Selection of authors of Veloce books sharing their enthusiasm for motorsport and all things Alfa Romeo.
'Viva Veloce - The passion for speed' (Goodwood FOS 2010 theme) celebrating Italy's all-consuming fascination with motor racing, and its global influence on the sport.
Ed McDonough was born in the USA but has lived in the UK and France for many years. He has raced saloons, sports cars and single seaters from the late 1950s, and took part in the World Championship Sports car Races in the 1970s at a time when the Alfa Romeo Tipo 33s were competing. He was UK Chairman of the Alfa Romeo Owners Club for 10 years, still competes in historic races, and is European Editor of Vintage Racecar Journal, and contributes to Autocollezioni , Auto Italia, Porsche Post and other journals. He specializes in track testing some of the rarest and most exotic historic racing cars.
Chas Parker is a motorsport writer who began his working life in the field of astronomy, as press officer for the Royal Greenwich Observatory. During this time he obtained a degree in mathematics and physics from the Open University. He has contributed to the Philips Encyclopaedia of Astronomy and Patrick Moore's Yearbook of Astronomy. His main interest, however, is motor racing, and he spent many years taking photographs at different racing circuits around the UK, amassing a collection of many thousands of colour transparencies. For some time he has worked as a sub-editor for Motorsport News, and also reports on events such as the Goodwood Revival meeting and Festival of Speed. Endurance Racing at Silverstone in the 70s & 80s is his fourth book.
Keith Booker has not been without an Alfa Romeo since 1979, and has been an Alfa Romeo Owners Club member for 23 years, serving a stint as director. He is the author of Alfa Romeo Giulia GT Coupes The Essential Buyer s Guide by Veloce. He also contributes regularly to motoring publications worldwide.Jim Talbott is the Events Co-ordinator for the Alfa Romeo Owners Club and has served on the club s National Committee for 13 years. An owner of Alfas since 1972, he has a keen interest in motor sport, particularly historics and touring cars.
Johnny Tipler is an international motoring journalist and author, with over 30 books published on a variety of sports-orientated subjects. He ran the JPS Motorsport press office for three years, chronicling the fortunes of Team Lotus and Players sponsored events. Johnny was also an associate of the Motor Industry Research Unit, deputy editor of Restoring Classic Cars, sub-editor on CarWeek from 1993-1995, and features editor on Land Rover Owner International in 1996. He has contributed regularly to 911 & Porsche World, Land Rover Owner, Octane, and Lotus Club International magazines. His features have included 'drive' stories, interviews with key industry figures, sporting events (eg Carrera Panamericana), buying guides, and historical articles on important vehicles.
While at school in Northampton-shire, Anthony Carter's lifelong passion for motor racing was fired by the distant sounds of BRM V16 racing cars being tested at the team's nearby Bourne base. A trip to Silverstone with his school friends in 1954 sealed his enthusiasm, whilst national service in Germany enabled him to visit the Grand Prix at the Nurburgring in 1956.
A career in London's insurance industry, while he was living in Kent, allowed Anthony to visit motor races at home and abroad whenever the opportunity arose.
Tom Falconer bought his first C2 Corvette in 1971, and has owned and driven them for forty years. His first '66 was bought while studying architecture at Newcastle University, where he started Claremont Corvette in 1977, specialising in parts, servicing, sales and restoration. The company moved to Kent in 1986.
Repairing, restoring, and road-testing Corvettes daily gives Tom a unique insight and experience as an author. He has written nine books on the Corvette, and is a columnist for magazines on both sides of the Atlantic. His current Corvette is a 1964 convertible, restored by Claremont in 2003.
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