Supercars
The Great Australian Sporting Rivalry Story
$44.21
- Hardcover
280 pages
- Release Date
21 July 2021
Summary
V8 Supercars is a great Australian sporting success story, still going strong for over a quarter of a century. It was the first local race series to gain a mainstream national following, catapulting the likes of Peter Brock and Dick Johnson to fame against the backdrop of Mount Panorama, Bathurst. These days the sport draws huge crowds, attracts big-dollar TV rights deals and a new generation of heroes have appeared battling over old territory, plus a host of new street circuits, turning this…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781925946994 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1925946991 |
| Author: | Luke West |
| Publisher: | Rockpool Publishing |
| Imprint: | Gelding Street Press |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 280 |
| Release Date: | 21 July 2021 |
| Weight: | 1.54kg |
| Dimensions: | 52mm x 210mm x 258mm |
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Luke West
Luke West, editor and compiler of Australia’s Greatest Racecars, is a lifelong motorsport enthusiast who has turned his passion into his work. He is an Australian motoring historian with an eye for colourful characters, quirky content, and significant moments, and has a special fondness for digging up previously untold stories and bringing them to life.
Luke had a stint at racing newspaper Auto Action prior to spending eight years as editor of Australian Muscle Car. He was also a V8 Supercars on-course announcer for several seasons, including anchoring the Bathurst 1000 PA commentary team.
Luke was born and bred in Sydney. The first word he uttered was ‘car,’ and as a toddler, he gave peace signs pronouncing ‘Hey Charger.’ He attended his first race at Amaroo Park in 1979 and drove his siblings crazy holding mini-Bathurst 1000s around the family home using Matchbook cars. He once owned a Fiat.
Luke lives in Sydney’s Hills District and is married with two adult sons, who have not caught the racing bug from their old man. He is the author of Immortals of Australian Motor Racing: The Local Heroes and his previous book was Supercars: The Holden vs Ford Era.
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