Fast Lines
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.35 (537 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0982913192 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 270 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-09-26 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Those glorious years from 1966 to 1974 are the basis for two of Pete's books, CAN-AM and CAN-AM PHOTO HISTORY, both from MBI Publishing (see BOOKS page). To scratch that old F3 itch, Pete has attended several competition driving schools, including the Bob Bondurant School, Skip Barber School, British School of Motor Racing, Jim Russell School and Jim Hall II Kart Racing School. No Cooper-Norton has come his way, but Pete has owned a Norton motorcycle and several other bikes, including Honda, Suzuki, Triumph, Triton (Triumph-Norton special) and Vincent, and has ridden all across the United States, deep into Mexico, and throughout much of Europe. After several years on-staff as editor of a US racing monthly, which at first was called Formula and later renamed Racecar, Pete chose to become a freelancer once again. He has competed in Fo
His pieces couple his enthusiasm for motorsports with clear insight into the factors that make cars and men champions. Whether he's screwing up his chance to learn how to drive fast from Dan Gurney, or taking a lap while precariously wedged into a Can-Am car with Peter Revson at the wheel and at full noise, Lyons picks up on the details that help us understand and appreciate what makes racing great. Fast Lines is a collection of 55 of Pete's columns, Fast Lines, from Vintage Racecar Magazine. He also includes glances into the contemporary Mario Andretti, mellowed hardly at age 60, and events like Sebring, Goodwood, and the Monterey Historics.. Pete Lyons grew up on the track, and has covered auto racing since the early 1960s. The book includes looks at cars and racers from Formula 1, Can-Am, Indycar, and endurance racing, most of them racers who competed in the 1960s and 1970s
. Today he contributes to a wide variety of automotive publications, including AutoWeek, for whom he is now a Senior Contributing Editor, and Vintage Racecar Journal, which carries his regular column, "Fast Lines." He also serves as editor of MilePost, the monthly organ of the Motor Press Guild (MPG). After several years on-staff as editor of a US racing monthly, which at first was called Formula and later renamed Racecar, Pete chose to become a freelancer once again. Other p
Doesn't Work John Mccarrier Publishing a collection of magazine columns as a book is a risky venture. It worked for Peter Egan and Leon Mandel.It doesn’t work here. I think the problem is that the editorial standards of Road and Track and AutoWeek are higher than those of Vintage Racecar magazine. I assume the pay is also better.Peter Lyons has written some great books on auto racing, especially about the Can Am series, but this collection of columns doesn&. James Pernikoff said Fun reading by a great motorsports writer. My two favorite motorsports columnists over the years were Eoin Young and Pete Lyons, and now they've both published great books of their writings. Pete's columns were one of the joys of following road racing over the years, and this collection of some of his best brings back some great memories.But even if you weren't around during the era that he writes about, this is a very readable and enjoyable book about the time when motorsports