Rapid Response - Stephen Olvey

Rapid Response

My Inside Story as a Motor Racing Life-saver

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Buch | Softcover
312 Seiten
2011
J H Haynes & Co Ltd (Verlag)
978-0-85733-112-0 (ISBN)
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Tells a compelling story of the author's life in motor racing, providing insight into crashes involving many famous racers and circuits. This book begins with a description of Alex Zanardi's crash in Germany in 2001.
This title includes a foreword by Alex Zanardi. Now available in paperback with an updated final chapter, this is the compelling story of the author's life in motor racing, providing fascinating insight into crashes involving many famous racers and circuits. This book begins with a vivid description of Alex Zanardi's crash in Germany in 2001, and from there the author reflects on his career with many tragic, funny, interesting stories. This book also provides an important history of the evolution of motorsport safety from the perspective of a physician who patched together many injured drivers.

Dr Stephen Olvey was Medical Director for Championship Auto Racing Teams (CART) in the USA, having served in that position from 1978 to 2003. In this capacity he helped save Alex Zanardi's life - hence Alex's foreword to the book.

The author's 'debut' as a medic at Indianapolis in 1966, where his first on-track rescue involved Graham Hill in his 'rookie' year in the Indy 500. Working with the greats of US racing; AJ Foyt, Mario Andretti, Johnny Rutherford, Rick Mears, Al Unser Jr and Emerson Fittipaldi. Nigel Mansell's remarkable, and at times controversial, two seasons in CART. The story of Alex Zanardi's horrific crash in 2001 and how his life was saved thanks to rapid intervention by a team in which the author played a key part. The advances in motorsport safety and medicine brought about by the author and his peers, including his friend and colleague Prof Sid Watkins. This new paperback edition includes an updated final chapter. Previous edition ISBNs: hardback, 234x156mm, 978 1 84425 339 5; large paperback, 234x156mm, 978 1 84425 982 3.

Zusatzinfo Illustrations (chiefly col.), ports. (chiefly col.)
Verlagsort Yeovil
Sprache englisch
Maße 127 x 198 mm
Themenwelt Literatur Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
Sachbuch/Ratgeber Sport Motor- / Rad- / Flugsport
Medizin / Pharmazie Medizinische Fachgebiete Notfallmedizin
ISBN-10 0-85733-112-4 / 0857331124
ISBN-13 978-0-85733-112-0 / 9780857331120
Zustand Neuware
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