Crashed and Byrned: The Greatest Racing Driver You Never Saw by Tommy Byrne (2009-06-04) - Softcover
Synopsis
A surreal tale of a poverty-stricken Dundalk kid's rise to become the only racing driver the great Ayrton Senna ever feared - and how it all went wrong from there. It's raw, passionate, and - with Byrne's ability to tell it like it is - not for the faint-hearted.
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About the Author
Tommy Byrne was the 1980 Double British Formula Ford 1600 champion, the 1981 British Formula Ford 2000 champion and also the European Formula Ford 2000 champion. In 1982 - having also become British F3 champion - he entered F1, but by the following year had disappeared without trace. He will be available for publicity at time of publication. Mark Hughes is recognised as one of sport's top journalists. He has written a number of books on F1, including Icon's bestselling, critically-acclaimed Lewis Hamilton: The Full Story, and another of which won the 2005 Illustrated Sports Book of the Year award.
Review
'Forget Senna and Schuey. Tommy Byrne was the best of them all.' -- Eddie Jordan `One of the most extraordinary sporting autobiographies you are likely to come across.' -- Andrew Baker, Daily Telegraph 'It's told in a breathless, raw style, and had me astonished and appalled in equal measure.' -- Bookseller 'The most exciting petrol-head release of this year. A high octane guilty pleasure.' -- Bookseller 'Motor racing is a great sport for 'what ifs' and 'if onlys,' and Byrne must have had many a rueful glance back. But this rip-roaring autobiography rarely indulges in self-pity. There isn't time. In between the racing there are girls, guns, billionaires, fights, parties and orgies. It would be a tremendous book with the sport left out - and there aren't many sporting books of which you can say that.' -- Andrew Baker, Daily Telegraph 'For all the rollicking yarns, this is a tale of talent wasted, but in spite (or perhaps because) of that, it is far more honest - and funny - than the anodyne autobiographies of many more successful drivers.' -- Simon Redfern, Independent on Sunday `A riveting read.' -- Financial Times `I'd be amazed if you didn't enjoy this book.' -- F1 Fanatic `It's a remarkable, colourful, at times scarcely believable tale which unravels at a breakneck pace.' -- F1 Fanatic `...I challenge you to put it down. It might just be the greatest book you've never read.' -- Simon Arron, Daily Telegraph `Quite simply the best motor racing book I've ever read.' -- 2009 Irish Motorsport Annual `You won't be able to put it down.' -- Times `One of the best racing books you'll read this decade.' -- AUTOSPORT `An essential read ... brilliantly told.' -- Observer `Witty and shocking ... a must for anyone who has the constitution to handle it.' -- Motor Sport Magazine `Incredibly entertaining.' -- Ireland AM `A real pleasure and provides massive insight into what makes racers do what they do.' -- International Herald Tribune `Absolutely brilliant.' -- RTE
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