The Limit
Life and Death on the 1961 Grand Prix Circuit
Michael Cannell
- In
- The
- Limit,
- Michael
- Cannell
- tells
- the
- enthralling
- story
- of
- Phil
- Hill-a
- lowly
- California
- mechanic
- who
- would
- become
- the
- first
- American-born
- driver
- to
- win
- the
- Grand
- Prix-and,
- on
- the
- fiftieth
- anniversary
- of
- his
- triumph,
- brings
- to
- life
- a
- vanished
- world
- of
- glamour,
- valor,
- and
- daring.With
- the
- pacing
- and
- vivid
- description
- of
- a
- novel,
- The
- Limit
- charts
- the
- journey
- that
- brought
- Hill
- from
- dusty
- California
- lots
- racing
- midget
- cars
- into
- the
- ranks
- of
- a
- singular
- breed
- of
- men,
- competing
- with
- daredevils
- for
- glory
- on
- Grand
- Prix
- tracks
- across
- Europe.
- Facing
- death
- at
- every
- turn,
- these
- men
- rounded
- circuits
- at
- well
- over
- 150
- mph
- in
- an
- era
- before
- seat
- belts
- or
- roll
- bars-an
- era
- when
- drivers
- were
- "crushed,
- burned,
- and
- beheaded
- with
- unnerving
- regularity."From
- the
- stink
- of
- grease-smothered
- pits
- to
- the
- long
- anxious
- nights
- in
- lonely
- European
- hotels,
- from
- the
- tense
- camaraderie
- of
- teammates
- to
- the
- trembling
- suspense
- of
- photo
- finishes,
- The
- Limit
- captures
- the
- 1961
- season
- that
- would
- mark
- the
- high
- point
- of
- Hill's
- career.
- It
- brings
- readers
- up
- close
- to
- the
- remarkable
- men
- who
- surrounded
- Hill
- on
- the
- circuit-men
- like
- Hill's
- teammate
- and
- rival,
- the
- soigné
- and
- cool-headed
- German
- count
- Wolfgang
- Von
- Trips
- (nicknamed
- "Count
- Von
- Crash"),
- and
- Enzo
- Ferrari,
- the
- reclusive
- and
- monomaniacal
- padrone
- of
- the
- Ferrari
- racing
- empire.Race
- by
- race,
- The
- Limit
- carries
- readers
- to
- its
- riveting
- and
- startling
- climax-the
- final
- contest
- that
- would
- decide
- it
- all,
- one
- of
- the
- deadliest
- in
- Grand
- Prix history.
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