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They Started in MGs: Profiles of Sports Car Racers of the 1950s

Author Carl Goodwin
Publisher McFarland
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Author(s)Carl Goodwin
PublisherMcFarland
ISBN / ASIN0786460520
ISBN-139780786460526
AvailabilityUsually ships in 1 to 3 weeks
Sales Rank515,709
MarketplaceUnited States 🇺🇸

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An affordable, lightweight sports car suitable for racing, the MG TC launched the sports car scene in postwar America. A wave of drivers first competed on the track in these and the later TD, TF and MGA models during the 1950s, many of them eventually moving up to Porsches, Alfa Romeos, Jaguars and Ferraris. Eighty such drivers, from the famous (e.g., Phil Hill, John Fitch, David E. Davis, Jr.) to lesser known men and women with equally vivid stories, are profiled in this book, which presents many of their recollections from firsthand interviews alongside a wealth of period photographs.