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It is much more than that. The Vol-State is a journey, an adventure, and an exploration of inner space. What lies in between are miles of the great unknown. From the time the Vol-Stater steps off the Ferry, until they reach the Rock, The Last Road Race are totally reliant upon their own physical and mental resources. The Vol-State is not just another ultramarathon. Success is not guaranteed. There are no aid stations, teeming with volunteers waiting to tend to your every need and encourage you to continue. There are just miles and miles of empty road. Your friends can follow your progress from afar, but no pacers can carry your burden for you. If you do encounter another runner, theirs is the same desperate plight as your own. You will have doubts. Finishing will often seem an unfathomable dream. Many will fail. But, for those who find the steely will and muster the sheer dogged tenacity to overcome the impossible obstacles, and reach the rock on foot, the Vol-State can be a transcendental experience. No words can adequately describe the sense of combined relief and amazement to be The Last Road Race at the Rock. No one can explain the regret that this incredible journey has actually come to an end. The Last Road Race King, Barry Crumrine probably summed up the Vol-State experience as well as it can be put into words. The Last Mile Racing

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Goodreads helps you keep track of books you want to read. Want to Read saving…. Want to Read Currently Reading Read. Other editions. Enlarge cover. Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Open Preview See a Problem? Details if other :. Thanks for telling us about the problem. Return to Book Page. Bernard Cahier Photographer. The Pescara Grand Prix marked the end of an era in The Last Road Race racing. Sixteen cars and drivers raced over public roads on the Adriatic coast in a three-hour race of frightening speed and constant danger. Stirling Moss won the race, ending years of supremacy by the Italian teams of Ferrari and Maserati. Richard Williams brings this pivotal race back to life, reminding us of The Pescara Grand Prix marked the end of an era in motor racing. Richard Williams brings this pivotal race back to life, reminding us of how far the sport has changed in the intervening fifty years. Get A Copy. Hardcoverpages. More Details Original Title. Other Editions 4. Friend Reviews. To see what your friends thought of this book, please sign up. To ask other readers questions about The Last Road Raceplease sign up. Lists with This Book. This book is not yet featured on Listopia. Community Reviews. Showing Average rating 3. Rating details. More The Last Road Race. Sort order. Jun 05, Terrell The Last Road Race rated it really liked it. Loved it. I have been watching as many documentaries as I can find about classic Grand Prix racing and this book was fantastic. The season was probably the best of the front-engine era, as in they were forced to use gasoline instead of more exotic fuels. All of the big names were there, Moss, Fangio, Hawthorne, etc. I really liked reading about the Vanwall as well. Overall, a great book for racing fans. Jul 24, Patrick rated The Last Road Race liked it Shelves: motorsports-writing. Trivia question: What was the longest circuit ever to host a The Last Road Race of the Formula 1 World Championship? The common wrong answer would The Last Road Race the mile Nordschliefe - the legendary undulating strip of tarmac that snakes through the Eiffel mountains and which last hosted a Grand Prix back in In fact, though, the longest circuit ever to appear on the F1 calendar was the 15 mile road circuit on the Adriatic Coast, based around the The Last Road Race town of Pescara. Pescara held but a single F1 Grand Prix, in While the Nurburgring was an ever-twisting constant challenge, Pescara was a triangular course consisting in large part of two very long straights, with a third side which twisted up the Abruzzo hills before gently descending back down towards the sea. It was not a driver's circuit in the same way The Last Road Race the 'Ring was, though opinions on its merits differed. Stirling Moss told Williams "I thought it was fantastic. It was just like being a kid out for a burn The Last Road Race. A wonderful feeling, what racing's all about. And Pescara was the worst. Had the book been about the race alone, which was no classic in the conventional sense, it might have ended up a rather dull read. The truth is that, while Luigi Musso put up a decent initial fight, Stirling Moss was never really challenged in his Vanwall after the opening laps, and finished over 3 minutes ahead of his nearest pursuer. The other Vanwall drivers hit trouble, and the Maseratis of Behra and Fangio simply couldn't live with them for pace. Readers of Williams' motorsport books though, will know that he is all but incapable of writing a dull book, and this is no exception. The book provides pen portraits of the event's major protagonists - be they drivers like Moss, Tony Brooks, Luigi Musso and Roy Salvadori, or team owners such as Enzo Ferrari and the Vanwall chief who aped and despised him, bearing magnate Tony Vandervell. These give an interesting The Last Road Race not The Last Road Race to the race, but to the state and nature of Grand The Last Road Race racing as a whole in the late s. Of particular intrigue is the rather convoluted tale of how Enzo Ferrari opted to boycott the race, in the wake of the Mille Miglia tragedy earlier that year, but contrived to ensure that Luigi Musso turned up in a Ferrari anyway. The book also gives some of the history of the Pescara