The Great British Rally: RAC to Rally GB: The Complete Story

From the running of the 1932 RAC rally, mainly a social event, to the present day, when Rally GB is a high-speed endurance World Championship rally, this is the very first all-embracing history of an important part of British motorsport history. Descriptions of every event, opinions, results and images are brought together for the very first time.

Features
- A complete history of the RAC rally, which began in 1932 and became the UK’s most important motoring event
- Year-on-year reports of every event held, with analysis of tests, challenges, weather conditions, and motoring trends
- Unrivalled information of each event, the timing, the distances, and the special conditions involved
- The challenges posed by foot-and-mouth disease, snow-blocked roads, petrol rationing, and controversy surrounding rules and regulations
- Detailed results of every event, including winners and class winners
- Illustrated with hundreds of rare photographs
- Route maps, timetables and surveys of the yearly challenges
- Profiles and interviews of important personalities
- Descriptions of the cars, the speed tests, and the countryside visited
- That was then, this is now - expert analysis of the way the event has evolved

Technical details:
Publisher: Veloce
Author: Graham Robson & Martin Holmes
Format: 25 x 25 cm
Pages: 224
Illustrations: 300 images
Language: English