[Books] A new Photo book of racing in 60s & 70s

[RTH]

Do forgive me if I make a little plug for the work of a fellow long time Ten Tenths member. who has been posting on this forum for at least 16 years

Gary Critcher as many of you will know has a career background in broadcasting on the technical staff of BBC ,ITV,Sky, F1 TV digital , Discovery and several others. As a life long motor racing enthusiast and competitor.... over 40 odd years Gary has purchased a vast collection of photographs and their rights as well as an archive of thousands of hours of racing and behind the scenes footage.

Over the last year Gary has been compiling his first book in 123 pages softback on calendared art paper for best photo printing clarity his first compilation of racing images - but not the usual pictures these have in the main been taken in pits paddock and infield by competitors , mechanics and supporters , so you get an insight in to off guard moments of famous drivers and engineers and above all the cars at close quarters from the 1960s and 1970s.

Printed in both B&W and colour with captions and explanatory notes it is lovely to look through and captures the atmosphere of the period superbly - it is published this week.



It will not be in the shops it will never be on Amazon. You can mail order it direct from Gary and pay by paypal via his website http://www.shutterandspeed.com/

[Gary Critcher]

...just wanted to post a couple of pics to show that the book is certainly not all F1..





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[morninggents]

I would be interested to buy a copy. Are any of the pictures taken in the UK from north of Silverstone?

[Gary Critcher]

er....the book includes images from the Indy 500 (is that north of Silverstone?), the 1962 Malayan Grand Prix for sportscars, a hillclimb in Kenya, a really nice pic of the podium from the 1963 Aintree 200, the Gunnar Nilsson Memorial Meeting at Donington, the Lotus 56B, F2 at Thruxton in 1972 (also Crystal Palace) plus a fair bit more. Any good for you?

[Gary Critcher]

The first review is just out, courtesy of Keith over at Classic Porsche Magazine;


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[grantp]

Originally Posted by Gary Critcher

The first review is just out, courtesy of Keith over at Classic Porsche Magazine;


click on the pic for a larger image.

Gary, for some reason I can't get the images any larger. Any of those posted so far.

Just thought you might like to know.

Good project!

[Gary Critcher]

hi Grant, yes, thanks for that. It's very strange, I have used those same pics & links on one other forum and they come up fine over there, so I've no idea why they are small on here! Glad you like the book!