Name: Full Throttle (en Inglés)
Price: 25270.00 CLP
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Author: Birkin, Henry Tim
ISBN: 9781913568696

Formato

Libro Físico

Autor

Henry Tim Birkin

Editorial

Clink Street Publishing

Año

2021

Idioma

Inglés

N° páginas

256

Encuadernación

Tapa Blanda

Dimensiones

20.3 x 12.7 x 1.5 cm

Peso

0.28 kg.

ISBN13

9781913568696

Categorías

Biografías

Full Throttle (en Inglés)

Henry Tim Birkin (Autor) · Clink Street Publishing · Tapa Blanda

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Reseña del libro "Full Throttle (en Inglés)"

Sir Henry Ralph Stanley Birkin Bt., better known as 'Tim' after the children's comic book character, Tiger Tim, will be remembered as one of the most daring and sporting of pre-war racing drivers. A contemporary of Sir Henry Segrave and Sir Malcolm Campbell he was regarded as one of the most famous drivers of the period. He twice won the Le Mans 24 Hour race in 1929 and 1931. One of the glamorous "Bentley Boys", silk scarf flying in the wind, he was a fearless and ferociously fast competitor. On one occasion at Le Mans he took on the challenge of pushing the Mercedes SSK of Rudi Caracciola to breaking point. He succeeded; passing the German on the Mulsanne straight, two wheels on the grass, one tyre in shreds, at 126 m.p.h. He continued driving, pedal to the floor, breaking the lap record in the process. Belying his daredevil image, Sir Henry was an unassuming, shy man who suffered from a stammer but was passionate in his belief that Great Britain should be a preeminent motor racing nation. Full Throttle captures at first hand Birkin's accounts of the excitement and thrills of racing that he so loved. It was first published in 1932, the year before he died at the age of 36 as a result of burns incurred from leaning on a hot exhaust pipe after finishing 3rd at the Tripoli Grand Prix. This illustrated Daredevil Books edition features a new foreword by Allan Winn, former CEO of Brooklands Museum and reflections on Birkin's life by Derek Bell, five times Le Mans winner.