Winged Sports Cars and Enduring Technology

The International Championship for Manufacturers in Photographs 1962-1971

By: Jànos Wimpffen

Sports car racing's decade of greatest diversity began with a shift from front-engine to mid-engine design and experiments with aerodynamics and lighter weight materials, resulting in some of the fastest, most charismatic cars ever built. It was also a time of unequalled driver talent, when many racers also competed in Formula 1.

This beautiful large format coffee-table book is the sequel to Janos Wimpffen's critically acclaimed Open Roads and Front Engines. It celebrates the men and machines of the decade with engaging writing and hundreds of evocative images from each race, most of which have never been published.

This meticulously researched and edited photographic essay captures an era of spectacular Manufacturers Championship competition. In addition to covering the major manufacturers, Winged Sports Cars and Enduring Innovation explores a fascinating supporting cast of smaller-displacement cars, specialty builders, and ñone-offs.î Many of the great drivers, team leaders, and constructors are revealed in compelling portraits.

Jànos Wimpffen, author of the critically acclaimed Time and Two Seats and Open Roads and Front Engines weaves each image into the context of that seasonÍs racing and the various themes of the era. Most of these photographs have never been published before, and each was personally selected by the author during his visits to archives throughout the world.