A tidy diecast model of the stealth fighter that was built in 1987as Audi prepared for an assault on the SCCA Trans-Am series.Four more Trans-Am quattros were made in the mould of the black prototype and, with Hurley Haywood, Walter Rrihrl and Hans-Joachim Stuck sharing driving duties, Audi dominated the 1988 Trans-Am season and made crybabies of its rivals.The SCCA eventually handicaped the cars to mitigate the 'unfair' advantage conferred by the all-wheel-drive system, but still couldn't stop from them from winning.....

As Sir Jackie Stewart states in his Foreword, “Pete Lyons was one of the best journalists in Formula 1 at the time I was racing.” Lyons himself writes that when he became obsessed with motor racing, “It felt like my true road.” This memoir retraces his steps along that road, focusing on the days when he wrote about and photographed the Can-Am sportscar series in his native America during its finest period from 1966 to 1972, then switched to Formula 1 for four great seasons from 1973 to 1976. Lyons witnessed Chaparral, Lola, McLaren and Porsche create ever-more-monstrous Can-Am beasts to be tamed by the likes of Jim Hall, John Surtees, Bruce McLaren, Denny Hulme, Mario Andretti and Mark Donohue. His cameras, notebooks and typewriter also were there when Tyrrell, Lotus, McLaren and Ferrari were the dominant forces in Formula 1, with Jackie Stewart, Emerson Fittipaldi, Niki Lauda and James Hunt the World Champion drivers. Immersed in this golden age of racing, Lyons brought a unique blend of evocative description and fastidious factual detail to his craft, putting his devoted readers at the heart of the action. This captivating memoir will transport you back to those times.....