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100 Years of the Ulster Grand Prix: A Century of Road Racing [Pehme köide]

  • Formaat: Paperback / softback, 192 pages, kõrgus x laius: 198x256 mm
  • Ilmumisaeg: 23-Sep-2022
  • Kirjastus: Blackstaff Press Ltd
  • ISBN-10: 1780733054
  • ISBN-13: 9781780733050
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  • Formaat: Paperback / softback, 192 pages, kõrgus x laius: 198x256 mm
  • Ilmumisaeg: 23-Sep-2022
  • Kirjastus: Blackstaff Press Ltd
  • ISBN-10: 1780733054
  • ISBN-13: 9781780733050
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From the first race in 1922, the Ulster Grand Prix has been one of the most thrilling events in the international motorcycling calendar, attracting enormous crowds of spectators to watch the feats of the world's great riders and machines. Now a century old, the UGP holds a special place in the hearts of fans across the world and here at home.A lifelong fan, Norman has been attending the UGP for almost seventy years and has an unmatched knowledge of the event and its history. In this new book, he vividly captures the excitement of the event, from Hubert Hassall's win in the first race to Tom Herron's magnificent treble in 1978 and the domination of the Dunlop dynasty from the 1980s on.With over 100 photographs, alongside lively commentary and stories, and bringing together stats about the race from across its entire history, this is the definitive account of one hundred years of the Ulster Grand Prix.

From the first race in 1922, the Ulster Grand Prix has been one of the most thrilling events in the international motorcycling calendar, attracting the world's great riders and machines. With over 100 photographs, alongside lively commentary, and bringing together stats across its entire history, this is the definitive account.

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As sports books go, this has to be one of the very best I have ever read and has over 100 pages packed with information, facts, figures, stats and pictures, which really chronicles Normans account of his favourite motorcycle road race. If you bike fans want all of the facts then youll find them in the book. -- Liam Beckett * Sunday Life * The story of the UGP is told via Norman Windrums detailed and loving narrative enhanced by historical programme covers and many action photographs. The forty-five pages of statistics at the end are fascinating in themselves. The book is a beautiful production. Anyone with even just an inkling of interest in motorcycle racing and Northern Irish sport generally would do themselves a favour and buy this book. -- Joe Cushnan * Dropped the Moon * Windrum writes engagingly about the shift from the Clady to the Dundrod circuit and about the heroes of the event champions Mike Hailwood and John Surtees, Tom Herron and his 1978 triple victory, Ron Haslam, and the triumphant Dunlop dynasty, most of whom hes seen in action but also the organisational and sponsorship problems which have been constant. Even the supporters club rebelled one year. In some ways its not so much the safety aspect of racing between kerbs and lamp-posts that makes the events survival remarkable, precarious as it remains, as the relentlessly uphill organisational battles it has faced. -- Gordon Cruickshank * MotorSport Magazine *

Norman Windrum attended his first Ulster Grand Prix in 1947 when he was just ten years old. He was mesmerised. Since then, hes attended every UGP and, seventy-five years later, hes still got the bug. In 1979, he published The Ulster Grand Prix, celebrating fifty years of the iconic race. This year he marks the centenary of the race with the publication of 100 Years of the Ulster Grand Prix: A Century of Road Racing. He is privileged to have seen in action most of the heroes whose names are recorded in this book.