{"product_id":"le-mans-1980-89-quentin-spurring-9780992820930","title":"Le Mans 1980-89: The Official History of the World's Greatest Motor Race","description":"\u003cp\u003eLe Mans hosted the fastest racing cars on the planet, top speeds on the world-famous Mulsanne straight exceeding 250mph for the first time in 1988. This decade's new Group C regulations challenged motorsport engineers to achieve race-winning engine performance while saving fuel, fostering the original rationale of this historic event as a proving ground for emerging automotive technologies. It accelerated the development of control electronics and aerodynamics, and soon increasingly sophisticated racing coup s were setting new performance standards. The 1980 event was uniquely won by Jean Rondeau, a Le Mans resident, with a car of his own manufacture. After seven impressive Porsche successes, Jaguar and Mercedes-Benz, both returning to motorsport after long absences, won in 1988 and 1989. By the end of the decade, Le Mans was contested by Aston Martin, Jaguar, Mazda, Mercedes-Benz, Nissan, Peugeot, Porsche and Toyota.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- Highly detailed year-by-year coverage of the decade's ten races, giving over 30 pages of information and photographs for each year.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- Official status provides a number of unique features, including the reproduction of the full-color race poster artwork for each year and photographs from the ACO's archives.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- The images include rare colour, and the emphasis is on photographs that enthusiasts will not have seen before.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- The story of each race is told through photographs and an accompanying commentary.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- Complete data for each year includes technical regulations, entry list, circuit changes (with diagram), lap chart, full results and category awards.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- The whole work is beautifully designed and presented.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- Already established as a world-class event, the ACO's annual race scaled new heights during the 1980s, a time of spectacular transformation in top-flight sports car racing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Quentin Spurring\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0992820936\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780992820930\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Evro Publishing Limited\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/15\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 384\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 4.19lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 11.41h x 9.20w x 1.01d","brand":"Quentin Spurring","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46094106558719,"sku":"9780992820930","price":85.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_dbc0b13e-00be-477f-9e2a-1bcb63f72cb6.jpg?v=1724843704","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/le-mans-1980-89-quentin-spurring-9780992820930","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}