Touch wood : the autobiography of the 1953 Le Mans winner
Hamilton, Duncan2014
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Duncan Hamilton won the classic Le Mans 24-Hour race in 1953 in his C-type Jaguar, with co-driver Tony Rolt. In 1954 the same pair finished second, losing to a much larger-ended V12 Ferrari - and by the narrowest margin in years. In all, Duncan Hamilton competed in nine of those great Le Mans endurance classics. Having cut his teeth in such pre-war cars as the R-Type MG and the Bugatti Type 35B, Duncan graduated to one of the immortal Lago-Talbot Grand Prix cars - which he subsequently mislaid in a French coal-hole. After a hugely eventful racing career - only Duncan could get himself fired by Jaguar for winning the Rheims 12-Hour race in 1956 - he eventually hung up his racing helmet in 1958. This is his story.
Main title:
Touch wood : the autobiography of the 1953 Le Mans winner / Duncan Hamilton with Lionel Scott.
Author:
Edition:
New edition. / additional material by Doug Nye ; foreword by Chris Evans.
Imprint:
London : John Blake, 2014.London : John Blake, 2014.
Collation:
xiv, 306 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white) ; 20 cm
Notes:
Includes index.
ISBN:
9781782197737 (pbk)
Dewey class:
796.72092796.72092 HAM796.72092HAM
Language:
English
BRN:
1564394