Climbing the Mountain
The Autobiography
$36.94
- Paperback
440 pages
- Release Date
26 September 2018
Summary
Allan Moffat is one of the legends of Australian motor sport. His extraordinary driving career, which lasted from the mid-1960s to the late 1980s, coincided with the heyday of touring car racing. His achievements included 32 Australian Touring Car wins, four of them at Bathurst, and four Championships. His Trans Am Mustang, surely the definitive racing touring car of all time, claimed more than 100 victories. But Moffat’s impact went well beyond the winner’s podium. He brought a new level of …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781760528195 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1760528196 |
| Author: | Allan Moffat |
| Publisher: | Allen & Unwin |
| Imprint: | Allen & Unwin |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 440 |
| Release Date: | 26 September 2018 |
| Weight: | 618g |
| Dimensions: | 43mm x 155mm x 233mm |
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Allan Moffat
Allan Moffat, born in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada, won the Australian Touring Car Championship four times, the Sandown 500 six times, and the Bathurst 500⁄1000 four times. He is one of only two drivers to have won The Great Race at Bathurst in both formats - 500 miles and 1000 kilometers. He was inducted into the V8 Supercars Hall of Fame in 1999 and became an Australian citizen in 2004. After retiring from racing, he became an expert commentator on motor-sport telecasts for Channel Seven, Channel 9, and the ABC.
John Smailes is a journalist, motor-sport commentator, publicist, and, until recently, the proprietor of a specialized communications agency. He was co-commentator with Will Hagon on the ABC’s national coverage of the Australian Touring Car Championship at the combative height of the Ford versus Holden wars. He is the author of a history of the Confederation of Australian Motor Sport.
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