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Sports car racing in the 1970s began with the awesome Porsche 917 and Ferrari 512 doing battle on the classic circuits across the globe. In 1972 that gave way to the increasing sophistication of what were effectively two-seater F1 cars. Ferrari, Matra, Alfa Romeo, Gulf Mirage, Alpine-Renault and later Porsche were amongst the most successful.
 Some of the classic venues disappeared over safety concerns, whilst others, such as Le Mans, were excluded from the FIA championships, but the Le Mans 24 Hours still attracted the best and most varied fields.
The atmosphere of sports car racing in this decade is brilliantly captured in this meticulously researched photographic book, which features nearly 300 colour images accompanied by a fascinating commentary that remind us of the many and in some cases long-forgotten teams, cars and drivers that graced this period.
This book has been compiled and written by Paul Parker, who has contributed to Autosport, Classic Cars, Forza!, Jaguar World Monthly, the Daily Telegraph and Octane, and has also track-tested and raced historic racing cars. He is the author of three sister volumes published by Haynes: Sports Car Racing in Camera 1960 - 69, Formula 1 in Camera 1960 - 69 and Formula 1 in Camera 1970 - 79.
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