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Ratings: 5 = Must Have! , 4 = Brilliant , 3 = Good , 2 = Average (good enough for the collection) , 1 = Forget about it
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Grand Prix - Fascination Formula 1 Rating = 4 
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1995-Dec-01 | Rainer W. Schlegelmilch is one of the two really famous and important Formula 1 photographers from Europe. This book shows the best of during 25 years: not only cars but the whole Formula 1 world... | Details |
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Corvette - Racing Legends Rating = 5 
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2008-Jan-01 | Focus of the book: This book was made with love, with true love for the Corvette racing history especially the L-88, as driven by the Scuderia Filipinetti from 1968 to 1969 at Le Mans! For much more details and page scans click on "Details". |
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Le Mans 1960 - 1969 Rating = 5
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2010-Apr-08 | An officially licensed book by the Automobile Club de L'Ouest (A.C.O.) summarizing a whole decade. This is the first book from an upcoming series by author Quentin Spurring: 8 Volumes are currently planned in order to cover the whole history of Le Mans in great detail: 1923 - today. | Details |
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Nissan GT-R Supercar Rating = 4
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2010-Feb-11 | Focus of the book: This book is for Nissan Fans! It explores the origin of the GT-R back in the 1950s and covers its evolution to the present day where it participates in the FIA GT1 World Championship! Click on details for more! |
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Go Faster Rating = 3 |
2010-Feb-01 | Focus of the Book: Graphical Design of Racing Cars mainly between 1960 and 1990. | Details |
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Sports Car Racing in camera 1950-59 | 2010-Jun-15 | Will be released in June 2010. Focus of the book: All important sports cars of the 50s, year by year in 10 chapters, on 250 pages in very good photographic quality. It also summarizes the most important teams and drivers per year. |
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Porsche Sport 2009 Rating = 4
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2009-Dec-07 | Focus of the book: All the races where Porsche was involved in 2009. This includes ALMS, LMS, FIA GT, the Cups and all the endurance races like Le Mans. | Details |
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Sportwagen Story 2009 Rating = 2 |
2009-Nov-30 | Focus of the book: If you are not really into buying racing books but you somehow have a little interest in gaining an overview of the most important Prototype and GT racing events then THIS BOOK is for you! | Details |
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Official Annual Le Mans 24 Hours 2009 Rating = 5
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2009-Nov-25 | This is just a fantastic book! High quality pictures (and there are lots of!), very nice hourly summaries, good coverage of the practice sessions as well as the traditional statistics of the race, the drivers, the teams and the manufacturers. The book also covers the return of Aston Martin in LMP1 after 50 years in detail having a look on the DBR1 history. Another 3 pages are dedicated to the Le Mans legend François Guittet, an inhabitant of Le Mans, 92 years old. |
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DTM Jahrbuch 2009 Rating = 3 |
2009-Nov-09 | Focus of the book: DTM 2009, each race, all facts. | Details |
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Porsche 917 x 17 Rating = 5
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2009-Nov-01 | Focus of the book: I can only say "The 917 by Jeff Zwart" For those of you remembering my description of the book "Porsche Rennsport" by Jeff Zwart, it should be clear what I meant by the focus above: The most beautiful artistic studio photopraphs in front of black background, thick photo paper and the best quality you can get in book form! |
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Porsche 917: Archiv 1968 - 1975 Rating = 5
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2009-Oct-19 | Focus of the book: The technical construction of the Porsche 917.
