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He found that acting as sidecar passenger to top riders enabled him to both enjoy top-level European competition himself while being paid and to scratch a living writing about it — he was passenger to Eric Oliver jsnkinson whom he became World Champion in and Marcel Masuy. DSJ loved to race and drive Porsche cars and coined the term wischening pronounced as if in German for the manner in which one may corner successfully in a Porsche This book is not yet featured on Listopia.
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The Racing Driver by Denis Jenkinson
Motor sport journalist and competitor Author. His most famous competitive outing was as navigator for Stirling Moss during the Mille Miglia ; his fhe With Moss In The Mille Miglia is generally acknowledged as a classic of motor racing journalism.
After the war Jenkinson started competing on two and four wheels, but he lacked the funds to race regularly.
Green pictorial paper covers, contains photographic plates. Michael rated it it was amazing Jun 28, Green cloth with gilt lettering. Book ratings by Goodreads. The books were published the year following the season covered - so We're featuring millions of their reader ratings on our book pages to help you find your new favourite book.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Jenkinson also developed the classification of a driver's effort into "tenths". His book The Racing Driver was based on his experience as navigator and is a true classic worthy of any motorsports literature collection.
This copy taken from my own Motor Racing collect In his later years, he became involved with Brooklands Museum and was involved in several adventurous operations, including exploring sealed up underground air raid shelters.
To ask other readers questions about The Racing Driverplease sign up. Paperbackpages. Tim rated it really liked it Oct 09, Pages and binding are presentable One of Jenks' most famous exploits was road-testing an unregistered, unsilenced and very much not road-legal Lotus Formula Two car on the roads near his Hampshire home on Christmas Daythe logic being that the roads would be quiet and few police would be active.
Senna talks about the tension, stress and anticipation leading up to a race and what it feels like on the track competing for the checkered flag.
The Racing Driver
Jenkinson is the only person who covered thousands of miles as a racing passenger with the mo Denis Jenkinson's classic "The Racing Driver" was first published in and has remained a must-have for any racing library. It was there that I first saw racing-cars in action, what a thrill! Books by Denis Jenkinson. The Racing Driver by Jenkinson Denis.
As a conscientious objectorhe served in a civilian capacity at the Royal Aircraft Establishment in Farnborough. Each month we racin over 2. An insight into the character of Tony Vandervell and what went into the building and racing of his team of Vanwall cars.
World Sidecar Champion with Eric Oliver Skip to main content. Colmd rated it liked it Oct 06,
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