Continuing for six weeks, and covering 16,000 miles from London to Mexico City via some of the most varying, tortuous and difficult terrain on three continents, the 1970 World Cup Rally was a unique high-speed event, attracting many serious works teams such as Ford and British Leyland.

Despite the tremendous amounts of money spent choosing and developing new cars, completing months-long route surveys, and analysing every detail of diets, oxygen provision, and the number of crew members, out of an entry of more than 100 cars, only 23 cars made it to the finish.

It was then, and remains now, the toughest rally of all time.

Supported by Australian champion biker Simon Pavey and experienced British rider Matt Hall, Charley attempted to do what many professional bikers have failed - to complete the Dakar Rally. Written by Boorman himself, best-selling author of ‘The Long Way Round.’ Hardback.

French Language but great pictures.
The author recounts the event’s birth with humour, and there are first-hand testimonies from some of those who took part in the inaugural running. Some super images too, of highly unusual machines - Matras, buggies and a '27 Renault KZ - out of their depth in the dunes.

Covering the pre-WRC 'golden years', Rally of the Forests period; An incredibly detailed and highly illustrated review; Contains over 250 photographs, most of which are published for the first time; Features reproductions of rally documents, including regulations, programmes, road books, and crew notes Starting at a time when rallying was becoming increasingly competitive, when it started to have forest stages, this detailed review takes the reader into the heart of this thrilling event.

by Reinhard Klein.

The glorious pictorial format portrays rallying from the very first humble and adventurous beginnings over 5 decades to contemporary high speed sport. McKlein emptied international photo archives to document rally history. They captured the moments, the action and the faces of modern rallying around the globe. 392 pages. Texts in English, French and German. Comprehensive statistics.

This compact book describes the appeal and the hardships of the Dakar rally. The writers have competed in the Dakar and know the event intimately. They have spoken to other competitors in all types of machinery to present a balanced picture of this unique event. With a foreword by multiple Dakar winner Ari Vatanen, it is a book that will stand re-reading many times by desert rally fans.

In 2002 the fiftieth event was held and it is possible that it may be the last. On the occasion of that anniversary, Reinhard Klein, in association with former co-driver John Davenport, compiled this massive work containing more than 300 pages. More than two years work has gone into its compilation. The highlight of this top-quality work is the photography.

This first book of its kind tells the behind-the-scenes story of the highly scandalous Cannonball Run. In the early 1970s, Brock Yates, senior editor of Car and Driver magazine, created the now infamous Cannonball Sea-to-Shining-Sea Memorial Trophy Dash; a flat out, no-holds-barred, incredibly illegal race from New York City to Redondo Beach, California. Filled with unpublished stories, nostalgic and modern-day photos, inside information and hilarious stories from this outrageous account.

The full story of the RAC Rally is told here in this book by photographer and journalist Max Le Grand. He covers the early development of rallying in Great Britain - starting with the Honourable Charles Rolls' victory in 1900 - and the rise to international prominence of the RAC Rally. The historical narrative is enlivened by anecdote and profusely illustrated with photographs covering the entire history of the rally, from the beginning of the 20th century.