Compared to all other books about the Porsche 917, this one has been written by one of the engineers that designed and constructed the well known racer. As a result the whole book is focusing on the construction and provides by far the richest details about the car. The large scale drawings are certainly one of the most impressive parts of the book. Additionally the book is based on Porsche archive materials only and also includes photographs that have never been shown to public so far. |
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Generation Porsche Rating = 3 |
2009-Oct-01 | I recommend this book to all Porsche fans with an eye for photographic excellence. Click on details for more infos. | Details |
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Les Suisses au Mans 2009 (Tome 4) Rating = 4
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2009-Jul-01 | Unlike Part 1 and 2 of this series, part 4 (2009) is summarizing all details of the Swiss at le Mans 2009 across 60 pages and dedicates a chapter for each decade: - 1999, 1989, 1979, 1969, 1959, 1949 and 1939 are well desribed across 120 pages. |
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Races Faces Places Rating = 4
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2009-Jun-01 | Focus of the book: Michael Cooper was a busy photographer of motor racing in the 1960’s, covering everything from F1 to sports car racing, capturing traditional-style photographs of cars but also many rather unusual images of drivers, team managers, marshals and spectators, showing the glamour (or not) of the locations the races were taking place. | Details |
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Porsche 917 - The Complete Photographic History Rating = 4
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2009-May-21 | Focus of the book: As the title claims, full photographic coverage of the 917 including predecessor and successor models. This was the third book I bought about the Porsche 917. One could argue that I should have been satisfied with the book "917 - the Heroes, the Victories, the Myth" already. Why I am happy to have this book now... click on the details! |
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Porsche 917 Rating = 4
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2009-Feb-01 | Focus of the book: Liveries !! The book primarily focuses on giving you a complete view on all the 917 chassis homologated between 1969 and 1971 and documents in detail all the liveries that have been applied to them and in which races each chassis was used. |
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Porsche Sport 2008 Rating = 4
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2008-Dec-01 | This book covers every race where Porsche officially attended throughout the year. Across 250 pages it contains: - All GT Races (ALMS, LMS, Grand-Am Rolex...) - All Porsche Races (Carrera Cup, ...) - All Endurance Races (24h Le Mans, Daytona, Nürburgring, Dubai, Spa and Zolder) - Special events like the Transsyberia Rallye The whole book is spiced up with brilliant pictures by photographer Ulrich Upietz. |
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Sportwagen Story 2008 Rating = 3 |
2008-Dec-01 | This book by Thomas Voigt covers the 24h of Le Mans, the Le Mans Series (LMS), the American Le Mans Series (ALMS), the ADAC GT Masters as well as some FIA GT events. All in all I liked the 200 pages overview very much about these special kind of race events. | Details |
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Porsche 917: Die Helden, die Siege, der Mythos Rating = 3 |
2008-Nov-24 (2nd edition, +25 pages!) | Focus of the book: Historical background stories, drivers, teams. This book is not only about the car but also very much about its drivers, events and the fascinating stories around its development. Compared to the book "Porsche 917 - Eine Erfolgsgeschichte" by the HEEL press, it does not cover all variations of each model but rather focuses on giving you the full historical chronology of the car. It reads more than a story than a technical book. |
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DTM Jahrbuch 2008 Rating = 2 |
2008-Nov-10 | The book as such is not of big value but if you have visited one of the DTM races you might like this kind of yearbook covering all stories around the Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters (DTM) of a whole season. So the book is here just to let you know that DTM got its yearbook too. | Details |
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Grüne Hölle 2008 Rating = 2 |
