HAND-SIGNED COLLECTORS MOTOR RACING BOOK

TITLE: KINGS OF THE NURBURGRING - DER NURBURG-RING: A HISTORY 1925-1985

SIGNED BY: CHRIX NIXON (DEDICATED 'TO ROGER')

PUBLICATION YEAR/ DATE: 2005 (1st EDITION)

LANGUAGE: ENGLISH

COVER TYPE: HARDBOUND PUBLISHED WITH DUST JACKET

SIZE & # OF PAGES: 28CM x 28CM - 305 PAGES

PUBLISHER & AUTHOR: TRANSPORT BOOKMAN - CHRIS NIXON

CONDITION: VERY GOOD FOR AGE AND FOR YEAR, 7.5 OUT OF 10 - DUE TO AGE & STORAGE THERE IS SOME LIGHT SUNFADING TO THE DUSTJACKET SPINE PLUS A LITTLE SURFACE RUBBING/ GLAZING WEAR. THE TOP EDGE OF THE DUSTJACKET SHOWS A SMALL NICK; THEREFORE THE BOOK HAS NOW BEEN FITTED WITH A SPECIALIST REMOVABLE SLEEVE (FITTED AFTER THE IMAGES WERE TAKEN).

Detailed Item Description:

KINGS OF THE NÜRBURGRING IS A RICHLY ILLUSTRATED HISTORY OF ONE OF MOTOR RACING’S MOST LEGENDARY CIRCUITS, COVERING THE YEARS 1925‑1983. CHRIS NIXON TRACES THE BIRTH OF THE NÜRBURGRING UNDER OTTO CREUTZ, TAKES READERS THROUGH ITS EVOLUTION, THEN FOCUSES ON FOURTEEN ELITE DRIVERS — “RINGMEISTERS” SUCH AS CARACCIOLA, NUVOLARI, FANGIO, STIRLING MOSS, AND JACKY ICKX — WHOSE FEATS ON THE TRACK BECAME MYTHIC. FILLED WITH RARE ARCHIVAL PHOTOS, VIVID RACE ACCOUNTS AND FASCINATING DETAIL, THIS BOOK IS BOTH A TRIBUTE TO DRIVERS AND A ROARING TESTAMENT TO THE POWER OF THE NORDSCHLEIFE.

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