LA CARRERA PANAMERICANA THE WORLD'S GREATEST ROAD RACE! BOOK MEXICO MERCEDES 300

COLLECTORS MOTOR RACING BOOK\nTITLE: LA CARRERA PANAMERICANA \""THE WORLD'S GREATEST ROAD RACE!\""\nPUBLICATION YEAR/ DATE: 2008 (1st EDITION)\nLANGUAGE: ENGLISH\nCOVER TYPE: HARDBOUND PUBLISHED WITH DUST JACKET\nSIZE & # OF PAGES: 26CM x 26CM - 272 PAGES\nPUBLISHER & AUTHOR: VELOCE - JOHNNY TIPLER\nCONDITION: SUPER FOR AGE, GREAT FOR YEAR, 8 OUT OF 10 - SOME LIGHT RUBBING WEAR TO DUSTJACKET AS EXPECTED FOR AGE\nDetailed Item Description:\nTHE CARRERA PANAMERICANA WAS FIRST RUN TO CELEBRATE THE INAUGURATION OF THE PANAMERICAN HIGHWAY, AND TRAVERSED THE LENGTH OF MEXICO, FROM TUXTLA IN THE SOUTH TO JU\u00C1REZ NEAR THE TEXAS BORDER. FIRMS LIKE ALFA ROMEO, MERCEDES-BENZ, VOLKSWAGEN AND PORSCHE TOOK ADVANTAGE, AND AS CLASS WINNERS, PORSCHE EVEN APPLIED THE EVENT'S CARRERA NAME TO ITS SPORTIER MODELS. SINCE ITS 1987 REVIVAL, IT'S BEEN RUN RALLY-STYLE WITH HALF-A-DOZEN SPECIAL STAGES A DAY. JUST AS IT DID IN THE EARLY-'50S, HALF THE ENTRY COMPRISESe