HOW MATRA CAME FROM NOWHERE TO LEAD THE WORLD!

Matra sports cars– MS620, 630, 650, 660 & 670 – 1966 to 1974
By Ed McDonough

This new book from Veloce Publishing, details the origin and history of the Matra sports cars. Racers designed and built by a French firm with no history of sports car racing manufacture to contest the various versions of the World Sports Car Championship between 1966 and 1974. This series of cars started life with the 2-litre BRM engine before progressing to the Ford V8, and subsequently Matra’s own sonorous V12 from its then current Grand Prix car. The book includes the development and race history, with a full list of all race events and individual chassis numbers of Matra cars.
The late 1960s and early 1970s were a significant era in the world of international sports car racing. As the motor racing rule-making body moved back and forth between cars that less and less resembled road going vehicles, prototype sports car racing captured the imagination of manufacturers, teams and fans alike. Porsche vs. Ferrari vs. Alfa Romeo vs. Matra provided some of the best racing for sports cars ever witnessed, and by 1973, the Matra prototype – little more than a Grand Prix car with full bodywork – was dominating the scene. That period has always been viewed as one of the great eras in sports car racing, when all the great Grand Prix drivers were fully active in sports car as well as GP/F1 machines.
This carefully-researched book, which provides the complete story of a great time, and a great make, in motorsport is now available from bookshops or from www.velocebooks.com.

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MATRA SPORTS CARS REVIEWED IN OCTANE

Many thanks to Octane magazine for this review of Matra Sports Cars – MS620, 630, 650, 660 & 670 - 1966 to 1974 by Ed McDonough.


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NEW VELOCE SERIES - WSC GIANTS

WSC (World Sportscar Championship) Giant books will focus on the cars that really stood out from the crowd in the long and exciting history of endurance racing. Each book will tell the story of a car, and the people behind it, that made a big impression in the record books and in the minds of sportscar/prototype racing fans the world over.

Great value for money, these books are packed with pictures, facts and feats. Collect the whole series!

New! Ferrari 312P & 312PB By Peter Collins and Ed McDonough.
The origin and subsequent history of the 3-litre Ferrari sports cars, which the famed Italian firm designed and built to contest the various versions of the World Sports Car Championship between 1969 and 1973. This series of cars started with the V12 engine and progressed to using the Flat 12 Ferrari engine from the then current Grand Prix car. Includes the developmental and race history, with a full list of all events and individual chassis numbers.
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Coming soon! Matra Sports Cars – MS620, 630, 650, 660 & 670 - 1966 to 1974 By Ed McDonough.
This book details the origin and history of the Matra sports cars. Designed and built by a French firm with no history of sports car racing to contest the various versions of the World Sports Car Championship between 1966 and 1974, this series of cars started life with the 2-litre BRM engine before progressing to the Ford V8, and subsequently Matra’s own V12 from its then current Grand Prix car. Includes the developmental and race history, with a full list of all events and individual chassis numbers.
Click here for more info about the book.