He participated in eleven world championship formula one grands prix debuting on 22 june 1952 and achieving one podium finish with a total of eleven championship points. Denis sargent jenkinson 11 december 1920 29 november 1996, jenks or dsj as he was known in the pages of motor sport, was a journalist deeply involved in motorsports. Books by denis jenkinson author of the racing driver. The first is a discussion the author had with ayrton senna on the psychological attributes of the modern race driver.
Stirling moss 1955 mille miglia 1,000 miles of pleasure. The theory and practice of fast driving 1st edition 1st printing hardcover cambridge robert bentley inc. Doug posted this on the professional boat racing thread, i think it deserves repeating here. Racing driver by denis jenkinson, 9780837602011, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. April 9, 2020 denis jenkinson the racing driver admin denis jenkinson the racing driver. Page 4 of 4 denis jenkinson posted in tnfs archive. Jenkinson was one of the first ex drivers to go into reporting and journalism, a commonplace in todays coverage of formula one with the likes of jenson button 2009 formula one world champion, martin brundle former driver for mclaren racing and benetton formula and nico rosberg 2016 formula one world champion. Jun 04, 2009 denis jenkinson was privileged to be the co driver to stirling moss during the 1955 mille miglia so his experience in motor racing, as well as his journalism skills, makes this an accurate and well written book. Video sir stirling moss and denis jenkinson are reunited with.
The racing driver 1st us edition, 1959 denis jenkinson b01jps5g1u, 2nd hand book in very good condition. A tribute to britains greatest racing driver, sir stirling. On may 1st motor racing history was made, for stirling moss won the 1,000mile mile miglia, the first time in twentytwo years that this has been achieved by a british driver, and i had the very great privilege of sitting beside him throughout this epic drive. In 1990, moss was inducted into the international motorsports hall of fame and in march of 2000 was knighted for his services to motor racing. The racing driver will appeal to all sports car enthusiasts, particularly those interested in. They put together a series of route instructions and notes to guide them on their way, and they returned to brescia 10 hours 7 minutes and 48 seconds after leaving an average speed of just over 98mph. Stirling moss and denis jenkinson on the futa pass in the famous 722 mercedes 300slr, during the mille miglia. It is a slice of history and so the reprint is necessary reading for anyone who cares for the sport.
B000o8z9y0, first bentley impression 1959 secondhand book in good. Edited april by aaron65 see edit history share this post. With moss in the mille miglia motor sport magazine. Moss retired from fulltime racing in 1962, but remained active as a driver, broadcaster, and mercedesbenz brand ambassador until 2018. This evocative photograph was taken by denis jenkinson, moss codriver for their famous victory on the 1955 mille miglia. He completed the race that began on 30 april from brescia to rome and back on a challenging 1,000mile route together with codriver denis jenkinson at an average speed of 157. Mercedesbenz bids farewell to racing driver stirling moss. Add to cart maserati 3011 the story of a racing car 1987 by denis jenkinson. The racing driver will appeal to sports car enthusiasts, particularly those interested in vintage and historic racing. The racing driver by denis jenkinson, paperback barnes.
The late sir stirling moss may have been uncrowned in formula 1, but he did win the greatest race, aka the mille miglia in 1955 with an average speed of. Over 45 years later, denis jenkinsons book has become a classic, highly valued for its historical perspective and views into the personalities of drivers who today when the racing driver was first published in the u. Motor sport correspondent denis jenkinson and stirling moss before the start of the race daimler next day we flew to brescia and when we went round to the garage in the evening the cars were already there, having been driven down in the fast racing lorries overnight. Senna talks about the tension, stress and anticipation leading up to a race and what it feels like on the track competing for the checkered flag. Video sir stirling moss and denis jenkinson are reunited.
Stirling moss and his codriver denis jenkinson in the mercedesbenz 300 slr w 196 s launched into one of the most important and gruelling road races in the world at the time the mille miglia. May the 1st 1955 is an auspicious day in motorsport, the day that stirling moss and denis jenkinson won the mille miglia in a record time, covering the 992mile route in ten hours, seven minutes and 48 seconds an average speed of 98. On this day moss and jenkinson win the mille miglia at. Denis jenkinson was privileged to be the codriver to stirling moss during the 1955 mille miglia so his experience in motor racing, as well as his journalism skills, makes this an accurate and well written book. The theory and practice of fast driving by denis jenkinson. We were flying down the m4 in those largely preradarprecamera days. I took jenks and geoff goddard down to watch the bristol gp one year. Together with codriver denis jenkinson at the mille miglia in italy, stirling lapped the course, almost 1,000 miles in length, at an average speed of almost 100mph.
