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Nevinson, Tim.

Drivers : a celebration of New Zealand motorsport's greatest / Tim Nevinson and Michael Clark. - Auckland, N.Z. : HarperSports, ©2007. - 224 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 x 27 cm

Introduction -- C.W.F. Hamilton -- Colin Strang -- Sir Tom Clark -- Syd Jensen -- Ron Frost MBE -- The NZIGP -- Ray Thackwell -- Ronnie Moore -- Merv Neil MBE -- Ross Jensen -- Bruce McLaren -- Denny Hulme -- George Lawton -- Angus Hyslop -- Tony Shelly -- Chris Amon -- Howden Ganley -- Graham McRae -- Ken Smith -- John Nicholson -- Bert Hawthorne -- Graeme Lawrence -- David Oxton -- Jim Richards -- Robbie Francevic -- Peter Hull -- Jim Murdoch -- Dave McMillan -- Allan McCully -- Steve Millen -- Brett Riley -- Mike Thackwell -- Rob Wilson -- Craig Baird -- Paul Radisich -- Kayne Scott -- Andy Booth -- Simon Wills -- Scott Dixon -- Greg Murphy -- Jason Richards -- Fabian Coulthard -- Neil Cunningham -- Matt Halliday -- Jonny Reid -- Wade Cunningham -- Daniel Gaunt -- Chris van der Drift -- Andy Knight -- Brendon Hartley -- Earl Bamber -- Dominic Story.

The first of a Celebrity Books Series of Motorsport Heroes, national and international, on four wheels and two. McLaren, Hulme and Amon have risen above the radar in New Zealand with colourful tales of skill, success, daring and disaster. To have merely competed overseas, let alone excelled at any level in motor sport, is to have achieved something beyond our local comprehension. In New Zealand, motor racing is fun, and expensive. Overseas, it is deadly serious, expensive beyond our grasp and hugely competitive. Greg Murphy, the best known driver in New Zealand today, is one of many Kiwis whose name has been on the lips of millions outside Australasia, in America and Europe. We track the careers of the extraordinary individuals who cut their teeth in New Zealand, then went the thousands of extra miles to put our flag on top in world motorsport. These include: Chris Amon, Craig Baird, Scott Dixon, Denny Hulme, Bruce McLaren, David Oxton, Aaron Slight, Paul Radisich, Greg Murphy, Mike Thackwell, etc, etc - Google Books

ISBN: 9781869506933 1869506936

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Automobile racing drivers--New Zealand--Biography.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Biography.

Dewey Class. No.: 796.720922