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Climbing the mountain

Allan Moffat sits high in the pantheon of Australian motor sport. Through the heyday of touring car racing in the '70s and '80s his rivalry with Peter Brock was legendary. Over a 17-year period, either Brock or Moffat won at Bathurst on 13 occasions. Moffat won four Australian Touring Car Championships, Brock won three. But whereas Brock was the charismatic crowd pleaser, Moffat was notoriously taciturn and intense - a man of few words and most of them gruff. Now aged 76, Moffat is telling his story for the first time. His book is the compelling account of a young Canadian who moved to Australia with his family as a boy and became one of our greatest racing drivers. It's a tale of the great rivalry with Brock, that surprisingly ended with a driving partnership and huge mutual respect, and it's about nostalgia for the glory days of motor sport in this country, when the concept of Holden vs Ford really did divide the nation, and when Mount Panorama was the true Mecca for hundreds of thousands, if not millions of Australians. Filled with intense rivalries, huge egos, on-course stories and incidents, and all against the backdrop of our motor sport history over more than forty years, this is THE book for all fans of Australian motor racing.

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Barcode Shelf Location Collection Volume Ref. Branch Status Due Date Res.
32320004297051 796.72 MOF
Adult Non Fiction   East Maitland library . . Available .  
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Catalogue Information
Field name Details
ISBN 9781760296087 (Hardcover)
Classification Number 796.72 MOF
Author Moffat, Allan, 1940-
Title Climbing the mountain [BK]
Physical Description illustrations (some colour), portraits (some colour) ;
Note Includes index
Allan Moffat sits high in the pantheon of Australian motor sport. Through the heyday of touring car racing in the '70s and '80s his rivalry with Peter Brock was legendary. Over a 17-year period, either Brock or Moffat won at Bathurst on 13 occasions. Moffat won four Australian Touring Car Championships, Brock won three. But whereas Brock was the charismatic crowd pleaser, Moffat was notoriously taciturn and intense - a man of few words and most of them gruff. Now aged 76, Moffat is telling his story for the first time. His book is the compelling account of a young Canadian who moved to Australia with his family as a boy and became one of our greatest racing drivers. It's a tale of the great rivalry with Brock, that surprisingly ended with a driving partnership and huge mutual respect, and it's about nostalgia for the glory days of motor sport in this country, when the concept of Holden vs Ford really did divide the nation, and when Mount Panorama was the true Mecca for hundreds of thousands, if not millions of Australians. Filled with intense rivalries, huge egos, on-course stories and incidents, and all against the backdrop of our motor sport history over more than forty years, this is THE book for all fans of Australian motor racing.
Moffat, Allan, -- 1940-
Moffat, Allan George, -- 1939 -
Moffat, Allan George, -- 1939 -
Moffat, Allan, -- 1940-
Moffat, Allan George, -- 1939 -
Subject Autobiographies
Biography: sport
Automobile racing -- New South Wales -- Bathurst -- History
Automobile racing drivers Biography.
Automobile racing -- New South Wale -- Bathurst -- History
Autobiography
Automobile racing -- Biography
Automobile racing drivers -- Australia -- Biography
Motorsports -- Australia -- History
Automobile racing -- Australia -- History
Ford Falcon automobile -- History
Additional Author Smailes, John
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