Stirling moss and racing journalist denis jenkinson, right, who rode with him at the mille miglia. British racing driver stirling moss has died peacefully at. Over 45 years later, denis jenkinsons book has become a classic, highly valued for its. The most gruelling of all motor races at the time was the mille miglia, and mercedes entered moss in a 300slr with his friend and motor racing journalist denis jenkinson as his codriver. Denis sargent jenkinson 11 december 1920 29 november 1996, jenks or dsj as he. See all books authored by denis jenkinson, including the racing driver.
Jenks was one of britains foremost motor racing journalists for four decades. Denis jenkinsons most popular book is the racing driver. With motor racing journalist denis jenkinson riding as passenger and providing course notes, moss drove the entire race in ten hours and seven minutes, averaging just under 100mph for miles. They put together a series of route instructions and notes to guide them on their way, and they returned to brescia 10 hours 7 minutes and 48. The other appendix is a tribute to jenkinson by doug nye, a close. As continental correspondent of the ukbased motor sport magazine, he covered formula one and other races all over europe. The theory and practice of fast driving illustrated edition by denis jenkinson isbn. The other appendix is a tribute to jenkinson by doug nye, a close friend and author who recognizes jenkinsons style both as a writer and a unique character. Search for library items search for lists search for contacts search for a library. At the time he was 86 years old, making him the oldest racing driver to drive a thencurrent sportscar. As a reader of motor sport for over 45 years, i remember his reports with great pleasure. In memory of sir stirling moss, legendary racing driver. On 1 may 1955, moss and his codriver denis jenkinson went on the hunt from brescia over the 1,000 miles to rome and back. This new release of the racing driver contains new material, including a new preface by the author himself.
Denis jenkinson biography denis jenkinson biography and list of works denis jenkinson books. Apr 12, 2020 stirling moss and racing journalist denis jenkinson, right, who rode with him at the mille miglia. Sir, may i express to you, and particularly bill boddy, the sorrow i felt on reading of the death of denis jenkinson. I recall we drove there in an afnloaned martinistriped porsche 911 turbo. A silver racing sports car is given the starting signal and shoots down the ramp. Mercedesbenz celebrates career of team driver sir stirling moss. The theory and practice of fast driving denis jenkinson on. He drove in several nonchampionship formula one races. Nov 26, 2001 page 4 of 4 denis jenkinson posted in tnfs archive. The racing driver will appeal to sports car enthusiasts. Denis jenkinsons book the racing driver is worth reading for the moss anecdotes alone, but its an intelligent discussion of what it takes to be the best in that field. In memory of sir stirling moss, legendary racing driver and.
The word is formed from the german for wiping, which frankenberg used to describe cornering so. Over 45 years later, denis jenkinson s book has become a classic, highly valued for its. In 1990, moss was inducted into the international motorsports hall of fame and in march of. Nov 08, 2018 denis jenkinson was not a man who was liberal with his praise. But let us go back to the beginning, for this win was not a fluke on the spur of the moment, it was the result of weeks, even months. Denis jenkinson was not a man who was liberal with his praise. Rather, it is an attempt to create a theory or system of theories concerning the practice of driving fast. He also won the 1960 24 hours of le mans, driving for ferrari with. Denis jenkinson racing career profile driver database. Corner by corner, the 300 slr flew along the 1,597kilometre route, fighting for seconds with 520 other vehicles.
Jenks analysiss what makes a racing driver tick and who better than the man who sat beside stirling moss for miles of the mille miglia, invienting the modern day pace note in the process and who never shied away from hitching a lift with any top racing driver so he could asses their merits and styles. It deals with the easily measured aspects of the art, such as cornering techniques and slip angles, but it also delves into the less quantifiable factors that distinguish the racing. Apr, 2020 the late sir stirling moss may have been uncrowned in formula 1, but he did win the greatest race, aka the mille miglia in 1955 with an average speed of 98. Stirling moss and co driver denis jenkinson during their famous victory at the 1955 mille miglia.