2008-Nov-05 | Focus of the book: Obviously this book focuses on all the races in 2008 that took place at the famous Nürburgring Nordschleife in Germany. The book is far from being valuable in the sense of a real milestone in my library but having one example of this series is fine for me and gives some nice informations about each type of race that takes place at the Nordschleife. Unfortunately the reader is not informed about the real details that everybody would like to know... on the other hand it is also very cheap, so I didn't mind much. | Details |
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24 Stunden Nürburgring Nordschleife 2008 Rating = 3 |
2008_Sep-01 | The book as such is certainly not a jewel in my race book library, too much advertisment are placed across the book but nonetheless having one example of this kind is ok. Timo Bernhard, Marc Lieb, Romain Dumas und Marcel Tiemann did win again after their success in 2007 with the Manthey-Porsche GT3 RSR. | Details |
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Steve McQueen by William Claxton Rating = 3 |
2008-Aug-15 | Although William Claxton was most noted for his photography of jazz musicians including Chet Baker, he also did some photo series with celebrities and among these works the one about Steve McQueen became most famous. The book is of great quality (print and paper, as usual for TASCHEN books) and due to its 25th anniversary it only costs about 10 Euros at the moment. | Details |
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Porsche RS Spyder 2008 Rating = 5
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2008-Nov-08 | In 2008, the Porsche RS Spyder had its first appearence in Europe. As LMP2 car, it was used by 5 different teams: 3 cars by Penske, 2 by Dyson, one by Horag, one by ESSEX and another one by Van Merksteijn. This book covers the history of the car and features many excellent pictures by Porsche photographer Ulli Upietz that every RS Spyder fan like me will love! Price Tag: I payed 40 Euros, now it is about 20 only! | Details |
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Le Mans 24h 2008 Official Yearbook Rating = 5
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2008-Aug-01 | The first book I bought about Le Mans, many many pages full of high quality photos and infos about the whole weekend at Le Mans 2008. If you go to Le Mans for the first time, the official yearbook is a "must have" for you!! | Details |
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Sports Car Racing in camera 1970-79 Rating = 3 |
2008-Jun-08 | Focus of the book: All important sports cars of the 70s, year by year in 10 chapters, on 250 pages in very good photographic quality. It also summarizes the most important teams and drivers per year. | Details |
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Porsche Rennsport Rating = 5
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2007-Dec-01 | The dramatic shapes of Porsche's most successful sports cars are the subjects of this book by renowned photographer and Porsche racer Jeff Zwart. During a Reunion at Daytona International Speedway Jeff constructed a temporary studio to photograph more than 125 cars. Every sports-car model type from every decade is represented, from the first Porsche built in 1948 (356-001) through the 2004 GT3 RSR. Each chapter is introduced by a factory driver from that period, which includes Herbert Linge, Dan Gurney, Brian Redman, Derek Bell, Hurley Haywood, and Sascha Maassen. For every Porsche fan, this is a "must have" ! | Details |
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Porsche Sport 2007 Rating = 4
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2007-Nov-01 | Focus of the book: All the races where Porsche was involved in 2007.
This is the first book about the updated LMP2 racer Porsche RS Spyder Evo which again was run by the Penske Racing Team as well as the Dyson Racing team. |
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Jägermeister Racing 1968 - 2000 Rating = 3 |
2007-Oct-01 | The author Eckhard Schimpf describes the whole era of Jägermeister being one of the biggest sponsors during the 60s until 2000. Jägermeister sponsored Formula One, DTM, GT and Group-C cars. | Details |
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Sports Car Racing in camera 1960-69 Rating = 3 |
2007-Aug-16 | Focus of the book: All important sports cars of the 60s, year by year in 10 chapters, on 250 pages in very good photographic quality and all in colours. It also summarizes the most important teams and drivers per year. | Details |
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Typenkompass Porsche: Renn- und Sportwagen seit 1948 Rating = 3 |
2007-Jul-07 | Focus of the book: One or two pages for each model, 135 pages long, a very nice little compendium about Porsche's race cars from 1948 to 2007 including the Porsche RS Spyder Evo. | Details |
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La Suisse et les 24 Heures du Mans (Tome 2) Rating = 5
