{"id":460438,"date":"2005-04-01T18:00:53","date_gmt":"2005-04-02T02:00:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportscardigest.com\/\/?p=89435"},"modified":"2024-01-08T14:18:03","modified_gmt":"2024-01-08T14:18:03","slug":"robert-daley","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/robert-daley\/","title":{"rendered":"Robert Daley"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n

Robert Daley\u2019s name is pretty much unknown in racing circles these days, but he was at Zandvoort that afternoon in 1960 when Dan Gurney\u2019s BRM P48 lost its rear brakes, plunged headlong into the sand dunes and killed a spectator. Daley overheard Gurney say as he surveyed the tragic scene, \u201cThis is a cruel sport.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Daley covered Formula One for The New York Times from 1958 through the end of 1964, and wrote three books about it: \u201cCars at Speed\u201d (1961), a collection of F1 driver profiles; \u201cThe Cruel Sport\u201d (1963), featuring Daley\u2019s dramatic black-and-white race photography; and a novel, \u201cThe Fast One\u201d (1978), its two main characters bearing strong resemblances to Phil Hill and the late Alfonso de Portago. In 1965, he wrote the original screenplay for \u201cGrand Prix,\u201d which was later rejected. Today, he is perhaps best known for his detective books, including \u201cPrince of the City,\u201d \u201cTarget Blue,\u201d and \u201cTo Kill a Cop.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n