Two Wheel Showdown!: The Full Drama Of The Races Which Decided The World 500Cc Motor Cycle Championship From 1949

Of all the motor cycle World Championship categories, the 500cc class represents the summit. Here Christopher Hilton - author of "Grand Prix Showdown!" - recounts, season by season, the excitement and drama of the pivotal races in the championship from its beginning in 1949 right through to the present day. Deeply researched, and with a host of original interviews, the book offers fascinating insights into the riders, their backgrounds, their skills and driving forces. Details off-track and on-track stories of the races that decided the World 500cc Championship, the triumphs and tragedies. Tells of the losers and the winners, and of the one-off champions whose names faded into legend - Masetti, Liberate, Hocking - as well as immortals like Graham, Duke, Surtees, Hailwood, Agostini, Read, and Sheene. Provides statistics of all the showdown races from 1949 to 1993.