Code No: 20384

Price: $69.95

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Author: Martin, J.A. & Fuller, Mike

Published: 2008

Binding: Hardcover

No. Pages: 256

Dimensions: 24 x 27

Illustrations: Many colour photographs, diagrams and drawings

Description: In today`s world of motor racing, where all competitors lioke to start out equsl, it is hard to imagine an all-out competition, in which one teams idea of the fastest race car could be pitted against anothers, regardless of mechanical "parity"? This was what the International Motor Sports Associations (IMSA) Grand Touring Prototypes (GTP) race series was about. The Series ran from 1981 to 1993, and it was one of the most exhilarating racing experiences of all time. This book profiles the amazing machines that resulted from the GTPs flat-out competition among different--and passionate--ideas about what might be the fastest way around a track: the V-12 with its better ground-effect tunnels but higher center of gravity (CG); the flat six with its low CG but severely-restricted ground-effect tunnels; the Mustang GTP with its engine at the front; and others that employed elaborate wings and air dams. Here are the people behind this engineering free-for-all, the culmination of almost a century of automobile racing experience. And here are eighteen of the most competitive vehicles they designed. Using photography, diagrams, drawings and first-person accounts from the men who built them, Inside IMSAs Legendary GTP Race Cars offers a detailed look at the technology that drove some of the worlds most exciting race cars, the likes of which may never be seen again.