Crashed and Byrned - the best racing autobiography ever?
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Hello.
I'm new here, and I'm old - so please be gentle...
Has anyone read the new book 'Crashed and Byrned' which is the work of ex-F1 driver Tommy Byrne, co-written with Mark Hughes?
It's getting amazing reviews in the UK national newspapers (Times, Telegraph, Independent, Daily Mail etc). There's an extract in this week's Autosport which has a Parental Advisory notice on it!
Having failed to track it down in my local bookshops I suppose I'll buy it online.
I'm new here, and I'm old - so please be gentle...
Has anyone read the new book 'Crashed and Byrned' which is the work of ex-F1 driver Tommy Byrne, co-written with Mark Hughes?
It's getting amazing reviews in the UK national newspapers (Times, Telegraph, Independent, Daily Mail etc). There's an extract in this week's Autosport which has a Parental Advisory notice on it!
Having failed to track it down in my local bookshops I suppose I'll buy it online.
Old said:
Hello.
I'm new here, and I'm old - so please be gentle...
Has anyone read the new book 'Crashed and Byrned' which is the work of ex-F1 driver Tommy Byrne, co-written with Mark Hughes?
It's getting amazing reviews in the UK national newspapers (Times, Telegraph, Independent, Daily Mail etc). There's an extract in this week's Autosport which has a Parental Advisory notice on it!
Having failed to track it down in my local bookshops I suppose I'll buy it online.
It's amazing. I can't put it down. Fabulous read...I'm new here, and I'm old - so please be gentle...
Has anyone read the new book 'Crashed and Byrned' which is the work of ex-F1 driver Tommy Byrne, co-written with Mark Hughes?
It's getting amazing reviews in the UK national newspapers (Times, Telegraph, Independent, Daily Mail etc). There's an extract in this week's Autosport which has a Parental Advisory notice on it!
Having failed to track it down in my local bookshops I suppose I'll buy it online.
I found this today and at the end it says Amazon have just got a stack of books in
http://forums.autosport.com/showthread.php?s=&...
http://forums.autosport.com/showthread.php?s=&...
Despatched between 6-9 days, I want to read it now 
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1848310285/ref=...
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1848310285/ref=...
Edited by kevin ritson on Friday 26th September 14:41
I'm sure I'll get around to it. My clearest memory of Tommy is his very effective demolition of a gas lamp standard at Phoenix Park ca 1980.
Lesson for the day - if you intend to knock over iron lamp standards, use something more substantial than a Formula Ford racing car.
Here's an extract from a reply I had from Tommy when I asked him about ths incident on the Atlas F1 Nostalgia Forum three years ago.
quote:
Originally posted by Eric McLoughlin
Great to have you on the Forum Tommy. Your lampost demolishing antics at the Phoenix Park are one of my most treasured motor racing memories (I was standing about 100 yards away at the time). Did the Board of Works send you a bill?
No, but i have heard of them sending bills to race drivers
Lesson for the day - if you intend to knock over iron lamp standards, use something more substantial than a Formula Ford racing car.
Here's an extract from a reply I had from Tommy when I asked him about ths incident on the Atlas F1 Nostalgia Forum three years ago.
quote:
Originally posted by Eric McLoughlin
Great to have you on the Forum Tommy. Your lampost demolishing antics at the Phoenix Park are one of my most treasured motor racing memories (I was standing about 100 yards away at the time). Did the Board of Works send you a bill?
No, but i have heard of them sending bills to race drivers
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