Mazda rotary down under : thirty years of competition success in New Zealand
Maker and role
C. J. Denby, Author
Rod Millen, Other contributor
Production date
[2002]
Object detail
Accession number
06-157
Maker
Description
Foreword by Rod Millen. Circuit racing, rallying, rallycross, drag racing . . .
Signature/Marks and Type
C Denby Inscribed
Media/Materials
Physical description
386 p. : ill. (some colour), portraits (some colour) ; 30 cm.
ISBN/ISSN
0473080192 (pbk.) :
Edition
1st ed.
Credit line
C. J. Denby et al. [2002]. Mazda rotary down under : thirty years of competition success in New Zealand, 06-157. Walsh Memorial Library, The Museum of Transport and Technology (MOTAT).
Public comments
Thank you again Chris for your comments and providing this additional background
- Walsh Memorial Library, MOTAT posted one year ago.
This book has proved itself to be the reference book for early Mazda rotary motorsports in New Zealand. After I was told that it would fail miserable, by a noted Kiwi motoring writer, the book went on to prove the skeptics wrong. It broke even financially after just four months, and went on to become a sell-out, after 2,000 were printed. An update now needs to be produced, covering the past 20 years!
- Chris Denby posted one year ago.
Hi Chris, thank you very much for providing additional background information to this publication.
- MOTAT Walsh Memorial Library posted 4 years ago.
This book is a series of 29 biographies of New Zealand motorsport identities who gained major honours or significant recognition for their exploits in the sport using the Mazda rotary engine. The book was written over a six-year period through interviews with the competitors, or their surviving families, and covers a wide range o
- Chris Denby posted 4 years ago.