Stella & Rose's Books

Contents

• PART ONE 1919 to 1935
• From Boom to Recession
• The Rise of Bugatti and the Decline of the French Motor Industry
• The World Economic Crash and the Salon de Roues Independantes
• Delehaye Changes Course
• Talbot (Paris) - Decline, Fall, then Tony Lago
• The Maison Bugatti - Father, Son and the Sports Car
• BMW, the New Delahaye and the Arrival of Schells
• Lucy and Laury Schell, the Sporting Delahayes and the Emergence of new Sports Cars across Europe
• Lago Fights for Talbot, The German GP Onslaught and the French Response
• French Rally Successes, Grand Priz Failures and the Proposed National Sports Car Forumla. Gordini and Lago Triumph. Delague Collapses
• Le Mans and the Tourist Trophy. The French and Italian Grands Prix
• The Paris Salon. The Rescue of Delage. The New Sports Car GP Regulations and Cars intended for the 1936 Formula
• PART TWO 1936 - The Racing Begins
• The New Delahaye, Talbot and BMW Sports Cars
• The German Invasion of the Rhineland Overshadows the Paris-St Raphael Rally and the Mille Miglia, New Sports Racing Teams are Formed
• Industrial Unrest in the France leads to Cancellation of Le Mans and Rejection of Ettore Bugatti by his work-force. The New Racing begins.
• The Grand Prix of the Automobile Club de France
• The Grand Prix de la Marne
• The Spa 24-hour Sports Car Race
• The Grand Prix du Comminges
• The RAC Tourist Trophy Race on the Ards Circuit
• Negotiation of the new Grand Prix Formula for 1937, finally agreed for 1938. New V12 engines for Alfa Romeo, Delahaye, Delage, and Lagonda.
• PART THREE - 1937
• The Fonds de Course
• The Grand Prix de Pau, the Paris-St Raphael Rally and the Berlin Motor Show. Production of the new BMW 328 begins. Bugatti eventually wins 400,000 francs
• The Mille Miglia and Bol d'Or
• Gordini prepares a Simca-Fiat '500' for competition. The Grands Prix of Tunis, Bone and the Grand Prix de Marseille
• The Le Mans 24-hour Race
• The Grand Prix of the Automobile Club de France, Montlhery
• The Grand Prix de la Marne, Reims and the Paris-Nice Rally
• The Million Franc Prize Contest: Delahaye v Bugatti
• The Royal Automobile Club Tourist Trophy, Donington and the 12-hour Sports Car Race
• The 1937 Season reviewed. The end of French isolation, The Racing Fund and Plans for 1938
• PART FOUR - 1938 to 1940
• Extensive plans for a French return to International Grand Prix Racing, Inauguration of Alfa Corse. The Monte Carlo and Paris-St Raphael Rallies
• The Mille Miglia and the Season's first Grands Prix at Pau and Cork
• The First Antwerp Grand Prix, The Bold d'Or Race, Montlhery, The JCC International Trophy Race at Brooklands, The Fonds de Course
• The Le Mans 24-hour Race
• The Spa 24-hour Sports Car Race
• France struggles to compete in International GP events. Failure of Alfa Romeo designs. The Brooklands Three Hour Sports Car Race and the Rally Paris-Nice
• The RAC International Tourist Trophy Race, Donnington Park
• The 12 Heures de Paris and the Dunlopp, Jubilee Cup at Brooklands
• New Sports Racing Cars. The Monte Carlo and Paris-Nice Rallies
• The Coupe de Paris. The Second Antwerp Grand Prix. The BARC Invitation Road Race. The Luxembourg GP for Sports Cars
• The Le MAns 24-hour Race
• The International Grands Prix
• The Grand Prix du Comminges and the Planned Grand Prix de Liege
• The 1940 Mille Miglia
• Epilogue
• Appendix I - June 1938 - SA Talbot - Action in the Event of a Rumour of Hostilities in Europe
• Appendix II - Principal Race Results 1936-1940
• Index - Personalities, Cars, Components and Organizations