Classic Racing Engines: Expert Technical Analysis of Fifty of the Greatest Motorsports Power Units: 1913-1994

Classic Racing Engines details the design, development and specifications of the author's personal selection of 50 classic racing engines from 1913 to 1994. Karl Ludvigsen, award-winning automotive historian and author of The V12 Engine, uses his extensive network of contacts throughout the racing engine world to provide behind-the-scene stories, and speaks to the personalities involved in developing these historic power units.

A winner of numerous awards for his books and articles, Karl Ludvigsen has been active for 60 years as an automotive enthusiast, author and historian. As author, co-author or editor he has more than five dozen books to his credit. Three of his books have received the Nicholas-Joseph Cugnot Award from the Society of Automotive Historians, which in 2002 gave him its highest accolade, Friend of Automotive History.

Ludvigsen s career includes a dozen years in the auto industry as an executive with General Motors, Fiat and Ford and 15 years as the head of a leading London-based motor-industry management-consulting company. Born in Kalamazoo, Michigan in 1934, Ludvigsen has lived in England since 1980. In addition to his work as an author and historian he is a contributor to leading periodicals and a frequent speaker on automotive topics.

Karl has been a Member of the Society of Automotive Engineers since 1960 and is currently a member of its Historical Committee. He is a founder member of the International Motor Press Association, member of the Society of Automotive Historians, the Society For the History of Technology and the Guild of Motoring Writers.