Author's introduction Acknowledgements Forewords 1- 1000 miles and more 2- A car is born 3- Time to go racing 4- A long way from home 5- Difficult times 6- Comeback - The 1966 season 7- 1967: The V8 arrives - eventually 8- The dream and the risks 9- The end of an era 10- A summary Index
Roy Smith is a retired company director who has a life long passion for motor sport, and, since 1968, Alpine Renault in particular. He began writing in the 1960s for club magazines, mainly interviews with the notables of the time. A 40 year business career in sales and marketing developed an attention for detail that was required for the preparation of this work about the Alpine Sports Prototypes and his current book about the development of the Renault Turbo Formula 1 cars. He has written many Alpine related articles since 1989 for various magazines, and is the UK correspondent for the French Alpine Renault Magazine, Mille Miles.
"A very accomplished effort." - velocetoday.com "Smith really gets his teeth in the subject as the plethora of quotes from team members confirms. A wealth of evocative photos complements the superb research." - Classic & Sports Car "Insightful quotes from insiders, racing anecdotes, charts, cutaway diagrams and plenty of good photographs make this a useful and entertaining work." - Classic Cars "Both books appear to be very well researched, with all the main people involved in the Alpine organisation represented and the use of excellent quality photos from behind the scenes, all of which really enhance this fascinating story." - Motor Sport "Congratulations to Smith for creating a worthwhile English language history of these grossly overlooked French sports-racers. Recommended." - Octane "A very accomplished effort. If only everybody spent their retirement years this productively!" - speedreaders.info "Rather than describe the story in dry prose, Roy Smith makes you feel almost like you have sat down to a long French dejeuner, fueled by a nice Bordeaux, with all the protagonists who are still alive today. There are many charming and hilarious anecdotes that really flesh out what life was like in the racing world of the 1960s. The book itself is extremely well executed, with pleasing graphic layout and a wealth of fascinating archival photos and drawings in B&W and Color. You can get lost for hours in all the photographs, as you track the gradual changes to each car, from race to race. The printing quality and paper are also very good. Definitely a great gift for the true car geek who likes comprehensive and well-illustrated books!" - automobiliac.com
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