{"product_id":"driven-to-crime-true-stories-of-wrongdoing-in-motor-racing-9781910505700","title":"Driven To Crime: True stories of wrongdoing in motor racing","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cblockquote\u003ePeople lie, cheat, steal, and even kill for various reasons, including motor racing, which is a costly and egotistical sport. This book explores over 60 true stories of crime in motor racing, involving drug trafficking, corruption, embezzlement, robbery, fraud, murder, and money laundering. The author investigates misdemeanors at all levels, from drivers, designers, and mechanics to team owners, entrants, and sponsors. The book appeals to motor racing enthusiasts and anyone who enjoys reading about crime. \u003c\/blockquote\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat\u003c\/strong\u003e: Hardback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLength\u003c\/strong\u003e: 512 pages\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublication date\u003c\/strong\u003e: 27 October 2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher\u003c\/strong\u003e: Evro Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMotorsport is a costly and egotistical sport that has driven people to commit a variety of crimes, including lying, cheating, stealing, and even killing. This fascinating book, the result of years of research, explores not only those who have been driven to crime to pay for their sport but also characters within motor racing who have been involved in wrongdoing, sometimes through no fault of their own. Over 60 true stories cover webs of deceit and numerous crimes, including drug trafficking, corruption, embezzlement, robbery, fraud, murder, and money laundering. The author investigates misdemeanours at all levels, from drivers, designers, and mechanics to team owners, entrants, and sponsors. This book will appeal not only to motor racing enthusiasts and cognoscenti on both sides of the Atlantic but also to anyone who enjoys reading about crime.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eStories of motorsport chicanery from all over the world, including:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFraud:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSouthern Organs (lay preachers who faked suicide and hid on a remote Scottish island):\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJerry Dominelli (a Ponzi scheme that funded top-level racing Porsches):\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJean-Pierre Van Rossem (self-styled stock-market guru who bankrolled an F1 team):\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDominic Chappell (serial bankrupt racer brought down after purchasing a British department store):\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDavid Thieme (the Lotus sponsor who vanished).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMurder:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDavid Blakely (the driver killed by his lover Ruth Ellis):\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFranco Ambrosio (F1 sponsor of Shadow and Arrows):\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eElmer George (American racer who married into Indy ‘royalty’):\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRicardo Londoño-Bridge (Colombias first F1 driver):\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMickey Thompson (1960s American drag-racing icon):\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNick Whiting (casualty of the biggest gold bullion heist in British history).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSwindles:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJames Munroe (accounts manager who embezzled his way to a racing McLaren F1 GTR):\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLord Brocket.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDimension\u003c\/strong\u003e: 234 x 155 (mm)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13\u003c\/strong\u003e: 9781910505700\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Crispian Besley","offers":[{"title":"Hardback","offer_id":44103474938106,"sku":"9781910505700","price":28.56,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0522\/4297\/2845\/products\/1668175453406_book.jpg?v=1668409907","url":"https:\/\/shulphink.com\/products\/driven-to-crime-true-stories-of-wrongdoing-in-motor-racing-9781910505700","provider":"Shulph Ink","version":"1.0","type":"link"}