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2007-Jul-01 | Unfortunately this book is available only in french but for me a good and motivating occasion to refresh my four years of french lessons at school. However: A Must-Have if you have already part one. | Details |
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La Suisse et les 24 Heures du Mans (Tome 1) Rating = 5
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2007-Jun-01 | The book is not chronologically going through the years at Le Mans but rather focuses on key Swiss engagements of drivers, teams and other racing related people. The book is actually delivered in two parts (Tome 1 and 2) and comes in really great quality (paper, print, photos): Over 600 pages and many many rare photos (over 1400 in total!). The picture on the cover of "Tome 1" shows Jo 'Seppi' Siffert at Le Mans 1969 photographed by his sister Adélaïde Siffert. Absolutely awesome book! |
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Porsche 911 GT3 RSR - Limited Edition Rating = 4
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2007-May-07 | When I was live at Le Mans 2008 watching the 24 hours race I knew very soon that my biggest enthusiasm was aimed at the Porsche GT3 RSRs and above all those driven by the Flying Lizard Team. If you are equally thrilled by the beautiful shape and the typical dense sound of the 911, this book is made for you. It's expensive... but once you hold it in your hands, you'll never regret it! It features large fold-out photos as well as transparent pages with handwritten text by Porsche representatives. | Details |
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Vergessene Rennstrecken: Traditionskurse in Europa Rating = 4
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The book is fully written in german, therefore this summary is kept in german too: Wer kennt sie nicht, die klingenden Namen der traditionsreichen Rennstrecken aus dem Beginn des 20. Jahrhunderts, wie Reims, Brooklands und Montlhéry. Doch an den meisten ruhmreichen Stätten, wo sich einst Größen wie Rosemeier, Novulari, Fangio oder Hill legendäre Rennschlachten lieferten, sind die Motoren längst verstummt, die Boxen leer und die Zufahrt zum Fahrerlager für immer gesperrt. An anderen Strecken wie Monza oder Nürburgring muss man sehr aufmerksam nach architektonischen Zeichen jener Zeit Ausschau halten, denn nur allzu häufig gingen sie bei Umbaumaßnahmen verloren. Die Autoren S.S. Collins und Gavin D. Ireland haben sich an Europas großen Rennkursen auf die Spurensuche nach Überresten längst vergangener Renn-Tage begeben. Dieser emotionale Bildband dokumentiert mit einzigartig stimmungsvollen Fotos, was von diesen Traditionsstrecken heute noch vorhanden ist und erzählt in lebendigem Stil ihre noch heute greifbare Geschichte. |
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Porsche Sport 2006 Rating = 5
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2006-Nov-01 | Focus of the book: All the races where Porsche was involved in 2006.
This is THE book about the LMP2 Porsche RS Spyder as the team Penske Racing supported by Porsche has won the overall ALMS season and has sometimes even won the overall victory in some races and therefore beaten the LMP1 cars by Audi! |
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24:16 Rating = 4
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2006-Jun-01 | Focus of the book: Norbert Singer's autobiography working at Porsche, the most successful manufacturer at Le Mans ever (16 overall victories). | Details |
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Porsche Sport 2005 Rating = 3 |
2005-Nov-01 | Focus of the book: All the races where Porsche was involved in 2005.
In 2005 the Porsche RS Spyder was introduced, therefore this book has been more interesting for me than the others so far from the 2000s. The book covers as usual all races including detailed statistics of each race: Spa, Le Mans, Daytona, Sebring, Nürburgring and many more. |
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24 Hours of Le Mans 2004: The Official Year Book Rating = 4
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2004-Nov-30 | This is the classic official Le Mans Annual which includes the complete low-down about the most prestigious race in the world, with hour by hour reports, analysis, features and behind-the-scenes action. The book details the long qualifying process as well as the preparation for the race. It describes all the entrants, with pictures of all the drivers and all the cars. This extensive information is put into context with both magazine and historical stories. - 242 pages, english. | Details |
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Porsche Sport 2004 | 2004-Nov-01 | Focus of the book: All the races where Porsche was involved in 2004. From the normal Porsche Street Cars to the Bi-Turbo 911, all races are covered in detail: Spa, Le Mans, Daytona, Sebring, Nürburgring and many more. This is the 12th edition of Porsche Sport! |
