Shooting Star: The Life of Richard Seaman

This superb hardback book by Chris Nixon is the story of Richard ‘Dick’ Seaman, the greatest British racing driver of the 1930s, until his untimely death during the 1939 Belgian Grand Prix. Richard Seaman was the greatest British racing driver of the 1930s. It is an ultimately tragic tale of a handsome and gifted young man whose single-minded ambition propelled him to the very top of his profession. Beginning in 1934 with a little MG, Seaman progressed swiftly with an ERA in 1935 and then Earl Howe’s Delage in 1936. With this 10-year-old car Dick stunned the motor racing world and won himself a place with Mercedes-Benz one of the most successful Grand Prix teams of all time. His first season was dogged by crashes, but in 1938 he came good, winning the German Grand Prix at the Nurburgring – the first Englishman to win a Grand Prix since his hero, Sir Henry Segrave, had won the French in 1924. He followed this with a brilliant second place in the Swiss GP and finished third in the 1938 European Championship. Leading the 1939 Belgian Grand Prix at Spa-Francorchamps during a wet race, Seaman crashed his car into a tree during lap 22.After the impact, the car caught fire, with the unconscious driver still inside. Seaman died a few hours later as a result of his burns, at just 26 years of age. The book contains 200 high quality pages with many black and white photos and is in perfect condition. Size: 9.5 x 12 Inches. Reference: BO-SHOTSTRRS-01