Formula 4

By Johnny Walker
Published by Philip Collins
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Published: Sep. 15, 2012
Words: 2,597 (approximate)
Language: British English
ISBN: 9781301629268


Short description

This is all about a dream that came true. As a boy, I wanted to be a racing driver and was fascinated by high performance cars. Because of certain circumstances, I had the opportunity to ride in cars like Rolls Royce, Bentley and Mercedes. As I grew older I longed to race in single seaters but couldn't afford it, then Formula 4 came into my life which enabled me to race a single seater car.

Extended description

This book is all about one man's ambition to become a single seater racing driver with all the glamour and thrills that are attached to it, racing on all the major circuits in Europe.

It's a true story not just about high speed single seater racing but actually buidling racing cars from scratch with the fascination and detail of the engineering going into building the car. All this came about in a short period of some five years and in this case, building a new Formula at low cost within the means of club racing. It's all about the thrill of creating a new Formula and a new racing car, exhibiting the car at major racing exhibitions. This man became known as "the father of Formula 4".

Read all about how it started, first building our own karts and kart racing, having all the engineering facilities to do this and ultimately building the single seater racing car of which fifty were made and sent all over the world.

Five years of thrills, excitement equal to Formula 1 but at a fractio.. (Read more)


Tags

cars, car racing, racing, motor racing, motorsport, motor sport, formula 4, formula 4 cars

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