N.A.R.T. A concise history of the North American Racing Team 1957-19t3

TERRY O’NEIL, Veloce, £60, ISBN 978 1 845847 87 6

O’NEIL HAS WRITTEN several well-received works on American road-racing history and this latest effort is typically well-written. This is not the definitive history of Luigi Chinetti’s squad, however; second-generation team principal ‘Coco’ Chinetti hasn’t contributed his thoughts and reminiscences (he’s working on his own history of NART with Michael Lynch). However, there is plenty to commend, not least the background on Chinetti Sr’s early driving career and his love/hate relationship with Le Mans. The author has also delved into the story behind Ed Hugus’s claim that he was the ‘Third Man’ who secretly piloted the 1965 24 Hours-winning 250LM as relief driver for Jochen Rindt and Masten Gregory. O’Neil hasn’t taken Hugus’s claim at face value, unlike some works we could mention.…

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Octane (Digital) - 1 Issue, December 2015

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