Motor Sport Magazine

An ode well worth the Pryce

IN RECENT YEARS THERE HAS BEEN A pleasing trend for authors to pay tribute to bygone stars whose names meant a great deal within the motor sport firmament, and yet whose accomplishments remain largely unknown to the wider world.

Cases in point include Richard Jenkins’ excellent homage to Richie Ginther and works by each of the co-authors here: Darren Banks’ profile of Stephen South, his first literary endeavour, received widespread acclaim; Kevin Guthrie’s Jim Crawford biography is perhaps less well known, but the subject is every bit as worthy.

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