandoned, the derelict buildings and crumbling tarmac are all that remain of once great motor racing circuits. From the great speed bowls of Monza and Brooklands, to the parkland of Crystal Palace. All photographed as they are now, but remembered in their prime. Nine of Europe's greatest abandoned circuits recalled and revisited;Previously forgotten events remembered;Track diagrams help chart the history of the autodromes;Many unique and unpublished period photos, as well as program covers and event posters;S.S.Collins' writing captures the spirit of these forgotten places;Photography by Gavin D.Ireland evokes the faded glory of the 'lost circuits'.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #17788 in Books
• Published on: 2007-02-23
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 176 pages

About the Author
After dropping out of a degree in Automotive and Motorsport engineering, S.S. Collins went on a mission to write a clear and easy-to-use guide to getting started in motorsport (How to Get started in Motorsport - Veloce). Currently Collins is working in the commercial section of 'the voice of British Motorsport' that is the weekly newspaper Motorsport News. Collins is also a regular on entry lists as he competes in sprints, hillclimbs, races, rallies and trials.

Customer Reviews

amazing
this is a truely beautiful ook and a great red as well. THe photography is just stunning. For anyone interesed in motorsport this is a brilliant read.

Wonderfully evocative.
Nine of Europe's greatest lost racetracks; AVUS, Masaykring, Nurburgring Sudschleife, Brooklands, Crystal Palace, Keimola, Montlhery, Monza and Reims are both remembered in their prime, and revisited today as crumbling temples of speed.
Featuring glorious period images and the breathtaking contemporary photography of Gavin D. Ireland, this is one of the most atmospheric books I have ever read. From ghostly encounters between long dead speed aces and local youths on the moss covered banking at Brooklands, to the derelict sixties architecture of Finnish track Keimola, now engulfed by pine forests and all but forgotten.
Also featured are haunting images of Nazi officers marvelling at the streamlined Auto Union of Bernd Rosemeyer screaming around the sweeping brickwork banking at AVUS in Berlin, and of the tranquil park that London's own racetrack at Crystal Palace was destined to become.
If you love entertaining and informative motor racing history together with beautiful photography you will love this book.

This Photographer is Amazing
I've had the privilege of seeing some of Mr. Irelands work and it is, quite simply, stunning. His photos are evocative and striking and sometimes hauntingly simple- if the photos used for this book are even remotely as good as what he's produced already, then this is going to be a treasure worth waiting for.