In the second, doug nye, author and close friend, provides a final tribute to denis jenkinson. On may 1st motorracing history was made, for stirling moss won the 1,000mile mile miglia, the first time in twentytwo years that this has been achieved by a british driver, and i had the very great privilege of sitting beside him throughout this epic drive. May i express to you, and particularly bill boddy, the sorrow i felt on reading of the death of denis jenkinson. The theory and practice of fast driving enthusiast books, and the schlumpf obsession. When the racing driver was first published in the u. Denis jenkinson has 18 books on goodreads with 119 ratings. May 01, 2019 may the 1st 1955 is an auspicious day in motorsport, the day that stirling moss and denis jenkinson won the mille miglia in a record time, covering the 992mile route in ten hours, seven minutes and 48 seconds an average speed of 98. Whilst studying engineering at the regent street polytechnic in. Anyone who received a good word from the revered motor sport correspondent must have truly earned it, which makes it telling that in his superb 1958 book the racing driver there is a photograph with the following caption. The racing driver, a book by denis jenkinson, hardbound, 207 pages, asin. Anyone who received a good word from the revered motor sport correspondent must have truly earned it, which makes it telling that in his superb 1958 book the racing driver there is a photograph with the following caption a designer who can drive a racing car is worth his weight in gold, and here we see roy salvadori. Jenks recounting of his 1955 mille miglia record ride with moss. One of the earliest which comes to mind is of the epic struggle between hawthorn and fangio at reims in. Moss finished runnerup on no less than four occasions between 1955 and 1958, but to focus on that is to overlook his mastery of sportscar racing and in particular his utter dominance of the 1955 mille miglia in the mercedesbenz 300 slr with codriver denis jenks jenkinson.
Jenks recounting of his 1955 mille miglia record ride with moss posted on march 31, 2015 by steve mckelvie this past week i was sent an article that was published in the may 1997 issue of motor sport about denis jenkinsons ride at mille miglia in 1955 with stirling moss in a mercedesbenz 300slr when moss set the record time for that event. Apr 12, 2020 moss has also competed in rallies and publicroad races such as the mille miglia, winning the latter in 1955 at an average speed of 99 mph with the help of british navigator denis jenkinson. Denis jenkinson s book the racing driver is worth reading for the moss anecdotes alone, but its an intelligent discussion of what it takes to be the best in that field. Born denis sargent jenkinson in honor oak, south east london, and eventually known throughout the motor racing world as dsj or jenks, he was a motor sports enthusiast from childhood.
Search for library items search for lists search for contacts search for a. Profile for racing driver denis jenkinson from britain. Denis jenkinson books list of books by author denis jenkinson. Apr 12, 2020 the most gruelling of all motor races at the time was the mille miglia, and mercedes entered moss in a 300slr with his friend and motor racing journalist denis jenkinson as his co driver. Stirling moss and codriver denis jenkinson during their famous victory at the 1955 mille miglia. The british driver stopped racing in 1962, but his star never really faded, and he was a fixture at vintage events for decades. Moss has also competed in rallies and publicroad races such as the mille miglia, winning the latter in 1955 at an average speed of 99 mph with the help of british navigator denis jenkinson. Apr, 2020 he completed the race that began on 30 april from brescia to rome and back on a challenging 1,000mile route together with co driver denis jenkinson at an average speed of 157. Thousands of period motor racing photographs from 1900 to the present day. The racing driver denis jenkinson automoto bookshop. Denis jenkinson was privileged to be the co driver to stirling moss during the 1955 mille miglia so his experience in motor racing, as well as his journalism skills, makes this an accurate and well written book. Mar 31, 2015 jenks recounting of his 1955 mille miglia record ride with moss posted on march 31, 2015 by steve mckelvie this past week i was sent an article that was published in the may 1997 issue of motor sport about denis jenkinsons ride at mille miglia in 1955 with stirling moss in a mercedesbenz 300slr when moss set the record time for that event. Denis jenkinson nationality british born december 11, 1920 hometown london died november 29, 1996 place of death sunninghill, berkshire disclaimer. The continental correspondent of motor sport magazine from the late 1940s, his views and reports were considered essential reading by.
His book the racing driver was based on his experience as navigator and is a true classic worthy of any motorsports literature collection. Jenkinson is the only person who covered thousands of miles as a racing passenger with the most famous grand prix drivers of the fifties, hte stirling moss, juan manual fangio, and mike hawthorn. Denis jenkinson books list of books by author denis. Motor racing journalist and 1950 world sidecar champion passenger. Mercedesbenz racing driver sir stirling moss has passed. Denis jenkinsons classic the racing driver was first published in 1959 and has remained a musthave for any racing library. The racing driver by jenkinson, denis and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at.
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