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After years of success in amateur sports-car racing, Donohue’s professional career took off in 1966 when he drove a factory Ford GT40 at Le Mans and a Lola T70 for Penske in the Can-Am Challenge. He arrived on the public stage at a time when American racing was attracting a wider audience through exciting new series such as the Can-Am and the Trans-Am Sedan Championship, which he would soon dominate, driving Chevrolet Camaros and AMC Javelins. Donohue’s greatest triumphs would come in the early 1970s: In 1972 he won the Indy 500, and a year later he captured the Can-Am title in the overpowering Porsche 917-30. After a brief retirement he returned to racing in Formula One, only to die following an accident during practice for the Austrian Grand Prix in 1975.
In the first full biography of Mark Donohue, author Michael Argetsinger tells the story of racing’s ultimate driver-engineer, one who set the standard for generations to come. He also explains how Donohue’s life and career were shaped by his friends, family, and fellow drivers, as well as by the rapid changes in technology and competition that swept through racing during his time.
If you ever wished you had known driver/engineer Mark Donohue personally you may feel like you did after reading this book. . . . . it’s heavy on the full scope of Donohue’s life and career, which makes it one of the best reads in many a moon.
—Vintage Motorsport
Michael Argetsinger has done a first-class job . . . .A quality book in every sense.
—Octane
The definitive story with insight from rivals, team members and family, as well as Donohue himself—Argetsinger had access to tapes Donohue recorded for The Unfair Advantage—and has included much material left out of that book.
—Classic Cars
Michael Argetsinger has done this tragic racing legend proud. Through interviews he builds up a vivid profile of this popular but analytical ace.
—Classic & Sports Car
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