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Oh overseas .... will one of the tracks Pete Hylton wrote about in Ghost Tracks on the list too ? MY personal favourite list includes Westwood, Riverside, Bridgehampton, Meadowdale and Warwick Farm though. Man its gonna be tough waiting Last edited by Andy77; 22 Jul 2008 at 18:37. |
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Oh I forgot to ask but will be there a german edition again? I'd gladly buy that one too.
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Should be a German edition also of one of the two new books... (yes two)
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I'd personally like to see more shots of the circuits as they are now and less period photography......
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thanks for that ayse... not something we had considered but what are others thoughts on that? I sort of agree
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Yep, I'd go along with that too, the historic shots are interesting as a starting point but the "now" shots are far more atmospheric and powerful - "Ghosts of a bygone age" and all that malarky. It's true of circuits and also old airfields - abandoned control towers, overgrown huts with faded signage etc. etc. Shadows of their former selves but still maintaining "the feel" of the place.
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The point of the book is the current, so there should be lots of those. However all new would be dull; it is the history that makes us go there. 50:50 split of me. I particularly like comparing the same view point from the old days to the current views.
Like they used to do in Motorsport. Actually it is a shame Motorsport aren't doing an archive of those articles. They covered quite a few tracks and it was always a good read and photos. |
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A couple of examples there may be Riverside, Bridgehampton and Augusta. I do not need pictures of a shopping mall or a golf course . ok maybe one or two to make the relation to today, but thats it. Most probably the choice of pictures should be decided by todays look of the location. If it is still visible like Keimola, Meadowdale or the Monza banking than a picture tour of today is really due. Is it about locations like mentioned above which were completely abandoned it is better to leave the choice of pictures to a memorial and or aerial shots. In case of Meadowdale , for example, I would try to dig photos of the Monza banking since almost everything else still can be seen. Still, the frontcover of Autodrome Europe to me is one of this amazing shots you catch once in a lifetime |
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Apologies if my post wasn't all that clear. Bert has put it much better than I did, but I agree with Adam as well. I would have liked more pictures of the Monza banking, for example or the roads that still remain which were part of Reims. For the same reason I would have liked to see the roads that formed part of the great Rouen circuit, despite the fact that it has been completely anonymised.....
But I definitely agreed with you Andy about that cover picture. I remember saying how spectacular I thought it was the first time I saw it - beautiful. |
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Oh, and I'd like to see aerial photos of them all too........
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yeh Aerial photos is a great idea
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Much discussion on recent days regarding the new books. I think the first one will be announced next week, and will hit the shelves in the new year yep its finished and includes the 'missing' chapter from Autodrome - check the amazon high res cover to see what I mean.
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Hey Sam . I'd really like to request another chapter or an own books on Reims since the incredible work of the "Les amis du Circuit de Gueux" must have started after you visited Reims for Autodrome 1 and really needs to get recognised in some kind of "up from the ashes....".
After I just read about the 2nd meeting between halfway restored walls I just sent away my amis-applyment. It is absolutely incredible what the "Amis - ACG" did there as of yet and want to do in the future too. |
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We knew the ACG when we were there - the restoration had started when we shot the first book. I was in Reims not so long ago and swung past the circuit. I think it a matter of time before racing restarts
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I'll always support more on Reims, Rouen and the old bits of Monza in particular......
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Rouen is on the drive to Le Mans... but theres quite a few variants of the track only one is fully lappable
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It's the bits where you wander off and look for what's left here and there in the undergrowth that fascinate me for some strange reason.......
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Speedway – Auto Racing’s Ghost Tracks ..... nice title !
reminds me to that Pete Hylton book called 'Ghost Tracks' . I see from the content that you are going to Augusta ! This must have been one hell of a circuit I thought you mentioned that your next release was coming in spring and not in autumn ... However I just want to get in the row for one of the early 1st edition books |
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