{"id":495997,"date":"2016-11-01T00:53:00","date_gmt":"2016-11-01T07:53:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportscardigest.com\/\/?p=37531"},"modified":"2024-01-04T22:01:45","modified_gmt":"2024-01-04T22:01:45","slug":"product-reviews-10","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/product-reviews-10\/","title":{"rendered":"[Book Review] FITZ: My Life At The Wheel"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">FITZ: My Life At The Wheel<\/h2>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">By John Fitzpatrick<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/PR201611-p1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-575525\" src=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/PR201611-p1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1080\" height=\"891\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/PR201611-p1.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/PR201611-p1-300x248.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/PR201611-p1-1024x845.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/PR201611-p1-100x83.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/PR201611-p1-770x635.jpg 770w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/PR201611-p1-293x242.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\" \/><\/a>John Fitzpatrick started racing in a Mini 850 and ended up in a Porsche 956B. In between he drove a variety of Ford Anglias, Escorts and Capris, the occasional Ferrari 250 LM, a couple of BMW 2800 CS and 3.0 CSL coupes, Porsches of 906, 910, 911S, Carrera RSR, 935, 935\/78 and 956 specification and the Jaguar XJR12C, among others.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Of course, he won in most and now enjoys retirement from a racing career that lasted nearly a quarter-century and produced championships in the British Saloon Car Championship (1966), the European GT Championship (1972 and 1974) and IMSA\u2019s Camel GT Championship (1980). There were also victories in numerous major races, including several class wins at Le Mans and overall triumphs in the Rolex 24 at Daytona, the 12 Hours of Sebring and the Bathurst 1000.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">This book chronicles that career, and is introduced by no less than three Forewords, penned by contemporaries Howden Ganley, David Hobbs and Tim Schenken. It moves on from those testimonials to tell the story of the vision and determination that brought Fitzpatrick his success. Liberally illustrated with photographs from his career and his life with his family, this is a worthy edition to any enthusiast\u2019s library.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Available for US$59.00 from enthusiast bookstores or direct from publisher Autosports Marketing Associates at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autosportsltd.com\">www.autosportsltd.com<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FITZ: My Life At The Wheel By John Fitzpatrick John Fitzpatrick started racing in a Mini 850 and ended up in a Porsche 956B. In between he drove a variety of Ford Anglias, Escorts and Capris, the occasional Ferrari 250 LM, a couple of BMW 2800 CS and 3.0 CSL coupes, Porsches of 906, 910, 911S, Carrera RSR, 935, 935\/78 and 956 specification and the Jaguar XJR12C, among others. 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