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Power and Glory - Am Steuer berühmter Rennwagen-Klassiker Rating = 3 |
2004-Oct-04 | The book takes you on a journey from 1923 to 1976, picks out some of the greatest sport cars and gives you very interesting insights of their construction as well as how it felt to drive them: The author Hans-Jörg Götzl has driven most of the described cars by himself! | Details |
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Die Sauber-Formel Rating = 5
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2004-Oct-01 | At the time where I wrote this post (02-Dec-2009), Peter Sauber was heavily discussed in the press as of his uncertain situation with his Formula 1 Team in Hinwil. Some days before, Peter Sauber got the agreement from BMW to buy back the team he founded himself back in 1991 and sold it to BMW in 2005. But the book is not here for that purpose! It is here because of Peter Sauber's past. Click on details to know why... |
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Porsche Sport 2003 Rating = 3 |
2003-Nov-11 | Focus of the book: All the races where Porsche was involved in 2003. From the normal Porsche Street Cars to the Bi-Turbo 911, all races are covered in detail: Spa, Le Mans, Daytona, Sebring, Nürburgring and many more. |
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Porsche 956/962: The Enduring Champions Rating = 4
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2003-Aug-14 | This work chronicles the history of Porsche's 956/962 sports car. It includes the development story of the 956, its low-key debut at Silverstone in 1982 and the Joest team's two consecutive Le Mans victories. It also includes appendices of international race victories and technical specifications. | Details |
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Scuderia Filipinetti Rating = 4
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2002-Nov-22 | Focus of the Book: The full story of the Swiss Racing Team founded by Georges Filipinetti who primarily supported Jo "Seppi" Siffert in the 60s. | Details |
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Porsche Sport 2002 Rating = 3 |
2002-Dec-01 | Focus of the book: All the races where Porsche was involved in 2002. The 10th edition of Porsche Sport! 235 x 315 mm +200 pages +500 photos |
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Porsche Sport 2001 Rating = 3 |
2001-Nov-07 | Focus of the Book: Success of the 911 GT3-RS in Europe, USA and Asia. | Details |
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Porsche Sport 2000 Rating = 3 |
2000-Nov-07 | Focus of the Book: Success of the 911 GT3 sports cars in the ALMS and FIA GT Championship. The GT3 got the overall class win in the ALMS season 2000 as well as the GT win at Le Mans 2000. |
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Le Mans 24h 2000 Official Yearbook Rating = 4
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2000-Sep-04 | All details of the 24 hours race at Le Mans. Audi celebrates its victory for the first time in LMP1! | Details |
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Porsche Sport 1999 Rating = 4
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1999-Nov-07 | Focus of the Book: Success of the GT2 and GT3 sports cars in the ALMS and FIA GT Championship. Of course all 1998 car models are presented as well as all the races where Porsche was engaged at, like the Pirelli Supercup and Carrera Cup. | Details |
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911 GT1 - Der Erfolgstyp Rating = 4
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1999-Jun-23 | Focus of the Book: All about the Porsche 911 GT1 in 1998 covering Le Mans, FIA GT, other GT races as well as the street car version. | Details |
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Porsche Sport 1998 Rating = 5
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1998-Nov-07 | Focus of the Book: The success of the 911 GT1 and GT2 in the FIA GT Championship 1998. Porsche Sport '98 tells the story of Porsche's success with its 911 GT1 and GT2 sports cars in the FIA GT Championship and follows them through the whole season in Europe, USA and Asia. But it also describes in detail the overall win at Le Mans 1998 with the Porsche 911 GT1 driven by Allan McNish, Stéphane Ortelli and Laurent Aïello. |
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Porsche Sport 1996 Rating = 2 |
1996-Nov-01 | Focus of the book: All races in 1996 where Porsche participated in. The "Porsche Sport" series by Ulrich Upietz started in 1993. It features all famous race events like Mobil 1 Supercup, Carrera Cup, FIA GT, Grand Am Rolex Sports Car Series, Alpenpokal, GT3 Cup Challenge, ALMS, LMS and the endurance race events like Le Mans, Sebring, Spa, Daytona and Nürburgring. | Details |
