The British motorsport scene has always been renowned for brave innovation and this was certainly the case during the exciting time described by this book. An enthusiastβs reflective pot-pourri, in words and intimate paddock scenes, photographed in black and white and color beginning from the mid-1950s and through the 1960s, when motor racing was still accessible to all, and, finally the 1970s when overt sponsorship and television changed the sport forever, a defining era. Illustrated with 300 extensively captioned photos, many previously unpublished. Including continental race circuits, the cars and the personalities.
Anthony Carter trawled the paddocks of motor racing circuits at home and abroad during what many consider the golden age, the 1950s, β60s and the β70s.Β Many of his photographs appeared in βMotor Racing.Β Reflections of a Lost Eraβ, his first book published by Veloce in 2005 and reprinted in 2007.Β Both cars and personalities all came under the close scrutiny of Anthonyβs lens at long abandoned but fondly remembered venues.Β The old NΓΌrburgring, Reims and Rouen vie with todayβs circuits such as Le Mans, Silverstone and Brands Hatch.Β Anthony had to fit in his motor racing experiences around a career in the insurance world based in London.Β Maybe it contributed to a freshness of approach.Β Anthony unashamedly admired his heroes β many sadly no longer with us.Β Retirement living in East Anglia gave Anthony the opportunity to chronicle his experiences and a new book will appear in the summer 2011 featuring further photographs to which he has had privileged access.Β The photographs of an English driver who competed on the great circuits of Europe in the 1930s join with the experiences of a race mechanic working for a major team during the 1960s and the photographs he took as a teenager.Β It is part of a wider story of the unravelling history of motor racing during the constant advance of technology, much of it witnessed by the author.Β His book: βMotor Racing. The Pursuit of Victory 1930 to 1962β is part of a two volume work, the second featuring the photographs of a like like-minded enthusiast taken between 1962 and 1972.Β Both are Veloce publications.Β Anthonyβs photographs are now in demand from numerous sources. Β