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Newsletter February 2020
“I guess there are never enough books.”
(John Steinbeck)
Here at last...
The latest in our Great Cars series, Shelby Cobra Daytona Coupe – The autobiography of CSX2300, is already garnering praise with positive comments from those who saw it at Rétromobile. In his foreword to this book, Peter Brock, the Director of Special Projects at Shelby American from 1962-65, observes: There have been many words written about the Shelby era but relatively few that focus on this most intensive early period with the Daytona Cobra Coupes.” Here this story is told in unprecedented detail and with special emphasis on one of the six Coupes built. Author Rinsey Mills, the writer of Shelby’s authorised biography, draws on first-hand accounts from Shelby American drivers and team members, and shares many period photographs never previously published.

The Daytona Coupe was created with the audacious ambition of dethroning Enzo Ferrari as the king of sports car racing, and in 1965 it did just that. Despite the Ferrari factory’s greater experience, and despite the all-round competitiveness of the Italian marque’s 250 GTO, the Daytona Coupe defeated Ferrari in the large-capacity class of the FIA’s International GT Championship – a prize not won before or since by any other American manufacturer.

This book looks at all the Cobra Daytona Coupes’s significant races in 1964 and ’65, and in particular detail at the five races contested by chassis CSX2300. This car played an important role in the Shelby team’s success and is a worthy addition to Porter Press’s acclaimed Great Cars series. 


Specification
Jacketed hardback, 336 pages,
285 x 235 mm portrait, 
over 300 illustrations, many in colour.                         

Price: £60                            
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The GT Ferrari that turned amateurs into pros
Our latest blog tells the story of two gentleman drivers who took a Ferrari 250 GT SWB to third place at Le Mans in 1961. This was the stepping stone to a works drive in a winning Ferrari 275 P just three years later.

If a racing driver at Le Mans hears that they have been described as “an amateur”, they are not likely to be best pleased. But as sports car racing flourished through the 1960s, being called an amateur was regarded less as an insult, more as a badge of honour. There was something heroically romantic about weekend warriors battling the best in the sport, and – who knew? – perhaps occasionally a wealthy amateur might fulfil his wildest dreams by breaking through to the ranks of the professionals. This certainly came true for a nouveau riche industrialist who got himself noticed at Le Mans in 1961, sharing a privately run Ferrari 250 GT SWB with a textile magnate, and who went on to win the French 24-hour race in 1964 in a works-run Ferrari 275 P shared with, of all people, a professor of mathematics...
 
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Competition time
Congratulations to last month's winner, Gary Pocklington of Redhill who correctly identified that Carroll Shelby drove the Aston Martin DBR1 at the 1959 Le Mans.
 
For your chance to win this month's prize – a copy of the latest in our Porter Profiles series, Jaguar D-type  –The story of XKD 526 – please send the correct answer to the question below to shannon@porterpress.co.uk. by 29 February.

How many works D-types were built in 1954?
 
A) 4
B) 5
C) 6
Breaking news
We are delighted to be attending the London Classic Car Show with Classic Motor Hub who are exhibiting. The show runs from 20 to 23 February and more details will appear in our next newsletter and on our Facebook page.
Over to you....
We have had some excellent reviews recently, including the one below from Richard Walton:
 
"This is an absolutely top quality (in every sense) thing. I bought it as a present for my brother and when it arrived I had proper 'present envy'. It's thorough, well researched and visually absolutely stunning, a really beautiful book that you could get lost in regularly if it was on the coffee table."
 
We always like to hear what you think, so please do either leave a review on our website (there is a review link at the bottom of each book page) or email tania@porterpress.co.uk with your comments.

**This month we will pick one of your reviews or feedback emails at random,
and the writer will receive a £10 PPI Gift Voucher **
    
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