"Grand Prix Racing: 1906-1914" History by T.A.S.O. Mathieson
The earliest days of motorsport were a dirty, dangerous guessing game for many of the drivers and manufacturers on the bleeding edge of the technological revolution that brought us the automobile. While we can all imagine what a hellish experience driving some of these experimental machines in anger might have been like, who better to frame the narrative than one of the earliest personalities to make the jump from the wheel to the pen?
While Thomas Alastair Sutherland Ogilvie Mathieson (or TASO) was not born early enough to partake in these earliest of grands prix, he later became a successful driver, including two stints at Le Mans. TASO is better remembered, however, for his journalism and historiographic efforts, including the 1965 work you see here, a meticulous reference work on the early days of grand prix racing. Packed with large, high-resolution photography from the period that has likely not been in reproduction since this book was last printed, it is an excellent addition to the shelf of any pre-war motoring enthusiast, with only mild page edge-yellowing.
The earliest days of motorsport were a dirty, dangerous guessing game for many of the drivers and manufacturers on the bleeding edge of the technological revolution that brought us the automobile. While we can all imagine what a hellish experience driving some of these experimental machines in anger might have been like, who better to frame the narrative than one of the earliest personalities to make the jump from the wheel to the pen?
While Thomas Alastair Sutherland Ogilvie Mathieson (or TASO) was not born early enough to partake in these earliest of grands prix, he later became a successful driver, including two stints at Le Mans. TASO is better remembered, however, for his journalism and historiographic efforts, including the 1965 work you see here, a meticulous reference work on the early days of grand prix racing. Packed with large, high-resolution photography from the period that has likely not been in reproduction since this book was last printed, it is an excellent addition to the shelf of any pre-war motoring enthusiast, with only mild page edge-yellowing.
The earliest days of motorsport were a dirty, dangerous guessing game for many of the drivers and manufacturers on the bleeding edge of the technological revolution that brought us the automobile. While we can all imagine what a hellish experience driving some of these experimental machines in anger might have been like, who better to frame the narrative than one of the earliest personalities to make the jump from the wheel to the pen?
While Thomas Alastair Sutherland Ogilvie Mathieson (or TASO) was not born early enough to partake in these earliest of grands prix, he later became a successful driver, including two stints at Le Mans. TASO is better remembered, however, for his journalism and historiographic efforts, including the 1965 work you see here, a meticulous reference work on the early days of grand prix racing. Packed with large, high-resolution photography from the period that has likely not been in reproduction since this book was last printed, it is an excellent addition to the shelf of any pre-war motoring enthusiast, with only mild page edge-yellowing.