circuit itself. While the venue only ever hosted one F1 Grand Prix, the annual Coppa Acerbo race had been taking place since the s and had a considerable history. The first race had been won by none other than Enzo Ferrari himself, shortly before he gave up driving. The circuit was as dangerous as Brabham suggests, claiming the life of Algerian ace Guy Moll after he collided with a backmarker and ploughed into a house in Interviews with the surviving protagonists also add much to the book. The reminiscences of Moss, Salvadori, Brabahm and Brooks help to give a flavour of what the world of Grand Prix racing was like back in the s. Of equal value are the diaries of legendary motor-racing correspondent Dennis Jenkinson, provided for use by Doug Nye. Together, they paint a picture of a very different racing environment, where drivers did deals from race to race, and would gather to The Last Road Race together on the evening after the race, rather than flying off in private jets or hiding in personal motorhomes. Much more informal and ad-hoc than it is today, there are nonetheless hints of the transition that was already beginning to take place, and which would eventually lead to the TV dominated, corporately controlled, multi-million dollar sport that is modern F1. Bythe Pescara race was already something of an anachronism - a throwback to an earlier time when motor races were point-to-point affairs, racing through the countryside from city to city. The track may not have been on the scale of the Targa Florio, but at 16 miles, it was substantially longer than all but a handful of the other The Last Road Race circuits of the time, and unlike the Nurburgring, it was held not on a permanent circuit, but on dusty, rough public roads. Richard Williams admits that Pescara was not, in fact the last road race in F1. Road racing continued at Spa for another 15 years or so, and if street racing counts, continues to this day in the form of the ever more anachronistic Monaco Grand Prix. Rather, Williams feels that the title conveys an emotional truth. For him, "It The Last Road Race the end of a certain philosophy of road racing. No longer would massed-start races, on open roads from The Last Road Race to village and back again, be organised in that ad hoc way, without permanent facilities or even the vaguest notion of safety precautions. Apr 28, John rated it The Last Road Race it Shelves: auto-racingnon-fiction. An interesting account of the good old days when racing took place on public roads. Feb 20, Adam rated it really liked it. Probably halfway between 3 and 4 stars but since it's quite cheap, definitely worth a read and 4 stars! While the amount of detail regarding the actual race itself is somewhat lacking, this book gives a great indication of what it was like actually attending a s race, with some interesting bits from some of the big names in racing of the day. Also gives some history of the event and Grand Prix racing in general but it would have been nice for a more detailed history of the event itself. Quite Probably halfway between 3 and 4 stars but since it's quite cheap, definitely worth a read and 4 stars! Quite short which isn't really a bad thing since this book is The Last Road Race targeted more at the fans of the modern sport who will likely get a lot more from this than motorsport history buffs. Definitely worth a read if you are interested in the history of F1 but The Last Road Race want to dedicate a huge amount of time or effort to it! Jan 04, L. Just got a crack at this one and after reading the very entertaining 'Who do you think you are Michael Schumacher? After just finishing the first few chapters I like and dislike this book. For someone who knows the Formula One history from around the mid s until now it is great to hear about the early pre-war and post-war years with names like Enzo Ferrari as a driver and Maserati and Alfa Romeo as contributors to the races as manufacturers. But the writing style is a bit dry and straigh Just got a crack at The Last Road Race one and after reading the very entertaining 'Who do you think you are Michael Schumacher? But the writing style is a bit dry and straight forward, not a negative attribute but I could imagine more. That said, the stories within are small accounts about events that to me are really fascinating and so the style of the book is not on the level of something that I would be really excited The Last Road Race read about- for anyone who wants a good book on a subject that has little written about it then it is certainly a value to add to a racer's historic knowledge. After finishing it I would say more for the enthusiast than someone looking for a good book to read about racing- it is very basic and there are really interesting items but just not brought to the surface well. Mar 31, John Bowen rated it really liked it. Written in a slightly sensational style this in nevertheless a decent enough little piece of motor sport history and well worth adding to your library if you are a fan. The Pescara Grand Prix only enjoyed World Championship status The Last Road Race and that was due to circumstances peculiar to The Last Road Race year. It was one of the old school road races; 18 laps of a fifteen plus mile route up the mountain and back on public roads in formula one cars. Racing like it used to be. An ideal book to take on a trip as it i Written in a slightly sensational style this in nevertheless a decent enough little piece of motor sport history and well worth adding to your library if you are a fan. An ideal book to take on a trip as it is small and slim; it could almost fit in your pocket. The Last Road Race be compulsory reading for all modern F1 fans.