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Speedway, Volumes one and
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Volume one covers start in 1950 to 1957, Volume two covers 1957 to 1962.
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of this book.
"What particularly distinguishes this book from many others is that it has been
written by someone who was there, in the thick of things, in his own words and
supplemented with his own photographs. Max does not mince his words and has some
fairly critical comments to make about certain individuals while clearly having
a high regard for others. Anyone with an interest in international F1, F2 and F3
racing as it was in the 1960s should acquire this book and will not be
disappointed.
British Racing Drivers Club—Ian Titchmarsh
Sir Jackie Stewart
--"Ken's mechanics were the best - better at what they did than I ever was at
what I did. Mechanics were the only true professionals in motor racing; they
were artists at their work."
Quote from
Jackie’s own book.
"Self-published books have a certain look and feel - and some seem to surface
through vanity rather than because there is a worthwhile tale to tell. This is
not of that ilk. First-hand accounts of life with such as Brabham and Tyrrell
paint a vivid account of the period, but it's the tales of road trips between
continental races - living on prize money and cooking meals on a small stove at
the roadside - that give this its charm.
Rutherford also pays tribute to the quality of Belgian chips as much a
fact of life in 1967, apparently, as it is now.
Motorsport – Simon Arron.
"While this is an autobiography on Max's life a great deal of the book is spent
giving us some excellent detail about the years 1965 to 1970.
All the famous names were there then and Max knew them all — Jack
Brabham, Denny Hulme, Stirling Moss, Jackie Stewart plus many others. He worked
on their cars, built some cars and made personal friends with many of them. This
story is well worth telling and Max has a great way of telling it. Highly
recommended to anyone of the racing car fraternity.
Beaded
Wheels---Kevin Clarkson
For "Up on the wheel" book email Allan Batt at ajbatt@hotmail.com
This is Vol One of "The early years"
Fay Taylour, Frank“Satan” Brewer, Frank Amor, Max Butterworth, Ken Sager,
Roly
Crowther, Sherlock “Shock” Holmes, Ian Holden and dozens more.
Many photographs
only recently discovered.
Solo Bikes, TQ’s and Midgets. Statistics, Club finances and funny incidents.
160 pages and 260 photographs.
Volume two below follows on from "The Early Years" Vol.1at left.
Either book from the
webmaster for $30 NZ posted in
New Zealand.
Volume 2. Just $30 including freight in New Zealand.
For purchase contact:— webmaster
A follow on to Vol 1
More great photo’s and stories of the pioneer days of NZ Speedway up to the end
of the 1962 season.
Great drivers and their stories, great cars and great photo’s.
More great writing from our historian Dave Gifford.